---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 218.13"
title: "50"
number: "218.13"
heading: "Prohibitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/218.13"
---

# §218.13. Prohibitions.


Except for incidental takings contemplated in [§ 218.12(a)](/cfr/50/218.12.md?p=a) and authorized by an LOA issued under [§§ 216.106](/cfr/50/216.106.md) of this chapter and 218.16, it shall be unlawful for any person to do any of the following in connection with the activities listed in [§ 218.10(c)](/cfr/50/218.10.md?p=c):

- (a) Violate, or fail to comply with, the terms, conditions, and requirements of this subpart or an LOA issued under [§§ 216.106](/cfr/50/216.106.md) of this chapter and 218.16;
- (b) Take any marine mammal not specified in [§ 218.12(b)](/cfr/50/218.12.md?p=b);
- (c) Take any marine mammal specified in [§ 218.12(b)](/cfr/50/218.12.md?p=b) in any manner other than as specified in the LOA issued under [§§ 216.106](/cfr/50/216.106.md) of this chapter and 218.16; or
- (d) Take a marine mammal specified in [§ 218.12(b)](/cfr/50/218.12.md?p=b) if NMFS determines such taking is having, or may have, more than a negligible impact on the species or stock concerned.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 87 FR 40960, July 8, 2022, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 74 FR 28343, June 15, 2009, unless otherwise noted.