...territorial sea of the United States. . ." The term "take" is defined in section 3(19) to mean "to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap,...collect, or attempt to engage in any such conduct." The Act provides civil and criminal penalties for violations of this provision. In a series of cases...

...Endangered Species Act is the prohibition on taking. The term "take11 is defined broadly to mean 11 harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap,...collect, or attempt to engage in any such conduct" (16 USC §1532(19)). The FWS regulations define the term "harm" to mean an act which actually kills...

...its natural state the flora or fauna; in the context of the Endangered Species Act, the term means to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or attempt to engage in such conduct. 16 USC § 1522(19) [ESA]. In § 50 CFR § 17.3, the Secretary of the Interior further...

...habitatbased conservation approaches. ESA allows the taking of listed species—defining "take" to include "harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or attempt to engage"—if the activity is incidental to an otherwise legal activity and after approval of a habitat...

...determined that there has been a "taking" of the species. According to the law, the term "lake" means "...to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or ID attempt to engage in any such conduct.." Certainly there is a case that supports the takings claim...

...management and conservation of fish or wildlife resources within a State. (19) 10 The term "take" means to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect or to attempt to engage in any such conduct. (20) 10 The term "threatened species" means any species which...

...to: 1. Expand their regulatory power and jurisdiction. US Federal Code, Title 16 defines "take" to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to engage in such conduct. Later the tern also embraced any destruction or alteration of...

...species could result in their "take". The ESA defines "take" as follows: "The term 'take' means to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap,...collect, or attempt to engage In any such conduct,* Take is further defined In 50 CFR chapter 1, part 17.3, through the definition of harass and ham as...

...animals to which an international program for endangered or threatened species applies, means to— (A) harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect; or (B) attempt to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect. High Seas...

...of the interior. Under the act, it is unlawful to "take" any protected species—"take" meaning "to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to engage in such conduct." Since 1981 the Interior Department further has defined "harm"...