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Guadalupe Fur Seal. Public Health Or Welfare, Or Is for the Salvage Or Disposal of a Dead Specimen; (A) Prohibitions § 223.201 50 CFR Ch. II (10–1–14 Edition) EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: At 79 FR 54122, § 223.102 Enumeration of threatened marine Sept. 10, 214, in § 223.102, the table in para- and anadromous species. graph (e) was amended by removing the two existing entries under the ‘‘Corals’’ sub- * * * * * heading and adding 22 entries, effective Oct. 10, 2014. For the covenience of the user, the (e) * * * added material is included to read as follows: Species 1 Citation(s) for listing deter- Critical Description of mination(s) habitat ESA rules Common name Scientific name listed entity ******* Corals Coral, [no common name] Acropora globiceps Entire species 79 FR 53852, Sep 10, 2014 NA NA Coral, [no common name] Acropora jacquelineae Entire species 79 FR 53852, Sep 10, 2014 NA NA Coral, [no common name] Acropora lokani Entire species 79 FR 53852, Sep 10, 2014 NA NA Coral, [no common name] Acropora pharaonis Entire species 79 FR 53852, Sep 10, 2014 NA NA Coral, [no common name] Acropora retusa Entire species 79 FR 53852, Sep 10, 2014 NA NA Coral, [no common name] Acropora rudis Entire species 79 FR 53852, Sep 10, 2014 NA NA Coral, [no common name] Acropora speciosa Entire species. 79 FR 53852, Sep 10, 2014 NA NA Coral, [no common name] Acropora tenella Entire species. 79 FR 53852, Sep 10, 2014 NA NA Coral, [no common name] Anacropora spinosa Entire species 79 FR 53852, Sep 10, 2014 NA NA Coral, [no common name] Euphyllia paradivisa Entire species 79 FR 53852, Sep 10, 2014 NA NA Coral, [no common name] Isopora crateriformis Entire species. 79 FR 53852, Sep 10, 2014 NA NA Coral, [no common name] Montipora Entire species. 79 FR 53852, Sep 10, 2014 NA NA australiensis Coral, [no common name] Pavona diffluens Entire species 79 FR 53852, Sep 10, 2014 NA NA Coral, [no common name] Porites napopora Entire species 79 FR 53852, Sep 10, 2014 NA NA Coral, [no common name] Seriatopora aculeata Entire species 79 FR 53852, Sep 10, 2014 NA NA Coral, boulder star .......... Orbicella franksi Entire species 79 FR 53852, Sep 10, 2014 NA NA Coral, elkhorn .................. Acropora palmata Entire species 79 FR 53852, Sep 10, 2014 226.216 223.208 Coral, lobed star .............. Orbicella annularis Entire species 79 FR 53852, Sep 10, 2014 NA NA Coral, mountainous star .. Orbicella faveolata Entire species 79 FR 53852, Sep 10, 2014 NA NA Coral, pillar ...................... Dendrogyra cylindrus Entire species 79 FR 53852, Sep 10, 2014 NA NA Coral, rough cactus ......... Mycetophyllia ferox Entire species 79 FR 53852, Sep 10, 2014 NA NA Coral, staghorn ................ Acropora cervicornis Entire species 79 FR 53852, Sep 10, 2014 226.216 223.208 Subpart B—Restrictions Applicable (i) Is accomplished in a humane man- to Threatened Marine and ner; Anadromous Species (ii) Is for the protection or welfare of the animal, is for the protection of the § 223.201 Guadalupe fur seal. public health or welfare, or is for the salvage or disposal of a dead specimen; (a) Prohibitions. The prohibitions of (iii) Includes steps designed to ensure section 9 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1538) re- the return of the animal to its natural lating to endangered species apply to habitat, if feasible; and the Guadalupe fur seal except as pro- vided in paragraph (b) of this section. (iv) Is reported within 30 days to the Regional Administrator, Southwest (b) Exceptions. (1) The Assistant Ad- ministrator may issue permits author- Region, National Marine Fisheries izing activities which would otherwise Service, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite be prohibited under paragraph (a) of 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802. this section subject to the provisions of (3) Any animal or specimen taken part 222 subpart C, General Permit Pro- under paragraph (b)(2) of this section cedures. may only be retained, disposed of, or (2) Any Federal, State or local gov- salvaged in accordance with directions ernment official, employee, or des- from the Director, Southwest Region. ignated agent may, in the course of of- [50 FR 51258, Dec. 16, 1985. Redesignated and ficial duties, take a stranded Guada- amended at 64 FR 14068, Mar. 23, 1999, as lupe fur seal without a permit if such amended at 79 FR 20812, Apr. 14, 2014] taking: 266 VerDate Mar<15>2010 13:38 Jan 27, 2015 Jkt 232237 PO 00000 Frm 00276 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\232237.XXX 232237 dkrause on DSKHT7XVN1PROD with CFRLOC.
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