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(ii) designated by regulation of the Board; and (iii) explicitly delineated in a conservation plan.\n\t\t“Fish or wildlife” means any member of the animal kingdom, vertebrate or invertebrate, except for the class Insecta, and includes any part, products, egg, or the dead body or parts thereof.\n\t\t“Incidental take” means any taking of an endangered or threatened species of fish or wildlife, excluding those species appearing on the federal list specified in \u00a7 29.1-564, that otherwise would be prohibited by this article or by regulation, if such taking is incidental to but not the purpose of an otherwise lawful activity allowed in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to \u00a7 29.1-568.\n\t\t“Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, association or partnership.\n\t\t“Threatened species” means any species which is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":275697,"text":"For the purposes of this article:\n\t\t“Conservation plan” means a document developed by the Department and approved by the Director that describes the Department’s approach to managing and, if possible, recovering an endangered or threatened species of fish or wildlife.\n\t\t“Endangered species” means any species which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.\n\t\t“Experimental population” means any population of an endangered or threatened species of fish or wildlife, excluding those species appearing on the federal list specified in \u00a7 29.1-564, that is (i) established through deliberate introduction by humans; 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This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 329 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1977, chapter 377; in 1987, chapter 488; in 1990, chapter 369; in 2011, chapter 47<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":60369,"section_number":"29.1-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-100\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":56554,"section_number":"29.1-564","catch_line":"Taking, transportation, sale, etc., of endangered species prohibited","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-564\/"},{"id":80970,"section_number":"29.1-568","catch_line":"When Board may permit taking of endangered or threatened species; designated experimental populations","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-568\/"}],"permalink":{"id":193319,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76777,"identifier":"29.1-563","token":"29.1\/5\/6\/29.1-563","url":"\/29.1-563\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-563\/","token":"29.1\/5\/6\/29.1-563","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-563","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For the purposes of this article:\n\t\t“Conservation plan<\/span>” means a document developed by the Department<\/span> and approved by the Director<\/span> that describes the Department<\/span>’s approach to managing and, if possible, recovering an endangered or threatened species<\/span> of fish or wildlife<\/span>.\n\t\t“Endangered species<\/span>” means any species which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.\n\t\t“Experimental population<\/span>” means any population of an endangered or threatened species<\/span> of fish or wildlife<\/span>, excluding those species appearing on the federal list specified in \u00a7 29.1-564<\/a>, that is (i) established through deliberate introduction by humans; (ii) designated by regulation<\/span> of the Board<\/span>; and (iii) explicitly delineated in a conservation plan<\/span>.\n\t\t“Fish or wildlife<\/span>” means any member of the animal kingdom, vertebrate or invertebrate, except for the class Insecta, and includes any part, products, egg, or the dead body or parts thereof.\n\t\t“Incidental take<\/span>” means any taking of an endangered or threatened species<\/span> of fish or wildlife<\/span>, excluding those species appearing on the federal list specified in \u00a7 29.1-564<\/a>, that otherwise would be prohibited by this article or by regulation<\/span>, if such taking is incidental to but not the purpose of an otherwise lawful activity allowed in accordance with regulations<\/span> adopted pursuant to \u00a7 29.1-568<\/a>.\n\t\t“Person<\/span>” means any individual, firm, corporation, association or partnership.\n\t\t“Threatened species<\/span>” means any species which is likely to become an endangered species<\/span> within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 29.1-563)\n\nFor the purposes of this article:\n\t\t“Conservation plan” means a document developed by the Department\nand approved by the Director that describes the Department’s approach to\nmanaging and, if possible, recovering an endangered or threatened species of\nfish or wildlife.\n\t\t“Endangered species” means any species which is in danger of\nextinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.\n\t\t“Experimental population” means any population of an endangered or\nthreatened species of fish or wildlife, excluding those species appearing on the\nfederal list specified in \u00a7 29.1-564, that is (i) established through\ndeliberate introduction by humans; (ii) designated by regulation of the Board;\nand (iii) explicitly delineated in a conservation plan.\n\t\t“Fish or wildlife” means any member of the animal kingdom,\nvertebrate or invertebrate, except for the class Insecta, and includes any part,\nproducts, egg, or the dead body or parts thereof.\n\t\t“Incidental take” means any taking of an endangered or threatened\nspecies of fish or wildlife, excluding those species appearing on the federal\nlist specified in \u00a7 29.1-564, that otherwise would be prohibited by this\narticle or by regulation, if such taking is incidental to but not the purpose of\nan otherwise lawful activity allowed in accordance with regulations adopted\npursuant to \u00a7 29.1-568.\n\t\t“Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, association or\npartnership.\n\t\t“Threatened species” means any species which is likely to become\nan endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a\nsignificant portion of its range.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 329, \u00a7 29-231; 1977, c. 377; 1987, c. 488; 1990, c. 369;\n2011, c. 47.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}