---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 216.101"
title: "50"
number: "216.101"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/216.101"
---

# §216.101. Purpose.


The regulations in this subpart implement [section 101(a)(5)](/cfr/50/101.md?p=a-5) (A) through (D) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended, [16 U.S.C. 1371(a)(5)](/usc/16/1371.md?p=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

### 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.