NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office
Interviewee Sort descending | Collection | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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Sefatia Romeo Theken | Strengthening Community Resilience in America’s Oldest Seaport |
Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken's grandparents immigrated to Gloucester in the 1940's. Many of her relatives worked in the fishing industry in Gloucester. Mayor Romeo Theken was married to a commercial fisherman and worked as a fish packer at Gorton's and later for the Addison Gilbert Hospital. After her husband died, she began to get more involved in the Gloucester community and advocating for fishers. She became vice president of the Gloucester Fishermen's Wives Association. Mayor Romeo Theken also earned a B.A. |
Molly Graham | Gloucester, MA | NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, Cape Ann Partnership for Science, Technology, and the Natural Environment | |
Thomas Balf | Strengthening Community Resilience in America’s Oldest Seaport |
Tom Balf is an environmental professional with diverse experience in regulatory policy, environmental management, and sustainability in the corporate, consulting, and non-profit sectors. His current consulting work, as founder of Oceanvest, LLC, focuses on projects that support sustainable fishing communities, maritime technology applications, and 21st century working waterfronts. He is the former executive director of Maritime Gloucester. Scope and Content Note |
Molly Graham | Gloucester, MA | NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, Cape Ann Partnership for Science, Technology, and the Natural Environment | |
Vito Giacalone | Strengthening Community Resilience in America’s Oldest Seaport |
Vito Giacalone was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1959. Vito is a third-generation fisherman in Gloucester, and started in the fishing industry as a youth. In the late 1980's, Giacalone took a break from fishing to work in construction, until he came back to commercial fishing in 2000. He serves as the Policy Director for the Northeast Seafood Coalition and President of the Gloucester Fishing Community Preservation Fund. He and his wife Jenny own the fishing vessel Jenny G. and Fishermen's Wharf Gloucester. |
Molly Graham | Gloucester, MA | NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, Cape Ann Partnership for Science, Technology, and the Natural Environment |