50 CFR § 216.110 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s216.110"
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title: "50 CFR § 216.110 - Purpose."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "216.110"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MARINE MAMMALS"
part_number: "216"
part_name: "REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TAKING AND IMPORTING OF MARINE MAMMALS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 1361  unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "39 FR 1852, Jan. 15, 1974, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "216"
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# 216.110 Purpose.

The purpose of this subpart is to establish regulations governing the take of whales from the Eastern North Pacific (ENP) gray whale (*Eschrichtius robustus*) stock by the Makah Indian Tribe and its enrolled members in accordance with the Secretary's determination to issue a waiver of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) take moratorium pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1371(a)(3).