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GLARING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST BY WESPAC COUNCIL MEMBERS REVEALED DURING REDO OF NULLIFIED GUAM-CNMI MEETING
With Two Confirmed Federal Investigation In The Works, Industry Control of Federal Fishing Regulatory Agency Has Become Obvious To All Concerned
HONOLULU: APRIL 14, 2008 -- Because the dysfunctional Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council's (Wespac) March 17-18, 2008, meeting in Guam, Saipan and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands was not given proper public notice, all business conducted there had to be revisited during a "do-over" meeting which took place on Monday, April 14, at Wespac’s Honolulu office and via teleconference. The nullified meeting was held at an estimated cost of $50-$60,000, not including the unknown cost of the second meeting. Unfortunately, Wespac failed to supply many of the documents being discussed to the teleconferenced voting Council members and to the general public -- and the Council’s notorious dysfunction did not end there.
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