---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 404.6"
title: "50"
number: "404.6"
heading: "Prohibited activities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/404.6"
---

# §404.6. Prohibited activities.


The following activities are prohibited and thus unlawful for any person to conduct or cause to be conducted:

- (a) Exploring for, developing, or producing oil, gas, or minerals within the Monument;
- (b) Using or attempting to use poisons, electrical charges, or explosives in the collection or harvest of a Monument resource;
- (c) Introducing or otherwise releasing an introduced species from within or into the Monument; and
- (d) Anchoring on or having a vessel anchored on any living or dead coral with an anchor, anchor chain, or anchor rope.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 460k-3; 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 742f, 16 U.S.C. 742 l , and 16 U.S.C. 668dd-ee; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq., Pub. L. No. 106-513, § 6(g) (2000).

### Source

Source: 71 FR 51135, Aug. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted.