The Ocean State’s leader is set to become a key player in the U.S. commercial fishing industry.
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo is set to be nominated by U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to serve as his Commerce Secretary, according to Politico.
If she is approved – a possibility more likely after Democrats won control of the U.S. Senate following the results of run-off election in Georgia on Tuesday, 5 January – Raimondo will have oversight of NOAA Fisheries, the federal agency that regulates fishing in federal waters…