[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
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 
 
                         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]