Conservation Council for Hawaii v. National Marine Fisheries Service

ELR Citation: 45 ELR 20065
No(s). 13-00684 & 14-00153 (D. Haw. Mar 31, 2015) (Mollway, J.)

A district court held that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) violated the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the ESA, and NEPA when it authorized the U.S. Navy to take large numbers of marine mammals, some of which are endangered or threatened, incidental to training and testing activit...