Conservation Council for Hawaii v. National Marine Fisheries Service

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND FOR VACATUR

Leslie E. Kobayashi, United States District Judge

Before the Court is Plaintiffs Conservation Council for Hawaii, Center for Biological Diversity, and Turtle Island Restoration Network’s (collectively “Plaintiffs”) Motion for Summary Judgment and for Vacatur (“Motion”), filed on July 20, 2015. [Dkt. 'no. 47.] On August 20, 2015, Inter-venor-Defendant Hawaii Longline Association (“HLA”) filed its memorandum in opposition (“HLA Opposition”), and Defendants National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”),…