Kirk, state Rep. Ann-Margaret Ferrante and state Sen. Bruce Tarr have set up the meeting for Friday beginning at 8:30 a.m. in City Hall's Kyrouz Auditorium. The gathering comes six days after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's new catch-share management system and the National Marine Fisheries Service's new allocation limits went into effect last Saturday.

"Every day matters, because every day the new system is in place is a day closer Gloucester fishermen are to going out of business," Kirk said in announcing the meeting. "We want to hear directly from fishermen on the impact of the new regulations now that they are seven days into it."

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