FCA wins minor victory on bycatch suit

Thursday, December 20 2007

Unalaska, AK – A Seattle-based fishing company involved in a drawn-out battle with the federal government over environmental restrictions on Bering Sea bottom trawling won a small victory in federal court earlier this week. The court upheld the overall regulations on bottom trawling, but struck down some elements of the regulations' enforcement that the company complained had been approved undemocratically. KIAL's Charles Homans reports.



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