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Interviewee Sort descending | Collection | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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Debra Soares | Casting A Wider Net: A Community Oral History Project |
This is a loving portrait of a single mother who worked extremely hard to provide for her children. In this interview, Debra Soares describes her mother’s resilient, hardworking nature in the face of long, cold hours working as a fish processor. She extolls the importance of extended kinship networks, the power of being raised by a village, and the sacrifices that the women in her mother’s generation and the first-generation immigrants from Cape Verde made working in the fish houses. |
Colleen Pina-Garron | New Bedford, MA | New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center | |
Diane Flynn | The Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project |
Diane Flynn is a female inshore shellfisher and clam shack owner from Bourne, Massachusetts. She was born in Brockton, Massachusetts, but grew up in Bourne. Flynn has been involved in the fishing industry for over twenty-seven years, having entered the industry through her partner. She and her partner operate small boats for inshore fishing in Bourne, Massachusetts. Flynn's work involves not only fishing but also culling and packing clams. Over the years, she has seen the industry evolve and has witnessed the challenges faced by young people trying to enter the industry. |
Janice Gadaire Fleuriel | New Bedford, MA | Working Waterfront Festival | |
Dick Grachek | The Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project |
Dick Grachek, born on November 11, 1944, in Queens, New York, is a seasoned commercial fisherman with a deep-rooted passion for the sea. Despite not coming from a fishing family, Grachek's love for the ocean was instilled in him by his grandfather, who owned a fish store in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and had a stand in the Fulton Fish Market. Growing up on the south shore of Long Island, Grachek was exposed to the cycles of fish and the intricacies of marine life from a young age. |
Madeleine Hall-Arber | New Bedford, MA | Working Waterfront Festival | |
Dominik Ficek | Fishtales |
Mr. Ficek has been a fisherman for ten years and talks about life at sea. |
Markham Starr | New Bedford, MA | Northeast Fisheries Science Center - NOAA, Working Waterfront Festival | |
Donald Clattenburg, 2011 | The Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project |
Donald F. Clattenburg, born on September 5, 1925, in Port Midway, Nova Scotia, is a retired commercial fisherman with a rich history in the industry. His father, also a fisherman, moved to the United States before Donald was born, visiting his family in Nova Scotia annually . Donald moved to the United States in August 1941, just before World War II, and settled in New Bedford. He began his career in commercial fishing shortly after returning from the war, following in his father's footsteps. |
Markham Starr | New Bedford, MA | Working Waterfront Festival | |
Donald Spooner | The Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project |
Donald Spooner is a former Navy man who has worked in a variety of jobs before finding his place in the fishing industry, where he specialized in making "doors" for trawlers. Born and raised in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, Spooner has lived in the same house all his life. His parents were originally from Boston, but his mother was from New Bedford. After his parents divorced when he was just six months old, he was raised by his great aunt in Hope Beach, a section of Fairhaven. Spooner's connection with the fishing industry began in his youth. |
Markham Starr | New Bedford, MA | Working Waterfront Festival | |
Donna Cunio | The Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project |
Donna Cunio is a 51-year-old woman from Norwell, Massachusetts. She is the wife of a retired merchant marine captain who now serves as the manager of the New Bedford State Pier. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Donna has a deep appreciation for the maritime industry, particularly the hard work of longshoremen and fishermen. Despite not being raised near the water, Donna has a strong connection to the sea through her husband's career. She occasionally joined him on his trips, experiencing first-hand the hard work and dedication of the crew. |
Janice Gadaire Fleuriel | New Bedford, MA | Working Waterfront Festival | |
Donna Goodwin | The Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project |
Donna Goodwin is a seasoned professional in the fishing industry, specifically in the area of splicing. Born and raised in New Bedford, Massachusetts, she comes from a long line of fishermen, with her father, grandfather, and great-grandfather all having been involved in the industry. Donna was taught how to splice three-strand ropes at the age of seven by her father. She later worked for New England Ropes for about 20 years before starting her own splicing business, the Splice Girls, with her daughter. |
Janice Gadaire Fleuriel | New Bedford, MA | Working Waterfront Festival | |
Edith "Edie" Mikina | Workers on the New Bedford Waterfront |
Edie Mikina was born in Angola, in West Africa, of Portuguese heritage and came to the US in 1970. She is the owner of Edie and Marie Boat Settlements in New Bedford, which handles accounting work for fishing vessels out of New Bedford and Fairhaven, which she describes as “one business handling 50 businesses.” She talks about her work and services to fishermen, especially to Portuguese clients, and contrasts past and present in the boat settlement business and in the industry. This is a lively and informative interview and conveys a great deal of historical and topi |
Madeleine Hall-Arber | New Bedford, MA | New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center | |
Edward Barrett | The Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project |
Edward Barrett is a seasoned commercial fisherman with over three decades of experience in the fishing industry. Born in Boston in 1955, Barrett grew up in the coastal town of Marshfield, Massachusetts, where he was exposed to the ocean and fishing from an early age. His first role models in the industry were his older cousin and his friends, who were involved in mossing. Barrett's career in fishing began after he completed college. He initially worked as a sternman and crewman on boats before attending a fishing school at the University of Rhode Island. |
Unknown | New Bedford, MA | Working Waterfront Festival |