Legal Opinion
Natural Resources Defense Council v. National Marine Fisheries Service
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 14, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2012-0938PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, United States District Judge
The federal government has been gravely concerned about the depletion of fish in the waterways off the coast of the United States as a result of fishing activity since at least the mid-1970s, when Congress enacted the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Pub.L. No. 94-265, 90 Stat. 352 (1976) (codified as amended at 16 U.S.C. § 1801 et- seq. (2012)). The Magnuson-Stevens Act seeks to “promote domestic commercial and recreational fishing” while employing “sound conservation and management principles” in…
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