Oceana Again Sues NOAA over Bycatch Monitoring
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [GLoucester Times] By Sean Horgan - July 30, 2015
Oceana, the maritime environmental group that successfully sued NOAA Fisheries in 2011 over its bycatch rules, is challenging the federal regulator of the nation's fisheries over its newest bycatch rule for the Northeast region.
Oceana again sued NOAA Fisheries on Wednesday, claiming the current bycatch reporting rule finalized last month for the region -- in part, as a response to Oceana's earlier legal victory -- is underfunded, uniformly inadequate for providing accurate information and in violation of the Magnuson-Stevens Act and the ...
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