ELR Citation: 49 ELR 20141
No(s). 16-cv-1540 (DLF) (D.D.C. Aug 26, 2019) (Friedrich, J.)

A district court vacated NMFS' 2014 decision not to list the queen conch, a marine mollusk that inhabits the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, as endangered or threatened under the ESA. Environmental groups argued the decision should be vacated because NMFS applied a now-vacated agency policy to det...