Stieber’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 Bayou La Batre, Ala. The project was funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium.
Bayou La Batre net makers George Henry Sprinkle, left, and Dillard Wilkerson are two men who shared their stories and perspectives about working in the maritime industry as part of the oral histories project.