Oculina Bank Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Terry Howard
Date
2010-04-18
Publication Date
Fall 9-13-2010
Abstract
Oral history interview with commercial fisherman Neil Logan. Logan moved to Fort Pierce in 1991 because the fishing grounds were so productive, particularly the Oculina Bank. He estimates that the Bank's closure to grouper and snapper fishing has cost him 60 percent of his income, since he used to fish there around 150 days a year. He was also affected by the 1996 anchoring prohibition, since his preferred method of fishing requires him to anchor. Logan now does more diving than fishing due to the closures and restrictions. He has no use for closed areas as a management tool and believes that if more laws continue to be passed, there will be no more commercial fishing in Fort Pierce.
Keywords
Fisheries, Florida, Fort Pierce, Fishers, Interviews, Fishery closures, Fishery management
Subject: topical
Fisheries; Fort Pierce; Florida; Fishery closures; Fishery management; Fisher; Interviews; Fishing; Fishers
Subject: geographic
Florida, Fort Pierce
Language
English
Type
Sound
Genre
Oral history, Online audio
Format
1 sound file (20 min.) : digital, MP3 file + ;
Holding Location
University of South Florida
Collection
Oculina Bank Oral History Project
Identifier
O6-00017
Recommended Citation
Logan, Neil (Interviewee), "Neil Logan oral history interview" (2010). Oculina Bank Oral History Project. 39.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/oculina_ohp/39
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