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Massachusetts AG Coakley testifies to NOAA, catch share 'failings' |
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BOSTON — Attorney General Martha Coakley, state lawmakers, industry lawyers and representatives of the fishing industry took turns at a legislative subcommittee hearing Wednesday assailing federal fishery administrators and law enforcers for outdated science, and ill-conceived, improper, job-destructive policies and attitudes.
The catch share system promoted by NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco was a primary target of the witnesses — along with a corrupted law enforcement regime, Lubchenco herself and so-called green nonprofit groups that were said to share an anti-fishing agenda. Read the complete story from The Gloucester 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."
