Future of Fish Farming in Federal Waters at Issue in Court
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS - The potential environmental and economic consequences posed by proposals for fish farming in federal waters dictate that Congress - not a federal agency - must decide how to regulate the industry, an attorney told a federal appeals court Monday.
At issue before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was a September 2018 ruling by a federal judge who threw out National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's rules for fish farms in the Gulf of Mexico, saying Congress never gave the agency authority to make them.