Erica Fuller is a Senior Counsel in our Ocean program. Erica’s work focuses on advancing litigation and other solutions to protect vulnerable wildlife and habitat in the Northeast. Before joining CLF, Erica worked at Earthjustice, where she focused on protecting ocean ecosystems and rebuilding depleted forage and groundfish populations.
Erica holds a J.D. from the University of Maine, as well as a B.A. in Forestry and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Georgia. Prior to law school, Erica owned and operated an equine veterinary practice in the MetroWest Boston Area for 20 years. Following law school, Erica worked as a litigator in a Boston-based firm of trial lawyers and then for Earthjustice. Erica is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, before the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and the United States Courts of Appeals for the First Circuit and the D.C. Circuit.
Erica lives with her family in Ipswich, Massachusetts. When not at work, Erica can be found hiking, kayaking, gardening, or researching new travel locations.
Recent Posts
Nov 6 2024
Five years ago, I was afraid I’d see North Atlantic right whales go extinct in my lifetime. After a hard-fought agreement to reduce the number of vertical lines used in the lobster fishery, the state of Maine immediately backpedaled on some of its commitments, and the offshore fishery didn’t have the ability to even to…
Nov 29 2023
Infinity, a North Atlantic right whale, was swimming alongside her one-month-old calf when a boat rammed them. Her baby died instantly, and Infinity received likely lethal injuries. The mother-calf pair were among the barely 350 remaining North Atlantic right whales. Infinity was one of just 70 fertile females. No one faced penalties for the avoidable…
Nov 24 2021
Anyone who has spent time on the ocean in New England has seen the brightly colored buoys bobbing on the surface. These buoys mark the location of lobster traps on the seafloor. More than three million of those traps are spread throughout our regional waters. Unfortunately, the ropes (also known as vertical lines) connecting these…
Jun 29 2020
UPDATE: The federal government must implement new rules to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales from entanglement in dangerous lobster fishing lines by May 31, 2021 after a federal judge ruled on the second phase of our lawsuit. This second ruling follows the judge’s April decision that determined the National Marine Fisheries Service violated the…
Nov 26 2019
UPDATE: Our federal fishery managers at NOAA Fisheries approved Amendment 8. This important management update is a win for Atlantic herring and ocean health. It will create better management for herring by setting catch limits that account for herring’s role in the ecosystem and creating a buffer zone that prevents large boats from fishing close…
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