GLOUCESTER – The mayors of New Bedford and Gloucester voiced their disappointment with top officials based on a 236-page report revealing “miscarriages of justice” by federal fisheries law enforcers, the Gloucester Times reported Wednesday.
Mayor Scott Lang of New Bedford and Mayor Carolyn Kirk of Gloucester said the response by U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Jane Lubchenco, administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, was superficial, insincere and unlikely to bring about meaningful reform.
The comments were made to the Times during a interview taped for broadcast. Lubchenco was in Gloucester on May 16 to meet with fishermen and apologize for the failing of the law enforcement system, to announce the return of $649,527 in fines levied and to discuss reforms.
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