Mark your calendar for the Orleans Pond Coalition annual meeting.
Date: September 29, 2026
Time: 4:00-5:30 pm
Location: Orleans Yacht Club, Orleans MA
Come get updates on our various efforts over the past year as well as hear about exciting new programs on the horizon!
Our keynote speaker will be Captain Bill Amaru who will speak on:
The Incredible Waters of Orleans: Our Watershed Moment Is Now
We know that Orleans’ waters are under threat and waters Cape-wide are degrading. Fortunately, we know what’s causing this and how to fix it. From his unique perspective as a fisherman for over 50 years on the Cape, Captain Amaru will walk through how our choices can protect these vital resources for the future.
Captain Amaru’s bio:
Bill Amaru has spent over fifty years fishing the waters off Cape Cod and the Nantucket Shoals. He continues to harvest surrounding waters in his 36’ fishing boat, F/V PALADIN, from Chatham. He was educated in New York and Boston as a classical clarinetist and played in Boston, Albany and with the Cape Cod Symphony before turning to the sea for his vocation.
He lives in Orleans with his wife Joanne, a lifelong teacher in local schools. Their two children and six grandchildren all live and work or go to school in town as well.
Mr. Amaru is a past member of the New England Fishery Management Council and presently sits on the Massachusetts Fisheries Commission.