§216.101. Purpose.
50 C.F.R. § 216.101
The regulations in this subpart implement section 101(a)(5) (A) through (D) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1371(a)(5), which provides a mechanism for allowing, upon request, the incidental, but not intentional, taking of small numbers of marine mammals by U.S. citizens who engage in a specified activity (other than commercial fishing) within a specified geographic region.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Source
Source: 61 FR 15887, Apr. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.
Authority
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq., unless otherwise noted.
Source
Source: 39 FR 1852, Jan. 15, 1974, unless otherwise noted.