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 B—Prohibitions

50 C.F.R. § 216.11

Prohibited taking

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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]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1977–1995 · leading case: United States v. Jerry D. Mitchell, 553 F.2d 996 (5th Cir. 1977).
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United States v. Jerry D. Mitchell, 553 F.2d 996 (5th Cir. 1977). · cites it 3× “, and related regulations, 50 C.F.R. § 216.11 (1974), apply to an American citizen taking dolphins within the territorial waters of a foreign sovereign state.”
North Slope Borough v. Andrus, 486 F. Supp. 332 (D.D.C. 1980). “50 C.F.R. § 216.11 . 122 . 16 U.S.C. § 703 .”
Tepley v. Nat'l Oceanic Atmospheric Admin., 908 F. Supp. 708 (N.D. Cal. 1995). “§ 1372 (a)(2)(A) and (B) and a regulation thereunder, 50 C.F.R. § 216.11 (b). On November 18, 1992, Tepley was charged through a Notice of Violation (NOVA) with unlawfully tak[ing] at least one pilot whale (Globecephala macrophynchus) a marine mammal, to wit: LEE TEPLEY…”
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