New Bedford Mayor Scott Lang says he’ll urge fishermen from his city to boycott a scheduled meeting with federal fisheries officials.
The forum scheduled for next Monday night in Gloucester was called by Jane Lubchenco, administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in the wake of an inspector general’s report that found enforcement of federal fishing rules to be arbitrary and unfair.
The meeting is also planned just five days before the implementation of new regulations that have been sharply criticized by the fishing industry.
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