---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 70.4"
title: "50"
number: "70.4"
heading: "Prohibited acts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/70.4"
---

# §70.4. Prohibited acts.

- (a) The prohibited acts enumerated in [part 27](/cfr/50/part27.md) of this chapter are equally applicable to national fish hatchery areas.
- (b) Fishing, taking, seining, or attempting to fish, take, seine, any fish, amphibian, or other aquatic animal on any national fish hatchery area is prohibited except as may be authorized under the provisions of [part 71](/cfr/50/part71.md) of this chapter.
- (c) Hunting, killing, capturing, taking, or attempting to hunt, kill, capture, or take any animal on any national fish hatchery area is prohibited except as may be authorized in the provisions of [part 71](/cfr/50/part71.md) of this chapter.
- (d) Disturbing spawning fish or fish preparing to spawn in ponds, raceways, streams, lakes, traps, and below traps, ladders, fish screens, fishways and racks is prohibited.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 4, 48 Stat. 402, as amended, sec. 4, 76 Stat. 654; 5 U.S.C. 301, 16 U.S.C. 664; 460k; sec. 2, 80 Stat. 926; 16 U.S.C. 668dd.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 28723, Apr. 30, 1980, unless otherwise noted.