Code of Federal Regulations Title 50. Wildlife and Fisheries § 50.218.82 Permissible methods of taking

Suborder Mysticeti (baleen whales)

Family Balaenidae (right whales):

North Atlantic right whale

Western.

Family Balaenopteridae (roquals):

Blue whale

Western North Atlantic (Gulf of St. Lawrence).

Bryde's whale

Northern Gulf of Mexico

NSD.

Minke whale

Canadian East Coast.

Fin whale

Western North Atlantic.

Humpback whale

Gulf of Maine.

Sei whale

Nova Scotia.

Suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales)

Family Physeteridae (sperm whale):

Sperm whale

Gulf of Mexico Oceanic.

North Atlantic.

Family Kogiidae (sperm whales):

Dwarf sperm whale

Gulf of Mexico Oceanic.

Western North Atlantic.

Pygmy sperm whale

Northern Gulf of Mexico.

Western North Atlantic.

Family Ziphiidae (beaked whales):

Blainville's beaked whale

Northern Gulf of Mexico.

Western North Atlantic.

Cuvier's beaked whale

Northern Gulf of Mexico.

Western North Atlantic.

Gervais' beaked whale

Northern Gulf of Mexico.

Western North Atlantic.

Northern bottlenose whale

Western North Atlantic.

Sowersby's beaked whale

Western North Atlantic.

True's beaked whale

Western North Atlantic.

Family Delphinidae (dolphins):

Atlantic spotted dolphin

Northern Gulf of Mexico.

Western North Atlantic.

Atlantic white-sided dolphin

Western North Atlantic.

Bottlenose dolphin

Choctawhatchee Bay.

Gulf of Mexico Eastern Coastal.

Gulf of Mexico Northern Coastal.

Gulf of Mexico Western Coastal.

Indian River Lagoon Estuarine System.

Jacksonville Estuarine System.

Mississippi Sound, Lake Borgne, Bay Boudreau.

Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Shelf.

Northern Gulf of Mexico Oceanic.

Northern North Carolina Estuarine System.

Southern North Carolina Estuarine System.

Western North Atlantic Northern Florida Coastal.

Western North Atlantic Central Florida Coastal.

Western North Atlantic Northern Migratory Coastal.

Western North Atlantic Offshore.

Western North Atlantic South Carolina/Georgia Coastal.

Western North Atlantic Southern Migratory Coastal.

Clymene dolphin

Northern Gulf of Mexico.

Western North Atlantic.

False killer whale

Northern Gulf of Mexico.

Western North Atlantic.

Fraser's dolphin

Northern Gulf of Mexico.

Western North Atlantic.

Killer whale

Northern Gulf of Mexico.

Western North Atlantic.

Long-finned pilot whale

Western North Atlantic.

Melon-headed whale

Northern Gulf of Mexico.

Western North Atlantic.

Pantropical spotted dolphin

Northern Gulf of Mexico.

Western North Atlantic.

Pygmy killer whale

Northern Gulf of Mexico.

Western North Atlantic.

Risso's dolphin

Northern Gulf of Mexico.

Western North Atlantic.

Rough-toothed dolphin

Northern Gulf of Mexico.

Western North Atlantic.

Short-beaked common dolphin

Western North Atlantic.

Short-finned pilot whale

Northern Gulf of Mexico.

Western North Atlantic.

Spinner dolphin

Northern Gulf of Mexico.

Western North Atlantic.

Striped dolphin

Northern Gulf of Mexico.

Western North Atlantic.

White-beaked dolphin

Western North Atlantic.

Family Phocoenidae (porpoises):

Harbor porpoise

Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy.

Suborder Pinnipedia

Family Phocidae (true seals):

Gray seal

Western North Atlantic.

Harbor seal

Western North Atlantic.

Harp seal

Western North Atlantic.

Hooded seal

Western North Atlantic.