ELR Citation: 42 ELR 20058
No(s). 11-15783 (9th Cir. Mar 14, 2012)

The Ninth Circuit upheld a consent decree vacating a portion of a National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) regulation increasing the limit on incidental interactions between longline fishing boats and loggerhead turtles and reducing the incidental take limits back to preexisting 2004 levels. The con...