Comment from API, EnerGeo Alliance, LMOGA, NOIA and OOC
API, EnerGeo Alliance, LMOGA, NOIA and OOCOpposeTrade association
Summary: A coalition of oil and gas trade associations opposes the Rice's whale listing, arguing that the NMFS failed to follow proper regulatory processes and used non-scientific "conservation species" concepts. They argue that the Rice's whale does not meet the statutory definitions of "species" or "subspecies" as they were understood at the time the Endangered Species Act was enacted.
Comments of the American Petroleum Institute, EnerGeo Alliance, Offshore Operators Committee, National Ocean Industries Association, and Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association on NMFS’s Initiation of a Status Review for the Rice’s Whale and Request for Information