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Massachusetts. United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts: Northern Whale Case.

This resource documents a complaint and request for declarative and injunctive relief, held in District Court of Massachusetts. The document presents an action taken on behalf of five federally listed endangered species of great whales; the Northern Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis); the Humpback whale (Megaptera novaenagliae); the Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus); the Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis); and the Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus); one species of whale proposed for listing as threatened, the Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena); and the non-endangered Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) that live and inhabit marine waters along the coastline of the United States, and in waters under its jurisdiction. The complaint was brought up against the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries by a Conservation Research Group from Boston College. This resource lists the 94 claims raised against the Marine Fisheries Division. Also included are the motion for the consolidation of the preliminary injunction hearing with trail on the merits, the motion for leave to amend complaint, and the application for a temporary restraining order and motion for a preliminary injunction.

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