Legal Opinion
Oceana, Inc. v. Gutierrez
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 17, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2008-1881PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, United States District Judge
This case involves a challenge to a Biological Opinion issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”), in which NMFS determined that the operation of the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery would not jeopardize the continued existence of the Northwest Atlantic population segment of loggerhead sea turtles. This population segment is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). Plaintiff Oceana, Inc. (“Oceana”) maintains that the agency’s no-jeopardy determination was arbitrary and capricious, and asks this Court to…
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