---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 216.11"
title: "50"
number: "216.11"
heading: "Prohibited taking."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/216.11"
---

# §216.11. Prohibited taking.


Except as otherwise provided in subparts [C](/cfr/50/subpartC.md), [D](/cfr/50/subpartD.md), and I of this part 216 or in part [228](/cfr/50/part228.md) or [229](/cfr/50/part229.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, or
- (c) Any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to take any marine mammal during the moratorium.

## Notes

### Amendments

[39 FR 1852, Jan. 15, 1974, as amended at 47 FR 21254, May 18, 1982; 54 FR 21921, May 19, 1989]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq., unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 39 FR 1852, Jan. 15, 1974, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[39 FR 1852, Jan. 15, 1974, as amended at 47 FR 21254, May 18, 1982; 54 FR 21921, May 19, 1989]