Source: The American Prospect
by David Dayen
“This is not just another fish story. It begins with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, a law dedicated to preventing overfishing within 200 miles of the U.S. coastline. Congress gave the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) control over approving plans for this purpose, including the requirement that all fishing boats host inspectors to collect data ‘necessary for conservation and management of the fishery.’ But Congress forgot something. While it specified in the law that foreign fishing ships and ships off the Pacific coast would cover the wages of the inspectors, it never designated who would pay for inspectors on Atlantic herring boats. The NMFS had to make a judgment call. And it decided the herring boats would pay. Loper Bright Enterprises, Inc., ran some of these boats. And it didn’t want to pay.” (09/30/24)
https://prospect.org/politics/2024-09-30-how-congress-gets-its-groove-back/