CAMPANALE & SONS, INC. v. EVANS

No. 01-2282.

311 F.3d 109 (2002)

CAMPANALE & SONS, INC.; C.E.H., Inc.; and Narragansett Seahawk, Inc., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Donald L. EVANS, Secretary of Commerce, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 22, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. McSally, with whom Kelly, Kelleher, Reilly & Simpson was on brief, for appellants.

David J. Lazerwitz, Attorney, Appellate Section, Environment & Natural Resources Division, with whom Thomas L. Sansonetti, Assistant Attorney General, John T. Stahr, Attorney, Appellate Section, and Charles Lynch, Office of Regional Counsel, were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

This case involves regulation of one of New England's most famed resources: the American lobster. Despite the lobster's somewhat other-worldly appearance with its protruding eyes, spindly legs, and oversized claws, its meat is highly valued by epicures across the country, making the lobster fishery one of the most competitive and valuable fisheries in North America. As a result of this competition, however, American lobsters along the Atlantic...

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