[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: 50CFR216.26]



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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 C_General Exceptions

 

Sec. 216.26  Collection of certain marine mammal parts without prior 

authorization.



    Notwithstanding any other provision of this subpart:

    (a) Any bones, teeth or ivory of any dead marine mammal may be 

collected from a beach or from land within\1/4\ of a mile of the ocean. 

The term ocean includes bays and estuaries.

    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subpart D, soft parts that are 

sloughed, excreted, or discharged naturally by a living marine mammal in 

the wild may be collected or imported for bona fide scientific research 

and enhancement, provided that collection does not involve the taking of 

a living marine mammal in the wild.

    (c) Any marine mammal part collected under paragraph (a) of this 

section or any marine mammal part collected and imported under paragraph 

(b) of this section must be registered and identified, and may be 

transferred or otherwise possessed, in accordance with Sec. 216.22(c). 

In registering a marine mammal part collected or imported under 

paragraph (b) of this section, the person who collected or imported the 

part must also state the scientific research or enhancement purpose for 

which the part was collected or imported.

    (d) No person may purchase, sell or trade for commercial purposes 

any marine mammal part collected or imported under this section.

    (e) The export of parts collected without prior authorization under 

paragraph (b) of this section may occur if consistent with the 

provisions at Sec. 216.37(d) under subpart D.



[39 FR 1852, Jan. 15, 1974, as amended at 59 FR 50376, Oct. 3, 1994; 61 

FR 21933, May 10, 1996]