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Editorial
Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 34 Number 1
September 2006
One era ends, another begins for CFN
Astute readers may have noticed that this issue marks the beginning of Volume 34 for Commercial Fisheries News, meaning we are now into our 34th year of publishing this newspaper.
For much of CFN’s existence, Susan Jones has been part of the editorial team, serving capably since 1988 as the newspaper’s editor – overseeing staff and outside contributors; guiding the content, and look and feel of the paper; and providing the comprehensive industry knowledge and institutional memory that is the cornerstone of the publication’s reputation for unsurpassed breadth, depth, fairness, and accuracy.
Effective with this issue, Susan is turning over those reins to another equally capable CFN staffer, Lorelei Stevens, who has served for many years as an associate editor of the paper.
Susan, who has worked tirelessly through countless deadlines and grueling hours, is stepping back to a less demanding schedule. She will be staying on as managing editor of CFN, working mostly behind the scenes in a supporting role that still utilizes her unique talents and experience.
It is impossible to replace Susan as she retires from the senior editor’s post, but the torch is being passed to capable hands.
Lorelei, who many CFN readers know and have worked with over the years, is a highly skilled, veteran fisheries journalist who has also been with the paper for much of its three-decades-plus life.
While her byline may be familiar, most readers wouldn’t know that Lorelei’s proficient skills as a copy editor help make other writers’ work better and more readable in the pages of every issue.
Additionally, although CFN editorials are a collaborative effort among the editorial staff, Lorelei’s voice and incisive writing style are present and often foremost in the final piece that readers see.
Her tenure, competency, and deep commitment to the CFN mission will ensure that the paper will remain vital and relevant, serving as the region’s foremost communication tool among commercial fishing industry stakeholders.
Central to CFN’s stature as the industry’s newspaper of record is the unique first-person reporting and analysis of regional fisheries management provided month in and month out by Janice M. Plante.
Janice, known by many as the newspaper’s face at management meetings plus a broad spectrum of industry events from the Maritimes to the Mid-Atlantic, is continuing and expanding her role as CFN associate editor.
Singularly qualified among fisheries journalists, Janice’s grasp of complex fisheries and science issues across the region and across numerous species, connects and explains the myriad management process to CFN readers.
Most importantly, Janice’s empathy with fishermen and commercial fishing families, and her ability to speak their language, helps keep CFN readers engaged in what can often be an overwhelming arena.
Joining CFN as part of the editorial retooling is Rosanne Mizzoni.
Rosanne, who has deep industry ties and is a former National Marine Fisheries Service staffer, will be focused primarily on Maine industry news and, we expect, will become another familiar CFN face on the waterfront.
As always, boat coverage will continue to be handled by Steve Curtis, Steve Kennedy, and Peter Prybot. And, CFN’s “stable” of top-notch contributing writers will be covering their familiar beats in every issue.
While these changes are significant, we expect the transition to be largely invisible to most CFN readers. But since this is, in fact, your newspaper we invite your comments, suggestions, and criticisms in the weeks and months ahead.
Finally, on behalf of our staff and, I suspect, many of our readers, advertisers, friends, and colleagues, a huge and heartfelt thank-you to Susan Jones for her remarkable contributions to Commercial Fisheries News and this industry we serve during her long and accomplished tenure as editor.
One era ends, another begins.
Rick Martin
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