The following letter was sent to IntraFish by Jim Gilmore, director of Public Affairs for the US-based At-sea Processors Association, in response to the article, "Controversial IUU science paper finally retracted."

I read with interest IntraFish’s story of Jan. 9, “Controversial IUU Science Paper Finally Retracted.”

This is certainly a welcome development given that the original paper was thoroughly discredited by US government fishery scientists and managers, a host of academics who are actually knowledge about the US fisheries maligned by the original paper, and US seafood harvesters and processors.