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Ninth Circuit Holds ESA Listing of Arctic Ringed Seal Is Not Arbitrary and Capricious Despite Lack of Existing Quantitative Data

By Nossaman LLP on Posted in Conservation, Court Decisions, Listing, National Marine Fisheries Service
On February 12, 2018, in Alaska Oil & Gas Association v. National Marine Fisheries Service, Case No. 16-35380, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a 2016 decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska that vacated a final regulation listing the Arctic subspecies of ringed seal (Phoca hispida hispida, Phoca … Continue Reading

Is Their Fate Sealed? Alaska District Court Vacates Regulation Listing Arctic Ringed Seal Populations as Threatened and Endangered

By Liz Klebaner on Posted in Court Decisions, Listing, Litigation, National Marine Fisheries Service
On March 15, 2016, in Alaska Oil & Gas Association v. National Marine Fisheries Service, case number 4:14-cv-00029-RRB, the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska vacated a final regulation promulgated by the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) listing the Arctic subspecies of ringed seal (Phoca hispida hispida, Phoca hispida ochotensis, and Phoca hispida … Continue Reading
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