GULF FISHERMENS ASSOCIATION v. NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE

No. 19-30006.

GULF FISHERMENS ASSOCIATION; GULF RESTORATION NETWORK; DESTIN CHARTER BOAT ASSOCIATION; ALABAMA CHARTER FISHING ASSOCIATION; FISH FOR AMERICA USA, INCORPORATED; FLORIDA WILDLIFE FEDERATION; RECIRCULATING FARMS COALITION; FOOD & WATER WATCH, INCORPORATED; CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE; EILEEN SOBECK, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR FISHERIES; DOCTOR ROY CRABTREE, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR, SOUTHEAST REGION; NATIONAL OCEANIC & ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; DOCTOR KATHRYN SULLIVAN, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR OCEANS AND ATMOSPHERE AND ADMINISTRATOR FOR NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; PENNY PRITZKER, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 3, 2020.


We consider whether a federal agency may create an "aquaculture," or fish farming, regime in the Gulf of Mexico pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 ("Magnuson-Stevens Act" or "Act"), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1801-83. The answer is no. The Act neither says nor suggests...

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