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Title 50Wildlife and FisheriesPart / Section
Chapter IINational Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce200 – 299
Subchapter CMarine Mammals216 – 229
Part 229Authorization for Commercial Fisheries Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972229.1 – 229.37
Subpart AGeneral Provisions229.1 – 229.12
§ 229.1Purpose and scope.
§ 229.2Definitions.
§ 229.3Prohibitions.
§ 229.4Requirements for Category I and II fisheries.
§ 229.5Requirements for Category III fisheries.
§ 229.6Reporting requirements.
§ 229.7Monitoring of incidental mortalities and serious injuries.
§ 229.8Publication of List of Fisheries.
§ 229.9Emergency regulations.
§ 229.10Penalties.
§ 229.11Confidential fisheries data.
§ 229.12Consultation with the Secretary of the Interior.
Subpart BTakes of Endangered and Threatened Marine Mammals229.20
§ 229.20Issuance of permits.
Subpart CTake Reduction Plan Regulations and Emergency Regulations229.30 – 229.37
§ 229.30Basis.
§ 229.31Pacific Offshore Cetacean Take Reduction Plan.
§ 229.32Atlantic large whale take reduction plan regulations.
§ 229.33Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan Regulations—New England.
§ 229.34Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan Regulations—Mid-Atlantic.
§ 229.35Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan.
§ 229.36Atlantic Pelagic Longline Take Reduction Plan (PLTRP).
§ 229.37False Killer Whale Take Reduction Plan.
Figure 1 to Part 229
Drift Gillnet Pinger Configuration and Extender Requirements