[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 50, Volume 6]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 50CFR21.14]



[Page 59-60]

 

                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES

 

 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE 

                          INTERIOR (CONTINUED)

 

PART 21_MIGRATORY BIRD PERMITS--Table of Contents

 

              Subpart B_General Requirements and Exceptions

 

Sec.  21.14  Permit exceptions for captive-reared migratory waterfowl other than mallard ducks.



    Any person may, without a permit, lawfully acquire captive-reared 

and properly marked migratory waterfowl of all species other than 

mallard ducks, alive or dead, or their eggs, and possess and transport 

such birds or eggs and any progeny or eggs therefrom solely for his own 

use subject to the following conditions and restrictions:

    (a) Such birds, alive or dead, or their eggs may be lawfully 

acquired only from holders of valid waterfowl sale and disposal permits, 

unless lawfully acquired outside of the United States, except that 

properly marked carcasses of such birds may also be lawfully acquired as 

provided under paragraph (c) of this section.

    (b) All progeny of such birds or eggs hatched, reared, and retained 

in captivity must be physically marked as defined in Sec.  21.13(b).

    (c) No such birds or eggs or any progeny or eggs thereof may be 

disposed of by any means, alive or dead, to any other person unless a 

waterfowl sale and disposal permit has first been secured authorizing 

such disposal: Provided, That bona fide clubs, hotels, restaurants, 

boarding houses, and dealers in meat and game may serve or sell to their 

customers the carcass of any such birds which they have acquired from 

the holder of a valid waterfowl sale and disposal permit.

    (d) Lawfully possessed and properly marked birds may be killed, in 

any number, at any time or place, by any means except shooting. Such 

birds may be killed by shooting only in accordance with all applicable 

hunting regulations governing the taking of like species from the wild. 

(See part 20 of this subchapter.)

    (e) At all times during possession, transportation, and storage 

until the raw carcasses of such birds are finally processed immediately 

prior to cooking, smoking, or canning, the marked foot or wing must 

remain attached to each carcass, unless such carcasses were marked as 

provided in Sec.  21.25(c)(4) and the foot or wing removed prior to 

acquisition.

    (f) When any such birds, alive or dead, or their eggs are acquired 

from a waterfowl sale and disposal permittee, the permittee shall 

furnish a copy of Form 3-186, Notice of Waterfowl Sale or Transfer, 

indicating all information required by the form and the method or 

methods by which individual birds are marked as required by Sec.  

21.25(c)(2). The buyer shall retain the Form 3-186 on



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file for the duration of his possession of such birds or eggs or progeny 

or eggs thereof.



[40 FR 28459, July 7, 1975, as amended at 46 FR 42680, Aug. 24, 1981]