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Alaska Federal Court Upheld Fisheries Service Decisions Not to Supplement EIS for Groundfish Harvesting to Consider Changes in Environmental Conditions

Challenge to the National Marine Fisheries Service's adoption of annual catch limits for groundfish fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands.

Association of Village Council Presidents v. National Marine Fisheries Service

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Alaska Tribal Consortia Said Environmental Review of Groundfish Catch Limits Failed to Consider Climate Change Effects

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Alaska Federal Court Upheld Fisheries Service Decisions Not to Supplement EIS for Groundfish Harvesting to Consider Changes in Environmental Conditions

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