ELR Citation: ELR 20924
No(s). C-91-083 (S.D. Tex. Sep 30, 1992)

The court holds that a National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) regulation promulgated under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) construing the definition of a prohibited "taking" to include the "feeding" of dolphins in the wild is unenforceable. The operators of a dolphin feeding tour boat seek...