Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§1866 Shark Feeding

Title 16 › Chapter 38— FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT › Subchapter IV— NATIONAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM › § 1866

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

You must not put food or any other substance into the water to attract sharks. The only exceptions are when the Secretary or State law says it poses no public health or safety risk, when it is part of a research program funded in whole or in part by appropriated funds, or when it is done to harvest sharks within the Exclusive Economic Zone seaward of the State of Hawaii and of the Commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the United States in the Pacific Ocean Area.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §1866

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Except to the extent determined by the Secretary, or under State law, as presenting no public health hazard or safety risk, or when conducted as part of a research program funded in whole or in part by appropriated funds, it is unlawful to introduce, or attempt to introduce, food or any other substance into the water to attract sharks for any purpose other than to harvest sharks within the Exclusive Economic Zone seaward of the State of Hawaii and of the Commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the United States in the Pacific Ocean Area.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 1866

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60