December 5, 2017 — NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — Jon Mitchell will be in the nation’s capital for the next two days.
The Mayor will spend his Tuesday with NOAA’s Assistant Administrator Chris Oliver and Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey in Washington DC.
The meeting with Oliver comes three days after Sector IX, one of 19 fishing divisions in the Northeast sent a letter to NOAA. The governing agency banned Sector IX, primarily made up of Carlos Rafael vessels, from groundfishing because of the fishing moguls illegal activity.
Read the full story at the New Bedford Standard Times