Nicholas Gutierrez, son of Buddy Guindon (commercial fisherman and owner of Katie’s Seafood Market on 1902 Wharf Road, Galveston) has managed Katie’s Seafood Market since 2007. Mr. Gutierrez grew up on Galveston and in the Texas Gulf Coast culture, working in his father’s seafood market since he was fourteen years old. In his interview, Nicholas Gutierrez discusses his role as manager at a seafood market, the types of seafood markets in the area, conflicts with the Texas Gulf Coast seafood industry, the advantages and disadvantages of working in a family run business, gender roles in the seafood industry, and the effects of Hurricane Ike and the BP oil spill.

He was interviewed on October 16, 2010 at Lasso-a-Latte, 500 Seawall Boulevard, Galveston, TX, 77550. The interview was conducted by Jennifer Yucra on behalf of the Oral History of Houston Project, Center for Public History, University of Houston. The interview is available at M.D. Anderson Library on the main campus of the university.