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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided to uphold a preliminary order implementing a federal law that requires a ban on seafood imported from Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California and caught with gillnets that drown the vaquita porpoise. The decision is critical to the survival of the remaining 15 vaquita.

A Boston federal court sentenced the former captain of the 'Bulldog', a New Bedford based commercial fishing vessel for interfering with a US Coast Guard inspection of a fishing boat off the Massachusetts coast.

Two Greek shipping companies, Avin International LTD, and Nicos I.V. Special Maritime Enterprises, pleaded guilty yesterday in US court in Beaumont, to charges over several oil discharges in Texas waters by the oil tanker 'Nicos I.V.' The Master and the Chief Officer also pleaded guilty to making material false statements to members of the Coast Guard during investigation. 

Aegean announced that the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York granted interim approval of all the company's first day motions regarding its voluntary Chapter 11 restructuring. The approvals improve Aegean's liquidity position, to ensure that critical partners continue to be paid normally.

Officials from the US Navy have confirmed an ongoing investigation of 15 sailors over allegations of LSD abuse. Most of the sailors are reportedly working in the nuclear reactor department of the aircraft carrier 'Ronald Reagan'. Two sailors are already heading to court-martial accused of using, possessing and distributing the drug.

A US court ruled that NOAA Fisheries illegally withdrew a proposed rule that would have established limits on bycatch of protected species caught in California’s swordfish drift gillnet fishery. The decision does not immediately imposes the caps, but requires NOAA Fisheries to either revive the regulations or come up with any potential revisions.

A Mexican national was arrested and charged on September 24, in federal court in Boston in connection with the murder of an individual aboard a fishing vessel off the coast of Massachusetts. Franklin Freddy Meave Vazquez, 27, was charged with one count of murder and one count of attempted murder.

After a New York District Court decided on September 10 that, Stolt and Deltech are responsible for the explosion and losses of the MSC Flaminia fire on July 2012, which killed 3 crewmembers, Stolt expressed its disagreement with the ruling. The court noted that Stolt has 45% responsibility, while Deltech is responsible by 55%.

New York District Court decided on September 10 that MSC is not liable for the explosion and losses of the MSC Flaminia fire  on July 2012, which killed 3 crewmembers. Instead, Daltech and Stolt are responsible for the accident. Stolt has 45% responsibility, while Deltech is responsible by 55%.

Five crew members were sentenced in a US court this week for smuggling 1,205 pounds of cocaine across the ocean in low-profile vessels, including a captain who received a 17-year term. The defendants were sentenced to spend between 84-210 months in prison.