ELR Citation: ELR 20174
No(s). 03-16842 (9th Cir. Aug 24, 2005)

The court holds that the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS') 2002 fishing quota for darkblotched rockfish was based on an impermissible construction of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. In adopting a rebuilding plan for an overfished species, the time period must ...