The former front-runner to head the National Marine Fisheries Service has removed his name from consideration for the post as the appointment process drags on for a fifth month.
Arne Fuglvog of Alaska, a veteran commercial fisherman with extensive experience in quota-based fisheries management systems like the catch share plans being advanced across the country, cited the length of the process in a July 31 letter asking the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to take him out of the running for its NMFS job.
"Sadly, the process of considering candidates for this important position has simply taken much longer than I had anticipated and I am no longer able to remain as a candidate," Fuglvog wrote.
Read the complete story at The Gloucester Daily Times.
Earlier this year, over 40 New England industry members wrote a letter in support of Brian Rothschild of UMass for the same position.
Read letter from Rothschild supporters to Senators Kennedy and Kerry