Fisheries Oral Histories

This collection features oral histories with NOAA staff who worked with fisheries management and conservation of protected resources.

Fish swim above a coral reef in the Caribbean.

Fish swim above a coral reef in the Caribbean. (Image credit: Tom Moore)

Jeanette Davis, NOAA Fisheries
Tenure at NOAA: 2018-present 
(2015-2017, contractor and Knauss Fellow)
Dr. Jeanette Davis

These days, Dr. Jeanette Davis works more on strategy and reports rather than in a lab for NOAA Fisheries, but she has loved science from an early age. In fact, it influenced her to write a children’s book.

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Steven Wilson, NOAA Fisheries. Tenure at NOAA: 1984-present.
Steven Wilson

Steven Wilson is the director of NOAA’s seafood commerce and certification program. Wilson is credited with contributing to a more robust end-to-end system for inspecting food — standards that are now used worldwide.

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