Legal Opinion
Purse Seine Vessel Owners Ass'n v. State
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided September 11, 1998No. 21923-9-IIPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHoughton, C.J.
After the Department of Fish and Wildlife failed to allow a certain type of nontreaty herring fishery for conservation reasons, the Purse Seine Vessel Owners Association and other Puget Sound fishers (Purse Seine) filed a lawsuit in superior court, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the Department of Fish and Wildlife (Department). The court declined to grant Purse Seine the relief requested. We affirm.
FACTS
History of Spawn-On-Kelp Herring Fisheries
The facts are undisputed. Cherry Point is an area in north Puget Sound near the Canadian border where the state’s largest stock of…
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