50 CFR § 216.46 - U.S. citizens on foreign flag vessels operating under the International Dolphin Conservation Program.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s216.46"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 216.46 - U.S. citizens on foreign flag vessels operating under the International Dolphin Conservation Program."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "216.46"
section_name: "U.S. citizens on foreign flag vessels operating under the International Dolphin Conservation Program."
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"
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 unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "39 FR 1852, Jan. 15, 1974, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "216"
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# 216.46 U.S. citizens on foreign flag vessels operating under the International Dolphin Conservation Program.
The MMPA's provisions do not apply to a citizen of the United States who incidentally takes any marine mammal during fishing operations in the ETP which are outside the U.S. exclusive economic zone (as defined in section 3 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1802)), while employed on a fishing vessel of a harvesting nation that is participating in, and in compliance with, the IDCP.
[65 FR 56, Jan. 3, 2000]