The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972

As Amended

February 1995

Compiled and annotated by the

Marine Mammal Commission 1825 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009

Published with the partial support of
The National Marine Fisheries Service

The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972

as Amended1

To protect marine mammals; to establish a Marine Mammal Commission; for other
purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That this Act, with the following table of contents,
may be cited as the "Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972".

Sec. 118. Taking of marine mammals incidental to commercial fishing