OPINION: NOAA chief can't put off action vs. rogue fishing cops
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It's been seven days now since the U.S. Department of Commerce
Inspector General issued a blistering report on the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration's enforcement actions against the
fishing industry.
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OPINION: Inspector General's report shows NOAA has lost its way by Atty. Stephen Ouellette
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The results of the Inspector General's investigation confirms
concerns that many members of the fishing community have raised for 10 years
with congressional delegations — the the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration is an agency out of step, if not outright adversarial with the
industry it is supposed to be working to preserve and protect.
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Local NOAA fines 250% above others; Asset Forfeiture Fund poorly tracked
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Federal fishery law enforcers, whose hard line and heavy fines for
boats and businesses with technical reporting violations have driven
fishermen into deep debt or out of the business, has itself been
working in a data fog that has hindered fairness and effectiveness, a
Department of Commerce report shows.
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Report: NOAA forced way into auction
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Federal fishery agents — cited in an Inspector General's report for
repeatedly "blurring" the line between their administrative law
enforcement work and criminal orientation — forced their way into the
Gloucester Seafood Display Auction after hours and without
authorization in 2006, when the agency was building a case against the
waterfront business.
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EDITORIAL: Get fishing enforcement under control
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The Department of Commerce has essentially confirmed what those in the fishing industry have claimed for years — that the law enforcement arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is a renegade policing agency.
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