NOAA At-sea monitoring suspended (for now) – To start again March 1, when boats must pay costs
NOAA Fisheries exhausted its budgeted money for at-sea monitoring of Northeast fishing sector groundfish boats on Feb. 16 and has suspended all required monitoring until the fishing industry assumes monitoring costs on March 1. The details of the suspension, which has not been publicly announced by NOAA, were contained in a Feb. 19 declaration filed by NOAA Regional Administrator John K. Bullard in the federal lawsuit New Hampshire fisherman David Goethel of Hampton filed against the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Department of Commerce and officials within those federal agencies. “On or about Feb. 16, the (Northeast Fisheries) Science Center became aware for the first time that recent updates did not include information for all completed trips … and that committed government funds to pay for ASMs had been exhausted,” Bullard wrote in his declaration. Read the rest here 08:06
Get ready for the onslaught of unconstitutional government mandated spies. The crony capitalists are licking their chops. Stop the madness
COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN ARE FOLLOWING PATH OF THE EARLY AMERICAN INDIANS WHOM HAD EVERYTHING TAKEN FOR THEM . AND NOW , I GUESS IT’S TIME FOR THE COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN TO BE STRIPPED DOWN TO BARE MINIMUM TO EXIST IN THE FISHING INDUSTRY . WHAT WILL BE THE NEXT INDUSTRY TO BE DESTROYED BY OUR GOVERNMENT ??