Toward an oral history of Cape Ann: OH 77, CD 110 : Novello, Lena

TRACKS:Mrs. Novello's background - four generations of fishing

First Italian immigrants in Gloucester - learning the ropes with Gloucester fishing. Mrs. Novello's recollections of earlier days in Fort Square neighborhood

Earlier fishing methods - weather prediction with a white handkerchief

Recollections of tragedies in fishing industry

Comments on being a fisherman's wife, fishing as a family business - cooperation to get family members set up with boats

Concerns regarding children becoming fishermen

Mrs. Novello's work as a shore agent, Blizzard of '78, etc.

Mrs. Novello's activities to support fishing industry - objection to occupation's being labeled unskilled, promotion of underutilized fish, etc.

The waterfront today - keeping it for the fishing industry

The waterfront today (cont'd)

The Taste of Gloucester - an all fish cookbook, a group from Detroit comes just to have lunch

Comments on environmentalists' concerns

Mrs. Novello's seafaring experiences, comments on artists' interests in fishing scenes

New Italian immigrants in Gloucester

Gloucester is on its way to being No.1 fish town