Introduced Species Law and Legal Definition
According to 15 CFR 922.71 [Title 15. Commerce And Foreign Trade; Subtitle B. Regulations Relating To Commerce And Foreign Trade; Chapter IX. National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration, Department Of Commerce; Subchapter B Ocean And Coastal Resource Management, Part 922 National Marine Sanctuary Program Regulations, Subpart G Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary], ‘introduced species’ means “any species (including but not limited to any of its biological matter capable of propagation) that is non-native to the ecosystems of the Sanctuary; or any organism into which altered genetic matter, or genetic matter from another species, has been transferred in order that the host organism acquires the genetic traits of the transferred genes.”
Legal Definition list
Related Legal Terms
- Alien Species Prevention and Enforcement Act of 1992
- Allocated species
- Anadromous Species
- Aquatic Nuisance Species
- Aquatic Species
- At-Risk Species
- Candidate Species
- Commercial Activity [Endangered Species]
- Conservation [Endangered Species]
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
