SACRAMENTO—Four species of bumble bees are now considered fish under the California Endangered Species Act, a state appeals court ruled.
California’s Third Appellate District Court of Appeals ruled May 31 the state law protecting endangered and threatened species can add the bumble bees to the list under the classification of fish.
State law lists protected species in separate divisions: bird, mammal, fish, amphibian, reptile, or plant—leaving out bees and other insects.
The issue began in a 2019 lawsuit, when the California Fish and Game Commission attempted to protect the bees under the Endangered Species Act.
The commission wanted to add the Crotch’s bumble bee, Franklin’s bumble bee, Suckley cuckoo bumble bee, and the Western bumble bee—all terrestrial invertebrates—to the list under the category of fish….
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