Nrdc

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,

CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION,

Intervenor-Appellee, No. 08-55054 v. D.C. No. DONALD C. WINTER, Secretary of CV-07-00335-FMC the Navy; UNITED STATES  Central District DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY; CARLOS of California,

M. GUTIERREZ, Secretary of the Santa Ana

Department of Commerce; ORDER

NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES

SERVICES; WILLIAM HOGARTH,

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.  On Remand From The United States Supreme Court

Filed March 25, 2009

3767 3768 NRDC v. WINTER Before: Betty B. Fletcher, Dorothy W. Nelson, and Stephen Reinhardt, Circuit…