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NEW BEDFORD — The mayor of New Bedford is again urging the inspector general at the Department of Commerce to undertake a review of the entire rule-making process governing commercial fishing in New England.
In an Aug. 8 letter addressed to Inspector General Todd J. Zinser, Mayor Scott W. Lang repeatedly cited a report — commissioned by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and released in April — that was critical of the National Marine Fisheries Service and its Northeast Regional Office. Read the complete story from The Standard-Times.
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MELISSA WOOD, NATIONAL FISHERMEN: Meting out the meager
May 22, 2012 - Listening to the New England Council's Groundfish Advisory Panel talk about how that industry is going to pay for monitoring costs is kind of like trying to figure out how to pay your bills when you've just lost your job. Though monitoring is important keeping costs down is critical. As Panel Member Gary Libby pointed out, "If we had 100 percent monitoring we probably wouldn't have an industry."
