Northwest Environmental Defense Center v. James W. Brennen, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, Northwest Environmental Defense Center Arthur Allen Burns v. James W. Brennen, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries National Marine Fisheries Service and Robert A. Mosbacher, Secretary of Commerce, and State of Oregon, Defendants-Intervenors

958 F.2d 930 NORTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER, et al., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James W. BRENNEN, * Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, et al., Defendant-Appellee. NORTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER; Arthur Allen Burns, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James W. BRENNEN, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries; National Marine Fisheries Service and Robert A. Mosbacher, ** Secretary of Commerce, Defendants-Appellees, and State of Oregon, et al., Defendants-Intervenors. Nos. 88-4228, 89-35401. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 4, 1991. Decided March 11, 1992. Linda K. Williams, Portland, Or., for plaintiffs-appellants. M. Alice Thurston, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Before TANG, O'SCANNLAIN and RYMER, Circuit Judges. O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge: 1 We are asked to decide the validity of federal fishing regulations setting harvest limits for Oregon coastal coho salmon. 2 In these consolidated cases, appellants Northwest Environmental Defense Center, Oregon Trout, Inc., and Arthur Burns (collectively referred to as "NEDC")…