CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY v. ROSS

Civil Action No. 18-112 (JEB).

480 F.Supp.3d 236 (2020)

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Wilbur ROSS, in his official capacity as Secretary of Commerce, et al., Defendants, and Massachusetts Lobstermen's Association, Inc., et al., Defendant-Intervenors.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Signed August 19, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristen Monsell , Pro Hac Vice, Center for Biological Diversity, Oakland, CA, Erica A. Fuller , Conservation Law Foundation, Boston, MA, Jane P. Davenport , Defenders of Wildlife, Laura Friend Smythe , Humane Society of the United States, Washington, DC, Sarah Uhlemann , Center for Biological Diversity, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiffs Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Humane Society of the United States.

Emily K. Green , Pro Hac Vice, Sean Mahoney , Pro Hac Vice, Conservation Law Foundation, Portland, MA, Erica A. Fuller , Pro Hac Vice, Conservation Law Foundation, Boston, MA, for Plaintiff Conservation Law Foundation.

Connor Ahearn , Pro Hac Vice, Mary Anne Mason , Crowell & Moring LLP, Jane C. Luxton , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Intervenor Maine Lobstermen's Association.

Karen Ellis Carr , Arent Fox LLP, Eric P. Gotting , Keller & Heckman, LLP, Washington, DC, Nicholas Nesgos , Pro Hac Vice, Arent Fox LLP, Boston, MA, for Defendant-Intervenor Massachusetts Lobstermen's Association, Inc.

Alfred C. Frawley, IV , Pro Hac Vice, Thimi Robert Mina , McCloskey, Mina, Cunniff & Frawley LLC, Portland, ME, for Defendant-Intervenor Maine Lobstering Union.

Stephen Michael Ouellette , Ouellette Law Office, Gloucester, MA, for Defendant-Intervenor Little Bay Lobster, LLC.

John B. Grosko , U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resource Wildlife and Marine Resources Section, Washington, DC, Frederick Harter Turner , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

North Atlantic right whales frequently become entangled in fishing gear used by commercial lobster fishermen. Entanglement can seriously injure or kill a right whale, and these unfortunate events are one of the main reasons why the species is endangered...

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