FWS Lists Freshwater Mussel as Threatened

The Fish and Wildlife Service is issuing a final rule listing the Atlantic pigtoe, (Fusconaia masoni), a freshwater mussel species from Virginia and North Carolina, as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Listing includes a 4(d) rule for this species that prohibits importation and exportation without a permit. New import and export restrictions set by the agency’s final rule take effect Dec. 16.