---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 218.233"
title: "50"
number: "218.233"
heading: "Prohibitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/218.233"
---

# §218.233. Prohibitions.


Except incidental take described in [§ 218.232](/cfr/50/218.232.md) and authorized by an LOA issued under [§ 216.106](/cfr/50/216.106.md) of this chapter and this subpart, it shall be unlawful for any person to do the following in connection with the activities described in this subpart:

- (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 this subpart;
- (b) Take any marine mammal not specified in [§ 218.232(b)](/cfr/50/218.232.md?p=b);
- (c) Take any marine mammal specified in [§ 218.232(b)](/cfr/50/218.232.md?p=b) in any manner other than as specified in the LOA;
- (d) Take a marine mammal specified in [§ 218.232(b)](/cfr/50/218.232.md?p=b) after NMFS determines such taking results in more than a negligible impact on the species or stock of such marine mammal; or
- (e) Take a marine mammal specified in [§ 218.232(b)](/cfr/50/218.232.md?p=b) after NMFS determines such taking is having, or may have, an unmitigable adverse impact on the availability of the species or stock for taking for subsistence uses.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 91 FR 47702, July 28, 2026, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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

### Source

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