Suit brought by the by the Conservation Law Foundation and the American Oceans Campaign to stop the reopening of the Closed Areas to scalloping and to roll back the Days At Sea
 

Links to the court documents submitted by the Fisheries Survival Fund relative to their
intervention on the side of the Department of Commerce in a lawsuit filed by the Conservation Law Foundation
and American Oceans Campaign against the present sea scallop management program. We will be adding
documents to this section as they become available.

Link to CLF/AOC complaint Link to the Conservation Law Foundation/American Oceans Campaign complaint
 

Link to intervenors memo Link to INTERVENOR’S MEMORANDUM  IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
 

The Fisheries Survival Fund submission explaining it's opposition to the Plaintiffs’ (Conservation Law
Foundation and American Oceans Campaign) Motion seeking to prevent the Department of Commerce's
implementation of a limited rotational scallop fishery in Georges Bank Groundfish Closed Area I and the
Nantucket Lightship Groundfish Closed Area.


Link to memo of pointsand authoritiesLink to MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES SUPPORTING MOVANT FISHERIES SURVIVAL
FUND’S MOTION TO INTERVENE IN THIS ACTION
 

Information submitted supporting the Fisheries Survival Fund's right to intervene in the suit filed by the
Conservation Law Foundation and American Oceans Campaign.


Link to federal memo in opposition Link to FEDERAL DEFENDANT'S MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

Link to M. Orman's declaration Link to the declaration of Marjorie Orman (Director of the Fisheries Survival Fund) regarding the CLF/AOC suit.

Link to Herman Bruce's declaration Link to the declaration of Herman Bruce (scallop fisherman and vessel owner) regarding the CLF/AOC suit.

Link to ruling denying CLF's request for an injunction to keep the closed areas closed Link to U.S, District Judge Kessler's ruling denying the Conservation Law Foundation's Motion for a
Preliminary Injunction to keep the closed areas closed to scallops.