News Summary July 18, 2025
Today’s Top Story: Federal Judge Upholds Rule Requiring Herring Fishermen to Pay for At-Sea Monitors
In our top story today, a federal judge in Rhode Island has upheld a rule requiring commercial Atlantic herring fishermen to pay for at-sea monitoring, ruling that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) acted lawfully under the Magnuson-Stevens Act when it implemented an industry-funded monitoring program for the Atlantic herring fishery. This decision comes on the heels of the Supreme Court’s ruling to strike down the Chevron doctrine, which had forced courts to defer to federal agencies’ interpretations of more opaque rules...
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