Miami, FL
Interviewee Sort ascending | Collection | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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Herb Marvin | Changes in the Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem Based Upon Interviews with Experienced Residents |
Herb Marvin is a native of Homestead, Florida, with deep familial ties to the region's commercial fishing industry. His personal history is interwoven with the environmental and industrial changes in Florida Bay. Marvin's upbringing in Homestead provided him with a unique perspective on the natural landscape and the community's reliance on its resources. His family's involvement in commercial fishing allowed him firsthand insight into the practices and challenges of the industry. |
Karen DeMaria | Miami, FL | The Nature Conservancy, The Center for Marine Conservation | |
Edward Rappaport | NOAA Heritage Oral History Project |
Dr. Ed Rappaport was born in 1957 in Southern California. He earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Washington. Ed then received his Ph.D. with an emphasis in Atmospheric Science from Texas Tech University. Dr. Rappaport began at NHC as a post-doctoral fellow for the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. |
Molly Graham | Miami, FL | NOAA Heritage Program, National Weather Service | |
David McClellan | Voices from the Science Centers |
David McClellan was born on August 18, 1949 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He worked for NOAA at the Southeast Fisheries Science Center as a Fisheries Research Biologist for 37 years, conducting countless dives to gather data on the fisheries. Interview contains discussion of: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, collecting fisheries data, NOAA divers, evolution and effect of data collection technology, benefits and disadvantages for working for a government agency, Reef Fish Visual Census Program. |
Suzana Mic | Miami, FL | NOAA-NMFS, Northeast Fisheries Science Center | |
Bradford Brown | Voices from the Science Centers |
Bradford Brown was born in 1939 in Worcester, Massachusetts. He received his undergraduate degree from Cornell, his Master's from Auburn and his PhD from Oklahoma State University. He began working for the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries at the Woods Hole lab in 1962. He worked in Woods Hole, Massachusetts from 1962 – 1965 and 1970- 1984. In between he served as Assistant Leader of the Fish and Wildlife Service’s Oklahoma Cooperative Fisheries Units and as Assistant Professor of Zoology at Oklahoma State University. |
Suzana Mic | Miami, FL | NOAA-NMFS, Northeast Fisheries Science Center | |
Bob Rich | Endangered Fishing Traditions of the Greater Miami Area |
Bob Rich is a native of Miami, where he spent his entire life and built a successful career in the maritime industry. His journey into the maritime business began with his father, who was initially an engineer for Pan Am but later ventured into entrepreneurship, starting a small business that eventually evolved into selling marine electronics. The industry was relatively small at the time, with no pressing need for radios and depth finders, but it has since grown and transformed with the advent of technologies like the Global Positioning System (GPS). |
Suzana Blake | Miami, FL | Southeast Fisheries Science Center, HistoryMiami Museum |