Federal Court to Hear Dispute Over Fisheries Management

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Case Summary

This case involves a dispute over access to the FederalRegister.gov and eCFR.gov websites. The websites are experiencing aggressive automated scraping, which is limiting programmatic access. The court will hear arguments on how to access the API. This case has significant implications for developers who rely on these websites for data. The court's decision could impact the way developers access the API in the future.

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Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Framework Adjustment 17 to the Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan

Media Coverage · April 26, 2026

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries has restricted programmatic access to the FederalRegister.gov and eCFR.gov websites due to automated scraping. This means that developers can no longer access the sites' data through automated means. Instead, they must use the provided APIs or complete a CAPTCHA test to verify they are human users.

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Key Issues

• • FederalRegister.gov
• • eCFR.gov
• • API access

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries has restricted programmatic access to the FederalRegister.gov and eCFR.gov websites due to automated scraping. This means that developers can no longer access the sites' d

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Due to aggressive automated scraping of FederalRegister.gov and eCFR.gov, programmatic access to these sites is limited to access to our extensive developer APIs. Please visit FederalRegister.gov API documentation or eCFR.gov API documentation to learn more about how to access the API. Your request has been flagged as potentially automated. If you are human user receiving this message, please complete the CAPTCHA (bot test) below and click "Request Access".

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Media Coverage April 26, 2026

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Framework Adjustment 17 to the Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries has restricted programmatic access to the FederalRegister.gov and eCFR.gov websites due to automated scraping. This means that developers can no longer access the sites' data through automated means. Instead, they must use the provided APIs or complete a CAPTCHA test to verify they are human users.

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Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Framework Adjustment 17 to the Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan

Due to aggressive automated scraping of FederalRegister.gov and eCFR.gov, programmatic access to these sites is limited to access to our extensive developer APIs. Please visit FederalRegister.gov API documentation or eCFR.gov …

Apr 26, 2026 · 1 min read