WASHINGTON – Following up on a field hearing held in Boston earlier this month, Senator John Kerry made 11 requests of NOAA's Dr. Lubchenco. At the hearing, Dr. Lubchenco faced lawmakers' questions about her agency's oversight of the local fishing industry.
Among the requests, the Senator asked the nation's ocean chief to support a federal disaster declaration for New England's fishing industry, saying it's "desperately needed.''
Kerry, D-Mass., also asked National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration head Jane Lubchenco for money to improve fisheries science and pay millions of dollars for required monitors who record the fish catch at sea.
Read the Senator's letter to Dr. Jane Lubchenco