Legal Opinion
Humane Society of the United States v. Locke
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 23, 2010No. 08-36038PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FISHER, Circuit Judge:
In March 2008, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) authorized the states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho to kill up to 85 California sea lions annually at Bonneville Dam. NMFS made the decision under section 120 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), which allows “the intentional lethal taking of individually identifiable pinnipeds which are having a significant negative impact on the decline or recovery of salmonid fishery stocks” that have been listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). 16 U.S.C. § 1389(b)(1). We…
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