C.F.R. » Title 50 » CHAPTER II—NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE › SUBCHAPTER C—MARINE MAMMALS › PART 216—REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TAKING AND IMPORTING OF MARINE MAMMALS › Subpart I—General Regulations Governing Small Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities

50 C.F.R. § 216.101

Purpose

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The regulations in this subpart implement section 101(a)(5) (A) through (D) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1371(a)(5), which provides a mechanism for allowing, upon request, the incidental, but not intentional, taking of small numbers of marine mammals by U.S. citizens who engage in a specified activity (other than commercial fishing) within a specified geographic region.