Kerry will have a commerce committee hearing in Boston Oct 3 on NOAA issues

[karynnj]

Sen. John Kerry's office today announced plans for an Oct. 3 Boston field hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee into the social and economic impacts of government fisheries policies.

The hearing will feature testimony by NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco, as well as members of the fishing industry and government officials — including Mayors Carolyn Kirk of Gloucester and Scott Lang of New Bedford.
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Kerry's office said that Sen. Scott Brown and the state's congressional delegation would also be invited to appear at the hearing. Brown had coordinated a late May hearing by another Senate committee into fisheries policies held at Faneuil Hall.

"The senator's hearing will attempt to uncover the costs; including the government costs of subsidizing monitoring, both the at sea and on land job costs and the leasing costs associated with the program," Kerry's office said in an email to the Times. "It will seek to identify sectors and communities that have been adversely impacted during the first year of catch share management.

http://www.gloucestertimes.com/local/x803546692/NOAA-chief-to-face-questions-at-Kerry-committee-hearing