FWS to Inspect, Clear Some Shipments With CITES-Listed Plants
The Fish and Wildlife Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service have come to an agreement where FWS will inspect and clear import and export shipments containing any wildlife species, that also include non-living plant species listed under the…
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Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), said FWS (here). FWS said there had been a “recurring issue” over which agency, FWS or APHIS, inspects and clears shipments including both wildlife and CITES-listed plants.