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Oculina Bank Oral History Project

Oculina Bank Oral History Project

The Oculina Bank is a 90-mile strip of coral reef near the continental shelf between Cape Canaveral and Ft. Pierce. It gets its name from the presence of Oculina varicosa coral banks, thickets, and rubble zones. Since 1984, various regulations have limited or prohibited fishing in this Habitat Area of Particular Concern (HAPC). In 2010, the Gulf and South Atlantic Fisheries Foundation Inc., University of Florida anthropology doctoral candidate Ava Lasseter, and the USF Libraries Oral History Program began an oral history project to assess the Oculina Bank HAPC's impact on Ft. Pierce recreational, charter, and commercial fishermen.

Submissions from 2010 2010

Ben Bryan Oral History Interview, Ben Bryan

James Gallagher Oral History Interview, James Gallagher

Larry Benning Oral History Interview, Larry Benning

Emil LaViola Oral History Interview, Emil LaViola

Scott Bachman Oral History Interview, Scott Bachman

Edward Smith Oral History Interview, Edward Smith

William Thiess Oral History Interview, William Thiess

Kalani Cairns Oral History Interview, Kalani Cairns

Robert Cardin Oral History Interview, Robert Cardin

Robert Leonard Christensen Oral History Interview, Robert Leonard Christensen

Marcia Foosaner Oral History Interview, Marcia Foosaner

Robert Benton Oral History Interview, Robert Benton

Gary Mills Oral History Interview, Gary Mills

James Reeves Oral History Interview, James A. Reeves

Samuel Crutchfield Oral History Interview, Samuel Crutchfield

Christopher Nelson Oral History Interview, Christopher Nelson

Herman Summerlin Oral History Interview, Herman Summerlin

Allen Tyrrell Oral History Interview, Allen Tyrrell

John Conlon Oral History Interview, John M. Conlon

Richard Kluglein Oral History Interview, Richard J. Kluglein

Joseph Clanton Oral History Interview, Joseph Clanton

Frederick Dunn and David Knight Oral History Interview, Frederick Dunn and David Knight

Billy Yates Oral History Interview, Billy Yates

Albert Ashley Oral History Interview, Albert Ashley

Billy Baird Oral History Interview, Billy Baird

Chuck Hawkins Oral History Interview, Charles Hawkins

Gerald Lee Metz Oral History Interview, Gerald Lee Metz

Roger Rucker Oral History Interview, Roger Rucker

Edward Killer Oral History Interview, Edward Killer

Neil Logan Oral History Interview, Neil Logan

Michael D. Hogan Oral History Interview, Michael D. Hogan

Steve Lowe Oral History Interview, Steve Lowe

Thomas Jones Oral History Interview, Thomas Jones

Joseph Klostermann Oral History Interview, Joseph Klostermann Jr.

Scott Osborne Oral History Interview, Scott Osborne

Lewis Augusta Oral History Interview, Lewis P. Augusta

David King Oral History Interview, David King

Victor Shilling Oral History Interview, Victor Shilling

Glenn Cameron Oral History Interview, Glenn Cameron

Tris Colket Oral History Interview, Tristram C. Colket IV

Glenn Middlebrooks Oral History Interview, William Glenn Middlebrooks

Fox Watkins Oral History Interview, Maltby Foxworthy Watkins Jr.

Chip Shafer Oral History Interview, Irving Shafer

Bud Tillman Oral History Interview, Murray Clayton Tillman Jr.

Don Raffensberger Oral History Interview, Donald Raffensberger