FILE - Sea otters loll in the water at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, Calif., March 26, 2018. The Code of Federal Regulations has lots to say about how sea otters must be treated in captivity, dictating the minimum size of their pools, among other conditions. Federal regulation lends a helping hand in every corner of American life, or pokes its intrusive finger in everything, depending on your viewpoint. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)