![]() ![]() The conservation win comes as bumblebees have faced serious decline throughout the United States due to climate change. The reversal means bumblebees can now be eligible for listing under the California Endangered Species Act. “Although the term fish is colloquially and commonly understood to refer to aquatic species, the term of art employed by the Legislature in the definition of fish in section 45 is not so limited,” said the court in its ruling. Tuesday’s ruling overruled the decision, finding “fish” can indeed include bumblebees, at least for the sake of the California Endangered Species Act. In 2020, the Sacramento County Superior Court found the “invertebrates” listed in the definition of fish referred only to marine invertebrates – not insects like bumblebees – and the California Fish and Game Commission lacked authority to list invertebrates under the act. ![]() ![]() In 2018, several public interest groups petitioned to list four species of bumblebee as endangered species under the California Endangered Species Act: the Crotch bumblebee, the Franklin bumblebee, the Suckley cuckoo bumblebee, and the Western bumblebee. Joe Raedle/Getty Imagesįederal officials agree to update Florida manatees' protected habitat for the first time in 50 yearsīut in a lucky loophole for insects, mollusks, and other spineless creatures falling under the umbrella term “invertebrate,” the act itself defines a “fish” as “a wild fish, mollusk, crustacean, invertebrate, amphibian, or part, spawn, or ovum of any of those animals.”Įxpanding the definition of fish to include invertebrates makes them eligible for greater protection from the Fish and Game Commission, wrote the court. Conservation groups announced on Wednesday that the US Fish and Wildlife Service will update its protections for manatee habitats in Florida. Manatees swim in the Homosassa River on Octoin Homosassa, Florida. ![]()
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