Oceana takes government to court again over anchovy limits
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Oceana continues to challenge the U.S. government over federal catch limits on anchovy the organization claims ignore scientific advice.
In a statement on Monday, 1 February, the environmental conservation group announced it has filed two legal actions to support what it calls “science-based management” of the northern anchovy stock. The organization has taken NOAA Fisheries to court over anchovy catch limits multiple times over the past few years, and alleged in 2019 that it had failed to protect the anchovy stock in Northern California.
On Friday, Oceana filed a motion in U.S. District Court in the Northern California District asking U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh to find the government in contempt and order the government to comply with her 2020 order that the catch limits violated the Magnuson-Stevens Act.