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In a new, tersely-worded letter to Congress, President Biden uses a word that – just a few short years ago – was seemingly foreign to the lexicon of most Americans. Threatening the People’s Republic of China with trade sanctions for non-compliance, the president goes on to repeat the word not once, not twice, but no fewer […]

U.S. agencies have again called for action against the Mexican government, as the critically endangered vaquita marina remains under threat.

In a settlement filed in court Friday, the US Department of the Interior (DOI) agreed to determine whether Mexico has failed to stop illegal fishing and trade of totoaba that is driving the vaquita porpoise’s extinction.

Center for Biological Diversity: Mexico’s Failure to Control Illegal Fishing, Trade Threatens 10 Remaining Vaquita

A trade authority has sanctioned Mexico for failing to prevent illegal fishing practices that have led to the near extinction of the vaquita porpoise.

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The lawsuit seeks to pressure the U.S. government to sanction Mexico under a fisheries law called the "Pelly Amendment" to the Fishermen's Protective Act, which authorizes the U.S. President to embargo imports of wildlife products, including fish, from another country. The vaquita porpoise, found in Mexico's upper Gulf of California, has over the last five years seen its population devastated to the point that it is now considered in "serious danger of extinction." T...

National Security Memorandum/NSM-11 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

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Law Student Corner: Conservation Groups Settle Endangered Species Act Pangolin Case with Fish and Wildlife Service Lucas S. Stegman I. Summary On August 18, 2020, wildlife conservation groups entered into an agreement (Settlement Agreement) with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and the U.S. Department of the Interior to settle litigation over the listing of seven pangolin species under the  Endangered Species Act (ESA). As part of the Settlement Agreement, the Service agreed to mak...