ELR Citation: ELR 20539
No(s). s. 81-3273, -3293 (9th Cir. Feb 22, 1983)

Affirming the district court, the Ninth Circuit rules that the Fishery Conservation and Management Act (FCMA) authorizes warrantless searches and seizures of foreign fishing vessels within the United States' 200-mile fishery conservation zone (FCZ) and that, as implemented, this authority does not v...