Think investigators are running low on issues to probe within Jane Lubchenco's increasingly shady National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration?
Think again โ and add the inside deal to funnel a $6.5 million on-board fishing monitoring contract to a well-connected marine services firm.
NOAA officials now say they've not yet announced which company will get the pact to monitor the new catch-share manegement program being thrust on the New England fishery beginning May 1.
[read this editorial in full in the Gloucester Daily Times]