NEW BEDFORD, MA (March 4, 2009) – An investigation into the scientific practices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center found that the Woods Hole-based center uses the best available science but must take steps to improve how it communicates that science to the groundfishing industry, according to the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
NOAA Fisheries Service has until March 28 to submit an action plan to Inspector General Todd J. Zinser, detailing how the agency, which falls under the Commerce Department, will improve transparency with fishermen based on recommendations outlined in a 42-page report on the investigation.
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