Tag Archives: Attorney General Martha Coakley
State targets NOAA science, tactics in its most recent filing of its lawsuit against federal fishing regulators.
The National Marine Fisheries Service used sub-standard methods of data collection and violated the rule of federal law when it failed to consider alternatives to its preferred catch limits or how those alternatives would affect fishing communities, Massachusetts has charged in its most recent filing of its lawsuit against federal fishing regulators. Read more here 01:07
Attorney General Martha Coakley rolled into Gloucester Wednesday shaking hands and conversing with fishermen, community leaders and residents
Three days into her 2014 campaign for governor, state Attorney General Martha Coakley rolled into Gloucester Wednesday, braking at the brewing company on Rogers Street to spend a half hour shaking hands and conversing with fishermen, community leaders and residents who gathered and rotated around her. As attorney general, Coakley has stepped into a key role fighting for Massachusetts fishermen, filing a federal lawsuit challenging the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. more@GDT 04:17
AG’s suit targets NOAA fishing actions – “We will take it all the way to the Supreme Court, if necessary,”
BOSTON — Representing the entire elected political leadership of Massachusetts, Attorney General Martha Coakley Thursday filed suit in U.S. District Court against the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to block NOAA’s month-old commercial fishing restrictions, describing them as a “death penalty” for an industry which has been fishing legally and responsibly for years while successive waves of resource protection dragged the industry into an economic “disaster.” continued
