Source: https://earthjustice.org/office/oceans?page=6
Timestamp: 2019-12-07 00:06:54
Document Index: 74494569

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1531', '§ 1801', '§ 701', '§ 1531', '§ 1361', '§ 701']

May 9, 2018 | Legal Document
Legal Complaint: Northeast Essential Fish Habitat
In this suit for declaratory and injunctive relief, Conservation Law Foundation challenges the failure of the Secretary of Commerce and the National Marine Fisheries Service to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales and their critical habitat by completing the legally-required Endangered Species Act “Section 7” consultation prior to approval of the Omnibus Essential Fish Habitat Amendment, in violation of the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1544, the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1801-1884, and the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 701-706.
April 27, 2018 | Press Release
Administration seeks to weaken rule enacted following BP oil spill amid push for new offshore drilling
April 6, 2018 | In the News: Associated Press
Roger Fleming, Attorney, Earthjustice: "We need monitors on the boats. We have to figure it out. We should take this year and find the solution that's going to work for everybody."
Dusky Shark: FOIA Complaint
The National Marine Fisheries Service is unlawfully withholding information requested under the Freedom of Information Act that are related to a Final Rule implementing Amendment 5b to the Highly Migratory Species (“HMS”) Fishery Management Plan. 82 Fed. Reg. 16,478 (April 4, 2017).
March 1, 2018 | Press Release: Victory
Court Calls Third Strike on Industry Challenges to Decision to End Failed Otter Translocation and “No Otter Zone” Program
Court of Appeals upholds U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service decision to end failed ‘No Otter Zone’ program meant to exclude sea otters from their historic range along the southern California coast
March 1, 2018 | Legal Document
SoCal No Otter Zone Circuit Court Decision
On the merits, the panel held that the Service acted lawfully in terminating the translocation program in 2012 because it was based on a reasonable interpretation of the statute.
February 20, 2018 | Article
By law, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management must collect public input before enacting its five-year offshore leasing plan. But don't expect an actual human being to listen to your testimony.
Conservation Groups File Lawsuit to Protect Critically Endangered Right Whales
Federal government is legally required to take action
February 8, 2018 | Legal Document
North Atlantic Right Whales: Complaint
In this action for declaratory and injunctive relief, Conservation Law Foundation (“CLF” or “Plaintiff”) challenges the Secretary of Commerce and the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (collectively, “NMFS” or “Defendants”) ongoing authorization and management of the American lobster fishery and their failure to prevent jeopardy and unlawful takes of endangered North Atlantic right whales (“right whales”) in violation of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), Marine Mammal Protection Act (“MMPA”), and Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”). See 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1544; 16 U.S.C. §§ 1361-1389; 5 U.S.C. §§ 701-706.