Lofstad v. Raimondo: Government Accountability and Constitutional Fidelity
Commercial fishing is a tough way to make a living. The industry is highly competitive; revenues from year to year can be highly variable; the work is physically demanding and dangerous; and fishermen find themselves at the mercy of severe weather and choppy waters on a daily basis. But even those challenges are less taxing than going up against the federal administrative state. But that’s exactly what two commercial fishermen did in Lofstad v. Raimondo. They won a decision in September from the Third Circuit that dealt a blow to a controversial fishing regulation promulgated by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council. The plaintiffs, Raymond Lofstad of Long Island and Gus Lovgren of New Jersey, are small-business owners who make their living fishing off the northeast Atlantic Coast, as three generations of their forefathers did before them. But in 2022, both Lofstad and Lovgren found their businesses besieged by new catch regulations promulgated by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council which is responsible for overseeing federal waters off the coast of the Mid-Atlantic region, from New York to North Carolina. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 11:52
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