دیکشنری تخصصی مهندسی نفت - نسخه آنلاین

fish and wildlife service.

n: (USFWS) a federal service that oversees commercial fishing investigations, fishing research, fishing statistics, sport fishing, and other areas related to the fishing industry. It also conducts wildlife research, enforces federal statutes and regulations applying to migratory birds, maintains the official list of threatened or endangered species, acquires habitats for threatened or endangered species, operates the national refuge system, manages predator and rodent control work, evaluates the impact of offshore development on fish and wildlife, develops programs to protect fish and wildlife from oil spill, coordinates individual and state efforts to rescue and rehabilitate oiled birds, and administers federal aid programs. Address: MS 634 Arlington Square, 1849 C Street NW;Washington, DC 20240;(703) 358-1714.

abbr: United States Fish and Wildlife Service.