[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: 50CFR216.26]

[Page 36-37]
 
                    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 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,

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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]