July 25, 2007

USFWS Information Collection on Live Fish and Fish Eggs

The US Fish and Wildlife Service announced in the attached Federal Register notice a request to the Office of Management and Budget to renew the Information Collection Request regarding Injurious Wildlife and Importation Certification for Live Fish and Fish Eggs. The current Information Collection is scheduled to expire October 31, 2007.



The injurious wildlife provisions of the Lacey Act are one tool that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) uses to prevent illegal introductions of and to manage invasive species. Under the Lacey Act, importation and interstate transport of animal species determined to be injurious may be regulated by the Secretary of the Interior. The Service implements the injurious wildlife provisions (18 U.S.C. 42) through regulations contained in 50 CFR part 16. Species are added to the list of injurious wildlife to prevent their introduction or establishment through human movement in the United States to protect the health and welfare of humans, the interests of agriculture, horticulture or forestry, and the welfare and survival of wildlife resources from potential and actual negative impacts.



Comments must be received by September 21, 2007.