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Interviewee Collection Description Interviewer Date of Interview Location of Interview Affiliation
Rick Waite and Tom Olyanarnyk A History of Red Tide events on the West Coast of Florida

Rick Waite and Tom Olyanarnyk are commercial fishermen from Cortez. Their earliest memories of a Red Tide event was during the 1970s, where they witnessed a bad fish kill mostly affecting crabs. 

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 Michael Jepson, Christina Package-Ward Cortez, FL Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Jack Hale A History of Red Tide events on the West Coast of Florida

Jack Hale is a seasoned fisherman hailing from Naples with over 30 years of experience in stone crab fishing. Throughout his career, he witnessed the decline of stone crabs and the detrimental impact of red tide events on marine life.

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 Amanda Stoltz Naples, FL Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Kelly Kurtz A History of Red Tide events on the West Coast of Florida

Kelly Kurtz is a Sarasota native who has been chartering for the last ten years. He mostly fishes inshore but he fishes up to nine miles offshore as well. He talks about if there is another red tide he might have to get another job or a bigger boat so that he can work offshore.

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 Amanda Stoltz, Karla Gore Sarasota, FL Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Bruce Hitchcock A History of Red Tide events on the West Coast of Florida

Bruce Hitchcock is an experienced fisherman and fishing guide residing in Everglades City. He primarily focuses on inshore and backcountry fishing. He has been fishing in the area for over 40 years and has been diving there for 25 years. Throughout his time in Everglades City, he has almost never noticed any Red Tide event until 2012.

 Michael Jepson, Amanda Stoltz Everglades City, FL Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Patrick Gould A History of Red Tide events on the West Coast of Florida

Captain Gould has been backwater fishing for 25 years. He charters approximately 250 trips a year. He also fishes along the beach and up to five or six miles nearshore. He fished offshore briefly from ’95 to ‘99.

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 Amanda Stoltz Naples, FL Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Matt Davie A History of Red Tide events on the West Coast of Florida

Interview with charter boat captain Matt Davie, of Inshore Addict Charters.

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 Amanda Stoltz Sarasota, FL Southeast Fisheries Science Center
John Hand A History of Red Tide events on the West Coast of Florida

John Hand is a 4th generation Floridian. Originally from the Tampa area, he moved down to Everglades City and became a charter captain. John Hand does not allude to any specific Red Tide event, but gives insight to the environmental changes that are happening in the Everglades. The only Red Tide events he talked about occurred in the Tampa area.

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 Suzana Blake, Amanda Stoltz Everglades City, FL Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Albert Canfield A History of Red Tide events on the West Coast of Florida

Albert Canfield is a recently retired stone crab fisherman out of Naples.

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 Amanda Stoltz Naples, FL Southeast Fisheries Science Center
William Thompson A History of Red Tide events on the West Coast of Florida

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.

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 Amanda Stoltz, Karla Gore Sarasota, FL Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Richard Wahrenberger A History of Red Tide events on the West Coast of Florida

Richard Wahrenberger is the owner of City Seafood, a restaurant and seafood market in Everglades City. The only Red Tide event he has personally noticed was when he lived in Madeira Beach, some 50 years ago. He generally believes that Red Tide doesn't occur near Everglades City.

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 Amanda Stoltz Everglades City, FL Southeast Fisheries Science Center
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