---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 229.30"
title: "50"
number: "229.30"
heading: "Basis."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/229.30"
---

# §229.30. Basis.


Section 118(f)(9) of the Act authorizes the Director, NMFS, to impose regulations governing commercial fishing operations, when necessary, to implement a take reduction plan in order to protect or restore a marine mammal stock or species covered by such a plan.


## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 9088, Feb. 24, 1999]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.; § 229.32(f) also issued under 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.

### Source

Source: 60 FR 45100, Aug. 30, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[64 FR 9088, Feb. 24, 1999]