Center for Biological Diversity v. Ross

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 18-112 (JEB) GINA RAIMONDO, in her official capacity as Secretary of Commerce, et al., Defendants, and MAINE LOBSTERMEN’S ASSOCIATION, et al., Defendant-Intervenors. MEMORANDUM OPINION The lives of our vast oceans may appear timeless. Indeed, at the end of Moby-Dick, “the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.” Not so, however, for many creatures who live there, including its greatest leviathans. For example, just around 370 North…