# Migratory Bird Permits; Removal of Depredation Orders for Double-Crested Cormorants To Protect Aquaculture Facilities and Public Resources
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2018-07-16 · Effective 2018-07-16 · 83 FR 32805
## Document
- **Document number:** 2018-15103
- **Category:** migratory-bird
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 83 FR 32805
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 21
- **Publication date:** 2018-07-16
- **Effective date:** 2018-07-16
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. FWS-HQ-MB-2017-0091
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are issuing this final rule to comply with a court order that vacated provisions of regulations governing control of depredating double-crested cormorants at aquaculture facilities and for control of double-crested cormorants to protect public resources. Pursuant to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia order dated May 25, 2016, this rule removes regulatory provisions that allowed take of double-crested cormorants at aquaculture facilities and to protect public resources without the need for a permit.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/07/16/2018-15103/migratory-bird-permits-removal-of-depredation-orders-for-double-crested-cormorants-to-protect)
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