[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: 50CFR16.3]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                INTERIOR
 
PART 16--INJURIOUS WILDLIFE--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart A--Introduction
 
Sec. 16.3  General restrictions.

    Any importation or transportation of live wildlife or eggs thereof, 
or dead fish or eggs or salmonids of the fish

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family Salmonidae into the United States or its territories or 
possessions is deemed to be injurious or potentially injurious to the 
health and welfare of human beings, to the interest of forestry, 
agriculture, and horticulture, and to the welfare and survival of the 
wildlife or wildlife resources of the United States; and any such 
importation into or the transportation of live wildlife or eggs thereof 
between the continental United States, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession of the 
United States by any means whatsoever, is prohibited except for certain 
purposes and under certain conditions as hereinafter provided in this 
part: Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to 
psittacine birds (see also Secs. 16.32 and 16.33 for other exemptions).