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17 Jul 2012, 2:07 pm
The Ninth Circuit today affirmed his ruling that the renewal of 41 water contracts did not violate the Endangered Species Act’s Section 7(a)(2), requiring federal agencies to consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service or National Marine Fisheries Service before they proceed with major federal actions (Natural Resources Defense Council v. [read post]
15 Sep 2016, 7:16 pm
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) have issued listing decisions on a number of species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in recent days, and USFWS has announced notable changes in its recovery strategy for the red wolf. [read post]
11 Oct 2019, 3:57 pm
In a recent opinion, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed in part the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California’s grant of summary judgment to the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) in Friends of the River v. [read post]
1 May 2023, 9:05 am
Raimondo, concerns a group of herring fishermen who are being required by the National Marine Fisheries Service to pay the salaries of monitors who are required to ride along on fishing boats. [read post]
22 Aug 2017, 9:34 pm
On August 17, 2017, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued a final rule designating critical habitat for the endangered New York Bight, Chesapeake Bay, Carolina, and South Atlantic Distinct Population Segments (DPSs) of Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus), and the threatened Gulf of Maine DPS of Atlantic sturgeon. [read post]
22 Aug 2017, 9:34 pm
On August 17, 2017, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued a final rule designating critical habitat for the endangered New York Bight, Chesapeake Bay, Carolina, and South Atlantic Distinct Population Segments (DPSs) of Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus), and the threatened Gulf of Maine DPS of Atlantic sturgeon. [read post]
10 Mar 2008, 10:14 am
Dec. 6, 2007) SUMMARY: Plaintiff filed a petition with the National Marine Fisheries Service, seeking to revise the designation of a California Central Coast evolutionarily significant unit (ESU) of coho salmon. [read post]
10 Apr 2012, 8:43 am
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) recently concluded that listing of the Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in the Upper Klamath and Trinity Rivers Basin as threatened or endangered is not warranted. [read post]
3 Aug 2011, 5:14 pm
District Judge James Redden has once again found the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Biological Opinion for operations of the Columbia River hydropower system inadequate to satisfy the Endangered Species Act. [read post]
13 Apr 2015, 10:59 am
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) under section 10 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), as well as a biological opinion and incidental take statement issued by NMFS under section 7. [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 9:24 am
” The court based its decision, in part, on the fact that NMFS had previously determined that fisheries that caused similar or greater mortality among the same salmonid populations were not having significant negative impacts. [read post]
13 Jul 2015, 8:49 am
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected various challenges to the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) critical habitat designation for the southern distinct population segment of North American green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris), holding that (1) while NMFS must “consider” the economic impacts of designating areas as critical habitat, NMFS is not required to do a cost-benefit analysis, and (2) if NMFS decides not to exclude… [read post]
31 Aug 2021, 8:23 am
Over the years, the National Marine Fisheries Service’s efforts to protect the species have repeatedly fallen short. [read post]
8 Dec 2014, 10:21 am
Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service in June 2014 to “clarify” key terms central to the implementation of the Endangered Species Act. [read post]
5 Aug 2011, 9:27 am
The United States District Court for the District of Oregon issued a decision (pdf) invalidating the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) 2008 and 2010 biological opinions for operation of the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) by the Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation after the parties to the litigation challenging those decisions filed cross-motions for summary judgment. [read post]
24 Jan 2019, 9:26 pm
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service published proposed changes to ESA implementing regulations relating to species listings, de-listings, critical habitat designations, and consultations under section 7 of the ESA. [read post]
24 May 2023, 6:03 am
The plaintiffs, nearby residents, challenged the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (“BOEM”) final Environmental Impact Statement and the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (“NMFS”) Biological Opinion related to the offshore wind energy project, arguing that the agencies’ assessments violated the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) and the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). [read post]
25 Aug 2016, 10:32 pm
District Court for the District of Maine recently dismissed an Endangered Species Act (ESA) lawsuit challenging two biological opinions issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for four hydroelectric projects on the Kennebec River in Maine, finding that because the federal approvals triggering the biological opinions were issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the lawsuit had to be filed in the U.S. [read post]
23 Aug 2010, 1:51 pm
On August 20, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the National Marine Fisheries Service ("NMFS") did not violate the law when it omitted resident rainbow trout from the Distinct Population Segment of California Central Valley steelhead ("CV Steelhead"), despite the fact that rainbow trout and steelhead are the same species and can interbreed. [read post]
23 Aug 2010, 1:51 pm
On August 20, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the National Marine Fisheries Service ("NMFS") did not violate the law when it omitted resident rainbow trout from the Distinct Population Segment of California Central Valley steelhead ("CV Steelhead"), despite the fact that rainbow trout and steelhead are the same species and can interbreed. [read post]
