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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 4546928, member: 8267&quot;]The specific applicable laws will depend on where you are located, and where you intend to sell the piece. Most whale species have enjoyed protection since the passage of the Marine Mammal Protection Act in 1972 (U.S.), and the 1973 international agreement known as CITES (<font size="4">Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora). </font></p><p><br /></p><p>According to <a href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/protected-species-parts#what-about-fossils?" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/protected-species-parts#what-about-fossils?" rel="nofollow">https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/protected-species-parts#what-about-fossils?</a></p><p>&quot;A fossil is created when all the organic material in a specimen has been replaced by inorganic material.&nbsp; Because they lack organic material, protected species fossils do not fall under the jurisdiction of the Marine Mammal Protection Act or the Endangered Species Act.&nbsp; Protected species fossils can be bought or sold without authorization.</p><p>It is important to note that not all items picked up on beaches or dug up are fossils. A fossil is not the same as a really old bone.&nbsp; Fossils are not regulated under the MMPA or ESA, but old bones are.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>How have you identified the bear as fossilized whale bone?</p><p><br /></p><p>There should be no problems with the antler section.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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