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29 Dec 2015, 9:30 pm by RegBlog
 National Marine Fisheries Service(NMFS) proposed a rule that would create a new regulatory program to allow for open ocean aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico. [read post]
19 Dec 2015, 7:35 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Section 7 requires all federal agencies to consult with the FWS or National Marine Fisheries Service to ensure that the actions they fund, authorize, or carry out are not likely to “jeopardize” a species or “destroy or adversely modify” critical habitat. [read post]
14 Dec 2015, 4:51 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Recreational Fisheries Management: The National Marine Fisheries Service Should Develop a Comprehensive Strategy to Guide Its Data Collection Efforts, GAO-16-131: Published: Dec 8, 2015. [read post]
23 Nov 2015, 4:23 pm by Liz Klebaner
 A key issue in the case is whether the salinity barrier project was authorized under the 2008 USFWS biological opinion and the 2009 National Marine Fisheries Service biological opinion relating to the coordinated long-term operations of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project. [read post]
4 Nov 2015, 3:58 pm by Matthew Sanders
The decision — which affirmed the designation of more than 13,000 square miles (8.6 million acres) of critical habitat for the federally threatened green sturgeon — holds that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has discretion in how it considers the economic impacts of designating critical habitat. [read post]
4 Nov 2015, 3:58 pm by Matthew Sanders
The decision — which affirmed the designation of more than 13,000 square miles (8.6 million acres) of critical habitat for the federally threatened green sturgeon — holds that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has discretion in how it considers the economic impacts of designating critical habitat. [read post]
4 Nov 2015, 10:42 am
The decision -- which affirmed the designation of more than 13,000 square miles (8.6 million acres) of critical habitat for the federally threatened green sturgeon -- holds that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has discretion in how it considers the economic impacts of designating critical habitat. [read post]
4 Nov 2015, 10:42 am
The decision -- which affirmed the designation of more than 13,000 square miles (8.6 million acres) of critical habitat for the federally threatened green sturgeon -- holds that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has discretion in how it considers the economic impacts of designating critical habitat. [read post]
29 Sep 2015, 12:23 pm by Michael Markarian
Naomi Rose for The HSUS Fortunately, there was good news on this issue yesterday, when a federal court upheld the National Marine Fisheries Service’s denial of an import permit application from the Georgia Aquarium. [read post]
25 Sep 2015, 8:14 am by Zack Bluestone
Indonesia The Indonesian Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Susi Pudjiastuti, has called on China to alter its infamous nine-dash line. [read post]
2 Sep 2015, 1:37 pm by Brooke Wahlberg
District Court for the District of Columbia largely upheld the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (Service) Biological Opinion (BiOp) addressing the impacts of seven fisheries on the Northwest Atlantic Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta). [read post]
11 Aug 2015, 1:37 pm by ALDF
Our most recent work in this arena includes: On behalf of Lolita, a captive orca held in the smallest orca tank in North America at the Miami Seaquarium, in 2013 ALDF and others petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to protect Lolita under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). [read post]
21 Jul 2015, 1:33 pm by Ben Rubin
 Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service announced a 60-day extension of the public comment period for proposed revisions to the Endangered Species Act petition regulations. [read post]
21 Jul 2015, 1:33 pm by Ben Rubin
 Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service announced a 60-day extension of the public comment period for proposed revisions to the Endangered Species Act petition regulations. [read post]
14 Jul 2015, 2:45 pm by Sutherland LNG
The West Coast Region of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has filed a lengthy request with FERC for more information to enable NMFS to perform its evaluation of FERC’s Biological Assessment for the proposed Jordan Cove Energy Project LNG export terminal at Coos Bay, Ore., and interconnected pipeline. [read post]
13 Jul 2015, 8:49 am by David Miller
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]
10 Jul 2015, 12:26 pm
 In 2001, the Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”), along with two other organizations, petitioned National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) (NMFS is a service under NOAA in the Department of Commerce) to list the green sturgeon as “threatened” or “endangered” under the ESA, and to designate critical habitat. [read post]
10 Jul 2015, 12:26 pm
 In 2001, the Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”), along with two other organizations, petitioned National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) (NMFS is a service under NOAA in the Department of Commerce) to list the green sturgeon as “threatened” or “endangered” under the ESA, and to designate critical habitat. [read post]
30 Jun 2015, 6:52 am by Schachtman
Rule 26(a)(2)(B) now requires service of expert witness reports that contain, among other things: (i) a complete statement of all opinions the witness will express and the basis and reasons for them; (ii) the facts or data considered by the witness in forming them; (iii) any exhibits that will be used to summarize or support them. [read post]
17 Jun 2015, 10:03 am by Kelly Percival
Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service (Services) regarding the potential impacts of the Obama administration’s proposed Clean Power Plan on endangered and threatened species. [read post]