Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle
Interview Audio Excerpt
See Full Interview TranscriptDr. Henry Hildebrand was a marine biologist who taught at Texas A&M University in Kingsville and Corpus Christi, and did field research in the coastal waters of south Texas, eastern Mexico, and elsewhere. He was a noted expert on sea turtles, shrimp, blue crab, oysters, sharks, and red tide. Here he discusses the decline of the Kemp's Ridley sea turtle, which he attributes to egg-collecting in Mexico, and shrimp-trawling in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date RecordedFebruary 21, 2000
InterviewerDavid Todd and David Weisman
IntervieweeHenry Hildebrand
LocationFlower Bluff, Texas
Duration00:02:52
Reel2071
Time Code00:02:06
InterviewerDavid Todd and David Weisman
IntervieweeHenry Hildebrand
LocationFlower Bluff, Texas
Duration00:02:52
Reel2071
Time Code00:02:06