"Removal is a good first step, but his assistants need to go, too. The entire method and model for fisheries law enforcement has to be examined, retooled, and in essence reintroduced to the shareholders in fisheries." –New Bedford Mayor Scott Lang
The chief of law enforcement for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was removed from his job Thursday after allegations of document shredding during an investigation by the Commerce Department's inspector general.
The NOAA official, Dale Jones, has been under fire since the shredding revelations surfaced in midwinter during sworn testimony in Gloucester over the handling of law enforcement cases in the Northeast regional fishery.
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