PRESS RELEASE
Frank Urges NMFS to Defer to the State of Massachusetts
Regarding Emergency Assistance Funds
March 24, 2008
In the attached letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), Congressman Barney Frank urges the National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) to defer to the commonwealth’s Division of Marine Fisheries
and groundfish industry in the expedited disbursal of economic assistance
included in the 2008 Omnibus Appropriations bill.
Click here to read the letter written to NOAA.
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