Raimondo
Oceana, Inc. v. Raimondo
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 OCEANA, INC., Case No. 21-cv-05407-VKD
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE REMEDY
v. 10 Re: Dkt. Nos. 62, 63, 64, 67, 69 GINA RAIMONDO, et al., Defendants.
13 Plaintiff Oceana, Inc. (“Oceana”), a non-profit ocean conservation and advocacy organization, filed this suit against Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”), and the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”), challenging defendants’ management of the Pacific sardine under the Magnuson- Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (“MSA”), 16 U.S.C. § 1801 et seq., and the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq. The parties filed cross- motions for summary judgment, which the Court granted in part and denied in part on April 22, 2024. See Dkt. No. 57; Dkt. No. 72 (corrected). While the Court concluded that several aspects of NMFS’s plan (also referred to as “Amendment 18”) to rebuild the…