The federal appeals panel refused to revive a False Claims Act suit against a Canadian fishing conglomerate accused of illegally harvesting wild menhaden fish at a Virginia fishery in U.S. waters. Circuit Judge Joseph F. Bianco wrote in the panel’s 32-page ruling, affirming the dismissal of the False Claims Act claims in the Southern District of New York. Under the False Claims Act, individuals can sue on behalf of the government in a qui tam action. The Second Circuit also cited the Supreme Court’s language pertaining to the lack of property rights conferred by the United States government’s broad regulatory authority over wild fish. The Second Circuit panel also affirmed that the lower court correctly held the relators had failed to state a reverse false claim.