---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 23.13"
title: "50"
number: "23.13"
heading: "What is prohibited?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/23.13"
---

# §23.13. What is prohibited?


Except as provided in [§ 23.92](/cfr/50/23.92.md), it is unlawful for any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to conduct any of the following activities unless they meet the requirements of this part:

- (a) Import, export, re-export, or engage in international trade with any specimen of a species listed in Appendix I, II, or III of CITES.
- (b) **Introduce from the sea any specimen of a species listed in Appendix I or II of CITES.**
- (c) Possess any specimen of a species listed in Appendix I, II, or III of CITES imported, exported, re-exported, introduced from the sea, or traded contrary to the provisions of CITES, the ESA, or this part.
- (d) Use any specimen of a species listed in Appendix I, II, or III of CITES for any purpose contrary to what is allowed under [§ 23.55](/cfr/50/23.55.md).
- (e) **Violate any other provisions of this part.**
- (f) Attempt to commit, solicit another to commit, or cause to be committed any of the activities described in [paragraphs (a) through (e)](#a..e) of this section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[72 FR 48448, Aug. 23, 2007, as amended at 79 FR 30420, May 27, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (March 3, 1973), 27 U.S.T. 1087; and Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.

### Source

Source: 72 FR 48448, Aug. 23, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[72 FR 48448, Aug. 23, 2007, as amended at 79 FR 30420, May 27, 2014]