Plaintiff:	Cape Cod Charter Boat Association, Connecticut Charter & Party Boat Association, Delmarva Fisheries Association, Inc., Maryland Charter Boat Association, Inc. and Montauk Boatmen & Captains Association
Defendant:	Douglas Burgum, in his official capacity as Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Department of Interior, Paul Souza, in his official capacity as Acting Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Howard W. Lutnick, in his official capacity as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, United States Department of Commerce, Laura Grimm, in her official capacity as Administrator of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Katie Dykes, in her official capacity as Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Walter Rabon, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Georgia Department Of Natural Resources, Carl Wilson, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Maine Department of Marine Resources, Maine Department of Marine Resources, Joshua Kurtz, in his offical capacity as Secretary of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Shawn M. Latourette, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Amanda Lefton, in her official capacity as Acting Commissioner of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, New York Department of Environmental Conservation, Terrence Gray, in his official capacity as Director of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Thomas Mullikin, in his official capacity as Director of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Richard Jackson, in his official capacity as Director of District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment, District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment, Potomac River Fisheries Commission, Cheri Patterson, in her official capacity as Administrator of New Hampshire Fish and Game Department - Marine Fisheries, New Hampshire Fish and Game Department - Marine Fisheries, Dan McKiernan, in his official capacity as Administrator of Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, Timothy D. Schaeffer, Ph.D., in his official caapcity as Administrator of Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, John Clark, in his offical capacity as Administrator of Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife, Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife, Jamie Green, in his official capacity as Commissioner of Virginia Marine Resources Commission, Virginia Marine Resources Commission, D. Reid Wilson, in his official capacity as Secretaryn of the North Carolina Department of Envrionmental Quality d/b/a North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, d/b/a North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries, Jessica McCawley, in her official capacity as Director of the Division of Marine Fisheries Management for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Division of Marine Fisheries Management for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Case Number:	25-5455
Filed:	December 17, 2025
Court:	U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
Nature of Suit:	Other Civil Rights

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