Legal Opinion
Turtle Island Restoration Network v. United States Department of Commerce
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 14, 2012No. 11-15783PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GOODWIN, Senior Circuit Judge:
The Hawaii Longline Association appeals the approval of a consent decree entered into by plaintiff environmental groups and defendant federal agencies affecting the regulation and management of the Hawaii shallow-set, swordfish longline fishery. Appellant challenges the district court’s vacatur, under the terms of the consent decree, of a regulation increasing the limit on incidental interactions between longline fishing boats and loggerhead turtles and replacing the increased limit with a lower limit that was previously in effect. Appellant argues that…
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