Dale J. Jones Jr., deposed as director of federal fisheries law enforcement in the wake of an inspector general's report alleging high-level misuse of funds and document shredding while agents excessively targeted New England fishermen, has been reassigned as a fisheries program specialist.
Jones' salary will drop from $158,500 to $155,000, according to Scott Smullen, a spokesman at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The announcement Monday by NOAA administrator Jane Lubencho of Jones' demotion also described the reassignment of Charles Juliand, the senior attorney for enforcement and litigation in the Northeast Division, based in Gloucester.
Juliand was identified by Commerce Department Inspector General Todd Zinser as the epicenter of excessive law enforcement prosecution activities undertaken against the fishing industry.
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