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Louisiana Shrimp Ass'n v. Biden
A district court denied a shrimping advocacy group's motion for summary judgment in a challenge to NMFS' 2019 rule requiring turtle excluder devices on skimmer trawl vessels greater than 40 feet in length operating in inshore waters. The group argued the agency failed to justify revoking the pr...
Center for Biological Diversity v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service
A district court granted in part environmental groups' motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit concerning their 2017 petition to FWS to revise the critical habitat for the endangered Mount Graham red squirrel. The groups argued FWS' delay in resolving their petition was "unreasonable" in violation ...
United Cook Inlet Drift Ass'n v. National Marine Fisheries Service
A district court dismissed a lawsuit brought by a fishing group challenging NMFS' adoption of an amendment to a fisheries management plan (FMP) for salmon fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the coast of Alaska. The group argued the amendment violated the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) be...
Saving Nemo: Enhancing CITES to Protect Marine Ornamental Fish
There is a startling lack of global regulation of the marine ornamental trade. The only international legal framework that governs the trade of marine ornamentals is the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Requirements under Appendix II help prevent traded species from reaching the point where they need stricter protections, while Appendix III targets species that range countries want help controlling in international trade. Yet both of these appendices are poorly equipped to help regulate the marine aquarium trade.