Legal Opinion
Greenpeace v. National Marine Fisheries Service
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided January 25, 2000No. C98-492ZPublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
ZILLY, District Judge.
I. Introduction
Greenpeace, American Oceans Campaign, and the Sierra Club (“plaintiffs”) have filed suit challenging the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS’s) North Pacific Fishery Management Plans for the groundfish fisheries in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska. Plaintiffs claim these fisheries are harmful to the endangered Steller sea lion and seek relief under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). In a prior order, the Court ruled on various claims under NEPA and the ESA. See Greenpeace v. National Marine…
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