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Joe Orlando: The Padre Pio (A portrait of today's fisherman) |
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Capt. Joe Orlando has been a stalwart of the Gloucester fleet for more than 35 years. He has an instinct for fish and an appetite for justice. Right now, he contends, there's a lot more of the former than the latter. Orlando, 56, was a child when his family emigrated from Sicily in 1963 and settled in Milwaukee, where his uncle lived. But it wasn't right for Orlando's father, a fisherman in Sicily. In the early 1970s, a helping hand was extended by Tommy Brancaleone, whose family made up one of the legendary high-lining crews of the post-World War II era. Brancaleone invited the Orlandos to come to Gloucester to fish. "When we started, the health of the fish stocks was pretty good, but not as good as it is now," said Orlando, who maintains a fishing business with his son Mario via the 65-foot dragger Padre Pio. Read the complete story at the Gloucester Times.
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MELISSA WOOD, NATIONAL FISHERMEN: Meting out the meager
May 22, 2012 - Listening to the New England Council's Groundfish Advisory Panel talk about how that industry is going to pay for monitoring costs is kind of like trying to figure out how to pay your bills when you've just lost your job. Though monitoring is important keeping costs down is critical. As Panel Member Gary Libby pointed out, "If we had 100 percent monitoring we probably wouldn't have an industry."