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Inside NOAA’s Secret Staff Newsletter – Who Knew?!! Cause of Action Institute
Imagine being a New England fisherman. You’re subject to complex and burdensome regulation, and the federal government isn’t exactly helping to keep your way of life afloat. In fact, its officials have worked increasingly to limit your ability to catch fish and to impose onerous costs on your continued livelihood. Take, for example, the legally dubious requirement that groundfish sector members pay up to $700 per day to have “at-sea monitors” ride their boats and watch them fish—a scheme that could put 60% of small-scale fishermen out of business. Consider also the efforts underway to expand industry-funded monitoring to all other regional fisheries. If oppressive regulation weren’t enough, now picture these same officials publishing a secret internal newsletter that describes their dealings with you and your fellow fishermen in less-than-flattering terms. Click here to read the story. Click here to read redacted newsletter 09:48
