50 CFR § 217.343 - Prohibitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s217.343"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 217.343 - Prohibitions."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "217.343"
section_name: "Prohibitions."
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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# 217.343 Prohibitions.
Except for the takings described in § 217.342 and authorized by the LOA issued under this subpart, it is unlawful for any person to do any of the following in connection with the activities described in this subpart:
(a) Violate, or fail to comply with, the terms, conditions, and requirements of this subpart or the LOA issued under this subpart.
(b) Take any marine mammal not specified in § 217.342(d).
(c) Take any marine mammal specified in the LOA in any manner other than as specified in the LOA.
(d) Take any marine mammal specified in § 217.342(d), after National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Office of Protected Resources determines such taking results in more than a negligible impact on the species or stocks of such marine mammals.