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8 Nov 2016, 11:23 am
In a significant decision, the Ninth Circuit invalidated the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (Fisheries Service) 2012 final agency decision (Final Rule) permitting the Navy’s peacetime use of Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active sonar (LFA sonar). [read post]
2 Nov 2016, 12:28 pm
The listings for all ten species were previously finalized by the National Marine Fisheries Service over the past several months. [read post]
28 Oct 2016, 9:16 am
The Ninth Circuit this week upheld a National Marine Fisheries Service decision to list the Pacific bearded seal as threatened under the Endangered Species Act based primarily on threats from climate change, reversing a district court decision that invalidated the NMFS rulemaking. [read post]
28 Oct 2016, 9:16 am
The Ninth Circuit this week upheld a National Marine Fisheries Service decision to list the Pacific bearded seal as threatened under the Endangered Species Act based primarily on threats from climate change, reversing a district court decision that invalidated the NMFS rulemaking. [read post]
27 Oct 2016, 3:22 pm
On October 24, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the National Marine Fisheries Service (Service) determination listing the Beringia Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of the Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus nauticus) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). [read post]
27 Oct 2016, 9:20 am
The National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) concluded that the Okhotsk and Beringia distinct population segments (“DPS”) of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies were “likely to become . . . endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout . . . a significant portion of [their] range. [read post]
27 Oct 2016, 1:20 am
The National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) concluded that the Okhotsk and Beringia distinct population segments (“DPS”) of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies were “likely to become . . . endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout . . . a significant portion of [their] range. [read post]
25 Oct 2016, 10:36 am
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] on Monday ruled [opinion, PDF] that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) [official website] acted reasonably when it proposed to list certain populations of bearded seals in Alaska as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act [text, PDF]. [read post]
24 Oct 2016, 3:50 pm
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the district court and upheld the determination of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). [read post]
27 Sep 2016, 1:57 pm
Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service (Agencies) published a final rule (pdf) that revises the regulations governing the Endangered Species Act’s (ESA) petition process. [read post]
23 Sep 2016, 2:34 pm
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Marine Fisheries Service.. [read post]
23 Sep 2016, 6:24 am
The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries announced that Indonesia will conduct joint patrols with the United States at the outer boundary of its territorial waters to combat illegal fishing and human trafficking. [read post]
20 Sep 2016, 8:12 pm
On September 19, 2016, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) published proposed rules to list two species of dolphin and two species of guitarfish under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). [read post]
18 Sep 2016, 11:35 am
The first two international conferences held in Honolulu by the US National Marine Fisheries Service played a key role in setting the research agenda for the next decade. [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]
9 Sep 2016, 2:33 pm
[The Legal Geeks] * Speaking of Star Trek, the National Marine Fisheries Service just delisted nine humpback whale populations from the endangered species list. [read post]
8 Sep 2016, 10:00 pm
The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) is calling into question both the findings and motives of the latest fish fraud study by Oceana, a global environmental group. [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]
25 Aug 2016, 9:30 pm
” In a move that would impact the popular Hawaiian tourism activity of swimming with dolphins, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) proposed a rule that would prohibit swimming with or approaching within 50 yards of a Hawaiian spinner dolphin, a regulation that NMFS believes will protect the dolphin population from human disturbance while still allowing a viable tourism industry, but… [read post]
3 Aug 2016, 7:27 am
In the past few weeks, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the U.S. [read post]
