Legal Opinion
Davrod Corporation v. Philip G. Coates, Etc., Davrod Corporation v. Philip G. Coates, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 21, 1992No. 91-1629, 91-1710PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOUIS H. POLLAK, Senior District Judge.
This case challenges the enforcement by an agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts — the Division of Marine Fisheries of the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Environmental Law — of certain rules governing fishing and the processing of fish in the coastal waters of Massachusetts. The rule that was the catalyst of this controversy is a regulation, adopted by the Division of Marine Fisheries in 1985, that bars vessels longer than ninety feet from fishing in Massachusetts waters. By a margin of six inches, Huntress I, a so-called “freezer-trawler”…
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