---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 18.11"
title: "50"
number: "18.11"
heading: "Prohibited taking."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/18.11"
---

# §18.11. Prohibited taking.


Except as otherwise provided in subpart [C](/cfr/50/subpartC.md), [D](/cfr/50/subpartD.md), or H of this part 18, or [part 403](/cfr/50/part403.md), it is unlawful for:

- (a) Any person, vessel, or conveyance subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to take any marine mammal on the high seas, or
- (b) Any person, vessel, or conveyance to take any marine mammal in waters or on lands under the jurisdiction of the United States.

## Notes

### Amendments

[39 FR 7262, Feb. 25, 1974, as amended at 51 FR 17981, May 16, 1986]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.

### Source

Source: 39 FR 7262, Feb. 25, 1974, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[39 FR 7262, Feb. 25, 1974, as amended at 51 FR 17981, May 16, 1986]