ELR Citation: ELR 20667
No(s). 01-5068 (Fed. Cir. May 29, 2002)

The court holds the U.S. Department of Commerce's (DOC's) 1999 prohibition on drift gillnet swordfishing in the Atlantic Swordfish Fishery did not effect a taking of an individual's fishing permit, boat, or drift gillnets. The court first holds that the ban on draft gillnet fishing did not cause a t...