The Feb. 26 letter, initiated by Ferrante, a lawyer with a fishing practice who comes from a fishing family, petitioned the congressional delegation to ask the U.S. inspector general to investigate the federal enforcement arm of NMFS. Read more on the Gloucester Daily Times website→
The state Legislature’s Joint Committee on the Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture yesterday announced the creation of a new subcommittee to focus exclusively on fisheries with the Gloucester delegation acting as chairmen. Sen. Bruce Tarr, R-Gloucester, and Rep. Ann-Margaret Ferrante, D-Gloucester, were appointed to lead the subcommittee. Read more on the Gloucester Daily Times website→
State Rep. Ann-Margaret Ferrante has been assigned to work on the Economic Development and Emerging Technologies , the Natural Resources and the Labor and Workforce committees by the Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo, D-Winthrop. Read more on the Gloucester Daily Times website→
Ann-Margaret Ferrante takes the oath of office today in the historic chamber of the House of Representatives, under the gaze of the commonwealth’s Sacred Cod in what has become a bittersweet moment for the daughter of an immigrant fishing family. Read more on the Gloucester Daily Times website→