---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 218.153"
title: "50"
number: "218.153"
heading: "Prohibitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/218.153"
---

# §218.153. Prohibitions.

- (a) Except for incidental takings contemplated in [§ 218.152(a)](/cfr/50/218.152.md?p=a) and authorized by an LOA issued under [§§ 216.106](/cfr/50/216.106.md) of this chapter and 218.156, it shall be unlawful for any person to do any of the following in connection with the activities listed in [§ 218.150(c)](/cfr/50/218.150.md?p=c):
  - (1) 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 218.156;
  - (2) Take any marine mammal not specified in [§ 218.152(b)](/cfr/50/218.152.md?p=b);
  - (3) Take any marine mammal specified in [§ 218.152(b)](/cfr/50/218.152.md?p=b) in any manner other than as specified in the LOA; or
  - (4) Take a marine mammal specified in [§ 218.152(b)](/cfr/50/218.152.md?p=b) if the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) determines such taking results in more than a negligible impact on the species or stocks of such marine mammal.
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Source

Source: 88 FR 690, Jan. 4, 2023, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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

### Source

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