National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Oceana, Inc.
180,000.00
Court
Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Employment, Litigation, and Information | Office of the General Counsel (commerce.gov)
An environmental group supplemented its original challenge to the 2008 Biological Opinion on the effects of the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery on loggerhead sea turtles protected under the Endangered Species Act by challenging the 2012 Opinion. With regard to both Opinions, the group alleges the agency: (1) misinterpreted the regulatory definition of "jeopardize the continued existence [of listed species];" (2) failed to consider the group's comments; and (3) failed to require adequate monitoring of incidental take of sea turtles in scallop dredge and trawl gear.