Experimental Population Law and Legal Definition
Pursuant to 50 CFR 17.80 [Title 50 -- Wildlife and Fisheries, Chapter I -- United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of The Interior], the term experimental population means “an introduced and/or designated population (including any off-spring arising solely therefrom) that has been so designated but only when, and at such times as the population is wholly separate geographically from nonexperimental populations of the same species. Where part of an experimental population overlaps with natural populations of the same species on a particular occasion, but is wholly separate at other times, specimens of the experimental population will not be recognized as such while in the area of overlap. That is, experimental status will only be recognized outside the areas of overlap. Thus, such a population shall be treated as experimental only when the times of geographic separation are reasonably predictable; e.g., fixed migration patterns, natural or man-made barriers. A population is not treated as experimental if total separation will occur solely as a result of random and unpredictable events.”
Legal Definition list
Related Legal Terms
- Adult Education Population [Education]
- Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration [Department of State]
- Civilian Institutionalized Population
- Conservation of Healthy Populations of Fish and Wildlife
- Essential Experimental Population
- Essential Experimental Population of Fauna
- Experimental Population [Wildlife Law]
- Experimental Population of Fauna
- Experimental Use Defense
- Low Population Zone
