MD's attempt to over ride AMFC on Stripers fails at SCOTUS

Ever since the 2024 striped bass regs were set by ASMFC different MD for hire groups have tried to get different courts to rule against it. Well looks like they've hit a major judicial dead end, at least for now; they can always try to have the new Secretary of Commerce force changes

SUPREME COURT REBUFFS CHALLENGE TO STRIPED BASS ADDENDUM II​

On March 4, the Delmarva Fisheries Association, Inc., the Maryland Charter Boat Association, Inc., and two related individuals filed an emergency application for a temporary injunction that would halt the implementation of the fishery management measures contained in the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Addendum II to Amendment 7 of the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Striped Bass with the United States Supreme Court.

Last Tuesday, exactly one week after the application was filed, the petitioners’ arguments were rejected by the Court.

For the plaintiffs, the Supreme Court’s rebuff represented just one more court that refused to accept their arguments that Addendum II “imposed drastic, unwarranted and illegal limitations on commercial and recreational fishing for Atlantic Striped Bass in the coastal Atlantic Ocean and, in particular, the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.”