§ 3.1-1025. (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Powers and duties of Board; listing of rare species; further p...
A. The Board may prescribe and adopt regulations including, but not limited to, the listing of endangered or threatened species, their taking, quotas, seasons, buying, selling, possessing, monitoring of movement, investigating, protecting, or any other need in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter.
B. The Commissioner may permit the taking of a threatened species when the Board has determined that its abundance in the Commonwealth justifies a controlled harvest which is not in violation of federal laws or regulations. The Commissioner shall take the necessary action to conserve, protect, restore, or propagate endangered and threatened species.
C. The Board may adopt regulations to permit and control the commercial harvest of certain threatened species that would prevent that species from becoming endangered or extinct.
D. The Commissioner may conduct investigations of species of plants and insects, in order to develop information relating to the population, distribution, habitat needs, limiting factors, and other biological and ecological data in order to determine management measures necessary to assure their continued ability to sustain themselves successfully. As a result of this investigation and recommendations received regarding candidate species from the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation and from other reliable data, the Board shall approve proposed species to be added to or deleted from the list of endangered species or the list of threatened species, or to be transferred from one list to the other.
(1979, c. 372; 1985, c. 326; 1989, c. 553; 1990, c. 369.)
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