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U.S. Commerce Department Inspector General Todd Zinser has accepted an invitation to testify at a Senate subcommittee hearing about the federal fisheries law enforcement system, whose misdeeds — documented by his investigation — brought a sub-cabinet level contingent to Gloucester last week to issue an apology and distribute cash reparations.
Zinser's acceptance was confirmed to the Times by the office of U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, who — together with Sen. Thomas R. Carper, D-Delaware — organized the hearing of the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services and International Security. 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."
