Alaska Trojan Partnership v. Gutierrez

BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge.

Alaska Trojan Partnership (“Alaska Trojan”) challenges the decision of Carlos M. Gutierrez, in his official capacity as Secretary of Commerce (“the Secretary”), the United States Department of Commerce, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) 1 (collectively “defendants”) denying Alaska Trojan’s application for an Aleutian Islands brown king crab endorsement under the license limitation program (“LLP”) for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish and crab fisheries. Defendants determined that Alaska…