Federal Law

 Advisory Requests

• Catfish Culture
• State Registration of Aquaculture Facilities in Federal Waters
• Aquaculture Facilities in Federal Waters
  
• Territorial Limits of Federal Law in Federal Waters
  
• Aquaculture Enclosures Designed to Motor and Drift
  
• Self-positioning Sea Cages
  
• Defining Offshore Aquaculture as Agriculture
• Aquaculture Fees Covering Administration of Aquaculture Program
  
• Local Government and Water Quality Regulation Analysis (to protect quality of water for aquaculture)

 SandBar Articles

• Aquaculture Research Project Survives Motion for Preliminary Injunction
• Ninth Circuit Affirms NMFS Policy on Hatchery v. Natural Salmon
• No Sanctions for Vessel Carrying Shark Fins
• Court Dismisses Commercial Fishing License Claims
• Illegal Lobster Importers Not Required to Pay Restitution
• Horseshoe Crabs Up for Grabs
• Ninth Circuit Rules for Environmental Groups in Salmon Case
  
• Ninth Circuit Dismisses Challenge to Reopening of Swordfish Fishery
• First Circuit Upholds Rhode Island Lobster Regulation
• SCUBA Shellfishing Ban Withstands Challenge
• No Exclusive Rights to Harvest Wild Alaskan Shellfish
• Stocking Project Deemed “Commercial Enterprise”
• New Lobster Regulations Do Not Violate Atlantic Coastal Act
• Issuance of Longline Permits Triggers Consultation
• NOAA Fisheries Strengthens Patagonian Toothfish
• First Circuit Rules on NMFS's Lobster Conservation Plan
• Groundfish Management Proves Daunting to Court, Fishers

 Other Publications

• Extraterritorial Application of State Aquaculture Laws
• President Bush Issues Executive Order on the Protection of Striped Bass and Red Drum Populations
• Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Reauthorized
• Fisheries Links
• Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Reauthorized

    State Law

 Advisory Requests

• California Law Regarding the Possession, Purchase, or Sale of Farm-raised Salmon
• California Enacts Sustainable Oceans Act

 SandBar Articles

• Herring Net Pen Permit Upheld for Aquaculture Use
• Alaska Denies Compensation for Shorter Salmon Season
• Oregon Court Upholds Crab Pot Regulations
• Alaska Upholds Commercial Fishery Decision
• Texas Court Invalidates Gulf Red Snapper Plan - Fisheries Service Given Nine Months to Fix It
• Alaska Supreme Court Upholds Fishermen's Class Action Suit
• Alaskan Fishery Commission Followed Proper Procedure to Limit Entry
• Crisis in the Connecticut Lobster Fishery 

 Other Publications

• Aquaculture Parks in the Coastal Zone: A Review of Legal and Policy Issues in the Gulf of Mexico State Waters