Court Confirms Decision Rejecting Catch Limit for California Anchovy Fishery
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] by Susan Chambers - June 20, 2018
A federal judge last week confirmed a January 2018 decision requiring the National Marine Fisheries Service to use the best available science to reconsider the annual catch limit and other limits to prevent overfishing for the central sub-population of northern anchovy.
The court also granted part of the NMFS motion, to apply the reference points argued in court to only the central population of northern anchovy, not other stocks.
The January 2018 court decision was in response to a lawsuit brought by Oceana, represented by Earthjustice, and ...
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