| Date: | 10/01/1968 |
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| Issuer: | John A. Volpe |
| Revoked by: | Rescinded by Executive Order 65 |
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WHEREAS, there is a critical need to provide immediate assistance to the valuable commercial fishing industry of the Commonwealth and to those citizens engaged in this, the state's oldest industry; and
WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of the Commonwealth, acting through its appropriate agencies, to assist in the protection enhancement and development of this industry and the resources upon which it depends; and
WHEREAS, this industry is faced with the problem of competition from heavily subsidized foreign fisheries, and other economic problems of a serious nature; and WHEREAS, the citizens of the Commonwealth as consumers are vitally interested in the availability of wholesome fresh fish of domestic origin;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, John A. Volpe, Governor of the Commonwealth, by virtue of all the authority vested in me, do hereby issue this order.
1. There is hereby created a committee to be known as the Governor's Advisory Committee on the Domestic Fishing Industry. The Committee shall consist of five members who shall be appointed from time to time by the Governor and shall serve at his pleasure.
2. It shall be the duty of the Committee
(a) To review present problems of the domestic fishing industry with special emphasis on the production of fresh fish.
(b) To suggest programs to support this industry and its related components.
(c) To assist in proposing and supporting any legislation necessary to implement the suggested programs.
(d) To advise -- together with the Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission -- the Governor on all matters concerning the domestic fishing industry and the production of fresh fish in the Commonwealth.
Given at the Executive Chamber in Boston this first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight and of the Independence of the United States of America, one hundred and ninety- third.
JOHN A. VOLPE
Governor
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
JOHN F. X. DAVOREN
Secretary of the Commonwealth