New England lobstermen win favorable ruling from appellate court

The Center Square ^ | 6/16/23 | Brent Addleman

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New England lobstermen have won a favorable ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which reversed a lower court decision and has granted relief.

In a decision Friday afternoon, Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg – the senior justice – wrote that the court was reversing a summary judgment of the District Court for the National Marine Fisheries Service and awarding a summary judgment to the Maine Lobstermen’s Association and the State of Maine Department of Marine Resources.

In the decision, the court ruled that the “federal government went too far” in its regulatory process “when they sought to impose significant restrictions on New England’s lobster industry, according to a release.

The case, Maine Lobstermen’s Association and State of Maine Department of Marine Resources v. National Marine Fisheries Service, was argued on Feb. 23. The case, Ginsburg wrote, centered around the National Marine Fisheries Service complying with the Endangered Species Act when doling out licenses to fisheries in federal waters.

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