Lisa L. Colburn
Interviewee | Collection Sort descending | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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Jared Bennett | Young Fishermen in the Northeast United States |
Jared Bennett, 29 years old at the time of the interview, is owner-operator of the F/V White Cap, a gillnet vessel, with his younger brother and a friend, going on 36-hour fishing trips targeting monkfish, skates, and dogfish out of Chatham and Harwichport, MA. Jared bought his gillnet license and started fishing without any prior experience as a deckhand. |
Sarah Schumann | Harwichport, MA | NOAA | |
Tom Birarelli, Tim Birarelli, and Robbie Budds | Young Fishermen in the Northeast United States |
Tim Birarelli, Tom Birarelli, Robbie Budds (ages 21, 18, and 21 at the time of the interview) are lobstermen in Beverly, MA. Tim and Tom grew up lobstering with their father, who passed away when they were in their teens. They continued running and eventually expanding the family fishing businesses, and they supply fresh seafood to their mother's restaurant. Robbie met Tim through a hockey league while in high school, and the two brothers helped him get set up with a lobster boat and taught him everything they know. |
Sarah Schumann | Beverly, MA | NOAA | |
Kelsey Aiken | Young Fishermen in the Northeast United States |
Kelsey Aiken, 29 years old at the time of the interview, is a fisherman and co-manager (along with his brother) of a fish packing house in Hatteras, NC founded by his father. The company focuses mainly on gillnet fishing for flounder and sells a range of seafood caught in the Pamlico Sound and the ocean to a variety of markets, including New York's Fulton Fish Market, Boston, Canada, California, and local outlets. Scope and Content Note |
Sarah Schumann | Hatteras, NC | NOAA | |
Tommy Testaverde | Young Fishermen in the Northeast United States |
Tommy Testaverde, 34 years old at the time of the interview, is captain of his family's dragger, the F/V Midnight Sun, in Gloucester, MA. Scope and Content Note |
Sarah Schumann | Gloucester, MA | NOAA | |
Alex Brown | Young Fishermen in the Northeast United States |
Alex Brown, twenty years old at the time of the interview, describes his life as a deckhand in Point Judith, RI. With the encouragement of a fisherman uncle, Alex has been fishing since he was 11 and has worked on various fishing boats, including lobster boats and draggers. He now works on lobster boats and draggers in Point Judith. |
Sarah Schumann | Point Judith, RI | NOAA | |
Ken Murgo | Young Fishermen in the Northeast United States |
Ken Murgo, 31 years old at the time of his interview, is a diversified fisherman in Narragansett Bay, RI. With his father, Ken fishes for conchs, lobsters, quahogs, and a variety of different finfish on the F/V Johnny B. In his interview, he talks about his parents' expectations that he would enter medical school after college, his inevitable return to full-time fishing in spite of these expectations, and the interest he feels in fisheries science and cooperative research. Scope and Content Note |
Sarah Schumann | Narragansett, RI | NOAA | |
Tyler Chadwick | Young Fishermen in the Northeast United States |
Tyler Chadwick, 22 years old at the time of the interview, is a waterman in Newport, NC and co-owner of Chadwick's Seafood, a business that focuses on providing fresh North Carolina seafood to customers.. Tyler and his best friend got into fishing together in their teens, and have continued fishing and marketing their catch together ever since. Scope and Content Note |
Sarah Schumann | Newport, NC | NOAA | |
Andrew Arnett | Young Fishermen in the Northeast United States |
Andrew Arnett, 26 years old at the time of the interview, is a captain of Jonah crab and scallop boats in New Bedford, MA. He has been fishing since age 16 and running boats since age 22. As one of the youngest captains in the fleet, he sees himself as one of a select few who are keeping fishing heritage alive. Scope and Content Note |
Sarah Schumann | New Bedford, MA | NOAA | |
Lenny Russo | Young Fishermen in the Northeast United States |
Lenny Russo, 27 years old at the time of his interview, describes working as the relief captain of a fleet boat in Portland, ME, after growing up working on a family fishing boat in Gloucester MA. Lenny is also the owner-operator of a seasonal salmon gillnet vessel in Bristol Bay, AK. Scope and Content Note |
Sarah Schumann | Gloucester, MA | NOAA | |
Zack Davis | Young Fishermen in the Northeast United States |
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 |
Sarah Schumann | Marshallberg, NC | NOAA |