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Vol. 19, No. 32 Week of August 10, 2014
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry


Threatened status for bearded seals nixed

Judge vacates NMFS listing, remands matter back to agency; state, oil industry representatives argued listing was groundless

Wesley Loy

For Petroleum News

An Alaska federal judge has overturned the 2012 listing of the Beringia population of bearded seals as threatened. U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline’s July 25 decision cheered state officials and oil industry representatives, who argued the National Marine Fisheries Service had no grounds to ma....

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Two distinct populations

Ruling hailed


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