CITY TO SUPPORT TUNA STATUE.Byline: Patrick McGreevy Daily News Staff Writer The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. voted Wednesday to spend $125,000 to
build a Fishing Memorial statue that depicts a commercial fisherman
holding a blue-fin tuna tuna or tunny, game and food fishes, the largest members of the family Scombridae (mackerel family) and closely related to the albacore and bonito. They have streamlined bodies with two fins, and five or more finlets on the back. for a city park in San Pedro.
Council members Rudy Svorinich Rudy Svorinich (born 1960) is a Republican who served on the Los Angeles City Council representing the 15th district. A resident of San Pedro, his diverse district also includes the community of Watts. He was elected to the council in 1993 and served two full terns. , Jr. and Mike Feuer brought in the motion to provide money for the statue's foundation, lighting and landscaping after a group called the Fishing Memorial Committee raised more than $200,000 in private donations to pay for the statue itself. ``It's for people who have lost their lives in the fishing industry as well as those whose profession was in the fishing industry for most of their life,'' Svorinich said. The memorial, proposed for John Gibson John Gibson is a common name, shared by:
``It's long overdue,'' Frlekin said, noting that similar memorials already exist in fishing towns like Biloxi, Miss. He estimated that more than 100 commercial fishermen and women have died at sea. |
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