State of Alaska v. National Marine Fisheries Service

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

STATE OF ALASKA, Nos. 24-7276 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 3:23-cv-00032-

SLG

v.

NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES OPINION

SERVICE,

Defendant - Appellee,

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL

DIVERSITY,

Intervenor-Defendant - Appellee.

STATE OF ALASKA, No. 24-7377

Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 3:23-cv-00032- v. SLG

NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES

SERVICE,

STATE OF ALASKA V. NAT’L MARINE FISHERIES SERV.

Defendant - Appellee,

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL

DIVERSITY,

Intervenor-Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska Sharon L. Gleason, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 9, 2025 Honolulu, Hawaii

Before: M. Margaret McKeown, Michelle T. Friedland, and Jennifer Sung, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge McKeown

SUMMARY *

Environmental Law

The panel affirmed in part and reversed in part the district court’s judgment in an action brought by the State of Alaska challenging the National Marine Fisheries Service’s

* This summary constitutes no part of the opinion of the…