KMM's 2012 Annual Meeting will be held at 7 p.m., Friday, January 20, in Room 106 at Kodiak College. The meeting will feature a slideshow and talk by Linda Freed and Alan Schmidt on their recent trip to Antarctica, More...
When Crab Was King:
Faces of the Kodiak King Crab Fishery, 1950-1982
In May, KMM exhibited a series of twenty-four photographic portraits of fishermen, processing workers, bartenders, store owners and ordinary people who lived through the boom years of the Kodiak King Crab Fishery, which lasted from the 1950s to 1982. The 20” by 30” black and white images were shown at the Baranov Museum May 7 to June 1, 2011, coinciding with the Kodiak King Crab Festival. The images are now part of the museum's permanent collection and can be viewed online at "Projects Underway," as well as at Fishermen's Hall during public meetings.
An audio cell phone tour accompanies the project, allowing visitors to hear the people in the portraits describe their experiences during the King Crab years. The audio tour was compiled from the museum’s ongoing oral history radio project, “When Crab Was King: an Oral History of the Kodiak King Crab Fishery.” The audio tour will be available from any cell phone through September, 2011. Click here for cell phone audio tour instructions (PDF).
"When Crab Was King" is one of many oral history projects nationwide which seek to record the first-hand experiences of commercial fishermen and their communities. Find more on the National Marine Fisheries Services "Voices from the Fisheries" website http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/voicesfromthefisheries/
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New – Fall 2011! (PDF)
