Tom Fote has been an avid angler since he was four years old. After retiring in 1970 as an US Army Captain, due to wounds sustained in Vietnam, Tom returned to his first love, fishing. He became involved in marine ecosystem and environmental issues as a volunteer. He has worked to help end ocean dumping of many things over the years. He has been representing the Jersey Coast Anglers Association (JCAA) at Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) meetings since the mid-eighties. In 1990, he became the Governor’s Appointee from New Jersey to the ASMFC and served almost continuously in that role until June 2023. Tom has served on the Board of Directors for Clean Water Action New Jersey since 2001 and is finishing a six-year term on the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee to the US Secretary of Commerce.
