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NEW BEDFORD — A NOAA spokesman, in an email, told The Standard-Times that former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration law enforcement chief Dale Jones on Friday was stripped of an important new assignment by NOAA Director Jane Lubchenco.
In a terse email, Justin Kenny of NOAA wrote to The Standard-Times, "Dr. Lubchenco decided to transfer the recent responsibilities assigned to Mr. Dale Jones elsewhere within NOAA." He gave no further details but the assignment drew a firestorm of derision from lawmakers. Read the complete story from The South Coast Today.
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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.
