PORTLAND — President Obama's choice for a new chief of staff may bode well for New England's groundfishing industry, which some say lost jobs and revenue after a new management plan was implemented last spring.
William Daley, named Thursday by Obama, has a history of working with the fishing industry and with lawmakers.
In the late 1990s, when he was secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, parent agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Daley eased commercial scallop-fishing restrictions, said Brian Rothschild, professor of fisheries and oceanography at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth.
"(We are) dealing with someone who understands that we are responsible and have good data. He knows what we are talking about," U.S. Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts said of Daley.
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