Center for Biological Diversity v. National Marine Fisheries Service

Center for Biological Diversity and three other organizations filed a lawsuit in the federal district court for the District of Oregon alleging that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) failed to issue timely 12-month findings on an August 4, 2022 petition to list the Oregon Coast and Southern Oregon and Northern California Coastal Chinook salmon under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and a July 17, 2023 petition to list the Washington Coast spring-run Chinook salmon under the ESA. The complaint alleged that NMFS had made positive 90-day findings that the petitions presented substantial information that listing might be warranted, including due to changes in ocean conditions resulting from climate change.