Pascagoula, MS
| Interviewee | Collection Sort descending | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilton Floyd | Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster Oral History |
Hilton Floyd is a lifelong fisherman on the Gulf Coast in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Mr. Hilton Floyd was born on September 15, 1956, in Jacksonville, Florida, to Mr. Hilton Floyd Sr. (born in Mayport, Florida) and Mrs. Helen Cooper Floyd (born in Mayport, Florida). His siblings are two older brothers, three older sisters, and one younger sister. Floyd’s mother was a schoolteacher, and his paternal grandfather was a dredge boat operator. His mother’s family were shrimpers. He is married to Rhonda Olier Floyd (born November 7, 1956, in South Korea). |
Barbara Hester | Pascagoula, MS | NOAA-NMFS, University of Southern Mississippi - Northern Gulf Institute | |
| Peter S. Floyd | Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster Oral History |
Peter Floyd was born in Mayport, Florida, and has spent his career as a commercial fisherman in Pascagoula Mississippi. |
Barbara Hester, Louis Kyriakoudes | Pascagoula, MS | NOAA-NMFS, University of Southern Mississippi - Northern Gulf Institute | |
| John Mitchell | Turtle Excluder Device Oral Histories |
John Mitchell was born October 29, 1955, in Chicago Heights, Illinois. He is a Unit Leader for the Harvesting Systems Unit, NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fishery Science Center, Mississippi Laboratories. Mitchell started out working as a fisheries technician at the Pascagoula laboratory in 1981, working as a fisheries observer on Japanese longliners that were fishing in the Gulf of Mexico for tuna. He would ride the boats for months. He would sometimes transfer from one boat to another at sea. |
Stephanie Scull-DeArmey | Pascagoula, MS | Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum, University of Southern Mississippi |