---
kind: "unit"
title: "50"
title_heading: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
key: "chII/subchC/part216"
level: "part"
label: "Part 216"
heading: "Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/chII-subchC-part216"
sections_count: 80
---

# Part 216 — Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals

Title 50 C.F.R. — Wildlife and Fisheries › Chapter II — National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce › Subchapter C — Marine Mammals

## Contents

- [Subpart A — Introduction](/cfr/50/chII-subchC-part216-subpartA.md)
- [Subpart B — Prohibitions](/cfr/50/chII-subchC-part216-subpartB.md)
- [Subpart C — General Exceptions](/cfr/50/chII-subchC-part216-subpartC.md)
- [Subpart D — Special Exceptions](/cfr/50/chII-subchC-part216-subpartD.md)
- [Subpart E — Designated Ports](/cfr/50/chII-subchC-part216-subpartE.md)
- [Subpart F — Pribilof Islands, Taking for Subsistence Purposes](/cfr/50/chII-subchC-part216-subpartF.md)
- [Subpart G — Pribilof Islands Administration](/cfr/50/chII-subchC-part216-subpartG.md)
- [Subpart H — Dolphin Safe Tuna Labeling](/cfr/50/chII-subchC-part216-subpartH.md)
- [Subpart I — General Regulations Governing Small Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities](/cfr/50/chII-subchC-part216-subpartI.md)
- [Subpart J — Taking of Eastern North Pacific (ENP) Gray Whales (Eschrichtius robustus) by the Makah Indian Tribe Off the Coast of Washington State](/cfr/50/chII-subchC-part216-subpartJ.md)
- [Subpart K-X — Subparts K-X [Reserved]](/cfr/50/chII-subchC-part216-subpartK-X.md)