50 CFR § 223.211 - Atlantic sturgeon.

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title: "50 CFR § 223.211 - Atlantic sturgeon."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "223.211"
section_name: "Atlantic sturgeon."
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"
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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."
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# 223.211 Atlantic sturgeon.

(a) *Prohibitions.* The prohibitions of sections 9(a)(1)(A) through 9(a)(1)(G) of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1538) relating to endangered species apply to the threatened Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment (Gulf of Maine DPS) of Atlantic sturgeon listed in § 223.102(c)(29).

(b) [Reserved]

[78 FR 69315, Nov. 19, 2013]