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Frank assails NOAA chief's inaction on limits |
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Congressman Barney Frank has expressed "disappointment" in the pace and
significance of Obama administration responses to a suite of New
England fisheries' problems placed in front of Jane Lubchenco, the
President's top appointee on ocean issues, last October.
Frank, who previously had a lengthy sitdown to enlist Lubchenco's support for "the economic and social health of the fishing industry," received a letter from her on Jan. 6; he answered on Jan. 29. The Newton Democrat and acknowledged leader of the East Coast fishing caucus minced few words, asserting that Lubchenco, as head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, had "squandered" a major opportunity to mitigate severe cuts in the mixed groundfish stocks. |
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Lubchenco has one easy way to help local fishermen by Hoff Stauffer
At a meeting with local fishermen last week, NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco said: "We have a lot of work to do ... We can make it better."
She has at least one option for making it better right away. She can increase the 2010 annual catch limits by 33 percent, simply by redressing the balance on the National Oceanic and Administration's treatment of uncertainty.
