Weekly Cases Update Volume 45, Issue 2

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Volume 44, Issue 36

Oceana v. Pritzker
ELR 2027108-1881(D.D.C., )

A district court refused to vacate a biological opinion issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in which it determined that the operation of the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery would not jeopardize the continued existence of the Northwest Atlantic population segment of loggerhead sea

Keywords:
Biological opinion, §7(b), Sea turtles
Humane Society of the United States v. Jewell
ELR 202741:13-cv-00186-BAH(D.D.C., )

A district court, in a 100+-page opinion, vacated an FWS rule removing the western Great Lakes distinct population segment (DPS) of gray wolves from the ESA’s list of protected species and ordered the agency to reinstate immediately the protections for gray wolves in the affected area as these pr

Keywords:
Determination of endangered and threatened species, §4, Gray wolf

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