GREENPEACE v. NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE

No. C98-492Z.

55 F.Supp.2d 1248 (1999)

GREENPEACE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Washington. at Seattle.

July 13, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patti A. Goldman, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Seattle WA, Peter Van Tuyn, Trustees for Alaska, Anchorage, AK, Eric Paul Jorgensen, Douglas A. Ruley, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Juneau, AK, for plaintiffs.

Brian C. Kipnis, U.S. Attorney's Office, Seattle, WA, Michael J. Robinson, Anthony P. Hoang, U.S. Dept. of Justice, General Litigation Section — Environment Division, Washington DC, Lyn Jacobs, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental & Natural Resources, Washington DC, for defendants.

Jay H. Zulauf, Christopher s. McNulty, Mundt, MacGregor, Hapel, Falconeer, Zulauf & Hall, Seattle WA, for At-Sea Processors Association, et al., for intervenor-defendants.

James Alexander Smith, Jr., Smith & Leary, Seattle WA, George J. Mannina, Jr., Gary C. Adler, O'Connor & Hannan, Washington DC, for Westward Seafoods, Inc., et al.

Linda Rae Larson, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Seattle WA, for United Catcher Boats.

Marc Slonim, Ziontz, Chestnut, Varnell, Berley & Slonim, Seattle WA, Michael A.D. Stanley, Juneau AK, for Aleutians East Borough, et al.


AMENDED ORDER

ZILLY, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands region (BSAI), collectively referred to as the North Pacific ecosystem, is home to the largest commercial fishery in the United States. This region is also home to the western population of Steller sea lions, which were listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) as a threatened species in 1990 and reclassified as endangered in 1997...

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