Legal Opinion
National Fisheries Institute, Inc. v. Mosbacher
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 12, 1990No. Civ. A. 88-3103 (CRR)PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.
This is an Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), 5 U.S.C. § 706, dispute over how the government should regulate the commercial and recreational harvest of certain billfish in the Atlantic Ocean. Representing commercial fishing interests, the plaintiffs challenge regulations issued by the Secretary of Commerce (“Secretary”) pursuant to the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (“Magnuson Act” or “Act”), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1801-82. These regulations have the effect of significantly reducing the domestic commercial harvest of Atlantic Ocean billfish…
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