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The Ninth Circuit affirmed a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, which declined to “second-guess [National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS)] scientific judgment” on fishery management plans in Washington National Marine Fisheries. Plaintiff Fish Northwest, a recreational angler group, had alleged that NMFS violated the Endangered Species Act when it analyzed a yearly management plan for fisheries co-managed by the state and Puget Sound Treaty Indian Tribes without ensuring such fisheries wouldn't further endanger the region’s salmon.

[To accompany Case Law Update "Ninth Circuit Rejects Appeal by Recreational Anglers Who Alleged NMFS Violated the ESA ” from Brooks Animal Law Digest Issue No. 195]