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GREENPEACE, AMERICAN OCEANS CAMPAIGN v. NAT'L MARINE FISH. SERVICE.

No. C98-492Z.

237 F.Supp.2d 1181 (2002)

GREENPEACE, AMERICAN OCEANS CAMPAIGN, and Sierra Club, Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, and Donald L. Evans, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Commerce, Defendants, AT-SEA Processors Association, United Catcher Boats, Aleutians East Borough, and Westward Seafoods, Inc., et al., Defendant-Intervenors.

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

December 18, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd D. True, Adam J. Berger, Patti A. Goldman, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Seattle, WA, Eric Paul Jorgensen, Douglas A. Ruley, Janis Searles, Juneau, AK, Peter Van Tuyn, Jack K Sterne, Trustees for Alaska, Anchorage, AK, for Plaintiff.

Brian C. Kipnis, U.S. Attorney's Office, Seattle, WA, Samuel D. Rauch, III, US Department of Justice, ENRD Wildlife & Marine Resources, Washington, DC, Michael J. Robinson, Anthony P. Hoang, US Department of Justice, ENRD General Litigation, Washington, DC, Charles R. Shockey, Lyn Jacobs, Wayne D. Hettenbach, US Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for Defendant.

ORDER

ZILLY, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs Greenpeace, American Oceans Campaign, and the Sierra Club originally filed suit in 1998 challenging the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) North Pacific Fishery Management Plans for the groundfish fisheries in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska. Plaintiffs claim these fisheries are harmful to the endangered Steller sea lion and seek relief...

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