A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE.

REGULATORY: Includes FWS, NOAA

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Proposed rule to revise the designated critical habitat for the northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Info here.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

Notification of quota transfer NMFS announces that the State of New Jersey is transferring a portion of its 2020 commercial bluefish quota to the State of New York. Info here.

Notification of quota transfer NMFS announces that the State of North Carolina is transferring a portion of its 2020 commercial summer flounder quota to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Info here.

Temporary rule NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for dusky rockfish in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). Info here.

Temporary rule NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific Ocean perch in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). Info here.

Temporary rule NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific Ocean perch in the Western Aleutian district (WAI) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) by vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access sector fishery. Info here.