News |
Feds eye new probe of NOAA |
|
The Commerce Department's inspector general is turning a critical eye
again to the federal government's regulation of commercial fishing,
based on complaints emanating from the industry and a request by
Massachusetts' congressmen.
After exposing a federal fisheries law enforcement system that treated New England fishermen as criminals by denying their rights and extracting excessive fines that were improperly used, Inspector General Todd Zinser has now announced his office will now examine "rulemaking" at NOAA and its regional fishery management council. Read the complete article from The Gloucester Times
|
|||
|
|
||
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."
