Legal Opinion
Kokechik Fishermen's Association v. Secretary of Commerce Appeal of Federation of Japan Salmon Fisheries Cooperative Association
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 16, 1988No. 87-5239 to 87-5243, 87-5248, 87-5249PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by District Judge GESELL.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge STARR.
GESELL, District Judge:
This case requires us to examine an aspect of this nation’s announced policy to protect, in waters under its jurisdiction, marine mammal populations that are in danger of depletion or extinction.
Following formal rulemaking proceedings, the Secretary of Commerce issued a regulation1 pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (“MMPA”), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1361-1407 (1982 & Supp. Ill 1985), authorizing a group of Japanese *797commercial fishermen known as the Federation of…
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- Committee for Humane Legislation, Inc. v. RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- Federation of Japan Salmon Fisheries Cooperative Ass'n v. BaldridgeDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1987
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