August 15, 2014 — If there are no fish at docks in Gloucester, it is not because there are no fish in the ocean.
It is because the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is virtually prohibiting fishermen to fish. The reason is that NOAA is expected by its empowering legislation, the Magnuson-Stevens Act, to prevent overfishing. But how can a dwindling family fishing fleet do the overfishing?
Any open-minded observer is concluding that NOAA is applying an agenda-driven science.
We owe much gratitude to Scott Lang, a former mayor of New Bedford, for giving to the Gloucester Daily Times the latest list of arbitrary changes of mind by NOAA.
Read the full opinion piece by Carmine Gorga at The Gloucester Daily Times