50 CFR § 223.101 - Purpose and scope.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s223.101"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 223.101 - Purpose and scope."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "223.101"
section_name: "Purpose and scope."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MARINE MAMMALS"
part_number: "223"
part_name: "THREATENED MARINE AND ANADROMOUS SPECIES"
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. 1531 1543; subpart B, § 223.201-202 also issued under 16 U.S.C. 1361 16 U.S.C. 5503(d) for § 223.206(d)(9)."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 32809, July 28, 1978, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 64 FR 14068, Mar. 23, 1999."
cfr_part: "223"
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# 223.101 Purpose and scope.
(a) The regulations contained in this part identify the species under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Commerce that have been determined to be threatened species pursuant to section 4(a) of the Act, and provide for the conservation of such species by establishing rules and procedures to govern activities involving the species.
(b) The regulations contained in this part apply only to the threatened species enumerated in § 223.102.
(c) The provisions of this part are in addition to, and not in lieu of, other regulations of parts 222 through 226 of this chapter which prescribe additional restrictions or conditions governing threatened species.
[64 FR 14068, Mar. 23, 1999, as amended at 79 FR 20806, Apr. 14, 2014]