Focus going forward should be on making the New England Council and sector management work – not on repeating unsubstantiated arguments
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Monday’s Boston field hearing of the Senate Committee of Commerce,
Science, and Transportation was good political theater. Senator Kerry
and Senator Begich from Alaska, chair of the Committee, tried their best
to create a constructive and positive atmosphere for the important
session.
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GLOUCESTER TIMES: NOAA chief's 'hostile' stands cry out for accountability
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To U.S. Sen John Kerry, the wide gap in testimony between NOAA Chief
Jane Lubchenco and those she's hurting on the front lines of the fishing
industry is "very frustrating."
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GLOUCESTER TIMES: AG Coakley's move gives NOAA secrecy priority it deserves
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To agency chief Jane Lubchenco and others inside the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, how or whether they discipline employees — and how they arrived at those decisions — is obviously nobody's business.
And they are dead wrong.
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GLOUCESTER TIMES: Fisheries hearing will speak volumes of NOAA chief's status
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October 2, 2011 - Today's the day that NOAA chief administrator Jane Lubchenco could finally face the music, so to speak, during a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing pulled together by Sen. John Kerry at the Massachusetts State House.
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RICHARD CANASTRA: Government's perspective remains off kilter
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While the acting chairman of the NEFMC and his staff participate in
endless reviews of 9-month old reports describing how badly their
operation is run, commercial fishermen, destroyed by the regulations
they implemented, are unable to pay their bank loans and are forced to
sell their boats and businesses.
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