50 CFR § 218.73 - Prohibitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s218.73"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 218.73 - Prohibitions."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "218.73"
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: "218"
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"
regulatory_source: "74 FR 28343, June 15, 2009, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "218"
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# 218.73 Prohibitions.
Except incidental take described in § 218.72 and authorized by a LOA issued under this subpart, it shall be unlawful for any person to do 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 an LOA issued under § 216.106 of this chapter and this subpart;
(b) Take any marine mammal not specified in § 218.72(b);
(c) Take any marine mammal specified in § 218.72(b) in any manner other than as specified in the LOAs; or
(d) Take a marine mammal specified in § 218.72(b) after NMFS determines such taking results in more than a negligible impact on the species or stock of such marine mammal.