---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 218.93"
title: "50"
number: "218.93"
heading: "Prohibitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/218.93"
---

# §218.93. Prohibitions.


Notwithstanding incidental takings contemplated in [§ 218.92(a)](/cfr/50/218.92.md?p=a) and authorized by an LOA issued under [§§ 216.106](/cfr/50/216.106.md) of this section and 218.96, no person in connection with the activities listed in [§ 218.90(c)](/cfr/50/218.90.md?p=c) may:

- (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 section and 218.96;
- (b) Take any marine mammal not specified in [§ 218.92(b)](/cfr/50/218.92.md?p=b);
- (c) Take any marine mammal specified in [§ 218.92(b)](/cfr/50/218.92.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 218.96; or
- (d) Take a marine mammal specified in [§ 218.92(b)](/cfr/50/218.92.md?p=b) if NMFS determines such taking results in more than a negligible impact on the species of such marine mammal.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 85 FR 46410, July 31, 2020, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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

### Source

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