WASHINGTON, DC (August 28, 2008) – In response to recent complaints by local fishermen questioning the veracity of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s (NFSC) stock assessment data, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmospheres, Fisheries, and Coast Guard U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) sent a letter today, cosigned by Senator Collins, Senator Kerry, and Senator Kennedy, to U.S. Department of Commerce Inspector General Todd J. Zinser requesting an independent investigation to evaluate the Center’s scientific process as it relates to groundfish and to all of the fish stocks it analyzes.
Read the official letter in full