---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 C.F.R. § 922.94"
title: "15"
number: "922.94"
heading: "Prohibited or otherwise regulated activities—Research area."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/922.94"
---

# §922.94. Prohibited or otherwise regulated activities—Research area.


In addition to the prohibitions set out in [§ 922.92](/cfr/15/922.92.md), which apply throughout the Sanctuary, the following activities are prohibited and thus unlawful for any person to conduct or cause to be conducted within the research area described in appendix A to this subpart.

- (a)
  - (1) Injuring, catching, harvesting, or collecting, or attempting to injure, catch, harvest, or collect, any marine organism, or any part thereof, living or dead.
  - (2) There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any marine organism or part thereof referenced in this paragraph found in the possession of a person within the research area has been collected from the research area.
- (b) Using any fishing gear, or possessing, or carrying any fishing gear unless such gear is stowed and not available for immediate use while on board a vessel transiting through the research area without interruption or for valid law enforcement purposes.
- (c) **Diving.**
- (d) **Stopping a vessel in the research area.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 63832, Oct. 14, 2011]

### Source

Source: 71 FR 60063, Oct. 12, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[76 FR 63832, Oct. 14, 2011]