Name/Title
Zollezzi, JuliusEntry/Object ID
OH00149Scope and Content
An interview conducted with Julius Zollezzi. The subject matter in this interview includes tuna fishing and horses. There are three tapes to this collection.
Mr. Zollezzi interview is very vivid and well explained. He explains the old and modern ways of fishing in very simple terms with good description. Researchers will find this interview covers a wide range of years, fishing techniques and changes, as Mr. Zollezzi came from a family of fishermen, and owned a modern fishing fleet in American Samoa at the time this interview was conducted. He describes purse seine fishing techniques as well as modern fishing. He describes the reasons he had to leave San Diego to fish in Samoa and the challenges this change brought upon his families business. He vividly discusses the challenges of the porpoise controversy in America, and the misconceptions of fishermen in America at this time. He also discusses the modern problems facing the American fishing industry. He discusses the challenges as other countries do not always follow the same considerations toward protecting fishing resources. This interview highlights the problems facing the world as substantiality may now depend on international fishing ordnances and controls of shared resources.Collection
Oral History Collection