George D. ARNESEN; Jeffrey Ryan Bradley, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Gina RAIMONDO, Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce; National Marine Fisheries Service; Janet Coit, NMFS Assistant Administrator; Samuel D. Rauch, III, NMFS Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs; Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, et al., Defendants-Appellees,
Karen Bell; A.P. Bell Fish Company, Inc.; William Copeland, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Gina Raimondo, Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce; National Marine Fisheries Service; Janet Coit, NMFS Assistant Administrator, Defendants-Appellees.
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FILED August 23, 2024.
FILED August 23, 2024.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Michael Poon (argued), Damien M. Schiff, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, Charles Edward Cowan, Wise Carter Child & Caraway, P.A., Jackson, MS, Molly Nixon, Pacific Legal Foundation, Arlington, VA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Karen Bell, A.P. Bell Fish Company, Inc., William Copeland.
James Burnham, King Street Legal, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, Louis Joseph Capozzi, III, Esq., Brett Shumate, John Henry Thompson (argued), Jones Day, Washington, DC, Robert W. Wilkinson, Esq., Wilkinson, Williams, Bosio & Sessoms, P.L.L.C., Pascagoula, MS, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Jeffrey Ryan Bradley, George D. Arnesen.
John Edward Bies (argued), U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division-Appellate Section, Washington, DC, James E. Graves, III, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, for Defendants-Appellees Gina Raimondo, Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service, Janet Coit, NMFS Assistant Administrator, Samuel D. Rauch, III, NMFS Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs.
John Edward Bies (argued), U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division-Appellate Section, Washington, DC, James E. Graves, III, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, Shelby Renee Stoner, Galanda Broadman, P.L.L.C., Seattle, WA, for Defendant-Appellee Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council.
Thomas Arthur Berry, Cato Institute, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Cato Institute.
J. Timothy Hobbs, Jr., K & L Gates, L.L.P., Nashville, TN, for Amicus Curiae Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders' Alliance.
J. Timothy Hobbs, Jr., K & L Gates, L.L.P., Nashville, TN, Shelby Renee Stoner, Galanda Broadman, P.L.L.C., Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae Seafood Harvesters of America.
Before Wiener, Haynes, and Higginson, Circuit Judges.
Stephen A. Higginson, Circuit Judge:
Congress enacted the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act in 1976 to regulate fishing in coastal waters after extensive overfishing and lack of stewardship over vital fishery resources. 90 Stat. 331 (codified as amended at 16 U.S.C. § 1801 et seq.). The Secretary of Commerce has...
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