50 CFR § 217.100 - Specified activity and specified geographical region.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s217.100"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 217.100 - Specified activity and specified geographical region."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "217.100"
section_name: "Specified activity and specified geographical region."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MARINE MAMMALS"
part_number: "217"
part_name: "REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TAKE OF MARINE MAMMALS INCIDENTAL TO SPECIFIED ACTIVITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 1361  unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "74 FR 35143, July 20, 2009, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "217"
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# 217.100 Specified activity and specified geographical region.

(a) Regulations in this subpart apply only to the University of California Santa Cruz's Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network (UCSC/MARINe) and those persons it authorizes or funds to conduct activities on its behalf for the taking of marine mammals that occur in the areas outlined in paragraph (b) of this section and that occur incidental to rocky intertidal monitoring research surveys.

(b) The taking of marine mammals by UCSC/MARINe may be authorized in a Letter of Authorization (LOA) only if it occurs on the coasts of Oregon or California.