Fire in the Water

Interviewee

Terry L. Howard
Donald E. Root

Files

Publication Date

10-2017

Abstract

Using rare historical photos and firsthand accounts of five survivors, this book chronicles waterfront and commercial fishing life on Florida's East coast and along the Indian River Lagoon. It centers on Cape Canaveral and Fort Pierce, Florida from early in the twentieth century to the 1994 Florida net ban. It is filled with colorful sea stories and memories of earlier times.

Keywords

Fish industry, Commercial fishing industry, Fishing boats, Anglers, Fishermen, Overfishing, Weather forecasting, Water pollution, Rivers, Spanish mackerel, Kingfish

Extent

264 pages

Subject: geographic

Cape Canaveral (Fla.); St. Lucie River (Fla.); Taylor Creek (Fla.)

Physical Collection

Environmental and Natural History Collection

Call Number

Special Collections: ENVR SH483.H69 F57 2018

Language

English

Digital Date

2022

Media Type

Biographies

Identifier

S62-00041

Recommended Citation

Howard, Terry L. and Root, Donald E., "Fire in the Water" (2017). Florida Fishing Captains Oral History Project. 3.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/fl_fishing_ohp/3