50 CFR § 230.5 - Licenses for aboriginal subsistence whaling.

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title: "50 CFR § 230.5 - Licenses for aboriginal subsistence whaling."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "230.5"
section_name: "Licenses for aboriginal subsistence whaling."
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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# 230.5 Licenses for aboriginal subsistence whaling.

(a) A license is hereby issued to whaling captains identified by the relevant Native American whaling organization.

(b) The Assistant Administrator may suspend the license of any whaling captain who fails to comply with the regulations in this part.