There is a new top fishery cop at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. On Monday, NOAA announced that Florida's Bruce Buckson has been appointed as director of the NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement.
Buckson, a deputy director at the Division of Law Enforcement at Florida's Wildlife Conservation Commission since 2007, takes up his new duties on Sept. 4. A career lawman, Buckson has been with the Florida agency for the past 29 years and also served as liaison to NOAA's Office for Law Enforcement for federal enforcement issues.
"From what I am hearing back from people within the fishing industry, this seems to be a positive development," Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., said of Buckson's appointment to head an agency that has been embroiled in controversy in the Northeast.
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