Honolulu, HI–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2012. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a decision issued yesterday upheld a federal district court settlement limiting the number of loggerhead and critically endangered leatherback sea turtles that can be caught by Hawai`i’s longline swordfish fishery. The settlement responded to a lawsuit brought by Turtle Island Restoration Network, Center for Biological Diversity and KAHEA challenging the National Marine Fisheries Service’s decision in 2009…
