Gloucester Times Says NOAA Move to Reconsider NE Cod Cuts Allows for More Industry Input (Editorial)
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Gloucester Daily Times] February 23, 2015
Only time will tell whether NOAA Fisheries’ agreement to reconsider some of its most draconian Gulf of Maine cod restrictions will prove a turning point in NOAA’s dealing with the fishing industry.
And one can argue that the move — coming in response to a Jan. 22 letter from Congressman Seth Moulton in support of a very viable fishing industry-based compromise — is one that NOAA’s Northeast administrator, John Bullard, should have given more credence when he flatly rejected it last month.
But Bullard and other NOAA officials at least deserve credit for their favorable response to Moulton’s letter asking for reconsideration...
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