John Pappalardo

John Pappalardo

Policy Director

“In fisheries, like other areas of resource management, the way forward is almost always a progressive middle-ground instead of an ideological extreme”

John is Policy Director of the Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen’s Association. Actively serving on many local, regional, national and international fishery management bodies, John is in close touch with the realities of commercial fishing.  He has fished commercially for cod, Bluefin tuna, dogfish, and striped bass out of Chatham and Harwich, Massachusetts. He is currently the Chairman of the New England Fishery Management Council. John also serves as a state Commissioner on the Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission.

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