[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 50, Volume 7]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 50CFR216.11]



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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES

 

  CHAPTER II--NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 

           ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 

PART 216_REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TAKING AND IMPORTING OF MARINE MAMMALS

--Table of Contents

 

                         Subpart B_Prohibitions

 

Sec. 216.11  Prohibited taking.





    Except as otherwise provided in subparts C, D, and I of this part 

216 or in part 228 or 229, it is unlawful for:

    (a) Any person, vessel, or conveyance subject to the jurisdiction of 

the United States to take any marine mammal on the high seas, or

    (b) Any person, vessel, or conveyance to take any marine mammal in 

waters or on lands under the jurisdiction of the United States, or

    (c) Any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to 

take any marine mammal during the moratorium.



[39 FR 1852, Jan. 15, 1974, as amended at 47 FR 21254, May 18, 1982; 54 

FR 21921, May 19, 1989]