# 50 CFR § 18.21: Actions permitted by international treaty, convention, or agreement

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-18.21

## Section

- **Citation:** 50 CFR § 18.21
- **Heading:** Actions permitted by international treaty, convention, or agreement
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 50—Wildlife and Fisheries > CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR > SUBCHAPTER B—TAKING, POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, SALE, PURCHASE, BARTER, EXPORTATION, AND IMPORTATION OF WILDLIFE AND PLANTS > PART 18—MARINE MAMMALS > Subpart C—General Exceptions

## Text

The Act and these regulations shall not apply to the extent that they are inconsistent with the provisions of any international treaty, convention or agreement, or any statute implementing the same, relating to the taking or importation of marine mammals or marine mammal products, which was existent and in force prior to December 21, 1972, and to which the United States was a party. Specifically, the regulations in subpart B of this part and the provisions of the Act shall not apply to activities carried out pursuant to the Interim Convention on the Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals signed in Washington on February 9, 1957, and the Fur Seal Act of 1966, 16 U.S.C. 1151-1187, as, in each case, from time to time amended.

## Nearby sections

- [50 CFR § 18.1 § 18.1 Purpose of regulations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-18.1.md)
- [50 CFR § 18.2 § 18.2 Scope of regulations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-18.2.md)
- [50 CFR § 18.3 § 18.3 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-18.3.md)
- [50 CFR § 18.11 § 18.11 Prohibited taking.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-18.11.md)
- [50 CFR § 18.12 § 18.12 Prohibited importation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-18.12.md)
- [50 CFR § 18.13 § 18.13 Prohibited uses, possession, transportation, and sales.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-18.13.md)
- [50 CFR § 18.14 § 18.14 Marine mammals taken before the Act.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-18.14.md)
- [50 CFR § 18.21 § 18.21 Actions permitted by international treaty, convention, or agreement.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-18.21.md)
- [50 CFR § 18.22 § 18.22 Taking by Federal, State or local government officials.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-18.22.md)
- [50 CFR § 18.23 § 18.23 Native exemptions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-18.23.md)
- [50 CFR § 18.24 § 18.24 Taking incidental to commercial fishing operations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-18.24.md)
- [50 CFR § 18.25 § 18.25 Exempted marine mammals or marine mammal products.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-18.25.md)
- [50 CFR § 18.26 § 18.26 Collection of certain dead marine mammal parts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-18.26.md)
- [50 CFR § 18.27 § 18.27 Regulations governing small takes of marine mammals incidental to specified activities.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-18.27.md)

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