Andrew Cohen, federal fisheries' law enforcement agent in charge of the Northeast region, whose efforts to shutdown the Gloucester Seafood Display Auction sparked an inspector general's probe bringing revelations of an agency without standards or controls, is reportedly moving to a new position.
Unofficial sources Wednesday said Cohen was being reassigned to the office of Alan Risenhoover, acting director of law enforcement. Cohen said, "I may be" changing jobs.
Decorated by NOAA in 2007 with the "Administrator's Award" and quickly promoted up the chain of command, he began his law enforcement career as a national park ranger, and was a polarizing figure during the years he was in charge of investigations along much of the Atlantic coast.
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