Law360 (April 6, 2009, 12:00 AM EDT) -- A group of West Coast fisheries is seeking to intervene in a long-standing dispute between the Natural Resources Defense Council and the U.S. Department of Commerce, claiming that the environmental group's attempts to outline greater protections for seven threatened species of groundfish could devastate local fisheries.
The West Coast Seafood Processors Association asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Friday to allow it to argue for the dismissal of the suit, which was brought by the NRDC against the Commerce Department...
Western Fisheries Seek Dismissal Of Groundfish Suit
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