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Northern
Snakehead (Channa argus). Snakeheads,
normally found in Asia and Africa, could become a serious threat to
our native fish as well as other aquatic species.
Photos: USGS, Florida Caribbean
Science Center
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The Lacey Act (pdf) is a law that dates back to the early 1900’s and is one of the oldest wildlife related laws on the books. Under the Lacey Act, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to regulate the importation and transport of species, including offspring and eggs, determined to be injurious to the health and welfare of humans, the interests of agriculture, horticulture or forestry, and the welfare and survival of wildlife resources of the U.S. Wild mammals, wild birds, fish, mollusks, crustaceans, amphibians, and reptiles are the only organisms that can be added to the injurious wildlife list.
Species listed as injurious may not be imported or transported between States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession of the U.S. by any means without a permit issued by the Service. Permits may be granted for the importation or transportation of live specimens of injurious wildlife and their offspring or eggs for bona fide scientific, medical, educational, or zoological purposes.
An injurious wildlife listing would not prohibit intrastate transport or possession of that species within a State, where those activities are not prohibited by the State.
Injurious
Wildlife Species Evaluations available on the
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Constrictor Snakes |
1) The Vero Beach Ecological Services Office is now the lead for the Constrictor Snakes Notice of Inquiry (NOI)/Injurious Wildlife evaluation and the Burmese python petition. Please contact them at constrictorsnake@fws.gov or (772) 562-3909, ext. 256) for information. All emails that have been sent since the closing of the NOI public comment period or are sent in the future to Erin Williams will be forwarded to Vero Beach. Please note that sometimes due to the volume of inquiries or other project priorities individual responses are not possible. Any updates regarding the status of the NOI/Injurious Wildlife evaluation will be posted here, so please check back for additional information. STATUS: At this time, information about large constrictor snake species is being reviewed. |
2) January 31, 2008 |
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REPTILES Magazine — Industry News SPECIAL: PIJAC (Pet Industry Joint
Advisory Council) Interviews
U.S. Fish and Wildlife (pdf). Copyright REPTILES magazine; Vol. 16, No. 5; May 2008. |
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Notice of Inquiry (pdf) |
3) June 23, 2006 |
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Petition to list the Burmese python as an injurious species(pdf) |
Black carp |
1) October 18, 2007: |
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Final Rule (pdf) |
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Final Environmental Assessment and FONSI (pdf) |
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Final Economic Analysis (pdf), Comment/Responses to Draft Economic Analysis (pdf), and Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (pdf) |
2) October 12, 2007, OMB Review Completed |
3) June 11, 2007: Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review |
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The final rule for the black carp injurious wildlife evaluation was received by the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for review under E.O. 12866. |
4)
October 27, 2005:
Proposed
rule; Extension of Comment
Period (pdf) |
5)
August 2005:
Proposed
rule; Reopening of Comment Period
and Availability of Supplemental
Information:
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Federal
Register notice (pdf) |
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Draft
Economic Analysis (1.45 MB pdf) |
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Proposed rule |
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Draft
Environmental Assessment (723 KB pdf) |
6) Proposed
Rule; Reopening of the Comment Period |
7) Proposed
rule |
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8) Advance
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
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Silver and Largescale
Silver Carp |
1)
July 10, 2007: |
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Final Rule (pdf) |
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Silver Carp Environmental Assessment (pdf) and FONSI (pdf)
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Largescale Silver Carp Environmental Assessment (pdf) and FONSI (pdf)
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2) June 26, 2007, OMB Review Completed |
3)
May 29, 2007:
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review |
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The final rule for the silver and largescale silver carp injurious wildlife evaluation was received by the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for review under E.O. 12866. |
4)
September 5, 2006: Proposed
rule (pdf) |
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Draft
Environmental Assessment - largescale carp (pdf) |
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Draft
Environmental Assessment - silver carp (pdf) |
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Notice of Inquiry - silver carp |
Boiga
Snakes
Notice
of Inquiry |
Bighead Carp
Notice of Inquiry |
Brushtail Possum
Final Rule |
Snakehead
Final Rule |
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