{"data":{"id":"us/50-cfr-216.46","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"50 CFR 216.46","heading":"U.S. citizens on foreign flag vessels operating under the International Dolphin Conservation Program.","body":"The MMPA's provisions do not apply to a citizen of the United States who incidentally takes any marine mammal during fishing operations in the ETP which are outside the U.S. exclusive economic zone (as defined in section 3 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1802)), while employed on a fishing vessel of a harvesting nation that is participating in, and in compliance with, the IDCP.","path":["Title 50—Wildlife and Fisheries","CHAPTER II—NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","SUBCHAPTER C—MARINE MAMMALS","PART 216—REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TAKING AND IMPORTING OF MARINE MAMMALS","Subpart D—Special Exceptions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-50.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:39Z","sha256":"d3205bf1ea4feb8776149c15b4920be09c0f3ffbce42d1c6db467d20ec8a68b4","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/50-cfr-216.45","next":"us/50-cfr-216.47"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}