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Imperiled Species:
Listing Action and Petitions : Panama
City Crayfish
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Panama
City Crayfish (Procambarus econfinae)
Current status is
a Species of Special Concern.
The FWC
received two petitions to re-evaluate the status of the Panama City
crayfish. The petitions were received in 2001 and 2003, respectively.
In fulfillment of the 2001 petition, a biological assessment following
the listing process rules was initiated. However, a listing moratorium
was initiated in 2003 and the listing process rules were changed in
April 2005. Following the new process, a biological status report was
completed, reviewed by independent peer reviewers, and presented to the
Commission at the June 2006 Commission meeting. The Commission agreed
that reclassification of the Panama City crayfish from Species of
Special Concern to Threatened is warranted; however the reclassification
will not occur until a management plan for the species is approved.
Public comment was sought and incorporated on a draft and again on a
revised draft management plan. Approval of the Panama City crayfish
management plan and reclassification to a threatened species has been
deferred while staff reviews FWC’s imperiled species listing system.
Please view our
Listing Process for more information on the listing process moratorium
and changes made to the process in 2005. Below is a link to the petitions
received in 2001 and 2003 and the Biological Status Report.
Petitions
Received
in 2001
Received
in 2003
Biological Status Report
Listing Related Questions & Answers
Draft PCC Management Plan
Misconceptions
Revised Draft PCC Plan
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