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Subchapter D—Whaling SUBCHAPTER D—WHALING PART 230—WHALING PROVISIONS (4) Any Coast Guard personnel ac- companying and acting under the di- Sec. rection of any person described in para- 230.1 Purpose and scope. graph (1) of this definition. 230.2 Definitions. Calf means any whale less than 1 230.3 General prohibitions. year old or having milk in its stomach. 230.4 Aboriginal subsistence whaling. Commission means the International 230.5 Licenses for aboriginal subsistence Whaling Commission established by ar- whaling. ticle III of the Convention. 230.6 Quotas and other restrictions. Convention means the International 230.7 Salvage of stinkers. 230.8 Reporting by whaling captains. Convention for the Regulation of Whal- ing signed at Washington on December AUTHORITY: 16 U.S.C. 916 et seq. 2, 1946. SOURCE: 61 FR 29631, June 11, 1996, unless Cooperative agreement means a writ- otherwise noted. ten agreement between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- § 230.1 Purpose and scope. tion and a Native American whaling The purpose of the regulations in this organization for the cooperative man- part is to implement the Whaling Con- agement of aboriginal subsistence vention Act (16 U.S.C. 916 et seq.) by whaling operations. prohibiting whaling except for aborigi- Landing means bringing a whale or nal subsistence whaling allowed by the any parts thereof onto the ice or land International Whaling Commission. in the course of whaling operations. Provisions of the Marine Mammal Pro- Native American whaling organization tection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et means an entity recognized by the Na- seq.) and the Endangered Species Act of tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) also pertain ministration as representing and gov- to human interactions with whales. erning Native American whalers for Rules elsewhere in this chapter govern the purposes of cooperative manage- such topics as scientific research per- ment of aboriginal subsistence whal- mits, and incidental take and harass- ing. ment of marine mammals. Regulations of the Commission means the regulations in the Schedule an- § 230.2 Definitions. nexed to and constituting a part of the Aboriginal subsistence whaling means Convention, as modified, revised, or whaling authorized by paragraph 13 of amended by the Commission from time the Schedule annexed to and consti- to time. tuting a part of the Convention. Stinker means a dead, unclaimed Assistant Administrator means the As- whale found upon a beach, stranded in sistant Administrator for Fisheries of shallow water, or floating at sea. the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Strike means hitting a whale with a Administration. harpoon, lance, or explosive device. Authorized officer means: Wasteful manner means a method of (1) Any commissioned, warrant, or whaling that is not likely to result in petty officer of the U.S. Coast Guard; the landing of a struck whale or that (2) Any special agent or enforcement does not include all reasonable efforts officer of the National Marine Fish- to retrieve the whale. eries Service; Whale products means any unproc- (3) Any officer designated by the head essed part of a whale and blubber, of a Federal or state agency that has meat, bones, whale oil, sperm oil, sper- entered into an agreement with the maceti, meal, and baleen. Secretary of Commerce or the Com- Whaling means the scouting for, mandant of the Coast Guard to enforce hunting, striking, killing, flensing, or the provisions of the Whaling Conven- landing of a whale, and the processing tion Act; or of whales or whale products. 61 VerDate Sep<11>2014 10:08 Jun 25, 2021 Jkt 250245 PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Q:\50\50V11.TXT PC31 kpayne on VMOFRWIN702 with $$_JOB § 230.3 50 CFR Ch. II (10–1–20 Edition) Whaling captain or captain means any (e) No person may receive money for Native American who is authorized by participation in aboriginal subsistence a Native American whaling organiza- whaling. tion to be in charge of a vessel and (f) No person may sell or offer for whaling crew. sale whale products from whales taken Whaling crew means those Native in an aboriginal subsistence hunt, ex- Americans under the control of a cap- cept that authentic articles of Native tain. handicrafts may be sold or offered for Whaling village means any U.S. vil- sale. lage recognized by the Commission as (g) No whaling captain shall continue having a cultural and/or subsistence to whale after: need for whaling. (1) The quota set for his/her village by the relevant Native American whal- § 230.3 General prohibitions. ing organization is reached; (2) The license under which he/she is (a) No person shall engage in whaling whaling is suspended as provided in in a manner that violates the Conven- § 230.5(b); or tion, any regulation of the Commis- (3) The whaling season for that spe- sion, or this part. cies has been closed pursuant to § 230.6. (b) No person shall engage in whaling (h) No whaling captain shall claim without first having obtained a license domicile in more than one whaling vil- or scientific research permit issued by lage. the Assistant Administrator. (i) No person may salvage a stinker (c) No person shall ship, transport, without complying with the provisions purchase, sell, offer for sale, import, of § 230.7. export, or possess any whale or whale (j) No whaling captain shall engage products taken or processed in viola- in whaling with a harpoon, lance, or tion of the Convention, any regulation explosive dart that does not bear a per- of the Commission, or this part, except manent distinctive mark identifying as specified in § 230.4(f). the captain as the owner thereof. (d) No person shall fail to make, (k) No whaling captain shall engage keep, submit, or furnish any record or in whaling in a wasteful manner. report required of him/her by the Con- § 230.5 Licenses for aboriginal subsist- vention, any regulation of the Commis- ence whaling. sion, or this part. (e) No person shall refuse to permit (a) A license is hereby issued to whal- any authorized officer to enforce the ing captains identified by the relevant Convention, any regulation of the Com- Native American whaling organization. mission, or this part. (b) The Assistant Administrator may suspend the license of any whaling cap- § 230.4 Aboriginal subsistence whaling. tain who fails to comply with the regu- lations in this part. (a) No person shall engage in aborigi- nal subsistence whaling, except a whal- § 230.6 Quotas and other restrictions. ing captain licensed pursuant to § 230.5 (a) Quotas for aboriginal subsistence or a member of a whaling crew under whaling shall be set in accordance with the control of a licensed captain. the regulations of the Commission. (b) No whaling captain shall engage Quotas shall be allocated to each whal- in whaling that is not in accordance ing village or captain by the appro- with the regulations of the Commis- priate Native American whaling orga- sion, this part, and the relevant coop- nization. The Assistant Administrator erative agreement. shall publish in the FEDERAL REGISTER, (c) No whaling captain shall engage at least annually, aboriginal subsist- in whaling for any calf or any whale ence whaling quotas and any other lim- accompanied by a calf. itations on aboriginal subsistence (d) No whaling captain shall engage whaling deriving from regulations of in whaling without an adequate crew the Commission. These quotas and re- or without adequate supplies and strictions shall also be incorporated in equipment. the relevant cooperative agreements. 62 VerDate Sep<11>2014 10:08 Jun 25, 2021 Jkt 250245 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Q:\50\50V11.TXT PC31 kpayne on VMOFRWIN702 with $$_JOB Natl. Marine Fisheries Serv./NOAA, Comm. § 230.8 (b) The relevant Native American § 230.5 to provide a written statement of whaling organization shall monitor the his/her name and village of domicile whale hunt and keep tally of the num- and a description of the distinctive ber of whales landed and struck. When marking to be placed on each harpoon, a quota is reached, the organization lance, and explosive dart. shall declare the whaling season closed, (b) Each whaling captain shall pro- and there shall be no further whaling vide to the relevant Native American under that quota during the calendar whaling organization an oral or writ- year. If the organization fails to close ten report of whaling activities includ- the whaling season after the quota has ing but not limited to the striking, at- been reached, the Assistant Adminis- tempted striking, or landing of a whale trator may close it by filing notifica- and, where possible, specimens from tion in the FEDERAL REGISTER. landed whales. The Assistant Adminis- trator is authorized to provide techno- § 230.7 Salvage of stinkers. logical assistance to facilitate prompt (a) Any person salvaging a stinker reporting and collection of specimens shall submit to the Assistant Adminis- from landed whales, including but not trator or his/her representative an oral limited to ovaries, ear plugs, and ba- or written report describing the cir- leen plates. The report shall include at cumstances of the salvage within 12 least the following information: hours of such salvage. He/she shall pro- (1) The number, dates, and locations vide promptly to the Assistant Admin- of each strike, attempted strike, or istrator or his/her representative each landing. harpoon, lance, or explosive dart found (2) The length (taken as the straight- in or attached to the stinker. The de- line measurement from the tip of the vice shall be returned to the owner upper jaw to the notch between the tail thereof promptly, unless it is retained flukes) and the sex of the whales land- as evidence of a possible violation.
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