ELR Citation: 52 ELR 20132
No(s). 21-1523 (E.D. La. Nov 28, 2022) (Milazzo, J.)

A district court granted summary judgment for NMFS in a challenge to a 2019 rule requiring turtle excluder devices on skimmer trawl vessels greater than 40 feet in length in inshore waters. The final rule was published on December 20, 2019, with an effective date of April 1, 2021, but NMFS issued a ...