Commercial Fishermen Sue Again Over South Atlantic Red Snapper Permits

Six commercial fishing businesses and fishermen from Florida and North Carolina filed suit this week against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, challenging exempted fishing permits (EFPs) that authorize an expanded recreational red snapper season in South Atlantic federal waters this fall.
The suit, Ariel Seafoods of Florida, Inc. v. Lutnick, was filed October 5 in the US District Court for the District of Columbia by Ariel Seafoods, A.P. Bell Fish Company, Slash Creek Waterworks, Fish Trap Inc., and fishermen John David Steed and Scott...
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