X98-11113. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 219 (Friday, November 13, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 63421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: X98-11113]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17


Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants

CFR Correction

    In Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations, parts 1 to 199, 
revised as of Oct. 1, 1997, Sec. 17.44 is corrected by adding paragraph 
(v) as follows:


Sec. 17.44  Special rules--fishes.

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    (v) Gulf sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus desotoi). (1) No person 
shall take this species, except in accordance with applicable State 
fish and wildlife conservation laws and regulations for educational 
purposes, scientific purposes, the enhancement of propagation or 
survival of the species, zoological exhibition, or other conservation 
purposes consistent with the Act.
    (2) Any violation of applicable State fish and wildlife 
conservation laws or regulations with respect to taking of this species 
is also a violation of the Endangered Species Act.
    (3) No person shall possess, sell, deliver, carry, transport, ship, 
import, or export, by any means whatever, any of this species taken in 
violation of applicable State fish and wildlife conservation laws or 
regulations.
    (4) It is unlawful for any person to attempt to commit, solicit 
another to commit, or cause to be committed, any offense defined in 
paragraphs (v)(1) through (3) of this section.
    (5) Taking of this species for purposes other than those described 
in paragraph (v)(1) of this section, including taking incidental to 
otherwise lawful activities, is prohibited except when permitted under 
50 CFR 17.32.

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