Reply #1: Here is the Gloucester Times article on the hearing

[karynnj]

Somehow Johnson missed that "Mr. bipartisan" was the one who was 100% partisan and Kerry was the one trying to find a real solution. Slamming NOAA likely won points with the audience - something Frank did as well, but it seems that Kerry's efforts might be the ones that get any change.
Kerry outlined three steps that could be done quickly:

More frequent stock assessments, with the goal of conducting them yearly for the key stocks, rather than the current two- and three-year cycles or more;

Liberalizing the 10 percent limit on rolling over uncaught allocations into the next fishing year; and,

Getting an emergency declaration from NOAA that could open the door to increased allocations.

http://www.gloucestertimes.com/local/x1953751795/NOAA-chief-A-light-in-the-tunnel

Brown:
"The only thing coming at the end of the tunnel is a train," Brown said. "The relationship is beyond repair."