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

REGULATORY: Includes AMS, NOAA

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

Final rule establishes a new regulation containing criteria the Secretary of Agriculture will consider when determining whether an undue or unreasonable preference or advantage has occurred in violation of the Packers and Stockyards Act. Info here.

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

Final rule implementing an annual catch limit of 30,802 lbs, and an annual catch target of 25,491 lbs, of Hawaii Kona crab for fishing years 2020-2023. Info here.

Proposed rule to designate and authorize the release of a nonessential experimental population of Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon under the Endangered Species Act in the upper Yuba River and its tributaries upstream of Englebright Dam, California and establish take exceptions for particular activities. Info here.

Final rule establishes the 2021-22 harvest specifications for groundfish taken in the U.S. exclusive economic zone off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California, consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan. Info here.