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May 18, 2011 -
The same day she apologized to the fishing industry in Gloucester for
law enforcement excesses, NOAA chief administrator Jane Lubchenco was
called to testify before a U.S. Senate subcommittee investigating the
use of fines by her agency and funds appropriated to help operate
fisheries as catch share commodity markets.
The “invitation” from the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management,
Government Information, Federal Services and International Security, was
signed Chairman Thomas R. Caper, a Delaware Democrat, and Scott Brown,
the Massachusetts Republican and the ranking minority member. Read the complete story from The Gloucester Times. Read the letter to Dr. Lubchenco.
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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."
