Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk, who has become a player in the intensifying national debate over fisheries policy, is reactivating the Gloucester Fisheries Commission — an agency created by the Legislature in 1956 to investigate and advocate for the "promotion, preservation and protection of the Gloucester fishing industry."
Kirk has appointed eight members who will serve with her, but the core of the commission is five active fishermen — four groundfishermen and a lobsterman known for their entrepreneurial adaptivity and political and industry activism.
The fishermen are Joe Orlando, Paul Vitale, Gus Sanfilippo and Al Cottone; the lobsterman is Mark Ring.
In addition, the mayor has named Angela Sanfilippo, president of the Gloucester Fishermen's Wives Association, along with longtime City Councilor Sefatia Romeo Theken and Councilor and former Mayor Bruce Tobey.
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