---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 C.F.R. § 922.105"
title: "15"
number: "922.105"
heading: "Prohibited or otherwise regulated activities—Unit-specific."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/922.105"
---

# §922.105. Prohibited or otherwise regulated activities—Unit-specific.


In addition to the prohibitions set forth in §§ [922.103](/cfr/15/922.103.md) and [922.104](/cfr/15/922.104.md), the following regulations apply to activities conducted within specified Sanctuary units described in the appendix to this subpart.

- (a) **The following activities are prohibited in the Fagatele Bay Unit—**
  - (1) Harvesting, catching, removing, taking, injuring, destroying, collecting, moving, possessing or causing the loss of any Sanctuary resource, including but not limited to fishing, or attempting any of these activities.
  - (2) **Possessing fishing gear unless such gear is stowed and not available for immediate use.**
- (b) **The following activities are prohibited in the Aunu'u Unit—**
  - (1) **In Zone A—** Fishing from a vessel without providing notification to the Sanctuary Superintendent or his/her designee in the village of Aunu'u prior to each fishing trip.
  - (2) **In Zone B—**
    - (i) Fishing for bottom-dwelling species or otherwise harvesting, catching, removing, taking, injuring, destroying, collecting, moving, or causing the loss of any bottom-dwelling species, or attempting any of these activities. Surface fishing for pelagic species, including trolling, is allowed.
    - (ii) **Disturbing the benthic community.**
    - (iii) **Possessing any Sanctuary resource, except legally harvested fish on board a vessel.**
- (c) **In the Muliāva Unit—**
  - (1) The prohibitions in paragraphs [(a)(2) through (7)](/cfr/15/922.103.md?p=a-2..a-7) and [(a)(9) through (15)](/cfr/15/922.103.md?p=a-9..a-15) of § 922.103 do not apply to scientific exploration or research activities conducted by or for the Department of Commerce or the Department of the Interior.
  - (2) Notwithstanding the prohibition in [§ 922.103(a)(8)](/cfr/15/922.103.md?p=a-8), the following vessels may discharge treated waste from a U.S. Coast Guard approved Type I, II, or III Marine Sanitation device 12 nautical miles seaward of the Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge:
    - (i) Vessels engaged in scientific exploration or research activities conducted by or for the Department of Commerce or the Department of the Interior; or
    - (ii) All other vessels engaged in scientific exploration or research activities, if authorized under a permit issued in consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and in accordance with §§ [922.48](/cfr/15/922.48.md) and [922.107](/cfr/15/922.107.md).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 77 FR 43962, July 26, 2012, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.

### Source

Source: 60 FR 66877, Dec. 27, 1995, unless otherwise noted.