Migratory Bird Permits; Establishment of a Depredation Order for the Double-Crested Cormorant

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service) establishes a depredation order for the double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus). In those States in which double-crested cormorants have been shown to be seriously injurious to commercial freshwater aquaculture, and when found committing or about to commit depredations upon aquaculture stocks, persons engaged in the production of commercial freshwater aquaculture stocks may, without a Federal permit, take or cause to be taken such double-crested cormorants as might be necessary to protect aquaculture stocks.