Anglers Conservation Network v. Pritzker

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ANGLERS CONSERVATION NETWORK et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 14-509 (TJK) WILBUR L. ROSS, JR., et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Several organizations and individuals brought this action challenging an amendment adopted by the National Marine Fisheries Service to a fishery management plan that regulates several species of fish in the mid-Atlantic region. The gravamen of their complaint was that the amendment should have added certain species—species that they assert require federal management under the applicable…