LOVGREN v. LOCKE

Nos. 11-1952, 11-1964, 11-1987, 11-2001.

701 F.3d 5 (2012)

James LOVGREN; New Hampshire Commercial Fishermen's Association; Paul Theriault; Chuck Weimer; David Aripotch; Tempest Fisheries, Ltd.; Grace Fishing, Inc.; Richard Grachek; Roanoke Fish Co., Inc.; American Alliance of Fishermen and Their Communities; New Bedford Fish Lumpers Pension Plan; Atlantic Coast Seafood, Inc.; Lydia & Maya, Inc.; John & Nicholas, Inc.; Bergie's Seafood, Inc.; Nordic, Inc.; Lyman Fisheries, Inc.; The Hope II, Inc.; Reidar's Manufacturing, Inc.; Diamond Dog Fishing Corp.; Atlantic Enterprises, LLC; Wanchese Fish Company; Easter Joy, Inc.; Local 1749 ILA, AFL-CIO, New Bedford Fish Lumpers Pension Plan, Plaintiffs, City of New Bedford; City of Gloucester, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. The Honorable Gary LOCKE, Secretary of Commerce; The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, (NOAA); The National Marine Fisheries Service, (NMFS); Conservation Law Foundation, Inc.; Jane Lubchenco, Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Defendants, Appellees, Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program, (ACCSP); Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, (ASMFC), Defendants. James Lovgren, Plaintiff, Appellant, City of New Bedford; New Hampshire Commercial Fishermen's Association; Paul Theriault; Chuck Weimer; David Aripotch; Tempest Fisheries, Ltd.; Grace Fishing, Inc.; Richard Grachek; Roanoke Fish Co., Inc.; American Alliance of Fishermen and Their Communities; New Bedford Fish Lumpers Pension Plan; City of Gloucester; Atlantic Coast Seafood, Inc.; Lydia & Maya, Inc.; John & Nicholas, Inc.; Bergie's Seafood, Inc.; Nordic, Inc.; Lyman Fisheries, Inc.; The Hope II, Inc.; Reidar's Manufacturing, Inc.; Diamond Dog Fishing Corp.; Atlantic Enterprises, LLC; Wanchese Fish Company; Easter Joy, Inc.; Local 1749 ILA, AFL-CIO, New Bedford Fish Lumpers Pension Plan, Plaintiffs, v. The Honorable Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce; The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, (NOAA); The National Marine Fisheries Service, (NMFS); Conservation Law Foundation, Inc.; Jane Lubchenco, Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Defendants, Appellees, Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program, (ACCSP); Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, (ASMFC), Defendants. James Lovgren; City of New Bedford; Paul Theriault; Chuck Weimer; Tempest Fisheries, Ltd.; Grace Fishing, Inc.; Roanoke Fish Co., Inc.; New Bedford Fish Lumpers Pension Plan; City of Gloucester; Atlantic Coast Seafood, Inc.; Lydia & Maya, Inc.; John & Nicholas, Inc.; Bergie's Seafood, Inc.; Nordic, Inc.; Lyman Fisheries, Inc.; The Hope II, Inc.; Reidar's Manufacturing, Inc.; Diamond Dog Fishing Corp.; Atlantic Enterprises, LLC; Wanchese Fish Company; Easter Joy, Inc.; Local 1749 ILA, AFL-CIO, New Bedford Fish Lumpers Pension Plan, Plaintiffs, New Hampshire Commercial Fishermen's Association; David Aripotch; Richard Grachek; American Alliance of Fishermen and Their Communities, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. The Honorable Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce; The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, (NOAA); The National Marine Fisheries Service, (NMFS); Conservation Law Foundation, Inc.; Jane Lubchenco, Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Defendants, Appellees, Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program, (ACCSP); Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, (ASMFC), Defendants. James Lovgren; City of New Bedford; New Hampshire Commercial Fishermen's Association; Paul Theriault; Chuck Weimer; David Aripotch; Richard Grachek; American Alliance of Fishermen and Their Communities; New Bedford Fish Lumpers Pension Plan; City of Gloucester; Atlantic Coast Seafood, Inc.; Reidar's Manufacturing, Inc.; Local 1749 ILA, AFL-CIO; New Bedford Fish Lumpers Pension Plan, Plaintiffs, Tempest Fisheries, Ltd.; Grace Fishing, Inc.; Roanoke Fish Co., Inc.; Lydia & Maya, Inc., John & Nicholas, Inc.; Bergie's Seafood, Inc.; Nordic, Inc.; Lyman Fisheries, Inc.; The Hope II, Inc.; Diamond Dog Fishing Corp.; Atlantic Enterprises, LLC; Wanchese Fish Company; Easter Joy, Inc. Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. The Honorable Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce; The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, (NOAA); The National Marine Fisheries Service, (NMFS); Conservation Law Foundation, Inc.; Jane Lubchenco, Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Defendants, Appellees, Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program, (ACCSP); Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, (ASMFC), Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 28, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Kavanaugh, Jr. , with whom John Farrell Folan and Folan & McGlone, P.C., were on brief, for plaintiffs-appellants New Bedford, MA and Gloucester, MA and Tempest Fisheries, et al.

Stephen M. Ouellette , with whom Ouellette & Smith and Caitlin W. Delphin , were on brief, for plaintiffs-appellants Rhode Island Alliance of Fishermen, New Hampshire Commercial Fisherman's Association, Richard Grachek and David Aripotch.

Patrick F. Flanigan , with whom Law Office of Patrick F. Flanigan, Thomas Bond , and The Kaplan/Bond Group, were on brief, for plaintiff-appellant James Lovgren.

Joan M. Pepin , Attorney, Appellate Section, U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental & Natural Resources Division, with whom Ignacia S. Moreno , Assistant Attorney General, Robert J. Lundman , Andrea E. Gelatt , James A. Maysonett , Brian A. McLachlan, and Gene S. Martin , National Marine Fisheries Service, were on brief, for the federal defendants-appellees.

Peter Shelley was on brief for defendant-appellee Conservation Law Foundation.

Eldon V.C. Greenberg , with whom Garvey Schubert Barer and M. Pilar Falo , were on brief, for Representatives Barney Frank and John Tierney, Amicus Curiae.

Arthur P. Krieger , with whom Anderson & Krieger LLP, were on brief, for Food & Water Watch, Inc., Amicus Curiae.

Roger Fleming , with whom Erica A. Fuller , Stephen E. Roady , and Earth Justice, were on brief, for Georges Bank Cod Fixed Gear Sector, Amicus Curiae.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and BOUDIN, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

This case involves legal challenges to recent federal management actions taken in New England's sensitive Multispecies Groundfish Fishery. We reject the many challenges and affirm entry of summary judgment for the federal defendants.

Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1801-1884, the New England Fishery Management Council ("N.E. Council") regulates fishery resources within the federal...

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