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Mayor of Top US Fishing Port Asks for Investigation of NOAA, NMFS, and New England Management Council
NEW BEDFORD, MA (Saving Seafood).
The mayor of the top US fishing port has asked for a Federal investigation of all parties involved with the implementation of fishing regulations, laws, and frameworks, and into the rule making processes of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the New England Fisheries Management Council (NEFMC).
New Bedford, Massachusetts Mayor Scott Lang stated that a “lack of fair play and transparency coupled with use of stale science in the development of fisheries management has caused profound and adverse socio-economic impacts that are crippling fishing communities.” In a letter to Commerce Department Inspector General Todd Zinser, the Mayor wrote “It is paramount that rules and regulations that impact the livelihood of fishing communities be implemented in an open and transparent manner. Such is not the case today and fishing communities are collapsing as a consequence.”
Last Updated on Monday, 10 January 2011 16:10
Senator Presses for Explanations on NOAA ‘Reassignments’ Following Revelations of ‘Horrific Abuses of Power’
GLOUCESTER, MA (Gloucester Times).
Asserting the authority of a congressional committee, U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, has demanded a “privileged” explanation from the executive branch for the rationale behind the decision to reassign rather than punish top federal fisheries law enforcement officers found to have abused their authority in actions against fishermen.
A Maine Republican, who is the ranking member of the Senate Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard subcommittee, Snowe invoked what she described as the “statutory authority” of a congressional committee with jurisdiction over an executive agency to require an explanation for the agency’s actions in privileged communication to the committee.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 November 2010 22:17
‘Undermining the Credibility of Closed Areas As a Fisheries Management Tool’
ABERDEEN, UK (Fisheries Today).
A report prepared earlier this year by a group of scientists on behalf of the European Commission suggests that efforts to protect juvenile fish through area closures may not be as effective as generally assumed.
The findings, published by IMARES (the Netherlands' Wageningen University and Research Centre's Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies), suggest clearly that efforts to increase sustainability by dramatically decreasing fishing in an area of the North Sea have not worked according to plan.
Last Updated on Thursday, 04 November 2010 00:34
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