Rod Moore and Nils Stolpe of The Seafood Coalition have written a letter to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke.
They write "While we strongly support having a national fisheries science workshop, we are concerned that it be meaningful and yield products that the seafood industry can embrace.
We urge you to direct your staff to have the workshop developed and conducted by a credible independent science organization such as the School of Marine Science and Technology at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, the School of Aquatic and Fisheries Science at the University of Washington or another which is acceptable to independent fishermen to avoid questions of conflict or politicization of science."