NOAA Regional Administrator John K. Bullard Sticks to his guns over at-sea monitoring battle

Bullard’s letter on Tuesday to NEFMC Executive Director Tom Nies followed the same rejective tone as his letter about two weeks ago that rejected the council request — also made at its June meeting — for NOAA to use its administrative authority to suspend all groundfish at-sea monitoring for the remainder of the 2015 season. “While we do have authority to make administrative adjustments to the ASM program in-season, none of the options would be consistent with the current regulatory requirements and statistical standards, and as a result, we cannot take administrative action to modify the at-sea monitoring coverage for 2015,”  Read the rest here 07:55

3 Responses to NOAA Regional Administrator John K. Bullard Sticks to his guns over at-sea monitoring battle

  1. Joel Hovanesian says:

    WHEN IS ENOUGH,PEOPLE?

    YOUR STILL FUCKING PEASANTS AS FAR AS I CAN SEE

  2. Rocky Novello says:

    NEFMC does’t have much power in fishing management ! IT IS JUST A GOVERNMENT FRONT, BULLARD OR ???? HAS THE FINAL SAY IN ALL MATTERS .
    Commercial fishing made NOAA what it is today ! COMMERCIAL FISHING SHOULD HAVE THE SAY , WHO SHOULD BE OUR REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS .
    I know ,DAVID GOETHEL would be a great regional administrator for NE REGIONAL .
    GIVE THE POWER BACK TO THE PEOPLE !!!

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