Lawsuit filed over endangered sea turtles

Published November 2, 2012 11:31pm ET



Two conservation groups filed a lawsuit Friday challenging a new federal rule that nearly doubles limits on how many endangered sea turtles Hawaii’s longline swordfish fishery can accidentally hook before being shut down.

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