NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION ISSUES NOTICE: ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; TAKING OF ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES INCIDENTAL TO TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT'S FISHERIES-INDEPENDENT GILL NET SURVEYS IN TEXAS WATERS

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a notice called: Endangered Species Act; Taking of Endangered and Threatened Species Incidental to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Fisheries-Independent Gill Net Surveys in Texas Waters.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on March 17 by Shannon Bettridge, Chief, Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.

Summary: Notice is hereby given that the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has applied for an incidental take permit (ITP) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). The permit application is for the incidental take of ESA-listed se...