ELR Citation: ELR 20514
No(s). CV 97-1155-ST (D. OR. Jun 1, 1998)

The court holds that the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS') decision not to list the Oregon Coast evolutionary significant unit (ESU) of coho salmon as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was arbitrary and capricious and was based on an erroneous legal standard. The court firs...