50 CFR § 229.30 - Basis.

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title: "50 CFR § 229.30 - Basis."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "229.30"
section_name: "Basis."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MARINE MAMMALS"
part_number: "229"
part_name: "AUTHORIZATION FOR COMMERCIAL FISHERIES UNDER THE MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT OF 1972"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 1361  § 229.32(f) also issued under 16 U.S.C. 1531"
regulatory_source: "60 FR 45100, Aug. 30, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
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# 229.30 Basis.

Section 118(f)(9) of the Act authorizes the Director, NMFS, to impose regulations governing commercial fishing operations, when necessary, to implement a take reduction plan in order to protect or restore a marine mammal stock or species covered by such a plan.

[64 FR 9088, Feb. 24, 1999]