GLOUCESTER, MA (March 17, 2009) – The state Legislature’s Joint Committee on the Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture yesterday announced the creation of a new subcommittee to focus exclusively on fisheries with the Gloucester delegation acting as chairmen.
Sen. Bruce Tarr, R-Gloucester, and Rep. Ann-Margaret Ferrante, D-Gloucester, were appointed to lead the subcommittee.
Even before the subcommittee was created, both were instrumental in drafting and circulating an extraordinary letter that asks the congressional delegation to seek an independent investigation into improper and "vindictive" enforcement actions by the National Marine Fisheries Service against fishing boats and the Gloucester Seafood Display Auction.
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