[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR14.92]

[Page 62-63]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                INTERIOR
 
PART 14--IMPORTATION, EXPORTATION, AND TRANSPORTATION OF WILDLIFE--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart I--Import/Export Licenses
 
Sec. 14.92  Exceptions to license requirement.

    (a) Certain wildlife. Any person may engage in business as an 
importer or exporter of the following wildlife without procuring an 
import/export license:
    (1) Shellfish and fishery products that do not require a permit 
under part 17 or 23 of this subchapter B and that are imported or 
exported for purposes of human or animal consumption;
    (2) Shellfish and fishery products that do not require a permit 
under part 17 or 23 of this subchapter B and that are taken in waters 
under the jurisdiction of the United States or on the high seas for 
recreational purposes;
    (3) Fox, nutria, rabbit, mink, chinchilla, marten, fisher, muskrat, 
and karakul and their products if the animals have been bred and born in 
captivity;
    (4) Live farm-raised fish and farm-raised eggs of species not 
requiring a permit under part 17 or 23 of this subchapter B that are 
being exported;
    (5) Live aquatic invertebrates of the Class Pelecypoda (commonly 
known as oysters, clams, mussels, and scallops)

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and the eggs, larvae, or juvenile forms thereof exported for purposes of 
propagation or research related to propagation; and
    (6) Pearls imported or exported for commercial purposes.
    (b) Certain persons. The following persons may engage in business as 
importers or exporters of wildlife without procuring an import/export 
license: Provided, That such persons keep such records as will fully and 
correctly disclose each importation or exportation of wildlife made by 
them and the subsequent disposition made by them with respect to the 
wildlife, and that subject to applicable limitations of law, duly 
authorized Service officers at all reasonable times shall, upon notice, 
be afforded access to such persons' places of business, an opportunity 
to examine their inventory of imported wildlife and the records required 
above, and an opportunity to copy such records:
    (1) Common carriers when engaged as transporters and not as 
importers or exporters of record;
    (2) Custom house brokers when engaged as agents and not as importers 
or exporters of record;
    (3) Public museums, or other public, scientific or educational 
institutions, importing or exporting wildlife for research or 
educational purposes and not for resale;
    (4) Federal, State, or municipal agencies; and
    (5) Circuses importing or exporting wildlife for exhibition purposes 
only and not for purchase, sale, barter, or transfer of such wildlife.

[45 FR 56673, Aug. 25, 1980, as amended at 45 FR 86497, Dec. 31, 1980; 
50 FR 52890, Dec. 26, 1985; 61 FR 31871, June 21, 1996]