...was recommended by the International Pacific Halibut Commission in 2011, and accepted by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke, because the council had not suggested anything beyond a one-fish bag limit to hold the Southeast charter sector within...

...Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Sen. John Kerry and Rep. Peter DeFazio, have repeatedly petitioned Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco for emergency measures to increase catch quotas. NOAA enforcement in New England...

...commercial fishing group. The lawsuit, by the United Cook Inlet Drift Association against U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, was filed in U.S. District Court on March 18 seeking to have the federal government take over management of Cook...

...local economies. Shawn Dochtermann of the Crewmen's Association has penned a letter to U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, whose department supervises the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that administers catch share programs...