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US commerce secretary: NOAA doesn’t have power to delay lobster gear compliance

'NOAA is not permitted on its own to change the date from May 1st to July 1st' -- Gina Raimondo, secretary of commerce

By Jason Huffman | Feb. 2, 2022 15:55 GMT
Gina Raimondo at hearing called by Senate Appropriations Committee's commerce subcommittee. Image is still of video.
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US commerce secretary Gina Raimondo told senator Susan Collins on Tuesday (Feb. 1) that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) doesn't have the authority to postpone the date by which lobster harvesters must comply with new lobster gear requirements from May 1 until July 1, as requested by Maine's governor and congressional delegation. [...]

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