, attorney:
Your article “NMFS’ MATRIX NEW ANALYTICAL TOOL” (Aug. 6) contains at
least two misleading statements. Mr. Paulsen says: “A lot of this is mandated
by legislation and court orders.” I would challenge anyone to identify
any such legislation or court orders. The only court order I know of, which
is referred to by Mr. Weber, entered by Judge Marsh in 1994, was vacated
by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. No statute
or court order drives any of the “1999 …
