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50 CFR 216.101

§ 216.101 Purpose.

United States · 50 CFR — Wildlife and Fisheries · Status: effective

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50 CFR 216.101, § 216.101 Purpose, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/419689
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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.

Legislative history

This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.