Rockfish Inc v. Unidentified Wrecked and Abandoned Vessel

1 THE HONORABLE JAMES L. ROBART

8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 9 AT SEATTLE ROCKFISH, INC., a Washington Corporation, IN ADMIRALTY 11 Plaintiff, CASE NO.: 22-cv-1659-JLR

v. [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING 13 PLAINTIFF’S UNOPPOSED UNIDENTIFIED WRECKED AND MOTION TO EXPAND ABANDONED VESSEL, her engines, boilers, INJUNCTION apparel, tackle, equipment, appurtenances and cargo, in rem, 16 Defendant.

This matter having come before the Court on Plaintiff’s Unopposed Motion to Expand Injunction, and the Court having considered the motion and being fully advised, now, therefore, it is hereby: ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion is GRANTED; and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff is hereby granted the exclusive right to salvage the Defendant Unidentified Wrecked and Abandoned Vessel (the “Vessel”).

Unless otherwise authorized by the Court, all other salvors are enjoined from engaging in salvage operations within the polygon bounded by the following coordinates (WGS 84 datum):

LAWOFFICESOF 1 e NW 1 Corner of polygon: 47.9039 latitude -125.3831 longitude 2 e NW 2 Corner of polygon: 47.8128 latitude -125.3883 longitude 3 e SW 1 Corner of polygon: 47.7635 latitude -125.2510 longitude 4 e SW 2 Corner of polygon: 47.7052 latitude -125.2390 longitude 5 e NE Corner of polygon: 47.8229 latitude -125.1179 longitude 6 e SE 2 Corner of polygon: 47.7140 latitude -125.1076 longitude 7 A graphic depiction of this polygon follows: *% YONG \ | 1) \ □□ □□□ 9 ) Re ) 1 C ( / ‘ \ (/ \ Coast of ® □□ od, i «A ™~s Coftigucas Zon US \ \ \ Washin gtén. □□ wwe Phebe 2 Contiguous Zone \ \ \ State.) (-2 \ □□ i \ | \ . A 11 \ ‘ \ \ \ Lye. ‘ \ \ \ | _ \ woes, \ \ \ \ Ht a a = oo Original Boundary —| \ \ B _ Soe Se of the Rocktigh, \ Washington State 3\ □□□□□ - nc Exclusion ‘area ile limit \ y *s, IW 2 A □□ \ = \ rf \ ( YK ) \ □ sw \ ~ | | \ 15 yr) > \ / Boundary of thes \, 16 J \ Ei / / SA SL Territorial Sea \ ) Ea | ys. \ \ Updated a | Boundary of the \ oss, V7 Boundary of the mh | | Olympic Coast \ ‘ ) Rockfish, Inc ) VA 4 \ National Marine \ 4 ( \ 18 Exclusion area / — \ Af 5 |) eee Sanctuary \ J CSM (TA Vr \ □ Unless extended by the Court, Plaintiff's exclusive right to salvage the Vessel and the above- 21 described injunction against competing salvage operations shall lapse on April 21, 2025.

Plaintiff is permitted to seek extension of its exclusive salvage right and the injunction by motion. In order to obtain such extension, Plaintiff must demonstrate its salvage efforts will be undertaken with due diligence, are ongoing, and clothed with some prospect of success, consistent with the principles set forth in Moyer v. Wrecked & Abandoned Vessel, known as 26|| Andrea Doria, 836 F. Supp. 1099, 1106 (D.N.J. 1993).

{PROPOSED} ORDER GRANTING MOTION A PROF ES NORMAL □□□□□ COMPANY TO EXPAND INJUNCTION - 2 ‘SEATTLE, WASHINGTON □□□□□ 1 DATED this 25th day of March, 2024.

A 4 _______________________________________ UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE Presented by: NICOLL BLACK & FEIG PLLC ___/s/ Jeremy B. Jones___________ Jeremy B. Jones, WSBA No. 44138 Attorneys for Plaintiff LAWOFFICESOF