50 CFR § 216.90 - Purposes.

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title: "50 CFR § 216.90 - Purposes."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
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section_name: "Purposes."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
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subchapter_name: "MARINE MAMMALS"
part_number: "216"
part_name: "REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TAKING AND IMPORTING OF MARINE MAMMALS"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 1361  unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "39 FR 1852, Jan. 15, 1974, unless otherwise noted."
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# 216.90 Purposes.

This subpart governs the requirements for using the official mark described in § 216.95 or an alternative mark that refers to dolphins, porpoises, or marine mammals, to label tuna or tuna products offered for sale in or exported from the United States using the term dolphin-safe or suggesting the tuna were harvested in a manner not injurious to dolphins.

[69 FR 55307, Sept. 13, 2004]