                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 29.1-563)

For the purposes of this article:
		&#8220;Conservation plan&#8221; means a document developed by the Department
and approved by the Director that describes the Department&#8217;s approach to
managing and, if possible, recovering an endangered or threatened species of
fish or wildlife.
		&#8220;Endangered species&#8221; means any species which is in danger of
extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
		&#8220;Experimental population&#8221; means any population of an endangered or
threatened species of fish or wildlife, excluding those species appearing on the
federal list specified in § 29.1-564, that is (i) established through
deliberate introduction by humans; (ii) designated by regulation of the Board;
and (iii) explicitly delineated in a conservation plan.
		&#8220;Fish or wildlife&#8221; 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.
		&#8220;Incidental take&#8221; means any taking of an endangered or threatened
species of fish or wildlife, excluding those species appearing on the federal
list specified in § 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 § 29.1-568.
		&#8220;Person&#8221; means any individual, firm, corporation, association or
partnership.
		&#8220;Threatened species&#8221; means any species which is likely to become
an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a
significant portion of its range.

HISTORY: 1972, c. 329, § 29-231; 1977, c. 377; 1987, c. 488; 1990, c. 369;
2011, c. 47.