# Migratory Bird Permits; Establishment of a Depredation Order for the Double-Crested Cormorant
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 1998-03-04 · Effective 1998-03-04 · 63 FR 10550
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-5485
- **Category:** migratory-bird
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 10550
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 21
- **Publication date:** 1998-03-04
- **Effective date:** 1998-03-04
## Abstract

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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/03/04/98-5485/migratory-bird-permits-establishment-of-a-depredation-order-for-the-double-crested-cormorant)
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