Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) will join hosts Phil Paleologos and Bob Vanasse on a special edition of WBSM's Saving Seafood hour on Monday, January 10 at 9:10 am.

The Congressman will discuss the decision of Secretary Gary Locke to refuse the request of Governor Deval Patrick for emergency measures including an increase in catch allocations on certain groundfish species, and to provide economic aid.

After Secretary Locke's decision was announced, Congressman Frank said in a statement: "I have already begun discussions with my colleagues on the House Natural Resources Committee, which has jurisdiction over fisheries, in order to craft legislation to make needed revisions to the Magnuson Act."

Congressman Frank's district includes New Bedford, Massachusetts, the nation's top-value commercial fishing port.

Last month, at a meeting of his Oceans and Fisheries Council, Scott W. Lang, mayor of New Bedford addressed NOAA employees in attendance stating: "This is either a deliberate attempt to contract the industry, which is completely illegal, or it's ineptitude at the highest levels that I've ever seen in government -- and I am government."


The show is heard on AM 1420 in Southeastern Massachusetts, on Cape Cod and the Islands.

Outside of the broadcast areas, listen live at www.wbsm.com

To join the show and ask a question, online listeners are invited to call 508-996-0500.

The archived audio will be available at www.SavingSeafood.org