ELR Citation: 51 ELR 20198
No(s). 21-1873 (1st Cir. Nov 16, 2021)

The First Circuit granted NOAA's motion to stay a district court order preliminarily enjoining the agency's partial seasonal closure of a Maine lobster fishery to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales. A fishing union had argued the closure was an arbitrary and capricious application of the...