Migratory Birds Law and Legal Definition
Pursuant to 16 USCS § 715j, [Title 16. Conservation; Chapter 7. Protection of Migratory Game and Insectivorous Birds; Migratory Bird Conservation] the migratory birds are “those defined as such by the treaty between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds concluded August 16, 1916 (39 Stat. 1702), the treaty between the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals concluded February 7, 1936 (50 Stat. 1311), the Convention between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Japan for the Protection of Migratory Birds and Birds in Danger of Extinction, and their Environment concluded March 4, 1972, and the Convention between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for the Conservation of Migratory Birds and their Environment concluded November 19, 1976.”
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Related Legal Terms
- Birds of Passage
- Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals
- Federal Migratory Bird Taxidermy Permit
- Highly Migratory Fish Stocks
- Migratory Agricultural Worker [Education]
- Migratory Bird Conservation Commission
- Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program
- Migratory bird Hunting
- Migratory Child [Education]
- Migratory Divorce
