ELR Citation: ELR 20801
No(s). 00-00068 SPK-KSC (D. Haw. Jun 14, 2001)

The court holds that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) adequately assessed whether implementation of a bottomfish fishery management plan (FMP) for the Northwest Hawaiian Islands would jeopardize the continued existence of the endangered monk seal. The district court originally held that ...