WASHINGTON (CN) – A federal judge dismissed claims that the New England Fishery Management Council's fishery-management plan violates overfishing laws by failing to monitor annual catch limits and controlling bycatch.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg dismissed all of the claims filed by the environmental group Oceana, except for the group's challenge to inadequate accountability measures for five particular species.
Oceana sued U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke over the plan, which was set up as one of eight regional fishery-management councils created by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
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