Oceana loses latest challenge to NMFS Bi-op for sea scallop fishery
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Saving Seafood] - December 18, 2014 -
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia released a decision today in Oceana's long-running challenge to National Marine Fishery Service (NMFS) Biological Opinion for the scallop fishery, in which the Fisheries Survival Fund (FSF) participated as a Defendant-Intervenor.
This was the seventh challenge by Oceana under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to NMFS' assessment of the Atlantic sea scallop fishery in which FSF has intervened.
As previously, in the present lawsuit, captioned OCEANA, INC. v. PRITZKER et al, NMFS and FSF prevailed on every major challenge.
The only issues on which the court found for Oceana relate to inadequate explanations provided by NMFS for how takes of sea turtles in the dredge and trawl sectors were monitored.
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