50 CFR § 17.100 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s17.100"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 17.100 - Purpose."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "17.100"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "TAKING, POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, SALE, PURCHASE, BARTER, EXPORTATION, AND IMPORTATION OF WILDLIFE AND PLANTS"
part_number: "17"
part_name: "ENDANGERED AND THREATENED WILDLIFE AND PLANTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 1361-1407; 1531-1544; and 4201-4245, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "40 FR 44415, Sept. 26, 1975, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "17"
---


# 17.100 Purpose.

This subpart provides a means for establishing manatee protection areas without waters under the jurisdiction of the United States, including coastal waters adjacent to and inland waters within the several States, within which certain waterborne activities will be restricted or prohibited for the purpose of preventing the taking of manatees.