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 designate critical habitat for the Florida bonneted bat (Eumops floridanus) under the Endangered Species Act. Info here.

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

Final rule implementing Resolution C-18-06 and amendments to existing regulations governing inclusion on the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Regional Vessel Register by purse seine vessels fishing in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Info here.

Temporary rule prohibiting directed fishing for pollock by vessels using trawl gear in the Herring Savings Areas of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. Info here.