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Upbeat NOAA fishery report challenged
NEW BEDFORD — To say that Richard Canastra didn’t quite believe an upbeat NOAA report on the state of the Northeast groundfish industry is to understate it.
“It’s a crock,” said Canastra, who co-owns the BASE seafood display auction. Only a few days ago he was telling regulators that this year might be the fleet’s “last hurrah.”
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration painted a sunny picture in a Dec. 26 report, saying that even with a smaller fleet, the catch was up, profits were up and total catch was up.
Canastra replied: “The headline looks great but when you look at it it’s just like the science. Everything NOAA does they try to cover up.”
There was also unanimous suspicion about the timing of the report, which was released the morning after Christmas, usually not a big news day. Read More
