Martin, Kent O. (Kent Oliver), 1944-
Biographical note
Kent Oliver Martin was born in Skamokawa, Washington, in 1944. He attended Washington State College in Ellensburg, Washington, and double-majored in philosophy and anthropology. He dropped out in 1966 to serve in the U.S. Navy, then completed his bachelor’s degree in 1970. He earned a master’s degree in marine anthropology from the Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada. While in Canada, he married Irene Elizabeth Martin. The couple moved to Skamokawa in 1973, and Martin worked as a gill-net fisherman in the Columbia River Basin. Kent and Irene Martin were jointly awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife for their work in salmon conservation.
Sources: Vital records on Ancestry.com; information provided by Martin in his interview; “A Conversation About Life in Skamokawa with Irene Martin,” by Amber Siefer, September 1, 2023 originally accessed October 25, 2024, archived at, https://web.archive.org/web/20250912034502/https://columbiariverkayaking.com/2023/09/01/a-conversation-about-life-in-skamokawa-with-irene-martin/.
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Oral history interview with Kent O. Martin
Oral history interview with Kent O. Martin, conducted by Clark Hansen on May 21, 1999, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Martin discusses how the decline of salmon runs in the Columbia River Basin over the 20th century has affected his commercial fishing business.