50 CFR § 230.3 - General prohibitions.

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title: "50 CFR § 230.3 - General prohibitions."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "230.3"
section_name: "General prohibitions."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "WHALING"
part_number: "230"
part_name: "WHALING PROVISIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 916"
regulatory_source: "61 FR 29631, June 11, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
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# 230.3 General prohibitions.

(a) No person shall engage in whaling in a manner that violates the Convention, any regulation of the Commission, or this part.

(b) No person shall engage in whaling without first having obtained a license or scientific research permit issued by the Assistant Administrator.

(c) No person shall ship, transport, purchase, sell, offer for sale, import, export, or possess any whale or whale products taken or processed in violation of the Convention, any regulation of the Commission, or this part, except as specified in § 230.4(f).

(d) No person shall fail to make, keep, submit, or furnish any record or report required of him/her by the Convention, any regulation of the Commission, or this part.

(e) No person shall refuse to permit any authorized officer to enforce the Convention, any regulation of the Commission, or this part.