ILLINOIS COMMERCIAL FISHING ASS'N v. SALAZAR

Civil Action No. 10-1642(JEB).

867 F.Supp.2d 108 (2012)

ILLINOIS COMMERCIAL FISHING ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, v. Ken SALAZAR, in his official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

June 12, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Lamb , Washington, DC, Patrick F. Flanigan , Law Office of Patrick Flanigan, Swarthmore, PA, for Plaintiff.

Ethan Carson Eddy , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

JAMES E. BOASBERG, District Judge.

The pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) is an endangered fish species that inhabits the Missouri and Mississippi river basins. It closely resembles the shovelnose sturgeon (Scaphyrhynchus platorynchus), a more common fish that is not at risk of becoming endangered. In 2010, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a rule under the "similarity of appearance" provisions of the Endangered...

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