Groundfish Forum Files Lawsuit Over New Halibut Bycatch Rule
This week the Groundfish Forum filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) over a new halibut bycatch rule that was introduced in November. The suit was filed on December 19 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska against NMFS, NOAA, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and NOAA Assistant Administrator Janet Coit.
NMFS issued a file rule to implement Amendment 123 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area on November 24...
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