Tempest Fisheries v. Locke, No. 11-2001 (1st Cir. 2012)

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United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit ____________________________ No. 11-1952 JAMES LOVGREN; NEW HAMPSHIRE COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN'S ASSOCIATION; PAUL THERIAULT; CHUCK WEIMER; DAVID ARIPOTCH; TEMPEST FISHERIES, LTD.; GRACE FISHING, INC.; RICHARD GRACHEK; ROANOKE FISH CO., INC.; AMERICAN ALLIANCE OF FISHERMEN AND THEIR COMMUNITIES; NEW BEDFORD FISH LUMPERS PENSION PLAN; ATLANTIC COAST SEAFOOD, INC.; LYDIA & MAYA, INC.; JOHN & NICHOLAS, INC.; BERGIE'S SEAFOOD, INC.; NORDIC, INC.; LYMAN FISHERIES, INC.; THE HOPE II, INC.; REIDAR'S MANUFACTURING, INC.; DIAMOND DOG FISHING CORP.; ATLANTIC ENTERPRISES, LLC; WANCHESE FISH COMPANY; EASTER JOY, INC.; LOCAL 1749 ILA, AFL-CIO, NEW BEDFORD FISH LUMPERS PENSION PLAN, Plaintiffs, -----CITY OF NEW BEDFORD; CITY OF GLOUCESTER, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. THE HONORABLE GARY LOCKE, Secretary of Commerce; THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, (NOAA); THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, (NMFS); CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION, INC.; JANE LUBCHENCO, Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Defendants, Appellees, -----ATLANTIC COASTAL COOPERATIVE STATISTICS PROGRAM, (ACCSP); ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION, (ASMFC), Defendants. ____________________________ No. 11-1964 JAMES LOVGREN, Plaintiff, Appellant, -----CITY OF NEW BEDFORD; NEW HAMPSHIRE COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN'S ASSOCIATION; PAUL THERIAULT; CHUCK WEIMER; DAVID ARIPOTCH; TEMPEST FISHERIES, LTD.; GRACE FISHING, INC.; RICHARD GRACHEK; ROANOKE FISH CO., INC.; AMERICAN ALLIANCE OF FISHERMEN AND THEIR COMMUNITIES; NEW BEDFORD FISH LUMPERS PENSION PLAN; CITY OF GLOUCESTER; ATLANTIC COAST SEAFOOD, INC.; LYDIA & MAYA, INC.; JOHN & NICHOLAS, INC.; BERGIE'S SEAFOOD, INC.; NORDIC, INC.; LYMAN FISHERIES, INC.; THE HOPE II, INC.; REIDAR'S MANUFACTURING, INC.; DIAMOND DOG FISHING CORP.; ATLANTIC ENTERPRISES, LLC; WANCHESE FISH COMPANY; EASTER JOY, INC.; LOCAL 1749 ILA, AFL-CIO, NEW BEDFORD FISH LUMPERS PENSION PLAN, Plaintiffs, -----v. THE HONORABLE GARY LOCKE, Secretary of Commerce; THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, (NOAA); THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, (NMFS); CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION, INC.; JANE LUBCHENCO, Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Defendants, Appellees, -----ATLANTIC COASTAL COOPERATIVE STATISTICS PROGRAM, (ACCSP); ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION, (ASMFC), Defendants. ____________________________ -2- No. 11-1987 JAMES LOVGREN; CITY OF NEW BEDFORD; PAUL THERIAULT; CHUCK WEIMER; TEMPEST FISHERIES, LTD.; GRACE FISHING, INC.; ROANOKE FISH CO., INC.; NEW BEDFORD FISH LUMPERS PENSION PLAN; CITY OF GLOUCESTER; ATLANTIC COAST SEAFOOD, INC.; LYDIA & MAYA, INC.; JOHN & NICHOLAS, INC.; BERGIE'S SEAFOOD, INC.; NORDIC, INC.; LYMAN FISHERIES, INC.; THE HOPE II, INC.; REIDAR'S MANUFACTURING, INC.; DIAMOND DOG FISHING CORP.; ATLANTIC ENTERPRISES, LLC; WANCHESE FISH COMPANY; EASTER JOY, INC.; LOCAL 1749 ILA, AFL-CIO, NEW BEDFORD FISH LUMPERS PENSION PLAN, Plaintiffs, -----NEW HAMPSHIRE COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN'S ASSOCIATION; DAVID ARIPOTCH; RICHARD GRACHEK; AMERICAN ALLIANCE OF FISHERMEN AND THEIR COMMUNITIES, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. THE HONORABLE GARY LOCKE, Secretary of Commerce; THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, (NOAA); THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, (NMFS); CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION, INC.; JANE LUBCHENCO, Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Defendants, Appellees, -----ATLANTIC COASTAL COOPERATIVE STATISTICS PROGRAM, (ACCSP); ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION, (ASMFC), Defendants. ____________________________ -3- No. 11-2001 JAMES LOVGREN; CITY OF NEW BEDFORD; NEW HAMPSHIRE COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN'S ASSOCIATION; PAUL THERIAULT; CHUCK WEIMER; DAVID ARIPOTCH; RICHARD GRACHEK; AMERICAN ALLIANCE OF FISHERMEN AND THEIR COMMUNITIES; NEW BEDFORD FISH LUMPERS PENSION PLAN; CITY OF GLOUCESTER; ATLANTIC COAST SEAFOOD, INC.; REIDAR'S MANUFACTURING, INC.; LOCAL 1749 ILA, AFL-CIO; NEW BEDFORD FISH LUMPERS PENSION PLAN, Plaintiffs, -----TEMPEST FISHERIES, LTD.; GRACE FISHING, INC.; ROANOKE FISH CO., INC.; LYDIA & MAYA, INC., JOHN & NICHOLAS, INC.; BERGIE'S SEAFOOD, INC.; NORDIC, INC.; LYMAN FISHERIES, INC.; THE HOPE II, INC.; DIAMOND DOG FISHING CORP.; ATLANTIC ENTERPRISES, LLC; WANCHESE FISH COMPANY; EASTER JOY, INC. Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. THE HONORABLE GARY LOCKE, Secretary of Commerce; THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, (NOAA); THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, (NMFS); CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION, INC.; JANE LUBCHENCO, Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Defendants, Appellees, -----ATLANTIC COASTAL COOPERATIVE STATISTICS PROGRAM, (ACCSP); ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION, (ASMFC), Defendants. ERRATA SHEET The opinion of this Court issued on November 28, 2012, is amended as follows: On page 24, line 12, "Plaintiff-appellants" is amended to read "Plaintiffs-appellants". -4- On page 55, line 5, the citation is amended to read "Pub. L. No. 109-479, Tit. I". -5-

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