NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC. v. NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE

No. 02-1650 CRB.

280 F.Supp.2d 1007 (2003)

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC., and Oceana, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

August 29, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew P. Caputo, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, CA, Eric A. Bilsky, Monica B. Goldberg, Sylvia F. Liu, Oceana Inc., Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Mauricia M.M. Baca, United States Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

James P. Walsh, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Intervenors.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BREYER, District Judge.

This suit involves a challenge by plaintiffs Natural Resource Defense Council and Oceana (collectively "NRDC") to the 2002 Annual Specifications and Management Measures for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery promulgated by defendant National Marine Fisheries Service ("NMFS"). Now before the Court are the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment.

BACKGROUND

This lawsuit focuses on measures...

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