Minimum Qualifications for Obtaining a Section 10(a)(1)(A) Recovery Permit for Conducting Surveys for the Tidewater Goby

Section 9 of the ESA prohibits “take” “take”
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.

Learn more about “take” of federally listed species. For this reason, a Section 10(a)(1)(A) Recovery Permit (permit) is required to conduct surveys for the federally listed tidewater goby (hereafter, goby) because survey activities may result in the purposeful “take” (e.g., survey, capture, handle, and release) of these species.