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News Enforcement Dr. Lubchenco: Dale Jones remains employed; Charles Juliand reassigned; New enforcement chief sought
News Enforcement Dr. Lubchenco: Dale Jones remains employed; Charles Juliand reassigned; New enforcement chief sought |
Dr. Lubchenco: Dale Jones remains employed; Charles Juliand reassigned; New enforcement chief sought |
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WASHINGTON - Oct. 18, 2010 - NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco announced this morning that former NOAA Enforcement director Dale Jones is still
employed by NOAA and is working as a fisheries program specialist on the
"integration of NMFS trade monitoring programs with the government-wide
international trade data system." Embattled NOAA Enforcement attorney Charles Juliand also remains with the agency, but he has
been reassigned away from enforcement duties. He will work in the
General Counsel for Natural Resources, and will work on matters related
to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In addition, Administrator Lubchenco announced that NOAA has begun a nationwide search for a new enforcement director. The text of the official announcement follows: NOAA Announces Enforcement Office Changes Statement from Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator I am announcing two changes we have made to move NOAA further down the road to an effective enforcement program in NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service. First, we are today posting a job announcement for a new Director, Office of Law Enforcement, and will conduct a nationwide search for a new strong leader. Outreach for the search will be carried out by a team headed by Vince O'Shea, Executive Director of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, and former U.S. Coast Guard Captain in charge of fisheries law enforcement. Alan Risenhoover, the acting director of Law Enforcement, is in the meantime doing an excellent job of heading that office. Dale Jones is a fisheries program specialist working on the integration of NMFS trade monitoring program with the government-wide international trade data system. Second, Charles Juliand, a lawyer in the office of General Counsel for Enforcement and Litigation, assigned to the Northeast Office in Gloucester, is being reassigned away from enforcement duties to the office of General Counsel for Natural Resources, where he will work on matters related to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Since summer 2009, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and I have taken a number of steps to address complaints about NOAA's enforcement program and to improve the program. These include asking for Inspector General reports and implementing recommendations from those reports, revamping the way we handle expenditures from the Asset Forfeiture Fund, putting in place a new chief of the General Counsel for Enforcement and Litigation office, providing for higher level review of enforcement decisions, and setting up a program for compliance assistance in New England. |
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JESSICA HATHAWAY: 'National Fisherman' editor says New York Times misrepresented catch share support
May 18, 2012 - The New York Times heralds catch shares for saving summer flounder and Northeast haddock, which is like crediting a freshman class for the seniors' high college placement rate. By the same token, we could blame catch shares for the demise of Northeast cod stocks. But we don't.
