ELR Citation: ELR 20560
No(s). C88-1380 (N.D. Cal. Jan 27, 1994)

The court enjoins commercial fishers' incidental taking of northeastern offshore spotted dolphin while using purse seine nets to catch yellowfin tuna in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean because the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and the general permit under which the fishers operate prohibit ...