Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. National Marine Fisheries Service

421 F.3d 872 NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC.; Oceana, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE; Donald Evans, Secretary of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Defendants-Appellees, and West Coast Seafood Processors Association; Fishermen's Marketing Association, Defendants-intervenors-Appellees. No. 03-16842. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 15, 2005. Filed August 24, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Andrew P. Caputo, Natural Resources Defense Counsel, San Francisco, CA; Sylvia F. Liu, Oceana, Washington, D.C., and Janis Searles, Oceana, Portland, OR, for the plaintiffs-appellants. David C. Shilton, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the defendants-appellees. James P. Walsh, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the defendants-intervenors-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Charles R. Breyer, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-02-01650-CRB. Before D.W. NELSON, W. FLETCHER and FISHER, Circuit Judges. FISHER, Circuit Judge. 1 Appellee…