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Thomas Balf Strengthening Community Resilience in America’s Oldest Seaport

On October 9, 2019, Molly Graham interviewed Tom Balf for the Strengthening Community Resilience in America’s Oldest Seaport oral history project. 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.

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

On August 23, 2019, Molly Graham interviewed Vito Giacalone for the Strengthening Community Resilience in America’s Oldest Seaport oral history project. 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 1980s, Giacalone took a break from fishing to work in construction until he came back to commercial fishing in 2000.

Molly Graham Gloucester, MA NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, Cape Ann Partnership for Science, Technology, and the Natural Environment