WILDLEX

This interlocutory appeal arises out of a claim to king crab made by appellants Deep Sea Fisheries and Deep Sea Harvester (collectively, "Deep Sea"). The king crab at issue was caught within the Russian Exclusive Economic Zone ("EEZ") by two Russian vessels, the F/V Deep Sea Harvester and the F/V Lucky Star.

In March, 2011, a federal jury in this Court convicted Place of participating in criminal conspiracies to violate the Lacey and Endangered Species Acts in violation of 18 U.S.C.§ 371, engaging in the illegal trade of sperm whale teeth in violation of the Lacey Act, 16 U.S.C.§§ 3372-3373 and smuggling sperm whale teeth and narwahl tusks into the

The Hales, a married couple, owned and operated a wholesale caviar business, Royaloff Caviar, in Tennessee and Kentucky. They utilized the roe of paddlefish (Polyodon spathula), which are large, shark-like river fish with long, flat blade-like snouts.

Fishermen in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean sought to exploit the synergy between dolphins and yellowfin tuna and began adopting a fishing method called purse seine fishing. Fishermen using this method inevitably set their nets around dolphins and tuna alike.

A citizen filled a suit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against a county in the state of Florida. Invoking a vicarious-liability theory, the plaintiffs alleged that the county’s “refusal ... to ban beachfront artificial light sources that adversely impact sea turtles” violated the ESA’s “take” prohibition.

Victor Bernal and Eduardo Berges were convicted of various crimes in connection with an attempt to export two endangered primates--an orangutan and a gorilla--from the United States to Mexico in violation of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 and the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Following information from an informer, agents of the NGO Conservation Justice were alerted that a state-of-the-art ivory transaction was to take place in one of the rooms of the PLAZA studio motel.

in 2019, ADORO CHUKWIDI, a Nigerien national, reportedly received two ivory tusks from his brother, who was finally returning to the country, each weighing 0.5 kg. Eager to get rid of it, he approached the Nigerian-born AGHAEZE CHUKWU to help him find a buyer.

In March 2011, Yolah Fred Benjamin killed one elephant with his caliber 12 rifle during a hunting expedition. He cut the trunk and removed the two ivory tusks. He then contacted Mouity Dissienga to look for a buyer. Dissienga took an appointed with a middleman who was to introduce them to a buyer at hotel Louis on the same day in the afternoon.

While he was an employee in a logging concession located at Mandji-Ndolou, Yeno Matamba discovered ivory tusks that he decided to keep. Following the advice of his uncle who offered to help him, Yeno went to Libreville to sell the products at XAF800,000.