NCLA Pushes Court to Reel in Unlawful Fishery Monitoring Rule After Supreme Court Sinks Chevron Deference

Washington, D.C., Sept. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed a Supplemental Brief urging the court to vacate the Industry-Funded Monitoring (IFM) Omnibus Amendment, issued by the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) and applied to nearly all fisheries in the region. Implemented by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) February 2020 Final Rule, the Herring Rule is just the first of many industry-funded monitoring programs. To enforce the Ame ...