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Interviewee Sort descending | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Interviewer's Affiliation | Location of Interview | Description | Collection Name |
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William McCann | Azure Cygler | 09-28-2012 | NOAA | Wareham, MA |
Bill McCann, 62, is a commercial fisherman out of New Bedford, Massachusetts. He began fishing with a lobsterman in 1975 after getting out of the Air Force; he has fished with various family members throughout his career and now fishes with his sons and ex-brother-in-law. Mr. McCann currently fishes predominantly for monkfish and skates, both inshore and offshore. He is an active member of sector 7 and believes that sector 7 functions better than other sectors due largely to the sector manager. |
Sector Management in New England |
William McKusic | Joshua | 10-03-2003 | Friendship Museum , Friendship Village School | Friendship, ME |
William McKusic, commonly known as Bill, was born on September 21, 1971, and relocated from Rockland to Friendship ten years ago. With a background in plumbing and carpentry, Bill has been actively involved in lobstering for the past two decades, primarily serving as a sternman. Alongside his lobstering profession, he is a father of three children. |
Finding Friendship Oral History Project |
William Milliken | Julia Beaty | 06-27-2014 | NOAA Preserve America Initiative, Maine Sea Grant | Jonesport, ME |
Elver harvester William Milliken of Maine describes in this interview the process of fishing for elvers using dip and fyke nets. Having been active in the fishery since 1992, Milliken offers perspectives on ASMFC management and current threats to the elver population. |
Maine Sea Grant Alewife and Eel Oral Histories |
William Needelman | Kristen Grant | 12-05-2014 | National Working Waterfront Network, National Sea Grant Law Center, NOAA Office of Coastal Management, Maine Sea Grant College Program, NOAA Preserve America Initiative | Portland, ME |
Biographical Note: |
Voices from the Working Waterfront Oral History Project |
William Overholtz | Madeleine Hall-Arber | 07-18-2016 | NOAA-NMFS, Northeast Fisheries Science Center | Unknown |
William Overholtz was born and raised in Lima, Ohio. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in fresh waters fisheries and limnology from Ohio State and his Ph.D. from Oregon State. He began his career with the Fish and Wildlife Service at Rock Island, Illinois. In 1976, Overholtz began working at Woods Hole and completed many survey cruises on various foreign vessels His work focused on groundfish and herring. He spent time in the population dynamics group as well as working on acoustic surveys and assessment modeling. He retired from NMFS after 34 years of service. |
Voices from the Science Centers |
William Perret | Stephanie Scull-DeArmey | 05-17-2010 | Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum, University of Southern Mississippi | Biloxi, MS |
William Stanley "Corky" Perret was born November 22, 1942 in Cottonport, Louisiana. He attended USL where he obtained a Master’s degree in Fishery Science. Mr. |
Turtle Excluder Device Oral Histories |
William Perret | Michael Jepson | 02-05-2014 | NOAA-NMFS Southeast Regional Office | Poplarville, MS |
This interview with William "Corky" Perret, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council member, was conducted as part of the SERO Fishery Managers Oral History project. This project is a collection of oral histories by individuals who participate in fishery management within the Southeast Region of the U.S. and consists of individuals who serve on the regional councils and their scientific and advisory panels or staff. This interview with Mr. |
SERO Fishery Manager Oral History Project |
William R. Modden | Sara Randall | 07-15-2011 | University of Maine | Bar Harbor, ME |
Interview with William R. Modden, born July 21, 1934 in Bar Harbor, Maine. Modden began fishing commercially in 1952 at the age of 18. He participated in the scallop and groundfish fisheries in Maine and Massachusetts. |
Assessing Vulnerability and Resilience in Maine Fishing Communities |
William Stewart | Barbara Hester, Louis Kyriakoudes | 09-09-2011 | NOAA-NMFS, University of Southern Mississippi - Northern Gulf Institute | Long Beach, MS |
William C. Stewart is a commercial shrimper on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He was born on February 11, 1963, at Gulfport Memorial Hospital, Harrison County, Mississippi, to Mr. William Stewart (born in 1933, in Woolmarket, Mississippi) and Mrs. Barbara B. Stewart (born in 1940, in New Orleans, Louisiana). His father was an attorney and a judge in Gulfport, Mississippi. His father’s family were schooner captains, loggers, and shrimpers. His mother was a homemaker, who worked as William Colmer’s secretary and as a medical administrator. |
Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster Oral History |
William Stubblefield | Molly Graham | 11-13-2020, 11-16-2020, 11-20-2020 | NOAA Heritage Program, National Weather Service | Martinsburg, West Virginia |
Rear Admiral William Stubblefield was born and raised in Medina, Tennessee. He attended Memphis State University and graduated in 1962 with a major in secondary education and a minor in chemistry. After graduation, Stubblefield was commissioned in the United States Navy and attended Naval Officer Candidate School in Rhode Island. He served on a minesweeper and ice breaker at sea, operating all over the globe. |
NOAA Heritage Oral History Project |
William Thiroux | Barbara Hester, Louis Kyriakoudes | 01-24-2012 | NOAA-NMFS, University of Southern Mississippi - Northern Gulf Institute | Ocean Springs, MS |
Mr. William “Billy” Thiroux is a commercial fisherman on the Gulf Coast. Thiroux was born on July 4, 1937, in Biloxi, Mississippi, to Mr. Louis Thiroux and Mrs. Katherine Pauli Thiroux. His father was a commercial fisherman. His mother worked in the seafood plants as a shrimp picker and a crab picker. His mother’s family were commercial fishermen. Mr. Thiroux finished the eleventh grade, and thereupon joined the US Navy. |
Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster Oral History |
William Thompson | Amanda Stoltz, Karla Gore | 06-07-2019 | Southeast Fisheries Science Center | Sarasota, FL |
Captain Will Thompson is a seasoned fisherman with over 25 years of experience fishing in the Sarasota area. For the past 15 years, he has been actively involved in the charter business, specializing in offshore and near shore fishing with extensive knowledge of targeting species like snapper, grouper, kingfish, goliath grouper, sharps, and cobia. Scope and Content Note |
A History of Red Tide events on the West Coast of Florida |
William W. Walker | Stephanie Scull-DeArmey | 02-27-2012 | NOAA-NMFS, University of Southern Mississippi - Northern Gulf Institute | Biloxi, MS |
Mr. William W. Walker is a resident of the Gulf Coast. At the time of this interview he was Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources. Walker was born on September 16, 1945, in Hammond, Louisiana, to Mr. and Mrs. William Byrd Walker. Mr. Walker attended Hammond High School, Southeastern Louisiana University for his bachelor’s degree, and Mississippi State University for his master’s and doctoral degrees, graduating in 1972. He married Sharon H. |
Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster Oral History |
Willis Blount | Janice Gadaire Fleuriel | 09-25-2005 | Working Waterfront Festival | New Bedford, MA |
Willis Blount, a distinguished fisherman and shipbuilder, was born in Putnam, Connecticut, in 1945. He inherited his maritime passion from a family deeply entrenched in shipbuilding and fishing traditions. Blount's early exposure to the maritime world led him to develop a connection to both shipbuilding and fishing. His journey encompassed innovative contributions to the industry and a lifelong dedication to the sea. |
The Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project |
Willis Spear Jr. | Natalie Springuel, Ela Keegan | 05-15-2018 | College of the Atlantic, Maine Sea Grant, The Island Institute, National Working Waterfront Network | Grand Rapids, MI |
Willis Spears Jr. speaks about his 54 years as a commercial fisherman off of Cousins Island, ME, focusing on the history of shrimping, the differences between dragging and trapping shrimp, and the changes in the Portland working waterfront over his lifetime. He describes the interaction between fishermen and Portland authorities in their efforts to advocate for the fishing community’s needs and emphasizes the importance of passing information and knowledge to future generations. |
Collecting Stories at the National Working Waterfronts and Waterways Symposium 2018 |
Willy Phillips | Barbara Garrity-Blake | 12-06-2016 | Carolina Coastal Voices | Columbia, NC |
Willy Phillips is a seasoned professional in the commercial fishing industry, with a particular focus on crabbing. He has spent a significant portion of his life in fish houses and has been deeply involved in fisheries legislation. Phillips has been an advocate for the crab fishery and has worked towards the development of a crab management plan. He has also been a vocal critic of the commercial fishing industry, proposing a complete shutdown and rebuild of the industry in North Carolina. |
1997 North Carolina Fisheries Reform Act |
Wilson Acosta | Unknown | Louisiana Sea Grant | Morgan City, LA |
Wilson Acosta has been fishing since he was a boy. Now in his 60's, he is considering selling his boat and retiring. |
Shrimp Tales | |
Wilson Moran | Jolvan Morris | 08-19-2014 | NOAA, Savannah State University | Townsend, GA |
Mr. Wilson Moran, historian and Harris Neck decedent describes environmental stewardship in the local oyster and crab fishery. He gives an account of changes in the fishery due to anthropogenic impacts including pollution and over harvesting. Mr. Moran concludes his oral history explaining his father's work as a commercial crab fisherman and how a working knowledge of the estuary contributed to success in the fishery. |
Georgia Black Fishermen |
Winfield Lash | Shawn, Steven | 10-12-2003 | Friendship Museum , Friendship Village School | Friendship, ME |
Winfield Lash, commonly known as Winnie Lash, was born on July 5, 1918, and spent the majority of his life in Friendship, Maine. He and his wife Barbara have been married for 63 years and have seven children, 17 grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren. After working at the Camden Shipbuilding Company and Bath Ironworks, he worked at the W. S. Carter Boat Yard, which was owned by his uncle, Scott Carter. When his uncle died in 1946, he and Charles Sylvester bought the yard. Two years later, Sylvester sold his share to Winnie’s brother Douglas, and the yard became known as Lash Brothers. |
Finding Friendship Oral History Project |
Winifred Naehu | Jeanne Johnston | 06-04-1998 | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Oral History | Waialua, HI |
A woman talks of being hanai or adopted in the Hawaiian custom. She speaks of her adoptive mother, a lau hala weaver. She also remembers the 1946 tsunami, which her father foresaw in a dream, and describe the damage it caused to her home. |
Tsunamis in Maui County: Oral Histories |
Wynn Gale | Jamekia Collins, Amber Chulawat | 01-29-2022 | Georgia Southern University, UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant | Darien, GA |
Wynn Gale is a lifelong resident of Darien, Georgia, and a fourth-generation fisherman. He began his career in commercial fishing at the age of twelve. Despite a brief attempt at a career in law enforcement, Gale returned to the fishing industry, following in the footsteps of his family who have only ever worked in fishing. Over the years, Gale has observed a significant decrease in the number of boats fishing in the area. He has also experienced the financial challenges of the industry, having had to sell his shrimp boat due to high dock rent and the lack of a crew. |
Boat Stories |
Xuyen Thi Pham | Linda VanZandt, Khai Nguyen | 05-25-2011 | NOAA-NMFS, University of Southern Mississippi - Northern Gulf Institute | New Orleans, LA |
Mrs. Xuyen Pham is a Vietnamese-American oyster shucker and gardener living in New Orleans East, Louisiana. Pham was born in 1948 in a small village near Hai Phong, North Vietnam. Her father, Thoan Van Pham, was a fisherman. Mrs. Pham helped her mother, Xuy Thi Pham, dry fish and shrimp to make and sell nuoc mam sauce. Her father and grandfather fished on stilts and made a boat carved from bamboo. In 1954 her family, disguised as merchants, made it to Hai Phong, then escaped North Vietnam to the South upon hearing of the country’s division. |
Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster Oral History |
Yancy Welch | Susan Testroet-Bergeron | 08-02-2018 | Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act | Oak Grove, LA |
Yancy William Welch, born on December 9, 1965, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, is a lifelong resident of Oak Grove, a small town located approximately 40 miles away. Raised in a family deeply rooted in the rural traditions of Louisiana's wetlands, Welch's upbringing was characterized by a strong sense of community and family involvement in shared tasks, such as gardening and cattle rearing. His family's livelihood was primarily based on agriculture and hunting, with his father working as a school teacher to supplement their income. |
CWPPRA Personal Reflections: Environmental Portraits and Oral Histories of Louisiana’s Coastal Wetlands Stakeholders |
Yen Cheung Au | Warren Nishimoto | 03-29-1984 | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Oral History | Kalihi, HI |
Yen Cheung Au, Chinese, the sixth of sixteen children, was born in Waiahole, Oahu on March 7, 1894. His father was a rice farmer in Waiahole. Yen Cheung helped his father in the fields by scaring away the birds which threatened the rice crops. He also helped the family by catching fish and shrimp. |
Kalihi: Place of Transition |
Yukio Tatsumi | Unknown | The Port of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
Oral history interview with Yukio Tatsumi. |
Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project | |
Zachary Howe | Christopher Rice | 04-28-2020 | University of Connecticut | Ledyard, CT |
Interview with Zachary Howe, who served in the United States Navy for 14 Years, and currently resides in Ledyard, Connecticut. Subjects/Topics: Family background, Navy life and background, What his job entails, Opinion on life in the navy, Favorite story, Community perceptions, Final thoughts. |
Maritime Studies Capstone Seminar Oral History Project |
Zack Davis | Sarah Schumann | 01-15-2019 | NOAA | Marshallberg, NC |
Zack Davis, 35 years old at the time of the interview, is a shrimp fisherman, high school shop teacher, and net maker in Marshallberg, NC. Scope and Content Note |
Young Fishermen in the Northeast United States |