[NHCOLL-L:2662] Fwd: Re: USFWS and 3-177 forms

[Doug Yanega]

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>OK since Doug asked here are the regulations - note that the exceptions
>have certain requirements and there are exceptions to the exceptions -
>
>  b) Except for wildlife requiring a permit pursuant to part 16, 17, 
>18, 21, or 23 of    
>  this subchapter B, a Declaration for the Importation or Exportation 
>of Fish or Wildlife
>  (Form 3-177) does not have to be filed for the exportation of the following:
>
>  (1) Wildlife that is not intended for commercial use where the 
>value of such wildlife  
>  is under $250;
> 
>                                                                                                                                                                                
>  (2) Wildlife products or manufactured articles, including game 
>trophies, that are not  
>  intended for commercial use and are used as clothing or contained 
>in accompanying      
>  personal baggage or are part of a shipment of the household effects 
>of persons moving  
>  their residence from the United States; and
>
>  (3) Shipments of dead, preserved, dried, or embedded scientific 
>specimens or parts     
>  thereof, exported by accredited scientists or accredited scientific 
>institutions for   
>  taxonomic or systematic research purposes. An exporter or his/her 
>agent must file a    
>  Form 3-177 within 180 days of exportation with the appropriate 
>Assistant Regional      
>  Director-Law Enforcement in the Region where the exportation 
>occurs. The declaration   
>  must identify the specimens to the most accurate taxonomic 
>classification reasonably   
>  practicable using the best available taxonomic information, and 
>must declare the       
>  country of origin. Except: That this exception will not apply to 
>any specimens or parts
>  thereof taken as a result of sport hunting.
> 
>                                                                                       
>
>Mike Carpenter, Senior Biologist
>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
>Division of Management Authority
>Branch of Permits
>
>NEW PROCESSING FEES GO INTO EFFECT MAY 11,2005.  PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE
>AT http://www.fws.gov/permits FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.</x-charset>

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Doug Yanega        Dept. of Entomology         Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California - Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521-0314
phone: (951) 827-4315 (standard disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
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