---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 217.173"
title: "50"
number: "217.173"
heading: "Prohibitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/217.173"
---

# §217.173. Prohibitions.

- (a) Except for the takings contemplated in [§ 217.172](/cfr/50/217.172.md) and authorized by a LOA issued under [§§ 216.106](/cfr/50/216.106.md) of this chapter and 217.176, it is unlawful for any person to do any of the following in connection with the activities described in [§ 217.170](/cfr/50/217.170.md):
  - (1) Violate, or fail to comply with, the terms, conditions, and requirements of this subpart or a LOA issued under [§§ 216.106](/cfr/50/216.106.md) of this chapter and 217.176;
  - (2) Take any marine mammal not specified in such LOA;
  - (3) Take any marine mammal specified in such LOA in any manner other than as specified;
  - (4) Take a marine mammal specified in such LOA if NMFS determines such taking results in more than a negligible impact on the species or stocks of such marine mammal; or
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Source

Source: 86 FR 71178, Dec. 15, 2021; 87 FR 885, Jan. 7, 2022, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 74 FR 35143, July 20, 2009, unless otherwise noted.