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NEW BEDFORD — NOAA's Northeast law enforcement office has quietly backed away from what Mayor Scott W. Lang called an "ill-advised, uninformed, insensitive, retaliatory" decision to assign a Boston-based enforcement officer to head the New Bedford office.
According to a Dec. 20 e-mail obtained by The Standard-Times through a freedom of information request, Susan Williams, a criminal investigator assigned to the Boston/Chelsea law enforcement office of NOAA, was to have started in New Bedford Feb. 1. Both Williams and Moro poth Williams and Moro played roles in one of the most infamous prosecutions by NOAA in the Northeast, against the Gloucester Seafood Auction. It became the impetus for an inquiry by the Commerce Department's inspector general, who revealed widespread abuses by prosecutors in the Northeast that are still being investigated. Read the complete story from The South Coast Today.
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HASTINGS: Time to improve the Endangered Species Act
May 18, 2012 - When the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was signed into law in 1973 by President Nixon, he spoke about the importance of preserving “the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed.” I believe that goal is as important today as it was back then. However, after nearly 40 years, it’s time to take a fresh, honest look at the law and consider whether there are ways it could be improved to do a better job of protecting and recovering species.
