Candidate species definition

Candidate species means a native species under review for possible listing as endangered, threatened, or sensitive. A species will be considered for candidate designation if sufficient scientific evidence suggests that its status may meet criteria defined for endangered, threatened or sensitive. Currently listed state threatened or state sensitive species may also be designated as state candidate species if their status is in question.
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Candidate species means a species other than a protected species whose status under this Law is under investigation and consideration;
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Candidate species means a species or subspecies, or population of native Arizona wildlife, for which habitat or population threats are known or suspected but for which substantial population declines from historic levels have not been documented.
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Examples of Candidate species in a sentence

  • Candidate species refers to any species being con- sidered by the Service for listing as en- dangered or threatened species but not yet the subject of a proposed rule.

  • Federal Candidate species are those for which the USFWS has sufficient information to propose them as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act, but for which a listing proposal is precluded by other higher priority listing activities.

  • The USFWS can also provide project recommendations specific to Federal Candidate species.

  • Candidate species are treated as if they are proposed for listing for purposes of conducting internal FWS conferencing.

  • The USFWS can also provide project recommendations specific to Federal Candidate species and the bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus).


More Definitions of Candidate species

Candidate species means a native species or subspecies
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Candidate species means a native species or subspecies of a bird, mammal, fish, amphibian, reptile, or plant that the commission has formally noticed as being under review by the department for addition to either the list of endangered species or the list of threatened species, or a species for which the commission has published a notice of proposed regulation to add the species to either list." Footnote No. 4
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Candidate species means any species being considered (by the Secretary of Interior or the Secretary of Commerce) for listing as an endangered or a threatened species, but not yet the subject of a proposed rule (50 CFR 424.02) based on the information provided by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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Candidate species means a species identified by the United
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Candidate species means both (1) a species formally noticed by the California Fish and Game Commission as under review for listing as threatened or endangered, or a species for which the Fish and Game Commission has published a notice of proposed regulation to add a species as threatened or endangered, and (2) a species which the USFWS has identified as being a candidate for listing, but for which development of a listing regulation is precluded by other higher priority listing activities.
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Candidate species means a species identified by 9 the United States Department of the Interior as appropriate for 10 listing as threatened or endangered.
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Candidate species means a species identified by the United States Department of the Interior as appropriate for listing as threatened or endangered.
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