Winter

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE 

COUNCIL, INC.; THE INTERNATIONAL

FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE;

CETACEAN SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL;

LEAGUE FOR COASTAL PROTECTION;

OCEAN FUTURES SOCIETY; JEAN-

MICHEL COUSTEAU,

Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. No. 07-56157 DONALD C. WINTER, Secretary of D.C. No. the Navy; UNITED STATES CV-07-00335-

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY; CARLOS  FMC/FMO

Central District

M. GUTIERREZ, Secretary of the

Department of Commerce; of California, NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES Santa Ana

SERVICES; WILLIAM HOGARTH, ORDER

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration; CONRAD C LAUTENBACHER, JR., Administrator of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Defendants-Appellants.  Filed November 13, 2007

Before: Betty B. Fletcher, Dorothy W. Nelson, and Stephen Reinhardt, Circuit Judges.

15035 15036 NATURAL RESOURCES v. WINTER

ORDER

This appeal concerns the Navy’s use of mid-frequency active…