Legal Opinion
Oceana, Inc. v. Evans
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 6, 2005No. CIV.A.04-0810 ESHPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HUVELLE, District Judge.
On August 2, 2005, this Court held that the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) lacked statutory authority to promulgate Framework 16 to the Scallop Fishery Management Plan insofar as it undid the habitat closure areas that had been established by Amendment 10 to that Plan. Oceana, Inc. v. Evans, 384 F.Supp.2d 203, 255 (D.D.C. 2005). The Court therefore vacated those parts of Framework 16 that modified the Amendment 10 closures and stated that “for the time being ... the habitat closures in Amendment 10 ... will remain in place.” Id. at…
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