50 CFR Parts 228-599 continues coverage of the regulations, procedures, and rules governing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the U.S. Department of Commerce. Topics covered include the National Maritime Commission, whaling provisions, international fisheries regulations, listing endangered and threatened species within designated critical habitat, endangered species exemption process, procedures, and more. Oceanographers, marine mammal experts, fish and wildlife technicians, and natural resource specialists may be interested in this regulatory volume, Students pursuing coursework for ecology and natural resources management may also be interested in this volume for research. Related products: Marine Fisheries Review, 2016, V. 78 #3 and 4 Marine Fisheries Review, 2016, V. 78, #1 and 2

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 50 Wildlife and Fisheries 228-599, Revised as of October 1, 2016

The Code of Federal Regulations is a codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the United States Federal Government.

Title 50 presents regulations governing the taking, possession, transportation, sale, purchase, barter, exportation and importation of wildlife and plants; wildlife refuges; wildlife research; fisheries conservation areas; fish and wildlife restoration; marine mammals; whaling; fisheries; tuna fisheries; and international fishing. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by October. Publication follows within six months.