Commerce chief Ross makes waves, roils fisheries rules

摘要

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has wasted little time in giving a jolt to the nation's fisheries.rnIn June, the 79-year-old billionaire investor who now oversees NOAA Fisheries singlehandedly extended thernfishing season for red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico, ignoring protests from scientists and environmentalists that itrncould spur overfishing of the popular species.