Jiri Nozicka, Part 2
Voices of the Bay
In The Capturing the Voices of the Bay Education Program, students take responsibility for their own learning experience as they research, plan, and conduct personal interviews, first with each other and then with citizens of the community, to capture the rich stories, traditions, and knowledge that define Monterey’s fishing legacy. This place-based learning experience allows students the opportunity to deeply explore the historic, economic, environmental, and cultural dimensions of their particular “place” in the world and, perhaps more importantly, how all these dimensions inter-connect through the lives of those who live and work in the region.
Jiri Nozicka, a man born and raised in the Czech Republic, moved to Monterey in 1999 and has been fishing for more than 13 years up and down the Western Coast. He specializes in Fish Trawling and harvest a great variety of fish, such as: halibuts, sand dab, rockfish, black cod, etc. His passion and faith for fishing is very unique and strong. He says that he has been fishing in the same spot for many years and there's always a great amount of fish that thrives in those areas, and if fishermen have overexploited the ecosystem they will be the first one out of jobs, therefore, conservationist should not worry about maintaining fish population because nature will take its course and fish will always be abundant. He is greatly frustrated and upset about the regulations because it changes constantly. Mr. Nozicka trusts that these continuous changes in regulation encourages people to get out of the fishing business because they make it difficult for fishermen to live.
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