ELR Citation: ELR 21151
No(s). 1:93-CV-26RR (S.D. Miss. Mar 16, 1994)

The court upholds two $12,000 civil penalties that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) assessed against a shrimp trawler under §11(a) of the Endangered Species Act for knowingly failing to use turtle excluder devices that federal regulations require. In two separate cases, NO...