OPINION: Fishing families need Barney Frank in Congress by Deb Shrader
Congressman Barney Frank has been by our side for more than 10 years, bringing focus to the fact that the 10-year rebuilding schedule demanded by National Marine Fisheries Service was one arbitrarily chosen, and that it will unnecessarily cause suffering to our working fishermen.
Monday: Northeast Fisheries Summit
Mar 8, 2010
Mayor Scott Lang, the City of New Bedford, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and the Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Institute to welcome all interested parties to the Northeast Fisheries Summit, to be held Monday, March 8, 2010 at the New Bedford Whaling Museum.
- Tom Dempsey of the Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fisherman's Association discusses several issues; Congressman John Tierney on the NOAA Fisheries Service & IG report
- Public input period for federal fishery strategy has ended
- Jack Spillane: Not yet up to speed, fisheries agency head holds fast to 'science'
