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Interviewee Sort descending Collection Description Interviewer Date of Interview Location of Interview Affiliation
Roy Crabtree NOAA Heritage Oral History Project

Dr. Crabtree has served as the regional administrator of NOAA Fisheries Service's Southeast Regional Office since January 2003. Previously, Dr. Crabtree was a senior research scientist at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Florida Marine Research Institute, and the director of the Commission's Division of Marine Fisheries. He has served these state and federal fishery management agencies for over 15 years, after beginning his career as a self-employed fishing guide in the Florida Keys and Everglades National Park.

Molly Graham St. Petersburg, FL NOAA Heritage Program, National Weather Service
Walt Jaap Decades of Change in the Florida Reef Tract: An Oral History Project

Walter Japp, born on December 28, 1940, in Duluth, MN, spent most of his life in Miami and St. Petersburg, Florida. He was a veteran of the US Army. Walter graduated from the University of Miami with a degree in marine biology. For 35 years, he worked as a coral reef ecologist for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. After retirement, Walter co-founded Lithophyte Research, focusing on evaluating and replacing damaged coral reefs.

Zachary Mason St. Petersburg, FL NOAA Heritage Program, University of Maryland's Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Coral Reef Information System