50 CFR § 219.61 - Specified activity and specified geographical region.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s219.61"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 219.61 - Specified activity and specified geographical region."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "219.61"
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: "219"
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: "86 FR 3868, Jan. 15, 2021, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "219"
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# 219.61 Specified activity and specified geographical region.

(a) Regulations in this subpart apply only to the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) and those persons it authorizes or funds to conduct activities on its behalf for the taking of marine mammals that occurs in the areas outlined in paragraph (b) of this section and that occurs incidental to research survey program operations.

(b) The taking of marine mammals by PIFSC may be authorized in a Letter of Authorization (LOA) only if it occurs during fishery research within the Hawaiian Archipelago, Mariana Archipelago, American Samoa Archipelago, and Western and Central Pacific Ocean.