A federal judge in Boston has granted a request by the Gloucester Seafood Display Auction to suspend a 10-day closure of the auction ordered by federal fisheries regulators.
US District Judge Douglas Woodlock granted the exchange’s request for a temporary injunction on Monday.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sent the auction, the main clearinghouse for fish brought into Gloucester, a letter in June ordering the closure for falsifying records involving illegally landed cod.