Gulf Fishermens Ass'n v. National Marine Fisheries Service

ELR Citation: 48 ELR 20175
No(s). 16-1271 (E.D. La. Sep 25, 2018) (Milazzo, J.)

A district court ruled in favor of fishermen's challenge to NMFS regulations regarding offshore aquaculture in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The fishermen argued that the regulations were facially invalid because they fall outside the agency's authority to regulate fisheries under the Magnus...