Articles
- Hurricane Hardware
- 10 Questions for the Seafood Safety Program
- Knauss Fellow Works with Marine Policy-Makers in Washington
- Hurricane Expo Kicks Off Season
- Oral Histories Project Wins Award for Student
- Fire and Water
- Communities Receive Grants to Better Prepare for Hazards
- TV Shows to Advise Against Gambling with Nature
- Featured Publication
- From the Director
Sea Briefs is a report on the results of the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium.
Editor: Laura Bowie
This newsletter
is available in PDF format from:
masgc.org/seabriefs
MASGC supports applied, interdisciplinary marine science research, education and outreach efforts to foster the sustainable development and management of the Mississippi and Alabama coasts and nearshore ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi-Alabama
Sea Grant Consortium
703 East Beach Drive
Ocean Springs, MS 39564
Phone: 228-818-8838
E-mail: seabriefs@masgc.org
MASGP 09-011-02
Oral histories project wins award
for student
Michael
Stieber, a graduate student in the history department at
the University of
South Alabama and an archaeologist for the University of South
Alabama’s Center
for Archeological Studies, was awarded the
Chad Smith Student Travel Grant worth $310 for his presentation
at the North
American Society for Oceanic History,
Steamship Historical Society of America and National Maritime
Historical Society’s Annual Conference held May 13 – 17
in Vallejo, Calif.
Funded by MASGC, Steiber’s paper was titled “Using Oral Histories of Waterfront-Related Pursuits in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, to Explain the Declining Industry.” His research was based on filmed and recorded interviews with fishermen and other seafood industry workers from the area. An oral history archive and the edited footage from the project will serve local residents and researchers alike by offering rare glimpses into the waning lifeways of Bayou La Batre fishermen. The recorded interviews document how the culture of fishing and related industries have changed over the years.
The edited interviews will be available online at a later date.