50 CFR § 300.39 - Exceptions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s300.39"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 300.39 - Exceptions."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "300.39"
section_name: "Exceptions."
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL FISHING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "300"
part_name: "INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES REGULATIONS"
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. 951 16 U.S.C. 1801 16 U.S.C. 5501 16 U.S.C. 2431 31 U.S.C. 9701"
regulatory_source: "61 FR 35550, July 5, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "300"
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# 300.39 Exceptions.
(a) The prohibitions of § 300.38 and the licensing requirements of § 300.32 do not apply to fishing for albacore tuna by vessels using the trolling method or to fishing by vessels using the longline method in the high seas areas of the Treaty Area.
(b) The prohibitions of § 300.38(a)(4), (a)(5), and (b)(3) do not apply to fishing under the terms and conditions of a fishing arrangement.
[61 FR 35550, July 5, 1996, as amended at 72 FR 6153, Feb. 9, 2007]