[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: 50CFR216.8]

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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 A_Introduction
 
Sec. 216.8  Enforcement officers.

    Enforcement Agents of the National Marine Fisheries Service shall 
enforce the provisions of the MMPA and may take any actions authorized 
by the MMPA with respect to enforcement. In addition, the Secretary may 
utilize, by agreement, the personnel, services, and facilities of any 
other Federal Agency for the purposes of enforcing this MMPA. Pursuant 
to the terms of section 107(b) of the MMPA, the Secretary may also 
designate officers and employees of any State or of any possession of 
the United States to enforce the provisions of this MMPA.

[39 FR 1852, Jan. 15, 1974. Redesignated at 46 FR 61652, Dec. 18, 1981, 
and amended at 59 FR 50375, Oct. 3, 1994]

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