15 CFR § 922.94 - Prohibited or otherwise regulated activities—Research area.

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title: "15 CFR § 922.94 - Prohibited or otherwise regulated activities—Research area."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "922.94"
section_name: "Prohibited or otherwise regulated activities—Research area."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
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subchapter_name: "OCEAN AND COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT"
part_number: "922"
part_name: "NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY PROGRAM REGULATIONS"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 1431"
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# 922.94 Prohibited or otherwise regulated activities—Research area.

In addition to the prohibitions set out in § 922.92, which apply throughout the Sanctuary, the following activities are prohibited and thus unlawful for any person to conduct or cause to be conducted within the research area described in Appendix A to this subpart.

(a)(1) Injuring, catching, harvesting, or collecting, or attempting to injure, catch, harvest, or collect, any marine organism, or any part thereof, living or dead.

(2) There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any marine organism or part thereof referenced in this paragraph found in the possession of a person within the research area has been collected from the research area.

(b) Using any fishing gear, or possessing, or carrying any fishing gear unless such gear is stowed and not available for immediate use while on board a vessel transiting through the research area without interruption or for valid law enforcement purposes.

(c) Diving.

(d) Stopping a vessel in the research area.

[76 FR 63832, Oct. 14, 2011]