Roscoe Liebig
Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster Oral History
NOAA's Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster Oral History documents the experience of people living in Gulf of Mexico oil-spill-affected fishing communities. The oral history data complements other social and economic data about the spill collected by NOAA and other governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations.
Wes French
Stephanie Scull-DeArmey
Linda VanZandt
Ross Walton
Roscoe Liebig is a former commercial fisherman and currently operates a baitshop in the Pass Christian, Miss. harbor.
Scope and Content Note:
In this interview, he discusses the following topics: Fishing recreationally and commercially, fishing equipment, trawls and nets, navigation, economics of shrimping related to fuel price, boat captains, Vietnamese fishermen, bait industry, shrimp prices circa 2011, turtle-excluder devices, endangered-turtle deaths, BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster, BP claims process and awards, white shrimp, Louisiana marshes, fishing-loss compensation from BP, Mississippi Coast commercial harbors circa 2011, fuel costs and quality of life, oystering, mutuality of fishing community, changes in species caught, quotas, hook-and-line fishing, bait and shrimp facts, oyster reef deaths, dredging, Hurricane Katrina, BP's Vessels of Opportunity Program, oil dispersant/other hazardous materials in Gulf of Mexico, sustainability of fisheries, regulation of fisheries, imported shrimp.
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