Martha's Vineyard/dukes County Fishermen's Ass'n v. Locke

MEMORANDUM OPINION

RICHARD J. LEON, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Martha’s Vineyard/Dukes County Fishermen’s Association (“the Association”) and Michael S. Flaherty (collectively “plaintiffs”) brought an action challenging the management of river herring and shad along the East Coast of the United States against two sets of defendants: (1) United States Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”), and the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS” or “Fisheries Service”) (collectively, “Federal defendants”); and (2) the Atlantic States Marine…