Fishermen seek to sink grouper limit at 11th Circuit

Two Florida-based fishermen are challenging a regulation that reduced gag grouper catch quotas by 85%, arguing the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council lacked constitutional authority to implement the rule under the Appointments Clause. The case, involving Amendment 56, was appealed to the 11th Circuit after a federal judge declined to vacate the regulation but restricted the council's use of 'pocket vetoes.'