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FWS Lists Domestic Mussel as Threatened

The Fish and Wildlife Service issued a final rule listing the yellow lance (Elliptio lanceolata), a mussel species from Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina, as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. New import and export restrictions set by the agency’s final rule take effect May 3.

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(Federal Register 04/03/18)