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Interviewee | Collection Sort descending | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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Minh Van Le | Preserving Oral Histories of Waterfront-Related Pursuits in Bayou La Batre |
Minh Van Le, of Bayou La Batre, Alabama, was interviewed on September 10, 2008. Mr. Le is branch manager of Boat People SOS in Bayou La Batre. In addition, Mr. Le owns two shrimp boats. In the 1970's Bayou La Batre experienced and influx of refugees from Asian countries. Boat People SOS helps refugees get integrated into communities around the country. Mr. Le also discussed current conditions in the seafood industry and the role Asians have played in the seafood industry and Bayou La Batre in general. Lastly, Mr. |
Unknown | Bayou LaBatre, AL | The Center for Archaeological Studies at the University of South Alabama, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium | |
Wilson Acosta | Shrimp Tales |
Wilson Acosta has been fishing since he was a boy. Now in his 60's, he is considering selling his boat and retiring. |
Unknown | Morgan City, LA | Louisiana Sea Grant | |
Herb Bennerfield | Shrimp Tales |
The Rev. Herb Bennerfield presides over the annual Blessing of the Fleet in Delcambre. He describes what the shrimp festival and fishery mean to one small town. |
Unknown | Delcambre, LA | Louisiana Sea Grant | |
Cecile Robin | Shrimp Tales |
Cecile Robin married into a family of fishermen. She explores some of the wives tales associated with fishing in south Louisiana. |
Unknown | St. Bernard Parish, LA | Louisiana Sea Grant | |
Edward Barrett | The Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project |
Edward Barrett is a seasoned commercial fisherman with over three decades of experience in the fishing industry. Born in Boston in 1955, Barrett grew up in the coastal town of Marshfield, Massachusetts, where he was exposed to the ocean and fishing from an early age. His first role models in the industry were his older cousin and his friends, who were involved in mossing. Barrett's career in fishing began after he completed college. He initially worked as a sternman and crewman on boats before attending a fishing school at the University of Rhode Island. |
Unknown | New Bedford, MA | Working Waterfront Festival | |
Reidar Bendiksen and Jim Dwyer | The Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project |
Reidar Bendiksen is a Norwegian fisherman who has been in the fishing industry since 1963. After 25 years of fishing, he transitioned into the fishing gear business, where he continues to work up to the present. James M. Dwyer Jr., also known as Jim Dwyer, has been involved in the fishing industry for the last forty-seven years. For the past twenty-two years, he has served as the Secretary, Treasurer, and Business Agent for the Local 1749, ILA, also known as the Lumpers Union. |
Unknown | New Bedford, MA | Working Waterfront Festival | |
August "Auggie" Felando | Tuna Pioneers: San Pedro-Terminal Island, California |
August Felando was born in San Pedro, California, in 1929. His family roots reach back to Viz Island, Croatia, and Guernica in the Basque province of Spain. He fished on two-family owned tuna and sardine purse seine vessels during 1946-1950. In 1951, he became a co-owner of the F/V Challenger, a tuna baitboat, and as managing owner sold the vessel in 1958 for conversion to a tuna seiner. From 1960-1991, he managed the affairs of the American Tunaboat Association, including participation in hearings before the California State legislature, Congressional Committees, and federal agencies. |
Unknown | San Pedro, CA | Aquarium on the Pacific, NOAA Fisheries - West Coast Region, Voices of the West Coast | |
Steve Gargas | Tuna Pioneers: San Pedro-Terminal Island, California |
Captain Frank Gargas, Sr., and his two sons, Frank Jr. and Steve, reflect on their experience as a fishing family. Frank Sr. relays a time when the family was with him on the tuna boat and they encountered rough weather from Hurricane Camille (1969). Steve talks about his mother and what she faced as a wife of a fisherman, having her husband at sea much of the time. Frank Jr. reflects on what drew him to become a fisherman. |
Unknown | San Pedro, CA | Aquarium on the Pacific, NOAA Fisheries - West Coast Region, Voices of the West Coast | |
Frank Gargas, Jr. | Tuna Pioneers: San Pedro-Terminal Island, California |
Captain Frank Gargas, Sr., and his two sons, Frank Jr. and Steve, reflect on their experience as a fishing family. Frank Sr. relays a time when the family was with him on the tuna boat and they encountered rough weather from Hurricane Camille (1969). Steve talks about his mother and what she faced as a wife of a fisherman, having her husband at sea much of the time. Frank Jr. reflects on what drew him to become a fisherman. |
Unknown | San Pedro, CA | Aquarium on the Pacific, NOAA Fisheries - West Coast Region, Voices of the West Coast | |
Frank Gargas, Sr. | Tuna Pioneers: San Pedro-Terminal Island, California |
Captain Frank Gargas, Sr., and his two sons, Frank Jr. and Steve, reflect on their experience as a fishing family. Frank Sr. relays a time when the family was with him on the tuna boat and they encountered rough weather from Hurricane Camille (1969). Steve talks about his mother and what she faced as a wife of a fisherman, having her husband at sea much of the time. Frank Jr. reflects on what drew him to become a fisherman. |
Unknown | San Pedro, CA | Aquarium on the Pacific, NOAA Fisheries - West Coast Region, Voices of the West Coast |