Conservation Law Foundation v. Evans

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KESSLER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Conservation Law Foundation, Center for Marine Conservation, National Audubon Society, and Natural Resources Defense Council (“Plaintiffs”) brought suit against the United States Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Marine Fisheries Service (“Defendants”), charging that Defendants failed to prevent overfishing and minimize bycatch 1 along the New England coast.

On December 28, 2001, the Court granted Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment. The Court determined that…