97-13742. Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska, Subpart C and Subpart D1997-1998 Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife Regulations  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 103 (Thursday, May 29, 1997)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 29016-29072]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-13742]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
    
    Forest Service
    
    36 CFR Part 242
    
    DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
    
    Fish and Wildlife Service
    
    50 CFR Part 100
    
    RIN 1018-AD90
    
    
    Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska, 
    Subpart C and Subpart D--1997-1998 Subsistence Taking of Fish and 
    Wildlife Regulations
    
    AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture; and Fish and Wildlife Service, 
    Interior.
    
    ACTION: Final rule.
    
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    SUMMARY: This final rule establishes regulations for seasons, harvest 
    limits, methods, and means related to taking of wildlife for 
    subsistence uses during the 1997-1998 regulatory year. The rulemaking 
    is necessary because Subpart D is subject to an annual public review 
    cycle. This rulemaking replaces the wildlife regulations included in 
    the ``Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska, 
    Subpart D--1996-1997 Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife 
    Regulations'', which expire on June 30, 1997. This rule also amends the 
    Customary and Traditional Use Determinations of the Federal Subsistence 
    Board (Section ____.24 of Subpart C) and restates and extends Sections 
    ____.26, Subsistence Taking of Fish and ____.27, Subsistence Taking of 
    Shellfish.
    
    EFFECTIVE DATES: Section ____.24 is effective July 1, 1997. Section 
    ____.25 is effective July 1, 1997, through June 30, 1998. Sections 
    ____.26 and ____.27 are effective January 1, 1998, through December 31, 
    1998.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chair, Federal Subsistence Board, c/o 
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Attention: Thomas H. Boyd, Office of 
    Subsistence Management, 1011 E. Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99503; 
    telephone (907) 786-3888. For questions specific to National Forest 
    System lands, contact Ken Thompson, Regional Subsistence Program 
    Manager, USDA, Forest Service, Alaska Region, P.O. Box 21628, Juneau, 
    Alaska 99802-1628, telephone (907) 586-7921.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    
    Background
    
        Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 
    (ANILCA) (16 U.S.C. 3111-3126) requires that the Secretary of the 
    Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretaries) implement a 
    joint program to grant a preference for subsistence uses of fish and 
    wildlife resources on public lands, unless the State of Alaska enacts 
    and implements laws of general applicability which are consistent with 
    ANILCA, and which provide for the subsistence definition, preference, 
    and participation specified in Sections 803, 804, and 805 of ANILCA. 
    The State implemented a program that the Department of the Interior 
    previously found to be consistent with ANILCA. However, in December 
    1989, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled in McDowell v. State of Alaska 
    that the rural preference in the State subsistence statute violated the 
    Alaska Constitution. The Court's ruling in McDowell required the State 
    to delete the rural preference from the subsistence statute, and 
    therefore, negated State compliance with ANILCA. The Court stayed the 
    effect of the decision until July 1, 1990.
        As a result of the McDowell decision, the Department of the 
    Interior and the Department of Agriculture (Departments) assumed, on 
    July 1, 1990, responsibility for implementation of Title VIII of ANILCA 
    on public lands. On June 29, 1990, the Temporary Subsistence Management 
    Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska were published in the Federal 
    Register (55 FR 27114-27170). Consistent with Subparts A, B, and C of 
    these regulations, a Federal Subsistence Board was established to 
    administer the Federal subsistence management program. The Board's 
    composition includes a Chair appointed by the Secretary of the Interior 
    with concurrence of the Secretary of Agriculture; the Alaska Regional 
    Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; the Alaska Regional Director, 
    U.S. National Park Service; the Alaska State Director, U.S. Bureau of 
    Land Management; the Alaska Area Director, U.S. Bureau of Indian 
    Affairs; and the Alaska Regional Forester, USDA Forest Service. Through 
    the Board, these agencies have participated in development of 
    regulations for Subparts A, B, and C, and the annual Subpart D 
    regulations. All Board members have reviewed this rule and agree with 
    its substance. Because this rule relates to public lands managed by an 
    agency or agencies in both the Departments of Agriculture and the 
    Interior, identical text would be incorporated into 36 CFR Part 242 and 
    50 CFR Part 100.
    
    Applicability of Subparts A, B, and C
    
        Subparts A, B, and C (unless otherwise amended) of the Subsistence 
    Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska, 50 CFR Secs. 100.1 
    to 100.23 and 36 CFR Secs. 242.1 to 242.23, remain effective and apply 
    to this rule for Secs. ____.23-____.25. Therefore, all definitions 
    located at 50 CFR Sec. 100.4 and 36 CFR Sec. 242.4 apply to regulations 
    found in this subpart.
    
    Navigable Waters
    
        At this time, Federal subsistence management program regulations 
    apply to all non-navigable waters located on public lands and to 
    navigable waters located on the public lands identified at 50 CFR 
    Sec. 100.3(b) and 36 CFR Sec. 242.3(b) of the Subsistence Management 
    Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska, Subparts A, B, and C (57 FR 
    22940-22964) published May 29, 1992. Nothing in these regulations is 
    intended to enlarge or diminish authorities of the Departments to 
    manage submerged lands, title to which is held by the United States 
    government.
        The Board recognizes Judge Holland's order granting preliminary 
    relief to the plaintiffs in the case of the Native Village of Quinhagak 
    et al. v. United States of America et al. Therefore, to the extent that 
    these regulations would continue any existing restrictions on the 
    taking of rainbow trout by the residents of Quinhagak and Goodnews Bay 
    in the Kanektok, Arolik, and Goodnews Rivers, those regulations will 
    not be enforced pending completion of proceedings in that case. 
    However, in light of the continuation of the proceedings in the 
    consolidated ``Katie John'' litigation and a petition to the 
    Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture addressing jurisdiction in 
    navigable waters, no
    
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    attempt is being made to alter the fish and shellfish portions of the 
    regulations (Sections ____.26 and ____.27) until final guidance has 
    been received regarding the jurisdictional authority of the Federal 
    government over navigable waters in general, and specifically with 
    respect to the waters at issue in Native Village of Quinhagak et al. v. 
    United States of America et al.
    
    Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils
    
        Pursuant to the Record of Decision, Subsistence Management 
    Regulations for Federal Public Lands in Alaska, April 6, 1992, and the 
    Subsistence Management Regulations for Federal Public Lands in Alaska, 
    36 CFR Sec. 242.11 (1992) and 50 CFR 100 Sec. 242.11 (1992), and for 
    the purposes identified therein, Alaska has been divided into ten 
    subsistence resource regions, each of which is represented by a Federal 
    Subsistence Regional Advisory Council (Regional Council). The Regional 
    Councils provide a forum for rural residents with personal knowledge of 
    local conditions and resource requirements to have a meaningful role in 
    the subsistence management of fish and wildlife on Alaska public lands. 
    The Regional Council members represent varied geographical, cultural, 
    and user diversity within each region.
        The Regional Councils have had a substantial role in reviewing the 
    proposed rule and making recommendations for the final rule. Moreover, 
    the Council Chairs, or their designated representatives, presented 
    their Council's recommendations at the Board meeting in April 1997.
    
    Summary of Changes
    
        Section ____.24 (Customary and traditional use determinations) was 
    originally published in the Federal Register (57 FR 22940) on May 29, 
    1992. Since that time, the Board has made a number of Customary and 
    Traditional Use Determinations at the request of effected subsistence 
    users. Those modifications, along with some administrative corrections, 
    were published in the Federal Register (59 FR 27462, published May 27, 
    1994; 59 FR 51855, published October 13, 1994; 60 FR 10317, published 
    February 24, 1995; and 61 FR 39698, published July 30, 1996.) During 
    its April 7---April 10, 1997, meeting, the Board made additional 
    determinations in addition to various annual season and harvest limit 
    changes. The public has had extensive opportunity to review and comment 
    on all changes. Additional details on the recent Board modifications 
    are contained in the section on Analysis of Proposals Adopted by the 
    Board.
        Section ____.25 (Subpart D) regulations are subject to an annual 
    cycle and require development of an entire new rule each year. Proposed 
    Subpart D regulations for the 1997-1998 seasons and harvest limits, and 
    methods and means were published on August 15, 1996, in the Federal 
    Register (61 FR 41060-41108). A 60-day comment period providing for 
    public review of the proposed rule and calling for proposals was 
    advertised by mail, radio, and newspaper. During that period the 
    Regional Councils met and, in addition to other Regional Council 
    business, received suggestions for proposals from the public. Overall, 
    the Board received a total of 38 proposals for change to Customary and 
    Traditional Use Determinations or to Subpart D. Because of the large 
    number of proposals submitted or contained in the agency files from 
    previous years, the Regional Councils in 1996 were asked to prioritize 
    proposals for Board action. Thirty-nine of those ``back-logged'' 
    proposals relating to Customary and Traditional Use Determinations were 
    included for consideration. Subsequent to the 60-day review period, the 
    Board prepared a booklet describing 102 proposals (some were segmented 
    for easier analysis) and distributed it to the public. The public had 
    an additional 30 days in which to comment on the proposals for changes 
    to the regulations. The ten Regional Councils met again, received 
    public comments, and formulated their recommendations to the Board on 
    proposals for their respective regions. These final regulations reflect 
    Board review and consideration of Regional Council recommendations and 
    public comments submitted to the Board.
        Section ____.26 (Subsistence taking of fish) and Section ____.27 
    (Subsistence taking of shellfish) were last published on July 30, 1996, 
    (61 FR 39698). Fish and shellfish regulations are effective from 
    January 1 through December 31 each year. Due to litigation and 
    petitions to the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture, both 
    relating to extended jurisdiction to navigable waters, the fish and 
    shellfish regulations are not revised, but rather, are extended through 
    December 31, 1998.
    
    Analysis of Proposals Rejected by the Board
    
        The Board rejected 29 proposals and parts of 2 others based on 
    recommendations from the respective Regional Council and additional 
    factors. Except in two instances, the Board action to reject the 
    proposals reflect Regional Council recommendations. Twenty of the 
    rejected proposals were rendered moot by adoption of other proposals.
        Five proposals requested that seasons for deer or wolves be 
    shortened, the designated hunter option be eliminated, or in one case, 
    public lands be closed to deer hunting by non-Federally qualified 
    users. The Board determined that the biological and harvest data did 
    not support a need to shorten seasons, delete the designated hunter 
    option, or close public lands in order to protect the subsistence 
    user's opportunity to harvest wildlife.
        The Board also rejected two proposals requesting that customary and 
    traditional use determinations be revised for black bear or moose in 
    certain areas. In each case, either the cultural resource data did not 
    substantiate the request or the species did not occur in the area.
        One proposal requesting same-day airborne hunting of caribou was 
    rejected based on testimony that it was not a customary and traditional 
    method of harvest.
        One proposal requesting customary and traditional use based on 
    family ties was rejected because of the requirement in ANILCA that ties 
    the subsistence priority to rural residency, not ties of kinship.
        Two proposals requested a special quota for Native Tribal Elders 
    which was rejected because ANILCA is racially neutral in providing a 
    priority for subsistence uses on public lands.
        The Board also deferred action on 13 proposals in order to collect 
    additional data, or allow communities or Regional Councils additional 
    time to review the issues and provide additional information.
    
    Analysis of Proposals Adopted by the Board
    
        The Board adopted 51 proposals and parts of 1 other. Some of these 
    proposals were adopted as submitted and others were adopted with 
    modifications suggested by the respective Regional Council or developed 
    during the Board's public deliberations.
        All of the adopted proposals were recommended for adoption by at 
    least one of the Regional Councils and were based on meeting customary 
    and traditional uses, harvest practices, or protecting wildlife 
    populations. Detailed information relating to justification on each 
    proposal may be found in the Board meeting transcripts, available for 
    review at the Office of Subsistence Management at the address listed 
    previously. Some additional changes are a result of Board actions
    
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    occurring over the past year. Additional technical clarifications have 
    been made which result in a more readable document.
    
    Southeast Region
    
        Eighteen proposals affecting residents of the Southeast Region were 
    acted on by the Board resulting in the following changes to the 
    regulations found in Sec. ____.24 and Sec. ____.25.
         Closed a special viewing area to brown bear hunting in 
    Unit 1(B).
         Established a customary and traditional use determination 
    for goat in Unit 1(B).
         Opened a goat season in a previously closed area in Unit 
    1(C).
         Established a customary and traditional use determination 
    for moose in Unit 1(B).
         Reduced the wolf season and imposed special sealing 
    requirements in Unit 2.
         Established a customary and traditional use determination 
    for moose in a portion of Unit 3.
         Established a customary and traditional use determination 
    for black bear in Unit 5.
    
    Southcentral Region
    
        Thirty-seven proposals affecting residents in the Southcentral 
    Region were acted on by the Board resulting in the following changes to 
    the regulations found in Sec. ____.24 and Sec. ____.25.
         Closed otter trapping in a portion of Unit 6.
         Revised the lynx trapping season in a number of Units.
         Revised the customary and traditional use determination 
    for moose and opened a season in a portion of Unit 7.
         Revised the customary and traditional use determination 
    for goat, brown bear, caribou, sheep, and moose in Units or parts of 
    Units 11, 12, and 13.
         Established a designated hunter system for caribou and/or 
    moose in Units 11, 12, 13, and 15.
         Revised the customary and traditional use determination 
    for grouse and ptarmigan in Units 11 and 15.
         Opened Federal public lands to hunting and trapping of 
    wolverine and revised the harvest limit in Units 11 and 13.
    
    Kodiak/Aleutians Region
    
        One proposal affecting residents of the Kodiak/Aleutians Region was 
    acted on by the Board during their April meeting and one proposal 
    deferred from May 1996 was acted on resulting in the following changes 
    to the regulations found in Sec. ____.24 and Sec. ____.25.
         Opened a brown bear hunt in Unit 8.
         Changed the customary and traditional use determination 
    for elk in Unit 8.
    
    Bristol Bay Region
    
        Fourteen proposals affecting residents of the Bristol Bay Region 
    were acted on by the Board resulting in the following changes to the 
    regulations found in Sec. ____.24 and Sec. ____.25.
         Established a customary and traditional use determination 
    for beaver and black bear in Units 9 and 17.
         Revised the season, harvest limit, and sealing 
    requirements for black bears in Unit 17.
         Revised the customary and traditional use determination 
    for brown bear in Unit 9(E).
         Revised the season and removed requirements for retaining 
    the skin and front claws of brown bears in Unit 9(B).
         Revised the season for brown bears in Unit 17.
         Opened a season for caribou in a portion of Unit 17 and 
    revised the season and harvest restrictions in Units 9 and 17.
         Revised the season and harvest restrictions for moose in 
    Unit 17.
         Revised the season and harvest limit for various 
    furbearers in Unit 17.
    
    Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region
    
        Three proposals affecting residents of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta 
    Region were acted on by the Board resulting in the following changes to 
    the regulations found in Sec. ____.24 and Sec. ____.25.
         Revised the season and harvest restrictions for caribou in 
    a portion of Unit 18.
         Revised the customary and traditional use determinations 
    for moose in Unit 18 and caribou in Unit 22(A).
    
    Western Interior Region
    
        Nine proposals affecting residents of the Western Interior Region 
    were acted on by the Board resulting in the following changes to the 
    regulations found in Sec. ____.24 and Sec. ____.25.
         Removed a closure of public lands along the Koyukuk River 
    in Unit 21.
         Established a customary and traditional use determination 
    for black bear and caribou in Unit 24.
         Revised the customary and traditional use determinations 
    for brown bear and sheep in Unit 24.
    
    Seward Peninsula Region
    
        Three proposals affecting residents of the Seward Peninsula Region 
    were acted on by the Board resulting in the following changes to the 
    regulations found in Sec. ____.24.
         Established a customary and traditional use determination 
    for black bear and caribou in Unit 22.
         Revised customary and traditional use determinations for 
    caribou and wolf in Unit 22.
    
    Northwest Arctic Region
    
        Three proposals affecting residents of the Northwest Arctic Region 
    was acted on by the Board resulting in the following changes to the 
    regulations found in Sec. ____.24.
         Revised customary and traditional use determinations for 
    caribou and muskox in Unit 23.
    
    Eastern Interior Region
    
        Five proposals affecting residents of the Eastern Interior Region 
    were acted on by the Board resulting in the following changes to the 
    regulations found in Sec. ____.24 and Sec. ____.25.
         Revised the season dates for moose for Unit 20.
         Revised the customary and traditional use determination 
    for black bear, brown bear, and wolf for Units 20 and 25.
    
    North Slope Region
    
        Two proposals affecting residents of the North Slope Region were 
    acted on by the Board resulting in the following changes to the 
    regulations found in Sec. ____.24 and Sec. ____.25.
         Established a special sheep hunt for the residents of 
    Anaktuvuk Pass in parts of Units 24 and 26.
         Revised and clarified the customary and traditional use 
    determination for sheep in Unit 26.
    
    Conformance With Statutory and Regulatory Authorities
    
    National Environmental Policy Act Compliance
    
        A Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) that described four 
    alternatives for developing a Federal Subsistence Management Program 
    was distributed for public comment on October 7, 1991. That document 
    described the major issues associated with Federal subsistence 
    management as identified through public meetings, written comments and 
    staff analysis and examined the environmental consequences of the four 
    alternatives. Proposed regulations (Subparts A, B, and C) that would 
    implement the preferred alternative were included in the DEIS as an 
    appendix. The DEIS and the proposed administrative regulations 
    presented a framework for an annual regulatory cycle regarding 
    subsistence hunting and fishing regulations (Subpart D). The Final 
    Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) was published on February 28, 
    1992.
        Based on the public comment received, the analysis contained in the
    
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    FEIS, and the recommendations of the Federal Subsistence Board and the 
    Department of the Interior's Subsistence Policy Group, it was the 
    decision of the Secretary of the Interior, with the concurrence of the 
    Secretary of Agriculture, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture-
    Forest Service, to implement Alternative IV as identified in the DEIS 
    and FEIS (Record of Decision on Subsistence Management for Federal 
    Public Lands in Alaska (ROD), signed April 6, 1992). The DEIS and the 
    selected alternative in the FEIS defined the administrative framework 
    of an annual regulatory cycle for subsistence hunting and fishing 
    regulations. The final rule for Subsistence Management Regulations for 
    Public Lands in Alaska, Subparts A, B, and C (57 FR 22940-22964, 
    published May 29, 1992) implemented the Federal Subsistence Management 
    Program and included a framework for an annual cycle for subsistence 
    hunting and fishing regulations.
    
    Compliance With Section 810 of ANILCA
    
        The intent of all Federal subsistence regulations is to accord 
    subsistence uses of fish and wildlife on public lands a priority over 
    the taking of fish and wildlife on such lands for other purposes, 
    unless restriction is necessary to conserve healthy fish and wildlife 
    populations. A Section 810 analysis was completed as part of the FEIS 
    process. The final Section 810 analysis determination appeared in the 
    April 6, 1992, ROD which concluded that the Federal Subsistence 
    Management Program, under Alternative IV with an annual process for 
    setting hunting and fishing regulations, may have some local impacts on 
    subsistence uses, but it does not appear that the program may 
    significantly restrict subsistence uses.
    
    Paperwork Reduction Act
    
        These rules contain information collection requirements subject to 
    Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval under the Paperwork 
    Reduction Act of 1995. They apply to the use of public lands in Alaska. 
    The information collection requirements described below have been 
    approved by OMB under 44 U.S.C. 3501 and have been assigned clearance 
    number 1018-0075.
        The collection of information will be achieved through the use of 
    the Federal Subsistence Hunt Permit Application. This collection of 
    information will establish whether the applicant qualifies to 
    participate in a Federal subsistence hunt on public land in Alaska and 
    will provide a report of harvest and location of harvest.
        The likely respondents to this collection of information are rural 
    Alaska residents who wish to participate in specific subsistence hunts 
    on Federal land. The collected information is necessary to determine 
    harvest success and harvest location in order to make management 
    decisions relative to the conservation of healthy wildlife populations. 
    The annual burden of reporting and recordkeeping is estimated to 
    average 0.25 hours per response, including time for reviewing 
    instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and 
    reviewing the form. The estimated number of likely respondents under 
    this rule is less than 5,000, yielding a total annual reporting and 
    recordkeeping burden of 1,250 hours or less.
        Direct comments on the burden estimate or any other aspect of this 
    form to: Information Collection Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
    Service, 1849 C Street, NW, MS 224 ARLSQ, Washington, D.C. 20240; and 
    the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project 
    (Subsistence), Washington, D.C. 20503. Additional information 
    collection requirements may be imposed if Local Advisory Committees 
    subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act are established under 
    Subpart B.
    
    Economic Effects
    
        This rule was not subject to OMB review under Executive Order 
    12866.
        The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 
    requires preparation of flexibility analyses for rules that will have a 
    significant effect on a substantial number of small entities, which 
    include small businesses, organizations or governmental jurisdictions. 
    The Departments have determined that this rulemaking will not have a 
    significant economic effect on a substantial number of small entities 
    within the meaning of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
        This rulemaking will impose no significant costs on small entities; 
    the exact number of businesses and the amount of trade that will result 
    from this Federal land-related activity is unknown. The aggregate 
    effect is an insignificant positive economic effect on a number of 
    small entities, such as ammunition, snowmachine, and gasoline dealers. 
    The number of small entities affected is unknown; but, the fact that 
    the positive effects will be seasonal in nature and will, in most 
    cases, merely continue preexisting uses of public lands indicates that 
    they will not be significant.
        In general, the resources harvested under this rule will be 
    consumed by the local harvester and do not result in a dollar benefit 
    to the economy. However, it is estimated that 2 million pounds of meat 
    are harvested by the local subsistence users annually and, if given a 
    dollar value of $3.00 per pound, would equate to $6 million State wide.
        Title VIII of ANILCA requires the Secretaries to administer a 
    subsistence preference on public lands. The scope of this program is 
    limited by definition to certain public lands. Likewise, these 
    regulations have no potential takings of private property implications 
    as defined by Executive Order 12630.
        The Service has determined and certifies pursuant to the Unfunded 
    Mandates Act, 2 U.S.C. 1502 et seq., that this rulemaking will not 
    impose a cost of $100 million or more in any given year on local or 
    state governments or private entities.
        The Service has determined that these final regulations meet the 
    applicable standards provided in Sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of Executive 
    Order 12988.
    
    Drafting Information
    
        These regulations were drafted by William Knauer under the guidance 
    of Thomas H. Boyd, of the Office of Subsistence Management, Alaska 
    Regional Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska. 
    Additional guidance was provided by Peggy Fox, Alaska State Office, 
    Bureau of Land Management; Sandy Rabinowitch, Alaska Regional Office, 
    National Park Service; Ida Hildebrand, Alaska Area Office, Bureau of 
    Indian Affairs; and Ken Thompson, USDA-Forest Service.
    
    List of Subjects
    
    36 CFR Part 242
    
        Administrative practice and procedure, Alaska, Fish, National 
    Forests, Public lands, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 
    Wildlife.
    
    50 CFR Part 100
    
        Administrative practice and procedure, Alaska, Fish, Public lands, 
    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Wildlife.
    
        For the reasons set out in the preamble, Title 36, Part 242, and 
    Title 50, Part 100, of the Code of Federal Regulations, are amended as 
    set forth below.
    
    PART ____--SUBSISTENCE MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS FOR PUBLIC LANDS IN 
    ALASKA
    
        1. The authority citation for both 36 CFR Part 242 and 50 CFR Part 
    100 continues to read as follows:
    
    
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        Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3,472, 551, 668dd, 3101-3126; 18 U.S.C. 
    3551-3586; 43 U.S.C. 1733.
    
    Subpart C--Board Determinations
    
        2. In Subpart C of 36 CFR part 242 and 50 CFR part 100, 
    Sec. ____.24 is revised to read as follows:
    
    
    Sec. ____.24  Customary and traditional use determinations.
    
        (a) Rural Alaska residents of the listed communities and areas have 
    been determined to have customary and traditional subsistence use of 
    the specified species on Federal public lands in the specified areas. 
    When there is a determination for specific communities or areas of 
    residence in a Unit, all other communities not listed for that species 
    in that Unit have no Federal subsistence for that species in that Unit. 
    If no determination has been made for a species in a Unit, all rural 
    Alaska residents are eligible to harvest fish or wildlife under this 
    part.
        (1) Wildlife determinations.
    
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                   Area                            Species                             Determination                
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    Unit 1(C).........................  Black Bear...................  Rural residents of Unit 1(C) and Haines,     
                                                                        Gustavus, Klukwan, and Hoonah.              
    1(A)..............................  Black Bear...................  Rural residents of Unit 1(A) except no       
                                                                        subsistence for residents of Hyder.         
    1(B)..............................  Brown Bear...................  Rural residents of Unit 1(A), Petersburg, and
                                                                        Wrangell, except no subsistence for         
                                                                        residents of Hyder.                         
    1(C)..............................  Brown Bear...................  Rural residents of Unit 1(C), Haines, Hoonah,
                                                                        Klukwan, Skagway, and Wrangell, except no   
                                                                        subsistence for residents of Gustavus.      
    1(D)..............................  Brown Bear...................  Residents of 1(D).                           
    1(A)..............................  Deer.........................  Rural residents of 1(A) and 2.               
    1(B)..............................  Deer.........................  Rural residents of Unit 1(A), residents of   
                                                                        1(B), 2 and 3.                              
    1(C)..............................  Deer.........................  Rural residents of 1(C) and (D), and         
                                                                        residents of Hoonah and Gustavus.           
    1(D)..............................  Deer.........................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    1(B)..............................  Goat.........................  Rural residents of Units 1(B) and 3.         
    1(C)..............................  Goat.........................  Residents of Haines, Klukwan, and Hoonah.    
    1(B)..............................  Moose........................  Rural residents of Units 1, 2, 3, and 4.     
    1(C) Berner's Bay.................  Moose........................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    1(D)..............................  Moose........................  Residents of Unit 1(D).                      
    Unit 2............................  Brown Bear...................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    2.................................  Deer.........................  Rural residents of Unit 1(A) and residents of
                                                                        Units 2 and 3.                              
    Unit 3............................  Deer.........................  Residents of Unit 1(B) and 3, and residents  
                                                                        of Port Alexander, Port Protection, Pt.     
                                                                        Baker, and Meyer's Chuck.                   
    3, Wrangell and Mitkof Islands....  Moose........................  Rural residents of Units 1(B), 2, and 3.     
    Unit 4............................  Brown Bear...................  Residents of Unit 4 and Kake.                
    4.................................  Deer.........................  Residents of Unit 4 and residents of Kake,   
                                                                        Gustavus, Haines, Petersburg, Pt. Baker,    
                                                                        Klukwan, Port Protection, Wrangell, and     
                                                                        Yakutat.                                    
    4.................................  Goat.........................  Residents of Sitka, Hoonah, Tenakee, Pelican,
                                                                        Funter Bay, Angoon, Port Alexander, and     
                                                                        Elfin Cove.                                 
    Unit 5............................  Black Bear...................  Residents of Unit 5(A).                      
    5.................................  Brown Bear...................  Residents of Yakutat.                        
    5.................................  Deer.........................  Residents of Yakutat.                        
    5.................................  Moose........................  Residents of Unit 5(A).                      
    Unit 6(A).........................  Black Bear...................  Residents of Yakutat and residents of 6(C)   
                                                                        and 6(D), except no subsistence for         
                                                                        Whittier.                                   
    6, Remainder......................  Black Bear...................  Residents of Unit 6(C) and 6(D), except no   
                                                                        subsistence for Whittier.                   
    6.................................  Brown Bear...................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    6 (C) and (D).....................  Goat.........................  Rural residents of Unit 6(C) and (D).        
    6.................................  Moose........................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    6.................................  Wolf.........................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island   
                                                                        only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon
                                                                        and 16-26.                                  
    Unit 7............................  Brown Bear...................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    7.................................  Caribou......................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    7, Brown Mountain hunt area.......  Goat.........................  Residents of Port Graham and English Bay.    
    7, that portion draining into       Moose........................  Residents of Chenega Bay and Tatitlek.       
     Kings Bay.                                                                                                     
    7, Remainder......................  Moose........................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    7.................................  Sheep........................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    Unit 8............................  Brown Bear...................  Residents of Old Harbor, Akhiok, Larsen Bay, 
                                                                        Karluk, Ouzinkie, and Port Lions.           
    8.................................  Deer.........................  Residents of Unit 8.                         
    8.................................  Elk..........................  Residents of Unit 8.                         
    8.................................  Goat.........................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    Unit 9(D).........................  Bison........................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    9 (A) and (B).....................  Black Bear...................  Residents of Units 9 (A) and (B), and 17(A), 
                                                                        (B), and (C).                               
    9 (A), (C) and (D)................  Brown Bear...................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    9(B)..............................  Brown Bear...................  Residents of Unit 9(B).                      
    9(E)..............................  Brown Bear...................  Residents of Chignik Lake, Egegik, Ivanof    
                                                                        Bay, Perryville, and Port Heiden/Meshik.    
    
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    9(A) and (B)......................  Caribou......................  Residents of Units 9(B), 9(C) and 17.        
    9(C)..............................  Caribou......................  Residents of Unit 9(B), 9(C), 17 and         
                                                                        residents of Egegik.                        
    9(D)..............................  Caribou......................  Residents of Unit 9(D), and residents of     
                                                                        False Pass.                                 
    9(E)..............................  Caribou......................  Residents of Units 9(B), (C), (E), 17, and   
                                                                        residents of Nelson Lagoon and Sand Point.  
    9 (A), (B), (C) and (E)...........  Moose........................  Residents of Unit 9(A), (B), (C) and (E).    
    9(D)..............................  Moose........................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    9(B)..............................  Sheep........................  Residents of Iliamna, Newhalen, Nondalton,   
                                                                        Pedro Bay, and Port Alsworth.               
    9, remainder......................  Sheep........................  No determination.                            
    9.................................  Wolf.........................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island   
                                                                        only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon
                                                                        and 16-26.                                  
    9 (A), (B), (C), and (E)..........  Beaver.......................  Residents of Units 9(A), (B), (C), (E), and  
                                                                        17.                                         
    Unit 10 Unimak Island.............  Caribou......................  Residents of False Pass.                     
    10, Remainder.....................  Caribou......................  No determination.                            
    10................................  Wolf.........................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island   
                                                                        only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon
                                                                        and 16-26.                                  
    Unit 11...........................  Bison........................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    11................................  Brown Bear...................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    11, north of the Sanford River....  Caribou......................  Residents of Units 11, 12, and 13 (A)-(D) and
                                                                        the residents of Chickaloon and Dot Lake.   
    11, remainder.....................  Caribou......................  Residents of Units 11 and 13 (A)-(D) and the 
                                                                        residents of Chickaloon.                    
    11................................  Goat.........................  Residents of Unit 11 and the residents of    
                                                                        Chitina, Chistochina, Copper Center, Gakona,
                                                                        Gulkana, Mentasta Lake, Tazlina, Tonsina and
                                                                        Dot Lake.                                   
    11, remainder.....................  Moose........................  Residents of Unit 11 and Unit 13 (A)-(D) and 
                                                                        the residents of Chickaloon.                
    11, north of the Sanford River....  Sheep........................  Residents of Unit 12 and the communities and 
                                                                        areas of Chistochina, Chitina, Copper       
                                                                        Center, Dot Lake, Gakona, Glennallen,       
                                                                        Gulkana, Kenny Lake, Mentasta Lake, Slana,  
                                                                        McCarthy/South Wrangell/South Park, Tazlina 
                                                                        and Tonsina; Residents along the Nabesna    
                                                                        Road--Milepost 0-46 (Nabesna Road), and     
                                                                        residents along the McCarthy Road--Milespost
                                                                        0-62 (McCarthy Road).                       
    11, remainder.....................  Sheep........................  Residents of the communities and areas of    
                                                                        Chisana, Chistochina, Chitina, Copper       
                                                                        Center, Dot Lake, Gakona, Glennallen,       
                                                                        Gulkana, Kenny Lake, Mentasta Lake, Slana,  
                                                                        McCarthy/South Wrangell/South Park, Tazlina 
                                                                        and Tosina; Residents along the Tok Cuttoff--
                                                                        Milepost 79-110 (Mentasta Pass), residents  
                                                                        along the Nabesna Road--Milepost 0-46       
                                                                        (Nabesna Road), and residents along the     
                                                                        McCarthy Road--Milepost 0-62 (McCarthy      
                                                                        Road).                                      
    11................................  Wolf.........................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island   
                                                                        only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon
                                                                        and 16-26.                                  
    11................................  Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed   Residents of Units 11, 12, 13 and the        
                                         and Sharptailed).              residents of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22  
                                                                        and 23.                                     
    11................................  Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow and    Residents of Units 11, 12, 13 and the        
                                         Whitetailed).                  residents of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22  
                                                                        and 23.                                     
    Unit 12...........................  Brown Bear...................  Residents of Unit 12 and Dot Lake.           
    12................................  Caribou......................  Residents of Unit 12 and residents of Dot    
                                                                        Lake and Mentasta Lake                      
    12, South of a line from Noyes      Moose........................  Residents of Unit 11 north of 62nd parallel  
     Mountain, southeast of the                                         (excluding North Slana Homestead and South  
     confluence of Tatchunda Creek to                                   Slana Homestead); and residents of Unit 12, 
     Nabesna River.                                                     13 (A)-(D) and the residents of Chickaloon  
                                                                        and residents of Dot Lake.                  
    12, East of the Nabesna River and   Moose........................  Residents of Unit 12.                        
     Nabesna Glacier, south of the                                                                                  
     Winter Trail from Pickerel Lake                                                                                
     to the Canadian Border.                                                                                        
    12, Remainder.....................  Moose........................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island   
                                                                        only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon
                                                                        and 16-26.                                  
    12................................  Sheep........................  Residents of Unit 12 and residents of Dot    
                                                                        Lake and Mentasta Lake.                     
    12................................  Wolf.........................  Residents of Unit 12 and residents of        
                                                                        Christochina and Mentasta Lake.             
    Unit 13...........................  Brown Bear...................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    13................................  Caribou Nelchina Herd........  Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents  
                                                                        of Chickaloon, and 12 (along Nabesna Road). 
    13(E).............................  Caribou......................  Residents of McKinley Village, and the area  
                                                                        along the Parks Highway between milepost 216
                                                                        and 239 (except no subsistence for residents
                                                                        of Denali National Park headquarters)       
    13(D).............................  Goat.........................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    13 (A), (B), and (D)..............  Moose........................  Residents of Unit 13 and the residents of    
                                                                        Chickaloon.                                 
    
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    13(C).............................  Moose........................  Residents of Units 12, 13 and the residents  
                                                                        of Chickaloon and Dot Lake.                 
    13(E).............................  Moose........................  Residents of McKinley Village, and the area  
                                                                        along the Parks Highway between milepost 216
                                                                        and 239 (except no subsistence for residents
                                                                        of Denali National Park headquarters).      
    13(D).............................  Sheep........................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    13................................  Wolf.........................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island   
                                                                        only), 11--13 and the residents of          
                                                                        Chickaloon, and 16--26.                     
    13................................  Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed   Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents  
                                         & Sharp-tailed).               of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22 & 23.      
    13................................  Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow and    Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents  
                                         White-tailed).                 of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22 & 23.      
    Unit 14(B) and (C)................  Brown Bear...................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    14................................  Goat.........................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    14................................  Moose........................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    14 (A) and (C)....................  Sheep........................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    Unit 15(C)........................  Black Bear...................  Residents of Port Graham and Nanwalek only.  
    15, Remainder.....................  Black Bear...................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    15................................  Brown Bear...................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    15(C), Port Graham and English Bay  Goat.........................  Residents of Port Graham and Nanwalek.       
     hunt areas.                                                                                                    
    15(C), Seldovia hunt area.........  Goat.........................  Residents Seldovia area.                     
    15................................  Moose........................  Residents of Ninilchik, Nanwalek, Port       
                                                                        Graham, and Seldovia.                       
    15................................  Sheep........................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    15................................  Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow and    Residents of Unit 15.                        
                                         White-tailed).                                                             
    15................................  Grouse (Spruce)..............  Residents of Unit 15.                        
    15................................  Grouse (Ruffed)..............  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    Unit 16...........................  Brown Bear...................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    16(A).............................  Moose........................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    16(B).............................  Moose........................  Residents of Unit 16(B).                     
    16................................  Sheep........................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    16................................  Wolf.........................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island   
                                                                        only), 11--13 and the residents of          
                                                                        Chickaloon, and 16--26.                     
    16................................  Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed   Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents  
                                         and Sharp-tailed).             of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22 and 23.    
    16................................  Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow and    Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents  
                                         White-tailed).                 of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22 and 23.    
    Unit 17...........................  Black Bear...................  Residents of Units 9(A) and (B), and 17(A),  
                                                                        (B), and (C).                               
    17(A).............................  Brown Bear...................  Residents of Unit 17, and residents of       
                                                                        Goodnews Bay and Platinum.                  
    17 (A) and (B) Those portions       Brown Bear...................  Residents of Kwethluk.                       
     north and west of a line                                                                                       
     beginning from the Unit 18                                                                                     
     boundary at the northwest end of                                                                               
     Nenevok Lake, to the southern                                                                                  
     point of upper Togiak Lake, and                                                                                
     northeast to the northern point                                                                                
     of Nuyakuk Lake, northeast to the                                                                              
     point where the Unit 17 boundary                                                                               
     intersects the Shotgun Hills.                                                                                  
    17 (B) and (C)....................  Brown Bear...................  Residents of Unit 17.                        
    17................................  Caribou......................  Residents of Units 9(B), 17 and residents of 
                                                                        Lime Village and Stony River.               
    17 (A) and (B) Those portions       Caribou......................  Residents of Kwethluk.                       
     north and west of a line                                                                                       
     beginning from the Unit 18                                                                                     
     boundary at the northwest end of                                                                               
     Nenevok Lake, to the southern                                                                                  
     point of upper Togiak Lake, and                                                                                
     northeast to the northern point                                                                                
     of Nuyakuk Lake, northeast to the                                                                              
     point where the Unit 17 boundary                                                                               
     intersects the Shotgun Hills.                                                                                  
    17 (A) and (B) Those portions       Moose........................  Residents of Kwethluk.                       
     north and west of a line                                                                                       
     beginning from the Unit 18                                                                                     
     boundary at the northwest end of                                                                               
     Nenevok Lake, to the southern                                                                                  
     point of upper Togiak Lake, and                                                                                
     northeast to the northern point                                                                                
     of Nuyakuk Lake, northeast to the                                                                              
     point where the Unit 17 boundary                                                                               
     intersects the Shotgun Hills.                                                                                  
    17(A).............................  Moose........................  Residents of Unit 17 and residents of        
                                                                        Goodnews Bay and Platinum; however, no      
                                                                        subsistence for residents of Akiachak, Akiak
                                                                        and Quinhagak.                              
    
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    17 (B) and (C)....................  Moose........................  Residents of Unit 17, and residents of       
                                                                        Nondalton, Levelock, Goodnews Bay and       
                                                                        Platinum.                                   
    17................................  Wolf.........................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island   
                                                                        only), 11-13 and the residents of           
                                                                        Chickaloon, and 16-26.                      
    17................................  Beaver.......................  Residents of Units 9 (A), (B), (C), (E), and 
                                                                        17.                                         
    Unit 18...........................  Black Bear...................  Residents of Unit 18, residents of Unit 19(A)
                                                                        living downstream of the Holokuk River, and 
                                                                        residents of Chuathbaluk, Aniak, Lower      
                                                                        Kalskag, Holy Cross, Stebbins, St. Michael, 
                                                                        and Togiak.                                 
    18................................  Brown Bear...................  Residents of Akiachak, Akiak, Eek, Goodnews  
                                                                        Bay, Kwethluk, Mt. Village, Napaskiak,      
                                                                        Platinum, Quinhagak, St. Mary's, and        
                                                                        Tuluksak.                                   
    18................................  Caribou (Kilbuck caribou herd  INTERIM DETERMINATION BY FEDERAL SUBSISTENCE 
                                         only).                         BOARD (12/18/91): residents of Tuluksak,    
                                                                        Akiak, Akiachak, Kwethluk, Bethel,          
                                                                        Oscarville, Napaskiak, Napakiak, Kasigluk,  
                                                                        Atmanthluak, Nunapitchuk, Tuntutliak, Eek,  
                                                                        Quinhagak, Goodnews Bay, Platinum, Togiak,  
                                                                        and Twin Hills.                             
    18 North of the Yukon River.......  Caribou (except Kilbuck        Residents of Alakanuk, Andreafsky, Chevak,   
                                         caribou herd).                 Emmonak, Hooper Bay, Kotlik, Kwethluk,      
                                                                        Marshall, Mountain Village, Pilot Station,  
                                                                        Pitka's Point, Russian Mission, St. Mary's, 
                                                                        St. Michael, Scammon Bay, Sheldon Point, and
                                                                        Stebbins.                                   
    18, Remainder.....................  Caribou (except Kilbuck        Residents of Kwethluk.                       
                                         caribou herd).                                                             
    18, that portion of the Yukon       Moose........................  Residents of Unit 18 and residents of Upper  
     River drainage upstream of                                         Kalskag, Lower Kalskag, Aniak, and          
     Russian Mission and that portion                                   Chuathbaluk.                                
     of the Kuskokwim River drainage                                                                                
     upstream of, but not including                                                                                 
     the Tuluksak River drainage.                                                                                   
    18, remainder.....................  Moose........................  Residents of Unit 18 and residents of Upper  
                                                                        Kalskag and Lower Kalskag.                  
    18................................  Muskox.......................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    18................................  Wolf.........................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island   
                                                                        only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon
                                                                        and 16-26.                                  
    Unit 19 (C), (D)..................  Bison........................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    19(A).............................  Brown Bear...................  Residents of Unit 19 (A), (D), and Residents 
                                                                        of Tuluksak, Lower Kalskag and Kwethluk.    
    19(B).............................  Brown Bear...................  Residents of Kwethluk.                       
    19(C).............................  Brown Bear...................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    19(D).............................  Brown Bear...................  Residents of Unit 19 (A) and (D), and        
                                                                        residents of Tulusak and Lower Kalskag.     
    19 (A) and (B)....................  Caribou......................  Residents of Unit 19 (A) and (B) and         
                                                                        Kwethluk; and residents of Unit 18 in       
                                                                        Kuskokwim Drainage and Kuskokwim Bay during 
                                                                        the winter season.                          
    19(C).............................  Caribou......................  Residents of Unit 19(C), and residents of    
                                                                        Lime Village, McGrath, Nikolai, and Telida. 
    19(D).............................  Caribou......................  Residents of Unit 19(D), and residents of    
                                                                        Lime Village, Sleetmute and Stony River.    
    19 (A) and (B)....................  Moose........................  Residents of Unit 18 within Kuskokwim River  
                                                                        drainage upstream from and including the    
                                                                        Johnson River, and Unit 19.                 
    19(C).............................  Moose........................  Residents of Unit 19.                        
    19(D).............................  Moose........................  Residents of Unit 19 and residents of Lake   
                                                                        Minchumina.                                 
    19................................  Wolf.........................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island   
                                                                        only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon
                                                                        and 16-26.                                  
    Unit 20(D)........................  Bison........................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    20(F).............................  Black Bear...................  Residents of Unit 20(F) and residents of     
                                                                        Stevens Village and Manley.                 
    20(E).............................  Brown Bear...................  Residents of Unit 12 and Dot Lake.           
    20(F).............................  Brown Bear...................  Residents of Unit 20(F) and residents of     
                                                                        Stevens Village and Manley.                 
    20 (A), (C) (Delta, Yanert, and     Caribou......................  No determination, except no subsistence for  
     20(C) herds) and (D).                                              residents of households of the Denali       
                                                                        National Park Headquarters.                 
    20 (D) and 20(E)..................  Caribou 40-Mile Herd.........  Residents of Unit 12 north of Wrangell Park- 
                                                                        Preserve, rural residents of 20(D) and      
                                                                        residents of 20(E).                         
    20(A).............................  Moose........................  Residents of Cantwell, Minto, and Nenana,    
                                                                        McKinley Village, the area along the Parks  
                                                                        Highway between mileposts 216 and 239,      
                                                                        except no subsistence for residents of      
                                                                        households of the Denali National Park      
                                                                        Headquarters.                               
    20(B).............................  Moose........................  Minto Flats Management Area--residents of    
                                                                        Minto and Nenana.                           
    20(B).............................  Moose........................  Remainder--rural residents of Unit 20(B), and
                                                                        residents of Nenana and Tanana.             
    
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    20(C).............................  Moose........................  Rural residents of Unit 20(C) (except that   
                                                                        portion within Denali National Park and     
                                                                        Preserve and that portion east of the       
                                                                        Teklanika River), and residents of Cantwell,
                                                                        Manley, Minto, Nenana, the Parks Highway    
                                                                        from milepost 300-309, Nikolai, Tanana,     
                                                                        Telida, McKinley Village, and the area along
                                                                        the Parks Highway between mileposts 216 and 
                                                                        239. No subsistence for residents of        
                                                                        households of the Denali National Park      
                                                                        Headquarters.                               
    20(D).............................  Moose........................  Rural residents of Unit 20(D) and residents  
                                                                        of Tanacross.                               
    20(F).............................  Moose........................  Residents of Unit 20(F), Manley, Minto and   
                                                                        Stevens Village.                            
    20(F).............................  Wolf.........................  Residents of Unit 20(F) and residents of     
                                                                        Stevens Village and Manley.                 
    20, remainder.....................  Wolf.........................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island   
                                                                        only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon
                                                                        and 16-26.                                  
    20(D).............................  Grouse, (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed  Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents  
                                         and Sharp-tailed).             of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22 and 23.    
    20(D).............................  Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow and    Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents  
                                         White-tailed).                 of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22 and 23.    
    Unit 21...........................  Brown Bear...................  Rural residents of Unit 21 and 23.           
    21................................  Caribou, Western Arctic        Residents of Unit 21(D) west of the Koyukuk  
                                         Caribou Herd only.             and Yukon Rivers, and residents of 23 and   
                                                                        24.                                         
    21 (A) and (E)....................  Caribou......................  Residents of Unit 21(A) and Aniak,           
                                                                        Chuathbaluk, Crooked Creek, Grayling, Holy  
                                                                        Cross, McGrath, Shageluk and Takotna.       
    21(A).............................  Moose........................  Residents of Unit 21 (A), (E), Takotna,      
                                                                        McGrath, Aniak and Crooked Creek.           
    21(B) and (C).....................  Moose........................  Residents of Unit 21 (B) and (C), residents  
                                                                        of Tanana and Galena.                       
    21(D).............................  Moose........................  Residents of Unit 21(D), and residents of    
                                                                        Huslia and Ruby.                            
    21(E).............................  Moose........................  Residents of Unit 21(E) and residents of     
                                                                        Russian Mission.                            
    21................................  Wolf.........................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island   
                                                                        only), 11-13 and the residents of           
                                                                        Chickaloon, and 16-26.                      
    Unit 22(A)........................  Black Bear...................  Residents of Unit 22(A) and Koyuk.           
    22(B).............................  Black Bear...................  Residents of Unit 22(B).                     
    22 (C), (D), and (E)..............  Black Bear...................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    22................................  Brown Bear...................  Residents of Unit 22                         
    22(A).............................  Caribou......................  Residents of Unit 21(D) west of the Koyukuk  
                                                                        and Yukon Rivers, and residents of Units 22 
                                                                        (except residents of St. Lawrence Island),  
                                                                        23, 24, and residents of Kotlik, Emmonak,   
                                                                        Hooper Bay, Scammon Bay, Chevak, Marshall,  
                                                                        Mountain Village, Pilot Station, Pitka's    
                                                                        Point, Russian Mission, St. Mary's, Sheldon 
                                                                        Point, and Alakanuk.                        
    22, Remainder.....................  Caribou......................  Residents of Unit 21(D) west of the Koyukuk  
                                                                        and Yukon Rivers, and residents of Units 22 
                                                                        (except residents of St. Lawrence Island),  
                                                                        23, 24.                                     
    22................................  Moose........................  Residents of Unit 22.                        
    22(B).............................  Muskox.......................  Residents of Unit 22(B).                     
    22(C).............................  Muskox.......................  Residents of Unit 22(C).                     
    22(D).............................  Muskox.......................  Residents of Unit 22(D) excluding St.        
                                                                        Lawrence Island.                            
    22(E).............................  Muskox.......................  Residents of Unit 22(E) excluding Little     
                                                                        Diomede Island.                             
    22................................  Wolf.........................  Residents of Units 23, 22, 21(D) north and   
                                                                        west of the Yukon River, and residents of   
                                                                        Kotlik.                                     
    22................................  Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed   Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents  
                                         and Sharp-tailed).             of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22 and 23.    
    22................................  Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow and    Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents  
                                         White-tailed).                 of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22 and 23.    
    Unit 23...........................  Brown Bear...................  Rural residents of Units 21 and 23.          
    23................................  Caribou......................  Residents of Unit 21(D) west of the Koyukuk  
                                                                        and Yukon Rivers, residents of Galena, and  
                                                                        residents of Units 22, 23, 24 including     
                                                                        residents of Wiseman but not including other
                                                                        residents of the Dalton Highway Corridor    
                                                                        Management Area, and 26(A).                 
    23................................  Moose........................  Residents of Unit 23.                        
    23 South of Kotzebue Sound and      Muskox.......................  Residents of Unit 23 South of Kotzebue Sound 
     west of and including the                                          and west of and including the Buckland River
     Buckland River drainage.                                           drainage.                                   
    23, Remainder.....................  Muskox.......................  Residents of Unit 23 east and north of the   
                                                                        Buckland River drainage.                    
    23................................  Sheep........................  Residents of Unit 23 north of the Arctic     
                                                                        Circle.                                     
    23................................  Wolf.........................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island   
                                                                        only), 11-13 and the residents of           
                                                                        Chickaloon, and 16-26.                      
    23................................  Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed   Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents  
                                         and Sharp-tailed).             of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22 and 23.    
    
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    23................................  Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow and    Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents  
                                         White-tailed).                 of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22 and 23.    
    Unit 24, that portion south of      Black Bear...................  Residents of Stevens Village and residents of
     Caribou Mountain, and within the                                   Unit 24 and Wiseman, but not including any  
     public lands composing or                                          other residents of the Dalton Highway       
     immediately adjacent to the                                        Corridor Management Area.                   
     Dalton Highway Corridor                                                                                        
     Management Area.                                                                                               
    24, remainder.....................  Black Bear...................  Residents of Unit 24 and Wiseman, but not    
                                                                        including any other residents of the Dalton 
                                                                        Highway Corridor Management Area.           
    24, that portion south of Caribou   Brown Bear...................  Residents of Stevens Village and residents of
     Mountain, and within the public                                    Unit 24 and Wiseman, but not including any  
     lands composing or immediately                                     other residents of the Dalton Highway       
     adjacent to the Dalton Highway                                     Corridor Management Area.                   
     Corridor Management Area.                                                                                      
    24, remainder.....................  Brown Bear...................  Residents of Unit 24 including Wiseman, but  
                                                                        not including any other residents of the    
                                                                        Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area     
    24................................  Caribou......................  Residents of Unit 24 including Wiseman, but  
                                                                        not including any other residents of the    
                                                                        Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area;    
                                                                        residents of Galena, Kobuk, Koyukuk, Stevens
                                                                        Village, and Tanana.                        
    24................................  Moose........................  Residents of Unit 24, and residents of       
                                                                        Koyukuk and Galena.                         
    24................................  Sheep........................  Residents of Unit 24 residing north of the   
                                                                        Arctic Circle and residents of Allakaket,   
                                                                        Alatna, Hughes, and Huslia.                 
    24................................  Wolf.........................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island   
                                                                        only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon
                                                                        and 16-26.                                  
    Unit 25(D)........................  Black Bear...................  Residents of Unit 25(D).                     
    25(D).............................  Brown Bear...................  Residents of Unit 25(D).                     
    25, remainder.....................  Brown Bear...................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    25(A).............................  Moose........................  Residents of Unit 25(A) and 25(D).           
    25(D) West........................  Moose........................  Residents of Beaver, Birch Creek and Stevens 
                                                                        Village.                                    
    25(D), Remainder..................  Moose........................  Residents of Remainder of Unit 25.           
    25(A).............................  Sheep........................  Residents of Arctic Village, Chalkytsik, Fort
                                                                        Yukon, Kaktovik and Venetie.                
    25 (B) and (C)....................  Sheep........................  No Federal subsistence priority.             
    25(D).............................  Wolf.........................  Residents of Unit 25(D).                     
    25, remainder.....................  Wolf.........................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island   
                                                                        only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon
                                                                        and 16-26.                                  
    Unit 26...........................  Brown Bear...................  Residents of Unit 26 (except the Prudhoe Bay-
                                                                        Deadhorse Industrial Complex) and residents 
                                                                        of Anaktuvuk Pass and Point Hope.           
    26(A).............................  Caribou......................  Residents of Unit 26 and the residents of    
                                                                        Anaktuvuk Pass and Point Hope.              
    26(B).............................  Caribou......................  Residents of Unit 26 and the residents of    
                                                                        Anaktuvuk Pass, Point Hope, and Wiseman.    
    26(C).............................  Caribou......................  Residents of Unit 26 and the residents of    
                                                                        Anaktuvuk Pass and Point Hope.              
    26................................  Moose........................  Residents of Unit 26, (except the Prudhoe Bay-
                                                                        Deadhorse Industrial Complex), and residents
                                                                        of Point Hope and Anaktuvuk Pass.           
    26(A).............................  Muskox.......................  Residents of Anaktuvuk Pass, Atqasuk, Barrow,
                                                                        Nuiqsut, Point Hope, Point Lay, and         
                                                                        Wainwright.                                 
    26(B).............................  Muskox.......................  Residents of Anaktuvuk Pass, Nuiqsut, and    
                                                                        Kaktovik.                                   
    26(C).............................  Muskox.......................  Residents of Kaktovik.                       
    26(A).............................  Sheep........................  Residents of Unit 26, Anaktuvuk Pass, and    
                                                                        Point Hope.                                 
    26(B).............................  Sheep........................  Residents of Unit 26, Anaktuvuk Pass, Point  
                                                                        Hope, and Wiseman.                          
    26(C).............................  Sheep........................  Residents of Unit 26, Arctic Village,        
                                                                        Chalkytsik, Fort Yukon, Point Hope, and     
                                                                        Venetie.                                    
    26................................  Wolf.........................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island   
                                                                        only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon
                                                                        and 16-26.                                  
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        (2) Fish and shellfish determinations.
    
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                   Area                            Species                             Determination                
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    KOTZEBUE-NORTHERN AREA--Northern    All finfish..................  Residents of the Northern District, except   
     District.                                                          for those domiciled in State of Alaska Unit 
                                                                        26-B.                                       
    Kotzebue District.................  Salmon, sheefish, char.......  Residents of the Kotzebue District.          
    NORTON SOUND--PORT CLARENCE AREA..  Salmon.......................  Residents of the Norton Sound-Port Clarence  
                                                                        Area.                                       
    YUKON AREA........................  Salmon.......................  Residents of the Yukon Area, including the   
                                                                        community of Stebbins.                      
    
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                                        Yukon River Fall chum salmon.  Residents of the Yukon River drainage,       
                                                                        including the communities of Stebbins,      
                                                                        Scammon Bay, Hooper Bay, and Chevak.        
                                        Freshwater fish species,       Residents of the Yukon Area.                 
                                         including sheefish,                                                        
                                         whitefish, lamprey, burbot,                                                
                                         sucker, grayling, pike,                                                    
                                         char, and blackfish.                                                       
    KUSKOKWIM AREA....................  Salmon.......................  Residents of the Kuskokwim Area, except those
                                                                        persons residing on the United States       
                                                                        military installation located on Cape       
                                                                        Newenham, Sparevohn USAFB, and Tatalina     
                                                                        USAFB.                                      
                                        Rainbow trout................  Residents of the communities of Quinhagak,   
                                                                        Goodnews Bay, Kwethluk, Eek, Akiak, and     
                                                                        Platinum.                                   
                                        Pacific cod..................  Residents of the communities of Chevak,      
                                                                        Newtok, Tununak, Toksook Bay, Nightmute,    
                                                                        Chefornak, Kipnuk, Mekoryuk, Kwigillingok,  
                                                                        Kongiganak, Eek, and Tuntutuliak.           
    Waters adjacent to the western-     Herring and herring roe......  Residents within 20 miles of the coast       
     most tip of the Naskonant                                          between the westernmost tip of the Naskonant
     Peninsula and the terminus of the                                  Peninsula and the terminus of the Ishowik   
     Ishowik River and around Nunivak                                   River and on Nunivak Island.                
     Island.                                                                                                        
    BRISTOL BAY AREA--Nushagak          Salmon.......................  Residents of the Nushagak District and       
     District, including drainages                                      freshwater drainages flowing into the       
     flowing into the district.                                         district.                                   
    Naknek-Kvichek District--Naknek     Salmon.......................  Residents of the Naknek and Kvichak River    
     River drainage.                                                    drainages.                                  
    Naknek-Kvichek District--Iliamna-   Salmon.......................  Residents of the Iliamna-Lake Clark drainage.
     Lake Clark drainage.                                                                                           
    Togiak District, including          Salmon and other freshwater    Residents of the Togiak District, freshwater 
     drainages flowing into the          finfish.                       drainages flowing into the district, and the
     district.                                                          community of Manokotak.                     
    KODIAK AREA--except the Mainland    Salmon.......................  Residents of the Kodiak Island Borough,      
     District, all waters along the                                     except those residing on the Kodiak Coast   
     southside of the Alaska Peninsula                                  Guard Base.                                 
     bounded by the latitude of Cape                                                                                
     Douglas (58 deg.52' North                                                                                      
     latitude) mid-stream Shelikof                                                                                  
     Strait, and west of the longitude                                                                              
     of the southern entrance of Kmuya                                                                              
     Bay near Kilokak Rocks (57                                                                                     
     deg.11'22'' North latitude, 156                                                                                
     deg.20'30'' W longitude).                                                                                      
    KODIAK AREA--except the Semidi      King crab....................  Residents of the Kodiak Island Borough except
     Island, the North Mainland, and                                    those residents on the Kodiak Coast Guard   
     the South Mainland Sections.                                       base.                                       
    COOK INLET AREA--Port Graham        Dolly Varden.................  Residents of Port Graham and English Bay.    
     Subdistrict.                                                                                                   
    Port Graham Subdistrict and         Salmon.......................  Residents of Port Graham and English Bay.    
     Koyuktolik Subdistrict.                                                                                        
    Tyonek Subdistrict................  Salmon.......................  Residents of the village of Tyonek.          
    PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AREA--South-   Salmon.......................  Residents of the Southwestern District which 
     Western District and Green Island.                                 is mainland waters from the outer point on  
                                                                        the north shore of Granite Bay to Cape      
                                                                        Fairfield, and Knight Island, Chenega       
                                                                        Island, Bainbridge Island, Evans Island,    
                                                                        Elrington Island, Latouche Island and       
                                                                        adjacent islands.                           
    PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AREA--North    Salmon.......................  Residents of the villages of Tatitlek and    
     of a line from Porcupine Point to                                  Ellamar.                                    
     Granite Point, and south of a                                                                                  
     line from Point Lowe to Tongue                                                                                 
     Point.                                                                                                         
    YAKUTAT AREA--Freshwater upstream   Salmon.......................  Residents of the area east of Yakutat Bay,   
     from the terminus of streams and                                   including the islands within Yakutat Bay,   
     rivers of the Yakutat Area from                                    west of the Situk River drainage, and south 
     the Doame River to the Tsiu River.                                 of and including Knight Island.             
    Freshwater upstream from the        Dolly Varden char, steelhead   Residents of the area east of Yakutat Bay,   
     terminus of streams and rivers of   trout, and smelt..             including the islands within Yakutat Bay,   
     the Yakutat Area from the Doame                                    west of the Situk River drainage, and south 
     River to Point Manby.                                              of and including Knight Island.             
    SOUTH-EASTERN ALASKA AREA--         Salmon and Dolly Varden char.  Residents of the City of Saxman.             
     District 1--Section 1-E in waters                                                                              
     of the Naha River and Roosevelt                                                                                
     Lagoon.                                                                                                        
    District 1--Section 1-F in Boca de  Salmon and Dolly Varden char.  Residents of the City of Saxman.             
     Quadra in waters of Sockeye Creek                                                                              
     and Hugh Smith Lake within 500                                                                                 
     yards of the terminus of Sockeye                                                                               
     Creek.                                                                                                         
    
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    District 2--North of the latitude   Salmon and Dolly Varden char.  Residents of the City of Kasaan and in the   
     of the northern-most tip of                                        drainage of the southeastern shore of the   
     Chasina Point and west of a line                                   Kasaan Peninsula west of 132 deg.20' W.     
     from the northern-most tip of                                      long. and east of 132 deg.25' W. long.      
     Chasina Point to the eastern-most                                                                              
     tip of Grindall Island to the                                                                                  
     eastern-most tip of the Kasaan                                                                                 
     Peninsula.                                                                                                     
    District 3--Section 3-A...........  Salmon and Dolly Varden char.  Residents of the townsite of Hydaburg.       
    District 3--Section 3-B in waters   Salmon, Dolly Varden char,     Residents of the City of Klawock and on      
     east of a line from Point           and steelhead trout.           Prince of Wales Island within the boundaries
     Ildefonso to Tranquil Point.                                       of the Klawock Heenya Corporation land      
                                                                        holdings as they exist in January 1989, and 
                                                                        those residents of the City of Craig and on 
                                                                        Prince of Wales Island within the boundaries
                                                                        of the Shan Seet Corporation land holdings  
                                                                        as they exist in January 1989.              
    District 3--Section 3-C in waters   Salmon, Dolly Varden char,     Residents of the City of Klawock and on      
     of Sarkar Lakes.                    and steelhead trout.           Prince of Wales Island within the boundaries
                                                                        of the Klawock Heenya Corporation land      
                                                                        holdings as they exist in January 1989, and 
                                                                        those residents of the City of Craig and on 
                                                                        Prince of Wales Island within the boundaries
                                                                        of the Shan Seet Corporation land holdings  
                                                                        as they exist in January 1989.              
    District 5--North of a line from    Salmon and Dolly Varden char.  Residents of the City of Kake and in         
     Point Barrie to Boulder Point.                                     Kupreanof Island drainages emptying into    
                                                                        Keku Strait south of Point White and north  
                                                                        of the Portage Bay boat harbor.             
    District 9--Section 9-A...........  Salmon and Dolly Varden char.  Residents of the City of Kake and in         
                                                                        Kupreanof Island drainages emptying into    
                                                                        Keku Strait south of Point White and north  
                                                                        of the Portage Bay boat harbor.             
    District 9--Section 9-B north of    Salmon and Dolly Varden char.  Residents of the City of Kake and in         
     the latitude of Swain Point.                                       Kupreanof Island drainages emptying into    
                                                                        Keku Strait south of Point White and north  
                                                                        of the Portage Bay boat harbor.             
    District 10--West of a line from    Salmon and Dolly Varden char.  Residents of the City of Kake and in         
     Pinta Point to False Point Pybus.                                  Kupreanof Island drainages emptying into    
                                                                        Keku Strait south of Point White and north  
                                                                        of the Portage Bay boat harbor.             
    District 12--South of a line from   Salmon and Dolly Varden char.  Residents of the City of Angoon and along the
     Fishery Point to south Passage                                     western shore of Admiralty Island north of  
     Point and north of the latitude                                    the latitude of Sand Island, south of the   
     of Point Caution.                                                  latitude of Thayer Creek, and west of 134   
                                                                        deg. 30' W. long., including Killisnoo      
                                                                        Island.                                     
    District 13--Section 13-A south of  Sockeye salmon...............  Residents of the City and Borough of Sitka in
     the latitude of Cape Edward.                                       drainages which empty into Section 13-B     
                                                                        north of the latitude of Dorothy Narrows.   
    District 13--Section 13-B north of  Sockeye salmon...............  Residents of the City and Borough of Sitka in
     the latitude of Redfish Cape.                                      drainages which empty into Section 13-B     
                                                                        north of the latitude of Dorothy Narrows.   
    District 13--Section 13-C.........  Sockeye salmon...............  Residents of the City and Borough of Sitka in
                                                                        drainages which empty into Section 13-B     
                                                                        north of the latitude of Dorothy Narrows.   
    District 13--Section 13-C east of   Salmon and Dolly Varden char.  Residents of the City of Angoon and along the
     the longitude of Point Elizabeth.                                  western shore of Admiralty Island north of  
                                                                        the latitude of Sand Island, south of the   
                                                                        latitude of Thayer Creek, and west of 134   
                                                                        deg. 30' W. long., including Killisnoo      
                                                                        Island.                                     
    District 14--Section 14-B and 14-C  Salmon, smelt and Dolly        Residents of the City of Hoonah and in       
                                         Varden char.                   Chichagof Island drainages on the eastern   
                                                                        shore of Port Frederick from Gartina Creek  
                                                                        to Point Sophia.                            
    District 15--Chilkat and Chilkoot   Salmon and smelt.............  Residents west of the Haines highway between 
     Rivers.                                                            Mile 20 and Mile 24 and east of the Chilkat 
                                                                        River, but not elsewhere in Klukwan; and,   
                                                                        those residents of other areas of the city  
                                                                        and borough of Haines, excluding residents  
                                                                        in the drainage of Excursion Inlet. Hai of  
                                                                        Haines, excluding residents in the drainage 
                                                                        of Excursion Inlet.                         
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        (b) [Reserved]
    
    Subpart D--Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife
    
        3. In Subpart D of 36 CFR part 242 and 50 CFR part 100, 
    Sec. ____.25 is added effective July 1, 1997, through June 30, 1998, to 
    read as follows:
    
    
    Sec. ____.25  Subsistence taking of wildlife.
    
        (a) Definitions. The following definitions shall apply to all 
    regulations contained in this section.
        ADF&G means the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
        Aircraft means any kind of airplane, glider, or other device used 
    to transport people or equipment through the air, excluding 
    helicopters.
        Airport means an airport listed in the Federal Aviation 
    Administration, Alaska Airman's Guide and chart supplement.
        Animal means those species with a vertebral column (backbone).
        Antler means one or more solid, horn-like appendages protruding 
    from the head of a caribou, deer, or moose.
        Antlered means any caribou, deer, or moose having at least one 
    visible antler.
    
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        Antlerless means any caribou, deer, or moose not having visible 
    antlers attached to the skull.
        Bear means black bear, or brown or grizzly bear.
        Bow means a longbow, recurve bow, or compound bow, excluding a 
    crossbow, or any bow equipped with a mechanical device that holds 
    arrows at full draw.
        Broadhead means an arrowhead that is not barbed and has two or more 
    steel cutting edges having a minimum cutting diameter of not less than 
    seven-eighths inch.
        Brow tine means a tine on the front portion of a moose antler, 
    typically projecting forward from the base of the antler toward the 
    nose.
        Buck means any male deer.
        Bull means any male moose, caribou, or musk oxen.
        Closed season means the time when wildlife may not be taken.
        Cub bear means a brown or grizzly bear in its first or second year 
    of life, or a black bear (including cinnamon and blue phases) in its 
    first year of life.
        Designated hunter means a Federally qualified, licensed hunter who 
    may take all or a portion of another Federally qualified, licensed 
    hunter's harvest limit(s) only under situations approved by the Board.
        Edible meat means the breast meat of ptarmigan and grouse, and, 
    those parts of black bear, brown and grizzly bear, caribou, deer, 
    mountain goat, moose, musk oxen, and Dall sheep that are typically used 
    for human consumption which are: the meat of the ribs, neck, brisket, 
    front quarters as far as the juncture of the humerus and radius-ulna 
    (elbow), hindquarters as far as the distal joint (bottom) of the tibia-
    fibula (hock) and that portion of the animal between the front and 
    hindquarters; however, edible meat of species listed above does not 
    include: meat of the head, meat that has been damaged and made inedible 
    by the method of taking, bones, sinew, and incidental meat reasonably 
    lost as a result of boning or close trimming of the bones, or viscera.
        Federally-qualified subsistence user means a rural Alaska resident 
    qualified to harvest fish or wildlife on Federal public lands in 
    accordance with the Federal Subsistence Management Regulations in this 
    part.
        Fifty-inch (50-inch) moose means a bull moose with an antler spread 
    of 50 inches or more.
        Full curl horn means the horn of a Dall sheep ram; the tip of which 
    has grown through 360 degrees of a circle described by the outer 
    surface of the horn, as viewed from the side, or that both horns are 
    broken, or that the sheep is at least 8 years of age as determined by 
    horn growth annuli.
        Furbearer means a beaver, coyote, arctic fox, red fox, lynx, 
    marten, mink, weasel, muskrat, river (land) otter, red squirrel, flying 
    squirrel, ground squirrel, marmot, wolf or wolverine.
        Grouse collectively refers to all species found in Alaska, 
    including spruce grouse, ruffed grouse, blue grouse and sharp-tailed 
    grouse.
        Hare or hares collectively refers to all species of hares (commonly 
    called rabbits) in Alaska and includes snowshoe hare and tundra hare.
        Harvest limit means the number of any one species permitted to be 
    taken by any one person in a Unit or portion of a Unit in which the 
    taking occurs.
        Highway means the driveable surface of any constructed road.
        Household means that group of people residing in the same 
    residence.
        Hunting means the taking of wildlife within established hunting 
    seasons with archery equipment or firearms, and as authorized by a 
    required hunting license.
        Marmot collectively refers to all species of marmot that occur in 
    Alaska including the hoary marmot, Alaska marmot, and the woodchuck.
        Motorized vehicle means a motor-driven land, air or water 
    conveyance.
        Open season means the time when wildlife may be taken by hunting or 
    trapping; an open season includes the first and last days of the 
    prescribed season period.
        Otter means river or land otter only, excluding sea otter.
        Permit hunt means a hunt for which State or Federal permits are 
    issued by registration or other means.
        Poison means any substance which is toxic, or poisonous upon 
    contact or ingestion.
        Possession means having direct physical control of wildlife at a 
    given time or having both the power and intention to exercise dominion 
    or control of wildlife either directly or through another person or 
    persons.
        Ptarmigan collectively refers to all species found in Alaska, 
    including white-tailed ptarmigan, rock ptarmigan, and willow ptarmigan.
        Ram means a male Dall sheep.
        Registration permit means a permit which authorizes hunting and is 
    issued to a person who agrees to the specified hunting conditions. 
    Hunting permitted by a registration permit begins on an announced date 
    and continues throughout the open season, or until the season is closed 
    by Board action. Registration permits are issued in the order 
    applications are received and/or are based on priorities as determined 
    by 50 CFR 100.17 and 36 CFR 242.17.
        Sealing means placing a mark or tag on a portion of a harvested 
    animal by an authorized representative of the ADF&G; sealing includes 
    collecting and recording information about the conditions under which 
    the animal was harvested, and measurements of the specimen submitted 
    for sealing, or surrendering a specific portion of the animal for 
    biological information.
        Seven-eighths curl horn means the horn of a male Dall sheep, the 
    tip of which has grown through seven-eights (315 degrees) of a circle, 
    described by the outer surface of the horn, as viewed from the side, or 
    with both horns broken.
        Skin, hide, pelt or fur mean any tanned or untanned external 
    covering of an animal's body; excluding bear. The skin, hide, fur or 
    pelt of a bear shall mean the entire external covering with claws 
    attached.
        Spike-fork moose means a bull moose with only one or two tines on 
    either antler; male calves are not spike-fork bulls.
        Take or Taking means to pursue, hunt, shoot, trap, net, capture, 
    collect, kill, harm, or attempt to engage in any such conduct.
        Tine or antler point refers to any point on an antler, the length 
    of which is greater than its width and is at least one inch.
        Transportation means to ship, convey, carry or transport by any 
    means whatever, and deliver or receive for such shipment, conveyance, 
    carriage, or transportation.
        Trapping means the taking of furbearers within established trapping 
    seasons and with a required trapping license.
        Unclassified wildlife or unclassified species means all species of 
    animals not otherwise classified by the definitions herein, or 
    regulated under other Federal law as listed in paragraph (i) of this 
    section.
        Ungulate means any species of hoofed mammal, including deer, 
    caribou, moose, mountain goat, Dall sheep, and musk oxen.
        Unit means one of the 26 geographical areas in the State of Alaska 
    known as Game Management Units, or GMU, and collectively listed in this 
    section as Units.
        Wildlife means any hare (rabbit), ptarmigan, grouse, ungulate, 
    bear, furbearer, or unclassified species and includes any part, 
    product, egg, or offspring thereof, or carcass or part thereof.
        (b) Wildlife may be taken for subsistence uses by any method, 
    except as prohibited in this section or by other Federal statute. 
    Taking wildlife for
    
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    subsistence uses by a prohibited method is a violation of this part. 
    Seasons are closed unless opened by Federal regulation. Hunting or 
    trapping during a closed season or in an area closed by this part is 
    prohibited.
        (1) Except for special provisions found at paragraphs (k) (1) 
    through (26) of this section, the following methods and means of taking 
    wildlife for subsistence uses are prohibited:
        (i) Shooting from, on, or across a highway;
        (ii) Using any poison;
        (iii) Using a helicopter in any manner, including transportation of 
    individuals, equipment or wildlife; however, this prohibition does not 
    apply to transportation of an individual, gear, or wildlife during an 
    emergency rescue operation in a life threatening situation;
        (iv) Taking wildlife from a motorized land or air vehicle, when 
    that vehicle is in motion or from a motor-driven boat when the boat's 
    progress from the motor's power has not ceased;
        (v) Using a motorized vehicle to drive, herd, or molest wildlife;
        (vi) Using or being aided by use of a machine gun, set gun, or a 
    shotgun larger than 10 gauge;
        (vii) Using a firearm other than a shotgun, muzzle-loaded rifle, 
    rifle or pistol using center-firing cartridges, for the taking of 
    ungulates, bear, wolves or wolverine, except that--
        (A) An individual in possession of a valid trapping license may use 
    a firearm that shoots rimfire cartridges to take wolves and wolverine;
        (B) Only a muzzle-loading rifle of .54-caliber or larger, or a .45-
    caliber muzzle-loading rifle with a 250-grain, or larger, elongated 
    slug may be used to take brown bear, black bear, moose, musk oxen and 
    mountain goat;
        (viii) Using or being aided by use of a pit, fire, artificial 
    light, radio communication, artificial salt lick, explosive, barbed 
    arrow, bomb, smoke, chemical, conventional steel trap with a jaw spread 
    over nine inches, or conibear style trap with a jaw spread over 11 
    inches;
        (ix) Using a snare, except that an individual in possession of a 
    valid hunting license may use nets and snares to take unclassified 
    wildlife, ptarmigan, grouse, or hares; and, individuals in possession 
    of a valid trapping license may use snares to take furbearers;
        (x) Using a trap to take ungulates or bear;
        (xi) Using hooks to physically snag, impale or otherwise take 
    wildlife; however, hooks may be used as a trap drag;
        (xii) Using a crossbow in any area restricted to hunting by bow and 
    arrow only to take ungulates, bear, wolf or wolverine;
        (xiii) Taking of ungulates, bear, wolf, or wolverine with a bow, 
    unless the bow is capable of casting a \7/8\ inch wide broadhead-tipped 
    arrow at least 175 yards horizontally, and the arrow and broadhead 
    together weigh at least one ounce (437.5 grains);
        (xiv) Using bait for taking ungulates, bear, wolf, or wolverine; 
    except, bait may be used to take wolves and wolverine with a trapping 
    license, and, bait may be used to take black bears with a hunting 
    license as authorized in Unit-specific regulations at paragraphs (k) 
    (1) through (26) of this section. Baiting of black bears is subject to 
    the following restrictions:
        (A) No person may establish a black bear bait station unless he or 
    she first registers the site with ADF&G;
        (B) A person using bait shall clearly mark the site with a sign 
    reading ``black bear bait station'' that also displays the person's 
    hunting license number and ADF&G assigned number;
        (C) Only biodegradable materials may be used for bait; only the 
    head, bones, viscera, or skin of legally harvested fish and wildlife 
    may be used for bait;
        (D) No person may use bait within one-quarter mile of a publicly 
    maintained road or trail;
        (E) No person may use bait within one mile of a house or other 
    permanent dwelling, or within one mile of a developed campground, or 
    developed recreational facility;
        (F) A person using bait shall remove litter and equipment from the 
    bait station site when hunting is completed;
        (G) No person may give or receive remuneration for the use of a 
    bait station, including barter or exchange of goods;
        (H) No person may have more than two bait stations with bait 
    present at any one time;
        (xv) Taking swimming ungulates, bear, wolves or wolverine;
        (xvi) Taking or assisting in the taking of ungulates, bear, wolves, 
    wolverine, or other furbearers before 3:00 a.m. following the day in 
    which airborne travel occurred (except for flights in regularly 
    scheduled commercial aircraft); however this restriction does not apply 
    to subsistence taking of deer;
        (xvii) Taking a bear cub or a sow accompanied by cub(s).
        (2) Wildlife taken in defense of life or property is not a 
    subsistence use; wildlife so taken is subject to State regulations.
        (3) The following methods and means of trapping furbearers, for 
    subsistence uses pursuant to the requirements of a trapping license are 
    prohibited, in addition to the prohibitions listed at paragraph (b)(1) 
    of this section:
        (i) Disturbing or destroying a den, except that any muskrat pushup 
    or feeding house may be disturbed in the course of trapping;
        (ii) Disturbing or destroying any beaver house;
        (iii) Taking beaver by any means other than a steel trap or snare, 
    except that firearms may be used in certain Units with established 
    seasons as identified in Unit-specific regulations found in this 
    subpart;
        (iv) Taking otter with a steel trap having a jaw spread of less 
    than five and seven-eighths inches during any closed mink and marten 
    season in the same Unit;
        (v) Using a net, or fish trap (except a blackfish or fyke trap);
        (vi) Taking beaver in the Minto Flats Management Area with the use 
    of an aircraft for ground transportation, or by landing within one mile 
    of a beaver trap or set used by the transported person;
        (vii) Taking or assisting in the taking of furbearers by firearm 
    before 3:00 a.m. on the day following the day on which airborne travel 
    occurred; however, this does not apply to a trapper using a firearm to 
    dispatch furbearers caught in a trap or snare.
        (c) Possession and transportation of wildlife.
        (1) Except as specified in paragraphs (c)(3)(ii) or (c)(4) of this 
    section, or as otherwise provided, no person may take a species of 
    wildlife in any Unit, or portion of a Unit, if that person's total take 
    of that species already obtained anywhere in the State under Federal 
    and State regulations equals or exceeds the harvest limit in that Unit.
        (2) An animal taken under Federal or State regulations by any 
    member of a community with an established community harvest limit for 
    that species counts toward the community harvest limit for that 
    species. Except for wildlife taken pursuant to Sec. ____.6(f)(3) or as 
    otherwise provided for by this part, an animal taken as part of a 
    community harvest limit counts toward every community member's harvest 
    limit for that species taken under Federal or State of Alaska 
    regulations.
        (3) Harvest limits.
        (i) Harvest limits, including those related to ceremonial uses, 
    authorized by this section and harvest limits established in State 
    regulations may not be accumulated.
        (ii) Wildlife taken by a designated hunter for another person 
    pursuant to Sec. ____.6(f)(2), counts toward the individual harvest 
    limit of the person for whom the wildlife is taken.
    
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        (4) The harvest limit specified for a trapping season for a species 
    and the harvest limit set for a hunting season for the same species are 
    separate and distinct. This means that a person who has taken a harvest 
    limit for a particular species under a trapping season may take 
    additional animals under the harvest limit specified for a hunting 
    season or vice versa.
        (5) A brown/grizzly bear taken in a Unit or portion of a Unit 
    having a harvest limit of one brown/grizzly bear per year counts 
    against a one brown/grizzly bear every four regulatory years harvest 
    limit in other Units; an individual may not take more than one brown/
    grizzly bear in a regulatory year.
        (6) A harvest limit applies to the number of animals that can be 
    taken during a regulatory year; however, harvest limits for grouse, 
    ptarmigan, and caribou (in some Units) are regulated by the number that 
    may be taken per day. Harvest limits of grouse and ptarmigan are also 
    regulated by the number that can be held in possession.
        (7) Unless otherwise provided, any person who gives or receives 
    wildlife shall furnish, upon a request made by a Federal or State 
    agent, a signed statement describing the following: names and addresses 
    of persons who gave and received wildlife, the time and place that the 
    wildlife was taken, and identification of species transferred. Where a 
    qualified subsistence user has designated another qualified subsistence 
    user to take wildlife on his or her behalf in accordance with 
    Sec. ____.6, the permit shall be furnished in place of a signed 
    statement.
        (8) A rural Alaska resident who has been designated to take 
    wildlife on behalf of another rural Alaska resident in accordance with 
    Sec. ____.6, shall promptly deliver the wildlife to that rural Alaska 
    resident.
        (9) No person may possess, transport, give, receive or barter 
    wildlife that was taken in violation of Federal or State statutes or a 
    regulation promulgated thereunder.
        (10) Evidence of sex and identity.
        (i) If subsistence take of Dall sheep is restricted to a ram, no 
    person may possess or transport a harvested sheep unless both horns 
    accompany the animal.
        (ii) If the subsistence taking of an ungulate, except sheep, is 
    restricted to one sex in the local area, no person may possess or 
    transport the carcass of an animal taken in that area unless sufficient 
    portions of the external sex organs remain attached to indicate 
    conclusively the sex of the animal; however, this paragraph (c)(10)(ii) 
    does not apply to the carcass of an ungulate that has been butchered 
    and placed in storage or otherwise prepared for consumption upon 
    arrival at the location where it is to be consumed.
        (iii) If a moose harvest limit includes an antler size or 
    configuration restriction, no person may possess or transport the moose 
    carcass or its parts unless both antlers accompany the carcass or its 
    parts. A person possessing a set of antlers with less than the required 
    number of brow tines on one antler shall leave the antlers naturally 
    attached to the unbroken, uncut skull plate; however, this paragraph 
    (c)(10)(iii) does not apply to a moose carcass or its parts that have 
    been butchered and placed in storage or otherwise prepared for 
    consumption after arrival at the place where it is to be stored or 
    consumed.
        (d) A person who takes an animal that has been marked or tagged for 
    scientific studies must, within a reasonable time, notify the ADF&G or 
    the agency identified on the collar or marker, when and where the 
    animal was taken. Any ear tag, collar, radio, tattoo, or other 
    identification must be retained with the hide until it is sealed, if 
    sealing is required; in all cases, any identification equipment must be 
    returned to the ADF&G or to an agency identified on such equipment.
        (e) Sealing of bear skins and skulls.
        (1) Sealing requirements for bear shall apply to brown bears taken 
    in all Units, except as specified below, and black bears of all color 
    phases taken in Units 1-7, 11-17, and 20.
        (2) No person may possess or transport from Alaska, the untanned 
    skin or skull of a bear unless the skin and skull have been sealed by 
    an authorized representative of ADF&G in accordance with State or 
    Federal regulations, except that the skin and skull of a brown bear 
    taken under a registration permit in the Western Alaska Brown Bear 
    Management Area, the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area, Unit 
    5, or Unit 9(B) need not be sealed unless removed from the area.
        (3) A person who possesses a bear shall keep the skin and skull 
    together until a representative of the ADF&G has removed a rudimentary 
    premolar tooth from the skull and sealed both the skull and the skin; 
    however, this provision shall not apply to brown bears taken within the 
    Western Alaska Brown Bear Management Area, the Northwest Alaska Brown 
    Bear Management Area, Unit 5, or Unit 9(B) which are not removed from 
    the Management Area or Unit.
        (i) In areas where sealing is required by Federal regulations, no 
    person may possess or transport the hide of a bear which does not have 
    the penis sheath or vaginal orifice naturally attached to indicate 
    conclusively the sex of the bear.
        (ii) If the skin or skull of a bear taken in the Western Alaska 
    Brown Bear Management Area is removed from the area, it must first be 
    sealed by an ADF&G representative in Bethel, Dillingham, or McGrath; at 
    the time of sealing, the ADF&G representative shall remove and retain 
    the skin of the skull and front claws of the bear.
        (iii) If the skin or skull of a bear taken in the Northwestern 
    Alaska Brown Bear Management Area is removed from the area, it must 
    first be sealed by an ADF&G representative in Barrow, Fairbanks, 
    Galena, or Kotzebue; at the time of sealing, the ADF&G representative 
    shall remove and retain the skin of the skull and front claws of the 
    bear.
        (iv) If the skin or skull of a bear taken in Unit 5 is removed from 
    the area, it must first be sealed by an ADF&G representative in 
    Yakutat; at the time of sealing, the ADF&G representative shall remove 
    and retain the skin of the skull and front claws of the bear.
        (4) No person may falsify any information required on the sealing 
    certificate or temporary sealing form provided by the ADF&G in 
    accordance with State regulations.
        (f) Sealing of beaver, lynx, marten, otter, wolf, and wolverine. No 
    person may possess or transport from Alaska the untanned skin of a 
    marten taken in Units 1-5, 7, 13(E), and 14-16 or the untanned skin of 
    a beaver, lynx, otter, wolf, or wolverine, whether taken inside or 
    outside the state, unless the skin has been sealed by an authorized 
    representative of ADF&G in accordance with State regulations.
        (1) Any wolf taken in Unit 2 must be sealed on or before the 30th 
    day after the date of taking.
        (2) The radius and ulna of the left foreleg must remain naturally 
    attached to the hide of any wolf taken in Units 1-5 until the hide is 
    sealed.
        (g) A person who takes a species listed in paragraph (f) of this 
    section but who is unable to present the skin in person, must complete 
    and sign a temporary sealing form and ensure that the completed 
    temporary sealing form and skin are presented to an authorized 
    representative of ADF&G for sealing consistent with requirements listed 
    in paragraph (f) of this section.
        (h) Utilization of Wildlife. (1) No person may use wildlife as food 
    for a dog or furbearer, or as bait, except for the following:
    
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        (i) The hide, skin, viscera, head, or bones of wildlife;
        (ii) The skinned carcass of a furbearer;
        (iii) Squirrels, hares (rabbits), grouse and ptarmigan; however, 
    the breast meat of grouse and ptarmigan may not be used as animal food 
    or bait;
        (iv) Unclassified wildlife.
        (2) A person taking wildlife for subsistence shall salvage the 
    following parts for human use:
        (i) The hide of a wolf, wolverine, coyote, fox, lynx, marten, mink, 
    weasel or otter;
        (ii) The hide and edible meat of a brown bear, except that the hide 
    of brown bears taken in the Western and Northwestern Alaska Brown Bear 
    Management Areas and Units 5 and 9(B) need not be salvaged;
        (iii) The hide and edible meat of a black bear;
        (iv) The hide or meat of squirrels, hares (rabbits), marmots, 
    beaver, muskrats, or unclassified wildlife.
        (3) Failure to salvage edible meat of ungulates, bear, or grouse 
    and ptarmigan is prohibited.
        (4) Failure to salvage the edible meat may not be a violation if 
    such failure is caused by circumstances beyond the control of a person, 
    including theft of the harvested wildlife, unanticipated weather 
    conditions, or unavoidable loss to another animal.
        (i) The regulations found in this section do not apply to the 
    subsistence taking and use of wildlife regulated pursuant to the Fur 
    Seal Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 927, 16 U.S.C. 1187), the Endangered Species 
    Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 884, 16 U.S.C. 1531-1543), the Marine Mammal 
    Protection Act of 1972 (86 Stat. 1027; 16 U.S.C. 1361-1407), and the 
    Migratory Bird Treaty Act (40 Stat. 755; 16 U.S.C. 703-711), or any 
    amendments to these Acts. The taking and use of wildlife, covered by 
    these Acts, will conform to the specific provisions contained in these 
    Acts, as amended, and any implementing regulations.
        (j) Rural residents, non-rural residents, and nonresidents not 
    specifically prohibited by Federal regulations from hunting or trapping 
    on public lands in an area, may hunt or trap on public lands in 
    accordance with the appropriate State regulations.
        (k) Unit Regulations. Subsistence taking of unclassified wildlife, 
    all squirrel species, and marmots is allowed in all Units, without 
    harvest limits, for the period of July 1-June 30. Subsistence taking of 
    wildlife outside established Unit seasons, or in excess of the 
    established Unit harvest limits, is prohibited unless otherwise 
    modified by subsequent regulation. Taking of wildlife under State 
    regulations on public lands is permitted, except as otherwise 
    restricted at paragraphs (k) (1) through (26) of this section. 
    Additional Unit-specific restrictions or allowances for subsistence 
    taking of wildlife are identified at paragraphs (k) (1) through (26) of 
    this section.
        (1) Unit 1. Unit 1 consists of all mainland drainages from Dixon 
    Entrance to Cape Fairweather, and those islands east of the center line 
    of Clarence Strait from Dixon Entrance to Caamano Point, and all 
    islands in Stephens Passage and Lynn Canal north of Taku Inlet:
        (i) Unit 1(A) consists of all drainages south of the latitude of 
    Lemesurier Point including all drainages into Behm Canal, excluding all 
    drainages of Ernest Sound;
        (ii) Unit 1(B) consists of all drainages between the latitude of 
    Lemesurier Point and the latitude of Cape Fanshaw including all 
    drainages of Ernest Sound and Farragut Bay, and including the islands 
    east of the center lines of Frederick Sound, Dry Strait (between 
    Sergief and Kadin Islands), Eastern Passage, Blake Channel (excluding 
    Blake Island), Ernest Sound and Seward Passage;
        (iii) Unit 1(C) consists of that portion of Unit 1 draining into 
    Stephens Passage and Lynn Canal north of Cape Fanshaw and south of the 
    latitude of Eldred Rock including Berners Bay, Sullivan Island, and all 
    mainland portions north of Chichagof Island and south of the latitude 
    of Eldred Rock, excluding drainages into Farragut Bay;
        (iv) Unit 1(D) consists of that portion of Unit 1 north of the 
    latitude of Eldred Rock, excluding Sullivan Island and the drainages of 
    Berners Bay;
        (v) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
    uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
        (A) Public lands within Glacier Bay National Park are closed to all 
    taking of wildlife for subsistence uses;
        (B) Unit 1(A)--in the Hyder area, the Salmon River drainage 
    downstream from the Riverside Mine, excluding the Thumb Creek drainage, 
    is closed to the taking of bear;
        (C) Unit 1(B)--the Anan Creek drainage within one mile of Anan 
    Creek downstream from the mouth of Anan Lake, including the area within 
    a one mile radius from the mouth of Anan Creek Lagoon, is closed to the 
    taking of black bear and brown bear;
        (D) Unit 1(C):
        (1) The area within one-fourth mile of Mendenhall Lake, the U.S. 
    Forest Service Mendenhall Glacier Visitor's Center, and the Center's 
    parking area, is closed to hunting;
        (2) The area of Mt. Bullard bounded by the Mendenhall Glacier, 
    Nugget Creek from its mouth to its confluence with Goat Creek, and a 
    line from the mouth of Goat Creek north to the Mendenhall Glacier, is 
    closed to the taking of mountain goat;
        (vi) In Unit 1(C), Juneau area, the trapping of furbearers for 
    subsistence uses is prohibited on the following public lands:
        (A) A strip within one-quarter mile of the mainland coast between 
    the end of Thane Road and the end of Glacier Highway at Echo Cove;
        (B) That area of the Mendenhall Valley bounded on the south by the 
    Glacier Highway, on the west by the Mendenhall Loop Road and Montana 
    Creek Road and Spur Road to Mendenhall Lake, on the north by Mendenhall 
    Lake, and on the east by the Mendenhall Loop Road and Forest Service 
    Glacier Spur Road to the Forest Service Visitor Center;
        (C) That area within the U.S. Forest Service Mendenhall Glacier 
    Recreation Area;
        (D) A strip within one-quarter mile of the following trails as 
    designated on U.S. Geological Survey maps: Herbert Glacier Trail, 
    Windfall Lake Trail, Peterson Lake Trail, Spaulding Meadows Trail 
    (including the loop trail), Nugget Creek Trail, Outer Point Trail, Dan 
    Moller Trail, Perseverance Trail, Granite Creek Trail, Mt. Roberts 
    Trail and Nelson Water Supply Trail, Sheep Creek Trail, and Point 
    Bishop Trail;
        (vii) Unit-specific regulations:
        (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear in Units 1(A), 1(B), and 
    1(D) between April 15 and June 15;
        (B) Boats may not be used to take ungulates, bear, wolves, or 
    wolverine, except for persons certified as disabled;
        (C) The taking of wildlife outside the seasons or harvest limits 
    provided in this part for food in traditional religious ceremonies 
    which are part of a funerary or mortuary cycle, including memorial 
    potlatches, is authorized in Units 1-5 provided that:
        (1) The person organizing the religious ceremony, or designee, 
    contact the appropriate Federal land management agency prior to taking 
    or attempting to take game and provides to the appropriate Federal land 
    managing agency the name of the decedent, the nature of the ceremony, 
    the species and number to be taken, the Unit(s) in which the taking 
    will occur;
        (2) The taking does not violate recognized principles of fish and 
    wildlife conservation;
        (3) Each person who takes wildlife under this section must, as soon 
    as
    
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    practicable, and not more than 15 days after the harvest, submit a 
    written report to the appropriate Federal land managing agency, 
    specifying the harvester's name and address, the number, sex and 
    species of wildlife taken, the date and locations of the taking, and 
    the name of the decedent for whom the ceremony was held;
        (4) No permit or harvest ticket is required for taking under this 
    section; however, the harvester must be an Alaska rural resident with 
    customary and traditional use in that area where the harvesting will 
    occur;
        (D) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may 
    designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take deer on 
    his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a community 
    operating under a community harvest system. The designated hunter must 
    obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest 
    report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but 
    may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any 
    one time.
    
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                   Harvest limits                        Open season        
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                                     Hunting                                
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    Black Bear:                                                             
        2 bears, no more than one may be a blue  Sept. 1-June 30.           
         or glacier bear.                                                   
    Brown Bear:                                                             
        1 bear every four regulatory years by    Sept. 15-Dec. 31.          
         State registration permit only.         Mar. 15-May 31.            
    Deer:                                                                   
        Unit 1(A)--4 antlered deer.............  Aug. 1-Dec. 31.            
        Unit 1(B)--2 antlered deer.............  Aug. 1-Dec. 31.            
        Unit 1(C)--4 deer; however, antlerless   Aug. 1-Dec. 31.            
         deer may be taken only from Sept. 15-                              
         Dec. 31.                                                           
    Goat:                                                                   
        Unit 1(A)--Revillagigedo Island only...  No open season.            
        Unit 1(B)--that portion north of         Aug. 1-Dec. 31.            
         LeConte Bay. 1 goat by State                                       
         registration permit only; the taking                               
         of kids or nannies accompanied by kids                             
         is prohibited.                                                     
        Unit 1(B)--that portion between LeConte  Aug. 1-Dec. 31.            
         Bay and the North Fork of Bradfield                                
         River/Canal. 2 goats; a State                                      
         registration permit will be required                               
         for the taking of the first goat and a                             
         Federal registration permit for the                                
         taking of a second goat; the taking of                             
         kids or nannies accompanied by kids is                             
         prohibited.                                                        
        Unit 1(A) and Unit 1(B)--Remainder--2    Aug. 1-Dec. 31.            
         goats by State registration permit                                 
         only.                                                              
        Unit 1(C)--that portion draining into    Oct. 1-Nov. 30.            
         Lynn Canal and Stephens Passage                                    
         between Antler River and Eagle Glacier                             
         and River, and all drainages of the                                
         Chilkat Range south of the Endicott                                
         River--1 goat by State registration                                
         permit only.                                                       
        Unit 1(C)--that portion draining into    No open season.            
         Stephens Passage and Taku Inlet                                    
         between Eagle Glacier and River and                                
         Taku Glacier.                                                      
        Remainder of Unit 1(C)--1 goat by State  Aug. 1-Nov. 30.            
         registration permit only.                                          
        Unit 1(D)--that portion lying north of   Sept. 15-Nov. 30.          
         the Katzehin River and northeast of                                
         the Haines highway--1 goat by State                                
         registration permit only.                                          
        Unit 1(D)--that portion lying between    No open season.            
         Taiya Inlet and River and the White                                
         Pass and Yukon Railroad.                                           
        Remainder of Unit 1(D)--1 goat by State  Aug. 1-Dec. 31.            
         registration permit only.                                          
    Moose:                                                                  
        Unit 1(A)--1 antlered bull.............  Sept. 15-Oct. 15.          
        Unit 1(B)--south and east of LeConte     Sept. 15-Oct. 15.          
         Bay and Glacier--1 antlered bull with                              
         spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or 3 or                              
         more brow tines on either antler, by                               
         State registration permit.                                         
        Remainder of Unit 1(B).................  No open season.            
        Unit 1(C), that portion south of Point   Sept. 15-Oct. 15.          
         Hobart including all Port Houghton                                 
         drainages--1 antlered bull with spike-                             
         fork or 50-inch antlers or 3 or more                               
         brow tines on either antler, by State                              
         registration permit.                                               
        Remainder of Unit 1(C)--excluding        Sept. 15-Oct. 15.          
         drainages of Berners Bay--1 antlered                               
         bull by State registration permit only.                            
        Unit 1(D)..............................  No open season.            
    Coyote:                                                                 
        2 coyotes..............................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.           
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and                                   
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        2 foxes................................  Nov. 1-Feb. 15.            
    Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
        5 hares per day........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.           
    Lynx:                                                                   
        2 lynx.................................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.            
    Wolf:                                                                   
        5 wolves...............................  Aug. 1-Apr. 30.            
    Wolverine:                                                              
        1 wolverine............................  Nov. 10-Feb. 15.           
    Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and Sharp-                                
     tailed):                                                               
        5 per day, 10 in possession............  Aug. 1-May 15.             
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):                             
        20 per day, 40 in possession)..........  Aug. 1-May 15.             
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                                    Trapping                                
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    Beaver:                                                                 
        Unit 1 (A), (B) and (C)--No limit......  Dec. 1-May 15.             
    Coyote:                                                                 
        No limit...............................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.            
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and                                   
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        No limit...............................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.            
    
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    Lynx:                                                                   
        No limit...............................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.            
    Marten:                                                                 
        No limit...............................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.            
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
        No limit...............................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.            
    Muskrat:                                                                
        No limit...............................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.            
    Otter:                                                                  
        No limit...............................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.            
    Wolf:                                                                   
        No limit...............................  Nov. 10-Apr. 30.           
    Wolverine:                                                              
        No limit...............................  Nov. 10-Apr. 30.           
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        (2) Unit 2. Unit 2 consists of Prince of Wales Island and all 
    islands west of the center lines of Clarence Strait and Kashevarof 
    Passage, south and east of the center lines of Sumner Strait, and east 
    of the longitude of the western most point on Warren Island.
        (i) Unit-specific regulations:
        (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
    15;
        (B) Boats may not be used to take ungulates, bear, wolves, or 
    wolverine, except for persons certified as disabled;
        (C) The taking of wildlife outside the seasons or harvest limits 
    provided in this part for food in traditional religious ceremonies 
    which are part of a funerary or mortuary cycle, including memorial 
    potlatches, is authorized in Units 1-5 provided that:
        (1) The person organizing the religious ceremony, or designee, 
    contact the appropriate Federal land management agency prior to taking 
    or attempting to take game and provides to the appropriate Federal land 
    managing agency the name of the decedent, the nature of the ceremony, 
    the species and number to be taken, the Unit(s) in which the taking 
    will occur;
        (2) The taking does not violate recognized principles of fish and 
    wildlife conservation;
        (3) Each person who takes wildlife under this section must, as soon 
    as practicable, and not more than 15 days after the harvest, submit a 
    written report to the appropriate Federal land managing agency, 
    specifying the harvester's name and address, the number, sex and 
    species of wildlife taken, the date and locations of the taking, and 
    the name of the decedent for whom the ceremony was held;
        (4) No permit or harvest ticket is required for taking under this 
    section; however, the harvester must be an Alaska rural resident with 
    customary and traditional use in that area where the harvesting will 
    occur;
        (D) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may 
    designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take deer on 
    his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a community 
    operating under a community harvest system. The designated hunter must 
    obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest 
    report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but 
    may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any 
    one time.
        (ii) [Reserved]
    
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                Harvest limits                        Open season           
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                                     Hunting                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                            
    Black Bear:                                                             
        2 bears, no more than one may be   Sept. 1-June 30.                 
         a blue or glacier bear.                                            
    Deer:                                                                   
        4 deer; however, no more than one  Aug. 1-Dec. 31.                  
         may be an antlerless deer.                                         
         Antlerless deer may be taken                                       
         only during the period Oct. 15-                                    
         Dec. 31.                                                           
    Coyote:                                                                 
        2 coyotes........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and                                   
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        2 foxes..........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
        5 hares per day..................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Lynx:                                                                   
        2 lynx...........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        5 wolves.........................  Dec. 1-Mar. 31.                  
    Wolverine:                                                              
        1 wolverine......................  Nov. 10-Feb. 15.                 
    Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and                                       
     Sharp-tailed):                                                         
        5 per day, 10 in possession......  Aug. 1-May 15.                   
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
     tailed):                                                               
        20 per day, 40 in possession.....  Aug. 1-May 15.                   
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Trapping                               
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Beaver:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-May 15.                   
    Coyote:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    
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    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and                                   
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Marten:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Muskrat:                                                                
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Otter:                                                                  
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Mar. 31.                  
    Wolverine:                                                              
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (3) Unit 3. (i) Unit 3 consists of all islands west of Unit 1(B), 
    north of Unit 2, south of the center line of Frederick Sound, and east 
    of the center line of Chatham Strait including Coronation, Kuiu, 
    Kupreanof, Mitkof, Zarembo, Kashevarof, Woronkofski, Etolin, Wrangell, 
    and Deer Islands.
        (ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
    uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
        (A) In the Petersburg vicinity, a strip one-fourth mile wide on 
    each side of the Mitkof Highway from Milepost 0 to Crystal Lake 
    campground is closed to the taking of ungulates, bear, wolves and 
    wolverine;
        (B) The Petersburg Creek drainage on Kupreanof Island is closed to 
    the taking of black bears;
        (C) Blind Slough draining into Wrangell Narrows and a strip one-
    fourth mile wide on each side of Blind Slough, from the hunting closure 
    markers at the southernmost portion of Blind Island to the hunting 
    closure markers one mile south of the Blind Slough bridge, are closed 
    to all hunting.
        (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
        (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
    15;
        (B) Boats may not be used to take ungulates, bear, wolves, or 
    wolverine, except for persons certified as disabled;
        (C) The taking of wildlife outside the seasons or harvest limits 
    provided in this part for food in traditional religious ceremonies 
    which are part of a funerary or mortuary cycle, including memorial 
    potlatches, is authorized in Units 1-5 provided that:
        (1) The person organizing the religious ceremony, or designee, 
    contact the appropriate Federal land management agency prior to taking 
    or attempting to take game and provides to the appropriate Federal land 
    managing agency the name of the decedent, the nature of the ceremony, 
    the species and number to be taken, the Unit(s) in which the taking 
    will occur;
        (2) The taking does not violate recognized principles of fish and 
    wildlife conservation;
        (3) Each person who takes wildlife under this section must, as soon 
    as practicable, and not more than 15 days after the harvest, submit a 
    written report to the appropriate Federal land managing agency, 
    specifying the harvester's name and address, the number, sex and 
    species of wildlife taken, the date and locations of the taking, and 
    the name of the decedent for whom the ceremony was held;
        (4) No permit or harvest ticket is required for taking under this 
    section; however, the harvester must be an Alaska rural resident with 
    customary and traditional use in that area where the harvesting will 
    occur;
        (D) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may 
    designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take deer on 
    his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a community 
    operating under a community harvest system. The designated hunter must 
    obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest 
    report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but 
    may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any 
    one time.
    
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                Harvest limits                        Open season           
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Hunting                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Black Bear:                                                             
        2 bears, no more than one may be   Sept. 1-June 30.                 
         a blue or glacier bear..                                           
    Deer:                                                                   
        Unit 3--Mitkof Island, Woewodski   Oct. 15-Oct. 31.                 
         Island, Butterworth Islands, and                                   
         that portion of Kupreanof Island                                   
         which includes Lindenburg                                          
         Peninsula east of the Portage                                      
         Bay/Duncan Canal Portage--1                                        
         antlered deer by State                                             
         registration permit only;                                          
         however, the city limits of                                        
         Petersburg and Kupreanof are                                       
         closed to hunting.                                                 
        Remainder of Unit 3--2 antlered    Aug. 1-Nov. 30.                  
         deer.                                                              
    Moose:                                                                  
        Unit 3--Mitkof and Wrangell        Sept. 15-Oct. 15.                
         Islands--1 antlered bull with                                      
         spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or                                   
         3 or more brow tines on either                                     
         antler by State registration                                       
         permit only.                                                       
        Remainder of Unit 3..............  No open season.                  
    Coyote:                                                                 
        2 coyotes........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and                                   
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        2 foxes..........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
        5 hares per day..................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Lynx:                                                                   
        2 lynx...........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    
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    Wolf:                                                                   
        5 wolves.........................  Aug. 1-Apr. 30.                  
    Wolverine:                                                              
        1 wolverine......................  Nov. 10-Feb. 15.                 
    Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and                                       
     Sharp-tailed):                                                         
        5 per day, 10 in possession......  Aug. 1-May 15.                   
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
     tailed):                                                               
        20 per day, 40 in possession.....  Aug. 1-May 15.                   
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Trapping                               
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Beaver:                                                                 
        Unit 3--Mitkof Island No limit...  Dec. 1-Apr. 15.                  
        Unit 3--except Mitkof Island No    Dec. 1-May 15.                   
         limit.                                                             
    Coyote:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and                                   
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Marten:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Muskrat:                                                                
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Otter:                                                                  
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10.-Apr. 30.                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (4) Unit 4. (i) Unit 4 consists of all islands south and west of 
    Unit 1(C) and north of Unit 3 including Admiralty, Baranof, Chichagof, 
    Yakobi, Inian, Lemesurier, and Pleasant Islands.
        (ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
    uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
        (A) The Seymour Canal Closed Area (Admiralty Island) including all 
    drainages into northwestern Seymour Canal between Staunch Point and the 
    southernmost tip of the unnamed peninsula separating Swan Cove and King 
    Salmon Bay including Swan and Windfall Islands, is closed to the taking 
    of bears;
        (B) The Salt Lake Bay Closed Area (Admiralty Island) including all 
    lands within one-fourth mile of Salt Lake above Klutchman Rock at the 
    head of Mitchell Bay, is closed to the taking of bears;
        (C) Port Althorp (Chichagof Island), that area within the Port 
    Althorp watershed south of a line from Point Lucan to Salt Chuck Point 
    (Trap Rock), is closed to the taking of brown bears;
        (D) Northeast Chichagof Controlled Use Area (NECCUA) consisting of 
    all portions of Unit 4 on Chichagof Island north of Tenakee Inlet and 
    east of the drainage divide from the northwest point of Gull Cove to 
    Port Frederick Portage, including all drainages into Port Frederick and 
    Mud Bay, is closed to the use of any motorized land vehicle for brown 
    bear hunting, or for the taking of marten, mink, or weasel.
        (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
        (A) Boats may not be used to take bear, wolves, or wolverine, 
    except for persons certified as disabled;
        (B) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may 
    designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take deer on 
    his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a community 
    operating under a community harvest system. The designated hunter must 
    obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest 
    report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but 
    may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any 
    one time;
        (C) The taking of wildlife outside the seasons or harvest limits 
    provided in this part for food in traditional religious ceremonies 
    which are part of a funerary or mortuary cycle, including memorial 
    potlatches, is authorized in Units 1-5 provided that:
        (1) The person organizing the religious ceremony, or designee, 
    contact the appropriate Federal land management agency prior to taking 
    or attempting to take game and provides to the appropriate Federal land 
    managing agency the name of the decedent, the nature of the ceremony, 
    the species and number to be taken, the Unit(s) in which the taking 
    will occur;
        (2) The taking does not violate recognized principles of fish and 
    wildlife conservation;
        (3) Each person who takes wildlife under this section must, as soon 
    as practicable, and not more than 15 days after the harvest, submit a 
    written report to the appropriate Federal land managing agency, 
    specifying the harvester's name and address, the number, sex and 
    species of wildlife taken, the date and locations of the taking, and 
    the name of the decedent for whom the ceremony was held;
        (4) No permit or harvest ticket is required for taking under this 
    section; however, the harvester must be an Alaska rural resident with 
    customary and traditional use in that area where the harvesting will 
    occur;
        (D) Chichagof Island is closed to the use of any motorized land 
    vehicle for the taking of marten, mink, and weasel.
    
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                Harvest limits                        Open season           
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Hunting                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Brown Bear:                                                             
        Unit 4--Chichagof Island south     Sept. 15-Dec. 31.                
         and west of a line that follows   Mar. 15-May 31.                  
         the crest of the island from                                       
         Rock Point (58 deg. N. lat., 136                                   
         deg. 21' W. long.), to Rodgers                                     
         Point (57 deg. 35' N. lat., 135                                    
         deg. 33' W. long.) including                                       
         Yakobi and other adjacent                                          
         islands; Baranof Island south                                      
         and west of a line which follows                                   
         the crest of the island from                                       
         Nismeni Point (57 deg. 34' N.                                      
         lat., 135 deg. 25' W. long.), to                                   
         the entrance of Gut Bay (56 deg.                                   
         44' N. lat. 134 deg. 38' W.                                        
         long.) including the drainages                                     
         into Gut Bay and including                                         
         Kruzof and other adjacent                                          
         islands--1 bear every four                                         
         regulatory years by State                                          
         registration permit only.                                          
        Unit 4--that portion in the        Mar. 15-May 20.                  
         Northeast Chichagof Controlled                                     
         Use Area--1 bear every four                                        
         regulatory years by State                                          
         registration permit only.                                          
        Remainder of Unit 4--1 bear every  Sept. 15-Dec. 31.                
         four regulatory years by State    Mar. 15-May 20.                  
         registration permit only.                                          
    Deer:                                                                   
        6 deer; however, antlerless deer   Aug. 1-Jan. 31.                  
         may be taken only from Sept. 15-                                   
         Jan. 31.                                                           
    Goat:                                                                   
        1 goat by State registration       Aug. 1-Dec. 31.                  
         permit only.                                                       
    Coyote:                                                                 
        2 coyotes........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and                                   
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        2 foxes..........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
        5 hares per day..................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Lynx:                                                                   
        2 lynx...........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        5 wolves.........................  Aug. 1-Apr. 30.                  
    Wolverine:                                                              
        1 wolverine......................  Nov. 10-Feb. 15.                 
    Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and                                       
     Sharp-tailed):                                                         
        5 per day, 10 in possession......  Aug. 1-May 15.                   
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
     tailed):                                                               
        20 per day, 40 in possession.....  Aug. 1.-May 15.                  
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Trapping                               
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Beaver:                                                                 
        Unit 4--that portion east of       Dec. 1-May 15.                   
         Chatham Strait--No limit.                                          
        Remainder of Unit 4..............  No open season.                  
    Coyote:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and                                   
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        1No limit........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Marten:                                                                 
        Unit 4--Chichagof Island--No       Dec. 1-Dec. 31.                  
         limit.                                                             
        Remainder of Unit 4--No limit....  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
        Unit 4--Chichagof Island--No       Dec. 1-Dec. 31.                  
         limit.                                                             
        Remainder of Unit 4--No limit....  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Muskrat:                                                                
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Otter:                                                                  
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (5) Unit 5. (i) Unit 5 consists of all Gulf of Alaska drainages and 
    islands between Cape Fairweather and the center line of Icy Bay, 
    including the Guyot Hills:
        (A) Unit 5(A) consists of all drainages east of Yakutat Bay, 
    Disenchantment Bay, and the eastern edge of Hubbard Glacier, and 
    includes the islands of Yakutat and Disenchantment Bays;
        (B) Unit 5(B) consists of the remainder of Unit 5.
        (ii) Public lands within Glacier Bay National Park are closed to 
    all taking of wildlife for subsistence uses.
        (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
        (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
    15;
        (B) Boats may not be used to take ungulates, bear, wolves, or 
    wolverine, except for persons certified as disabled;
        (C) Unit 5 is open to brown bear hunting by Federal registration 
    permit in lieu of a State metal locking tag; no State metal locking tag 
    is required for taking a brown bear in Unit 5, provided that the hunter 
    has obtained a Federal registration permit prior to hunting;
        (D) The taking of wildlife outside the seasons or harvest limits 
    provided in this part for food in traditional religious ceremonies 
    which are part of a funerary
    
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    or mortuary cycle, including memorial potlatches, is authorized in 
    Units 1-5 provided that:
        (1) The person organizing the religious ceremony, or designee, 
    contact the appropriate Federal land management agency prior to taking 
    or attempting to take game and provides to the appropriate Federal land 
    managing agency the name of the decedent, the nature of the ceremony, 
    the species and number to be taken, the Unit(s) in which the taking 
    will occur;
        (2) The taking does not violate recognized principles of fish and 
    wildlife conservation;
        (3) Each person who takes wildlife under this section must, as soon 
    as practicable, and not more than 15 days after the harvest, submit a 
    written report to the appropriate Federal land managing agency, 
    specifying the harvester's name and address, the number, sex and 
    species of wildlife taken, the date and locations of the taking, and 
    the name of the decedent for whom the ceremony was held;
        (4) No permit or harvest ticket is required for taking under this 
    section; however, the harvester must be an Alaska rural resident with 
    customary and traditional use in that area where the harvesting will 
    occur;
        (E) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may 
    designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take deer or 
    moose on his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a 
    community operating under a community harvest system. The designated 
    hunter must obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a 
    completed harvest report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number 
    of recipients but may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her 
    possession at any one time.
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Harvest limits                        Open season           
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Hunting                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Black Bear:                                                             
        2 bears, no more than one may be   Sept. 1-June 30.                 
         a blue or glacier bear.                                            
    Brown Bear:                                                             
        1 bear by Federal registration     Sept. 1-May 31.                  
         permit only.                                                       
    Deer:                                                                   
        Unit 5(A)--1 buck................  Nov. 1-Nov. 30.                  
        Unit 5(B)........................  No open season.                  
    Goat:                                                                   
        1 goat by Federal registration     Aug. 1-Jan. 31.                  
         permit only.                                                       
    Moose:                                                                  
        Unit 5(A), Nunatak Bench--1 moose  Nov. 15-Feb. 15.                 
         by State registration permit                                       
         only. The season will be closed                                    
         when 5 moose have been taken                                       
         from the Nunatak Bench.                                            
        Unit 5(A), except Nunatak Bench--  Oct. 8-Nov. 15.                  
         1 antlered bull by Federal                                         
         registration permit only. The                                      
         season will be closed when 60                                      
         antlered bulls have been taken                                     
         from the Unit. The season will                                     
         be closed in that portion west                                     
         of the Dangerous River when 30                                     
         antlered bulls have been taken                                     
         in that area. From Oct. 15-Oct.                                    
         21, public lands will be closed                                    
         to taking of moose, except by                                      
         rural Alaska residents of Unit                                     
         5(A).                                                              
        Unit 5(B)--1 antlered bull by      Sept. 1-Dec. 15.                 
         State registration permit only.                                    
         The season will be closed when                                     
         25 antlered bulls have been                                        
         taken from the entirety of Unit                                    
         5(B).                                                              
    Coyote:                                                                 
        2 coyotes........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        2 foxes..........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
        5 hares per day..................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Lynx:                                                                   
        2 lynx...........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        5 wolves.........................  Aug. 1-Apr. 30.                  
    Wolverine:                                                              
        1 wolverine......................  Nov. 10-Feb. 15.                 
    Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and                                       
     Sharp-tailed):                                                         
        5 per day, 10 in possession......  Aug. 1-May 15.                   
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
     tailed):                                                               
        20 per day, 40 in possession.....  Aug. 1-May 15.                   
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Trapping                               
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Beaver:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-May 15.                  
    Coyote:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Marten:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 15.                 
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 15.                 
    Muskrat:                                                                
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Otter:                                                                  
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 15.                 
    Wolf:                                                                   
    
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        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (6) Unit 6. (i) Unit 6 consists of all Gulf of Alaska and Prince 
    William Sound drainages from the center line of Icy Bay (excluding the 
    Guyot Hills) to Cape Fairfield including Kayak, Hinchinbrook, Montague, 
    and adjacent islands, and Middleton Island, but excluding the Copper 
    River drainage upstream from Miles Glacier, and excluding the Nellie 
    Juan and Kings River drainages:
        (A) Unit 6(A) consists of Gulf of Alaska drainages east of Palm 
    Point near Katalla including Kanak, Wingham, and Kayak Islands;
        (B) Unit 6(B) consists of Gulf of Alaska and Copper River Basin 
    drainages west of Palm Point near Katalla, east of the west bank of the 
    Copper River, and east of a line from Flag Point to Cottonwood Point;
        (C) Unit 6(C) consists of drainages west of the west bank of the 
    Copper River, and west of a line from Flag Point to Cottonwood Point, 
    and drainages east of the east bank of Rude River and drainages into 
    the eastern shore of Nelson Bay and Orca Inlet;
        (D) Unit 6(D) consists of the remainder of Unit 6.
        (ii) For the following areas, the taking of wildlife for 
    subsistence uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
        (A) The Goat Mountain goat observation area, which consists of that 
    portion of Unit 6(B) bounded on the north by Miles Lake and Miles 
    Glacier, on the south and east by Pleasant Valley River and Pleasant 
    Glacier, and on the west by the Copper River, is closed to the taking 
    of mountain goat;
        (B) The Heney Range goat observation area, which consists of that 
    portion of Unit 6(C) south of the Copper River Highway and west of the 
    Eyak River, is closed to the taking of mountain goat.
        (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
        (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
    15;
        (B) Coyotes may be taken in Units 6(B) and 6(C) with the aid of 
    artificial lights.
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Harvest limits                        Open season           
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Hunting                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Black Bear:                                                             
        1 bear...........................  Sept. 1-June 30.                 
    Deer:                                                                   
        4 deer; however, antlerless deer   Aug. 1-Dec. 31.                  
         may be taken only from Oct. 1-                                     
         Dec. 31.                                                           
    Goats:                                                                  
        Unit 6 (A), (B)--1 goat by State   Aug. 20-Jan. 31.                 
         registration permit only.                                          
        Unit 6(C)........................  No open season.                  
        Unit 6(D) (subareas RG242,RG244,   Aug. 20-Jan. 31.                 
         RG249, RG266 and RG252 only)--1                                    
         goat by Federal registration                                       
         permit only.                                                       
        In each of the Unit 6(D)                                            
         subareas, goat seasons will be                                     
         closed when harvest limits for                                     
         that subarea are reached.                                          
         Harvest quotas are as follows:                                     
         RG242--2 goats, RG244--2 goats,                                    
         RG249--2 goats, RG266--4 goats,                                    
         RG252--1 goat.                                                     
        Unit 6(D) (subareas RG243 and      No open season.                  
         RG245)--The taking of goats is                                     
         prohibited on all public lands.                                    
    Coyote:                                                                 
        Unit 6 (A) and (D)--2 coyotes....  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
        Unit 6(B)--No limit..............  July 1-June 30.                  
        Unit 6(C)--South of the Copper     July 1-June 30.                  
         River Highway and east of the                                      
         Heney Range--No limit.                                             
        Remainder of Unit 6(C)--No limit.  July 1--June 30.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and   No open season.                  
     Silver Phases):                                                        
    Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
        No limit.........................  July 1--June 30.                 
    Lynx:                                  No open season                   
    Wolf:                                                                   
        5 wolves.........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        1 wolverine......................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                 
    Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and                                       
     Sharp-tailed):                                                         
        5 per day, 10 in possession......  Aug. 1-May 15.                   
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
     tailed):                                                               
        20 per day, 40 in possession.....  Aug. 1-May 15.                   
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Trapping                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Beaver:                                                                 
        20 beaver per season.............  Dec. 1-Mar. 31.                  
    Coyote:                                                                 
        Unit 6 (A), (B) and (D)--No limit  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
        Unit 6(C)--South of the Copper     Nov. 10-Apr. 30.                 
         River Highway and east of the                                      
         Heney Range--No limit.                                             
        Remainder of Unit 6(C)--No limit.  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Lynx:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Jan. 1-Jan. 31.                  
    Marten:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                 
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
    
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        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                 
    Muskrat:                                                                
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-June 10.                 
    Otter:                                                                  
        Unit 6(D)--that portion enclosd    No open season.                  
         by a line extending from the                                       
         Unit 6 boundary at the head of                                     
         Kings Bay northeast along the                                      
         center of Kings Bay and Port                                       
         Nellie Juan, east to Pt.                                           
         Eleanor, southeast to Little                                       
         Smith Island, southwest along                                      
         the center of Icy Bay, and west                                    
         along Tiger Glacier to the Unit                                    
         of Unit 6(D) boundary.                                             
        Unit 6--Remainder--No limit......  Nov. 10--Mar. 31                 
    Wolf:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (7) Unit 7. (i) Unit 7 consists of Gulf of Alaska drainages between 
    Gore Point and Cape Fairfield including the Nellie Juan and Kings River 
    drainages, and including the Kenai River drainage upstream from the 
    Russian River, the drainages into the south side of Turnagain Arm west 
    of and including the Portage Creek drainage, and east of 150 deg. W. 
    long., and all Kenai Peninsula drainages east of 150 deg.W. long., from 
    Turnagain Arm to the Kenai River.
        (ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
    uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
        (A) Kenai Fjords National Park is closed to all subsistence uses;
        (B) The Portage Glacier Closed Area in Unit 7, which consists of 
    Portage Creek drainages between the Anchorage-Seward Railroad and 
    Placer Creek in Bear Valley, Portage Lake, the mouth of Byron Creek, 
    Glacier Creek and Byron Glacier, is closed to hunting; however, grouse, 
    ptarmigan, hares, and squirrels may be hunted with shotguns after 
    September 1.
        (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
        (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
    15; except Resurrection Creek and its tributaries.
        (B) [Reserved]
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Harvest limits                        Open season           
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Hunting                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Black Bear:                                                             
        Unit 7--3 bears..................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Moose:                                                                  
        Unit 7, that portion draining      Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                
         into Kings Bay--1 bull with                                        
         spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or                                   
         3 or more brow tines on either                                     
         antler may be taken by the                                         
         community of Chenega Bay and                                       
         also by the community of                                           
         Tatitlek. Public lands are                                         
         closed to the taking of moose                                      
         except by eligible rural                                           
         residents.                                                         
        Unit 7, Remainder................  No open season.                  
    Coyote:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        2 foxes..........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 15.                  
    Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
        No limit.........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        Unit 7--that portion within the    Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
         Kenai National Wildlife Refuge--                                   
         2 wolves.                                                          
        Unit 7--Remainder--5 wolves......  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        1 wolverine......................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                 
    Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and                                       
     Sharp-tailed):                                                         
        15 per day, 30 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
     tailed):                                                               
        20 per day, 40 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Trapping                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Beaver:                                                                 
        20 Beaver per season.............  Dec. 1-Mar. 31.                  
    Coyote:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Lynx:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Jan. 1-Jan. 31.                  
    Marten:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                 
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                 
    Muskrat:                                                                
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-May 15.                  
    Otter:                                                                  
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Wolf:                                                                   
    
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        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (8) Unit 8. Unit 8 consists of all islands southeast of the 
    centerline of Shelikof Strait including Kodiak, Afognak, Whale, 
    Raspberry, Shuyak, Spruce, Marmot, Sitkalidak, Amook, Uganik, and 
    Chirikof Islands, the Trinity Islands, the Semidi Islands, and other 
    adjacent islands.
        (i) A firearm may be used to take beaver with a trapping license in 
    Unit 8 from Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
        (ii) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may 
    designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take deer on 
    his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a community 
    operating under a community harvest system. The designated hunter must 
    obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest 
    report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but 
    may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any 
    one time.
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Harvest limits                        Open season           
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Hunting                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Brown Bear:                                                             
        1 bear by Federal registration     Dec. 1-Dec. 15.                  
         permit only. Up to 1 permit may   Apr. 1-May 15.                   
         be issued in Akiok; up to 1                                        
         permit may be issued in Karluk;                                    
         up to 3 permits may be issued in                                   
         Larsen Bay; up to 2 permits may                                    
         be issued in Old Harbor; up to 2                                   
         permits may be issued in                                           
         Ouzinkie; and up to 2 permits                                      
         may be issued in Port Lions.                                       
    Deer:                                                                   
        Unit 8--that portion of Kodiak     Aug. 1-Oct. 31.                  
         Island north of a line from the                                    
         head of Settlers Cove to                                           
         Crescent Lake (57 deg.52' N.                                       
         lat., 152 deg.58' W. long.), and                                   
         east of a line from the outlet                                     
         of Crescent Lake to Mount                                          
         Ellison Peak and from Mount                                        
         Ellison Peak to Pokati Point at                                    
         Whale Passage, and that portion                                    
         of Kodiak Island east of a line                                    
         from the mouth of Saltery Creek                                    
         to the mouth at Elbow Creek, and                                   
         adjacent small islands in                                          
         Chiniak Bay--1 deer; however,                                      
         antlerless deer may be taken                                       
         only from Oct. 25-Oct. 31.                                         
        Unit 8--that portion of Kodiak     Aug. 1-Dec. 31.                  
         Island and adjacent islands                                        
         south and west of a line from                                      
         the head of Terror Bay to the                                      
         head of the south-western most                                     
         arm of Ugak Bay--5 deer;                                           
         however, antlerless deer may be                                    
         taken only from Oct. 1-Dec. 31.                                    
        Remainder of Unit 8--5 deer;       Aug. 1-Dec. 31.                  
         however, antlerless deer may be                                    
         taken only from Oct. 1-Dec. 31;                                    
         no more than 1 antlerless deer                                     
         may be taken from Oct. 1-Nov. 30.                                  
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        2 foxes..........................  Sept. 1-Feb. 15.                 
    Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
        No limit.........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
     tailed):                                                               
        20 per day, 40 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Apr. 30                  
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Trapping                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                            
    Beaver:                                                                 
        30 beaver per season.............  Nov. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Marten:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                 
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                 
    Muskrat:                                                                
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-June 10.                 
    Otter:                                                                  
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (9) Unit 9. (i) Unit 9 consists of the Alaska Peninsula and 
    adjacent islands including drainages east of False Pass, Pacific Ocean 
    drainages west of and excluding the Redoubt Creek drainage; drainages 
    into the south side of Bristol Bay, drainages into the north side of 
    Bristol Bay east of Etolin Point, and including the Sanak and Shumagin 
    Islands:
        (A) Unit 9(A) consists of that portion of Unit 9 draining into 
    Shelikof Strait and Cook Inlet between the southern boundary of Unit 16 
    (Redoubt Creek) and the northern boundary of Katmai National Park and 
    Preserve;
        (B) Unit 9(B) consists of the Kvichak River drainage;
        (C) Unit 9(C) consists of the Alagnak (Branch) River drainage, the 
    Naknek River drainage, and all land and water within Katmai National 
    Park and Preserve;
        (D) Unit 9(D) consists of all Alaska Peninsula drainages west of a 
    line from the southernmost head of Port Moller to the head of American 
    Bay including the Shumagin Islands and other islands of Unit 9 west of 
    the Shumagin Islands;
        (E) Unit 9(E) consists of the remainder of Unit 9.
        (ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
    uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
        (A) Katmai National Park is closed to all subsistence uses;
        (B) The use of motorized vehicles, excluding aircraft, boats, or 
    snowmobiles used for hunting and transporting a hunter or harvested 
    animal parts, is prohibited from Aug. 1-
    
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     Nov. 30 in the Naknek Controlled Use Area, which includes all of Unit 
    9(C) within the Naknek River drainage upstream from and including the 
    King Salmon Creek drainage; however, this restriction does not apply to 
    a motorized vehicle on the Naknek-King Salmon, Lake Camp, and Rapids 
    Camp roads and on the King Salmon Creek trail, and on frozen surfaces 
    of the Naknek River and Big Creek;
        (C) A firearm may be used under a trapping license to take beaver 
    in Unit 9(B) from April 1-May 31 and in the remainder of Unit 9 from 
    April 1-April 30;
        (D) In Unit 9(B), Lake Clark National Park and Preserve only, 
    residents of Nondalton, Iliamna, Newhalen, Pedro Bay, and Port Alsworth 
    only, may hunt brown bear by Federal registration permit in lieu of a 
    resident tag; ten permits will be available with at least one permit 
    issued in each community but no more than five permits will be issued 
    in a single community; the season will be closed when four females or 
    ten bears have been taken, whichever occurs first;
        (E) The taking in Unit 9(B) by residents of Newhalen, Nondalton, 
    Iliamna, Pedro Bay, and Port Alsworth of up to a total per regulatory 
    year of 10 bull moose among the communities is allowed for ceremonial 
    purposes, under the terms of a Federal registration permit. Bull moose 
    may be taken from July 1 through June 30. Permits, available to all 5 
    communities, will be issued until all 10 permits are used to 
    individuals only at the request of a local organization. This 10 moose 
    limit is not cumulative with that permitted for potlatches by the 
    State.
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Harvest limits                        Open season           
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Hunting                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Black Bear:                                                             
        3 bears..........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Brown Bear:                                                             
        Unit 9(B)--Lake Clark National     July 1-June 30.                  
         Park and Preserve--Rural                                           
         residents of Nondalton, Iliamna,                                   
         Newhalen, Pedro Bay, and Port                                      
         Alsworth only--1 bear by Federal                                   
         registration permit only.                                          
        Unit 9(B)--1 bear every four       Oct. 1-Oct. 21. (odd years only);
         regulatory years.                  May 10--May 25 (even years      
                                            only).                          
        Unit 9(E)--1 bear by Federal       Oct. 1-Dec. 31. May 10-May 25.   
         registration permit or State                                       
         harvest tag..                                                      
    Caribou:                                                                
        Unit 9(A)--4 caribou; however, no  Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                 
         more than 2 caribou may be taken                                   
         Aug. 10-Sept. 30 and no more                                       
         than 1 caribou may be taken Oct.                                   
         1--Nov. 30.                                                        
        Unit 9(C)--4 caribou; however, no  Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                 
         more than 1 may be a cow, no                                       
         more than 2 caribou may be taken                                   
         Aug. 10--Nov. 30, and no more                                      
         than 1 caribou may be taken per                                    
         calendar month between Dec. 1-                                     
         Mar. 31.                                                           
        Unit 9(B)--5 caribou; however, no  Aug. 1-Apr. 15.                  
         more than 2 bulls may be taken                                     
         from Oct. 1--Nov. 30.                                              
        Unit 9(D)--closed to all hunting   No open season.                  
         of caribou.                                                        
        Unit 9(E)--that portion southwest  No open season.                  
         of the headwaters of Fireweed                                      
         and Blueberry Creeks (north of                                     
         Mt. Veniaminof) to and including                                   
         the Sandy River drainage on the                                    
         Bristol Bay side of the Alaska                                     
         Peninsula; and that portion                                        
         south of Seal Cape to Ramsey Bay                                   
         on the Pacific side of the                                         
         Alaska Peninsula divide is                                         
         closed to all hunting of caribou.                                  
        Remainder of Unit 9(E)--4 caribou  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Sheep:                                                                  
        Unit 9(B)--Residents of Iliamna,   Aug. 10-Oct. 10.                 
         Newhalen, Nondalton, Pedro Bay,                                    
         and Port Alsworth only--1 ram                                      
         with \7/8\ curl horn by Federal                                    
         registration permit only.                                          
        Remainder of Unit 9--1 ram with    Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                
         \7/8\ curl horn.                                                   
    Moose:                                                                  
        Unit 9(A)--1 antlered bull.......  Sept. 1-Sept. 15.                
        Unit 9(B)--1 antlered bull.......  Aug. 20-Sept. 15.                
                                           Dec. 1-Dec. 31.                  
        Unit 9(C)--that portion draining   Sept. 1-Sept. 15.                
         into the Naknek River from the    Dec. 1-Dec. 31.                  
         north--1 antlered bull.                                            
        Unit 9(C)--that portion draining   Aug. 20-Sept. 15.                
         into the Naknek River from the    Dec. 1-Dec. 31.                  
         south--1 antlered bull. However,                                   
         during the period Aug. 20--Aug.                                    
         31, bull moose may be taken by                                     
         Federal registration permit                                        
         only. During the December hunt,                                    
         antlerless moose may be taken by                                   
         Federal registration permit                                        
         only. The antlerless season will                                   
         be closed when 5 antlerless                                        
         moose have been taken. Public                                      
         lands are closed during December                                   
         for the hunting of moose, except                                   
         by eligible rural Alaska                                           
         residents during seasons                                           
         identified above.                                                  
        Remainder of Unit 9(C)--1 moose;   Sept. 1-Sept. 15.                
         however, antlerless moose may be  Dec. 1-Dec. 31.                  
         taken only from Dec. 1-Dec. 31.                                    
        Unit 9(E)--1 antlered bull.......  Sept. 1-Sept. 20.                
                                           4Dec. 1-Dec. 31.                 
    Coyote:                                                                 
        2 coyotes........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Arctic (Blue and White):                                           
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Mar. 15.                  
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        2 foxes..........................  Sept. 1-Feb. 15.                 
    Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
        No limit.........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
        2 lynx...........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Wolf:                                                                   
        5 wolves.........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    
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    Wolverine:                                                              
        1 wolverine......................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                 
    Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and                                       
     Sharp-tailed):                                                         
        15 per day, 30 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
     tailed):                                                               
        20 per day, 40 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Trapping                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Beaver:                                                                 
        Unit 9(B)--40 beaver per season;   Jan. 1-May 31.                   
         however, no more than 20 may be                                    
         taken between Apr. 1-May 31.                                       
        Remainder of Unit 9--40 beaver     Jan. 1-Apr. 30.                  
         per season; however, no more                                       
         than 20 may be taken between                                       
         Apr. 1-Apr. 30.                                                    
    Coyote:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Fox, Arctic (Blue and White):                                           
        No limit Nov. 10-Feb. 28.........                                   
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Lynx:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Marten:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Muskrat:                                                                
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-June 10.                 
    Otter:                                                                  
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Wolf:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (10) Unit 10. (i) Unit 10 consists of the Aleutian Islands, Unimak 
    Island and the Pribilof Islands.
        (ii) On Otter Island in the Pribilof Islands the taking of any 
    wildlife species for subsistence uses is prohibited.
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Harvest limits                        Open season           
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Hunting                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Caribou:                                                                
        Unit 10-Unimak Island only.......  No open season.                  
        Remainder of Unit 10-No limit....  July 1-June 30.                  
    Coyote:                                                                 
        2 coyotes........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):                                     
        No limit.........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        2 foxes..........................  Sept. 1-Feb. 15.                 
    Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
        No limit.........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        5 wolves.........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        1 wolverine......................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                 
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
     tailed):                                                               
        20 per day, 40 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Trapping                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Coyote:                                                                 
        2 coyotes........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):                                     
        No limit.........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        2 foxes..........................  Sept. 1-Feb. 15.                 
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Muskrat:                                                                
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-June 10.                 
    Otter:                                                                  
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Wolf:                                                                   
    
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        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (11) Unit 11. Unit 11 consists of that area draining into the 
    headwaters of the Copper River south of Suslota Creek and the area 
    drained by all tributaries into the east bank of the Copper River 
    between the confluence of Suslota Creek with the Slana River and Miles 
    Glacier.
        (i) Unit-specific regulations:
        (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
    15;
        (B) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may 
    designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take caribou 
    and moose on his or her behalf. The designated hunter must obtain a 
    designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest report. 
    The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but may 
    have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any one 
    time.
        (ii) [Reserved]
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Harvest limits                        Open season           
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Hunting                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Black Bear:                                                             
        3 bears..........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Caribou:                                                                
        Unit 11--Mentasta herd--1 bull by  Aug. 1-Mar. 31.                  
         Federal registration permit                                        
         only. Federal public lands are                                     
         closed to the taking of caribou                                    
         except to the residents of                                         
         Chitina, Chistochina, Copper                                       
         Center, Gakona, Gulkana,                                           
         Mentasta, and Tazlina. Up to 15                                    
         permits may be issued.                                             
        Unit 11--Remainder...............  No open season.                  
    Sheep:                                                                  
        1 sheep..........................  Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                
    Moose:                                                                  
        1 antlered bull..................  Aug. 25-Sept. 20.                
    Coyote:                                                                 
        2 coyotes........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        2 foxes..........................  Sept. 1-Feb. 15.                 
    Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
        No limit.........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
        2 lynx...........................  Dec. 15-Jan. 15.                 
    Wolf:                                                                   
        5 wolves.........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        1 wolverine......................  Sept. 1-Jan. 31.                 
    Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and                                       
     Sharp-tailed):                                                         
        15 per day, 30 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
     tailed):                                                               
        20 per day, 40 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Trapping                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Beaver:                                                                 
        30 beaver per season.............  Nov. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Coyote:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Lynx:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Jan. 15.                  
    Marten:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                 
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                 
    Muskrat:                                                                
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-June 10.                 
    Otter:                                                                  
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Wolf:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (12) Unit 12. Unit 12 consists of the Tanana River drainage 
    upstream from the Robertson River, including all drainages into the 
    east bank of the Robertson River, and the White River drainage in 
    Alaska, but excluding the Ladue River drainage.
    
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        (i) Unit-specific regulations:
        (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
    30;
        (B) Trapping of wolves in Unit 12 during April and October with a 
    steel trap, or with a snare using cable smaller than \3/32\-inch 
    diameter, is prohibited.
        (C) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may 
    designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take caribou 
    and moose on his or her behalf. The designated hunter must obtain a 
    designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest report. 
    The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but may 
    have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any one 
    time.
        (ii) [Reserved]
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Harvest limits                        Open season           
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Hunting                                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Black Bear:                                                             
        3 bears..........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Caribou:                                                                
        Unit 12--that portion west of the  No open season.                  
         Nabesna River within the                                           
         drainages of Jack Creek,                                           
         Platinum Creek, and Totschunda                                     
         Creek--The taking of caribou is                                    
         prohibited on public lands.                                        
        Unit 12--that portion lying east   No open season.                  
         of the Nabesna River and Nabesna                                   
         Glacier, and south of the Winter                                   
         Trail running southeast from                                       
         Pickerel Lake to the Canadian                                      
         border--The taking of caribou is                                   
         prohibited on public lands.                                        
        Remainder of Unit 12--1 bull.....  Sept. 1-Sept. 20.                
        1 bull caribou may be taken by a   Winter season to be announced by 
         Federal registration permit        the Board.                      
         during a winter season to be                                       
         announced for the rural Alaska                                     
         residents of Tetlin and Northway                                   
         only.                                                              
    Sheep:                                                                  
        1 ram with full curl horn or       Aug.10-Sept. 20.                 
         larger.                                                            
    Moose:                                                                  
        Unit 12--that portion drained by   Aug. 20-Aug. 28.                 
         the Tanana, Nabesna, and Chisana  Sept. 1-Sept. 15.                
         Rivers within the Tetlin          Nov. 20-Nov. 30.                 
         National Wildlife Refuge and                                       
         those lands within the Wrangell-                                   
         St. Elias National Preserve                                        
         north and east of a line formed                                    
         by the Pickerel Lake Winter                                        
         Trail from the Canadian border                                     
         to the southern boundary of the                                    
         Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge--                                  
         1 antlered bull; however during                                    
         the Aug. 20-Aug. 28 season only                                    
         bulls with spike/fork antlers                                      
         may be taken. The November                                         
         season is open by Federal                                          
         registration permit only.                                          
        Unit 12--that portion lying east   Aug. 20-Aug. 28.                 
         of the Nabesna River, east of     Sept. 1-Sept. 30.                
         the Nabesna Glacier, and south                                     
         of the Winter Trail running                                        
         southeast from Pickerel Lake to                                    
         the Canadian border--1 antlered                                    
         bull; however during the Aug. 20-                                  
         Aug. 28 season only bulls with                                     
         spike/fork antlers may be taken.                                   
        Unit 12--Remainder--1 antlered     Aug. 20-Aug. 28.                 
         bull; however during the Aug. 20- Sept. 1-Sept. 15.                
         Aug. 28 season only bulls with                                     
         spike/fork antlers may be taken.                                   
    Coyote:                                                                 
        2 coyotes........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        10 foxes; however, no more than 2  Sept. 1-Mar. 15.                 
         foxes may be taken prior to Oct.                                   
         1.                                                                 
    Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
        No limit.........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
        2 lynx...........................  Nov. 1-Jan. 31.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        5 wolves.........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        1 wolverine......................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                 
    Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and                                       
     Sharp-tailed):                                                         
        15 per day, 30 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
     tailed):                                                               
        20 per day, 40 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Trapping                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Beaver:                                                                 
        15 beaver per season.............  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Coyote:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Dec. 15-Jan. 15.                 
    Marten:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Muskrat:                                                                
        No limit.........................  Sept. 20-June 10.                
    Otter:                                                                  
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Oct. 1-Apr. 30.                  
    
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    Wolverine:                                                              
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
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        (13) Unit 13. (i) Unit 13 consists of that area westerly of the 
    east bank of the Copper River and drained by all tributaries into the 
    west bank of the Copper River from Miles Glacier and including the 
    Slana River drainages north of Suslota Creek; the drainages into the 
    Delta River upstream from Falls Creek and Black Rapids Glacier; the 
    drainages into the Nenana River upstream from the southeast corner of 
    Denali National Park at Windy; the drainage into the Susitna River 
    upstream from its junction with the Chulitna River; the drainage into 
    the east bank of the Chulitna River upstream to its confluence with 
    Tokositna River; the drainages of the Chulitna River (south of Denali 
    National Park) upstream from its confluence with the Tokositna River; 
    the drainages into the north bank of the Tokositna River upstream to 
    the base of the Tokositna Glacier; the drainages into the Tokositna 
    Glacier; the drainages into the east bank of the Susitna River between 
    its confluences with the Talkeetna and Chulitna Rivers; the drainages 
    into the north bank of the Talkeetna River; the drainages into the east 
    bank of the Chickaloon River; the drainages of the Matanuska River 
    above its confluence with the Chickaloon River:
        (A) Unit 13(A) consists of that portion of Unit 13 bounded by a 
    line beginning at the Chickaloon River bridge at Mile 77.7 on the Glenn 
    Highway, then along the Glenn Highway to its junction with the 
    Richardson Highway, then south along the Richardson Highway to the foot 
    of Simpson Hill at Mile 111.5, then east to the east bank of the Copper 
    River, then northerly along the east bank of the Copper River to its 
    junction with the Gulkana River, then northerly along the west bank of 
    the Gulkana River to its junction with the West Fork of the Gulkana 
    River, then westerly along the west bank of the West Fork of the 
    Gulkana River to its source, an unnamed lake, then across the divide 
    into the Tyone River drainage, down an unnamed stream into the Tyone 
    River, then down the Tyone River to the Susitna River, then down the 
    southern bank of the Susitna River to the mouth of Kosina Creek, then 
    up Kosina Creek to its headwaters, then across the divide and down 
    Aspen Creek to the Talkeetna River, then southerly along the boundary 
    of Unit 13 to the Chickaloon River bridge, the point of beginning;
        (B) Unit 13(B) consists of that portion of Unit 13 bounded by a 
    line beginning at the confluence of the Copper River and the Gulkana 
    River, then up the east bank of the Copper River to the Gakona River, 
    then up the Gakona River and Gakona Glacier to the boundary of Unit 13, 
    then westerly along the boundary of Unit 13 to the Susitna Glacier, 
    then southerly along the west bank of the Susitna Glacier and the 
    Susitna River to the Tyone River, then up the Tyone River and across 
    the divide to the headwaters of the West Fork of the Gulkana River, 
    then down the West Fork of the Gulkana River to the confluence of the 
    Gulkana River and the Copper River, the point of beginning;
        (C) Unit 13(C) consists of that portion of Unit 13 east of the 
    Gakona River and Gakona Glacier;
        (D) Unit 13(D) consists of that portion of Unit 13 south of Unit 
    13(A);
        (E) Unit 13(E) consists of the remainder of Unit 13.
        (ii) Within the following areas, the taking of wildlife for 
    subsistence uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
        (A) lands within Mount McKinley National Park as it existed prior 
    to December 2, 1980 are closed to subsistence. Subsistence uses as 
    authorized by this paragraph (k)(13) are permitted in Denali National 
    Preserve and lands added to Denali National Park on December 2, 1980;
        (B) use of motorized vehicles or pack animals for hunting is 
    prohibited from Aug. 5--Aug. 25 in the Delta Controlled Use Area, the 
    boundary of which is defined as: a line beginning at the confluence of 
    Miller Creek and the Delta River, then west to vertical angle bench 
    mark Miller, then west to include all drainages of Augustana Creek and 
    Black Rapids Glacier, then north and east to include all drainages of 
    McGinnis Creek to its confluence with the Delta River, then east in a 
    straight line across the Delta River to Mile 236.7 Richardson Highway, 
    then north along the Richardson Highway to its junction with the Alaska 
    Highway, then east along the Alaska Highway to the west bank of the 
    Johnson River, then south along the west bank of the Johnson River and 
    Johnson Glacier to the head of the Cantwell Glacier, then west along 
    the north bank of the Canwell Glacier and Miller Creek to the Delta 
    River;
        (C) except for access and transportation of harvested wildlife on 
    Sourdough and Haggard Creeks, Meiers Lake trails, or other trails 
    designated by the Board, the use of motorized vehicles for subsistence 
    hunting, is prohibited in the Sourdough Controlled Use Area. The 
    Sourdough Controlled Use Area consists of that portion of Unit 13(B) 
    bounded by a line beginning at the confluence of Sourdough Creek and 
    the Gulkana River, then northerly along Sourdough Creek to the 
    Richardson Highway at approximately Mile 148, then northerly along the 
    Richardson Highway to the Meiers Creek Trail at approximately Mile 170, 
    then westerly along the trail to the Gulkana River, then southerly 
    along the east bank of the Gulkana River to its confluence with 
    Sourdough Creek, the point of beginning.
        (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
        (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
    15.
        (B) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may 
    designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take caribou 
    and moose on his or her behalf. The designated hunter must obtain a 
    designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest report. 
    The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but may 
    have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any one 
    time.
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Harvest limits                        Open season           
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Hunting                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Black Bear:                                                             
        3 bears..........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Caribou:                                                                
    
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        2 caribou by Federal registration  Aug. 10-Sept. 30.                
         permit only. Hunting within the   Jan. 5-Mar. 31                   
         Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline right-                                   
         of-way is prohibited. The right-                                   
         of-way is identified as the area                                   
         occupied by the pipeline (buried                                   
         or above ground) and the cleared                                   
         area 25 feet on either side of                                     
         the pipeline.                                                      
    Sheep:                                                                  
        Unit 13-excluding Unit 13(D) and   Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                
         the Tok and Delta Management                                       
         Areas--1 ram with 7/8 curl horn..                                  
    Moose:                                                                  
        Unit 13(E)--1 antlered bull moose  Aug. 1-Sept. 20.                 
         by Federal registration permit                                     
         only; only 1 permit will be                                        
         issued per household..                                             
        Unit 13--Remainder--1 antlered     Aug. 1-Sept. 20.                 
         bull moose by Federal                                              
         registration permit only..                                         
    Coyote:                                                                 
        2 coyotes........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        2 foxes..........................  Sept. 1-Feb. 15                  
    Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
        No limit.........................  July 1-June 30                   
    Lynx:                                                                   
        2 lynx...........................  Dec. 15-Jan. 15.                 
    Wolf:                                                                   
        5 wolves.........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        1 wolverine......................  Sept. 1-Jan. 31.                 
    Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and                                       
     Sharp-tailed):                                                         
        15 per day, 30 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
     tailed):                                                               
        20 per day, 40 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Trapping                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                            
    Beaver:                                                                 
        30 beaver per season.............  Oct. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Coyote:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Lynx:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Jan. 15.                  
    Marten:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                 
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                 
    Muskrat:                                                                
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-June 10.                 
    Otter:                                                                  
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Wolf:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31                  
    Wolverine:                                                              
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (14) Unit 14. (i) Unit 14 consists of drainages into the north side 
    of Turnagain Arm west of and excluding the Portage Creek drainage, 
    drainages into Knik Arm excluding drainages of the Chickaloon and 
    Matanuska Rivers in Unit 13, drainages into the north side of Cook 
    Inlet east of the Susitna River, drainages into the east bank of the 
    Susitna River downstream from the Talkeetna River, and drainages into 
    the south bank of the Talkeetna River:
        (A) Unit 14(A) consists of drainages in Unit 14 bounded on the west 
    by the Susitna River, on the north by Willow Creek, Peters Creek, and 
    by a line from the head of Peters Creek to the head of the Chickaloon 
    River, on the east by the eastern boundary of Unit 14, and on the south 
    by Cook Inlet, Knik Arm, the south bank of the Knik River from its 
    mouth to its junction with Knik Glacier, across the face of Knik 
    Glacier and along the north side of Knik Glacier to the Unit 6 
    boundary;
        (B) Unit 14(B) consists of that portion of Unit 14 north of Unit 
    14(A);
        (C) Unit 14(C) consists of that portion of Unit 14 south of Unit 
    14(A).
        (ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
    uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
        (A) the Fort Richardson and Elmendorf Air Force Base Management 
    Areas, consisting of the Fort Richardson and Elmendorf Military 
    Reservation, are closed to the subsistence taking of wildlife;
        (B) the Anchorage Management Area, consisting of all drainages 
    south of Elmendorf and Fort Richardson military reservations and north 
    of and including Rainbow Creek is closed to subsistence taking of 
    wildlife for subsistence uses.
        (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
        (A) In Unit 14(A), bait may be used to hunt black bear between 
    April 15 and May 25;
        (B) [Reserved]
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Harvest limits                        Open season           
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Hunting                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Black Bear:                                                             
    
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        Unit 14 (A) and (C)--1 bear......  July 1-June 30.                  
    Brown Bear:                                                             
        Unit 14(A)--1 bear every four      Sept. 15-Oct. 10.                
         regulatory years.                 May 1-May 25.                    
    Coyote:                                                                 
        Unit 14 (A) and (C)--2 coyotes...  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        Unit 14-2 foxes..................  Nov. 1--Feb. 15.                 
    Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
        Unit 14(A)--5 hares per day......  July 1-June 30.                  
        Unit 14(C)--5 hares per day......  Sept. 8-Apr. 30.                 
    Lynx:                                                                   
        2 lynx...........................  Dec. 15-Jan. 15.                 
    Wolf:                                                                   
        5 wolves.........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        1 wolverine......................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                 
    Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and                                       
     Sharp-tailed):                                                         
        Unit 14(A)--15 per day, 30 in      Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                 
         possession.                                                        
        Unit 14(C)--5 per day, 10 in       Sept. 8-Mar. 31.                 
         possession.                                                        
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
     tailed):                                                               
        Unit 14(A)--10 per day, 20 in      Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                 
         possession.                                                        
        Unit 14(C)--10 per day, 20 in      Sept. 8-Mar. 31.                 
         possession.                                                        
        Remainder of Unit 14--20 per day,  Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                 
         40 in possession.                                                  
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Trapping                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Beaver:                                                                 
        Unit 14(A)--30 beaver per season.  Nov. 10-Apr. 30.                 
        Unit 14(C)--that portion within    Dec. 1-Apr. 15.                  
         the drainages of Glacier Creek,                                    
         Kern Creek, Peterson Creek, the                                    
         Twentymile River and the                                           
         drainages of Knik River outside                                    
         Chugach State Park--20 beaver                                      
         per season.                                                        
    Coyote:                                                                 
        Unit 14(A)--No limit.............  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
        Unit 14(C)--No limit.............  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        Unit 14(A)--No limit.............  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
        Unit 14(C)--1 fox................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Lynx:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Dec. 15-Jan. 15.                 
    Marten:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                 
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                 
    Muskrat:                                                                
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-May 15.                  
    Otter:                                                                  
        Unit 14(A)--No limit.............  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
        Unit 14(C)--No limit.............  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Wolf:                                                                   
        Unit 14(A)--No limit.............  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
        Unit 14(C)--No limit.............  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (15) Unit 15. (i) Unit 15 consists of that portion of the Kenai 
    Peninsula and adjacent islands draining into the Gulf of Alaska, Cook 
    Inlet and Turnagain Arm from Gore Point to the point where longitude 
    line 150 deg. 00' W. crosses the coastline of Chickaloon Bay in 
    Turnagain Arm, including that area lying west of longitude line 
    150 deg. 00' W. to the mouth of the Russian River, then southerly along 
    the Chugach National Forest boundary to the upper end of Upper Russian 
    Lake; and including the drainages into Upper Russian Lake west of the 
    Chugach National Forest boundary:
        (A) Unit 15(A) consists of that portion of Unit 15 north of the 
    Kenai River and Skilak Lake;
        (B) Unit 15(B) consists of that portion of Unit 15 south of the 
    Kenai River and Skilak Lake, and north of the Kasilof River, Tustumena 
    Lake, Glacier Creek, and Tustumena Glacier;
        (C) Unit 15(C) consists of the remainder of Unit 15.
        (ii) The Skilak Loop Management Area, which consists of that 
    portion of Unit 15(A) bounded by a line beginning at the eastern most 
    junction of the Sterling Highway and the Skilak Loop (milepost 76.3), 
    then due south to the south bank of the Kenai River, then southerly 
    along the south bank of the Kenai River to its confluence with Skilak 
    Lake, then westerly along the north shore of Skilak Lake to Lower 
    Skilak Lake Campground, then northerly along the Lower Skilak Lake 
    Campground Road and the Skilak Loop Road to its western most junction 
    with the Sterling Highway, then easterly along the Sterling Highway to 
    the point of beginning, is closed to the taking of wildlife, except 
    that grouse and ptarmigan may be taken only from October 1--March 1 by 
    bow and arrow only.
    
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        (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
        (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
    15;
        (B) The Skilak Loop Wildlife Management Area is closed to 
    subsistence trapping of furbearers;
        (C) That portion of Unit 15(B) east of the Kenai River, Skilak 
    Lake, Skilak River, and Skilak Glacier is closed to the trapping of 
    marten;
        (D) Taking a red fox in Unit 15 by any means other than a steel 
    trap or snare is prohibited.
        (E) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may 
    designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take moose on 
    his or her behalf. The designated hunter must obtain a designated 
    hunter permit and must return a completed harvest report. The 
    designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but may have no 
    more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any one time.
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Harvest limits                        Open season           
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Hunting                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Black Bear:                                                             
        Unit 15(C)--3 bears..............  July 1-June 30.                  
        Unit 15 Remainder................  No open season.                  
    Moose:                                                                  
        Unit 15(A)--excluding the Skilak   Aug. 18-Sept. 20.                
         Loop Wildlife Management Area.--                                   
         1 antlered bull with spike-fork                                    
         or 50-inch antlers or with 3 or                                    
         more brow tines on either                                          
         antler, by Federal registration                                    
         permit only.                                                       
        Unit 15(A)--Skilak Loop Wildlife   No open season.                  
         Management Area.                                                   
        Unit 15 (B) and (C)--1 antlered    Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                
         bull with spike-fork or 50-inch                                    
         antlers or with 3 or more brow                                     
         tines on either antler, by                                         
         Federal registration permit only.                                  
    Coyote:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
        No limit.........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        Unit 15--that portion within the   Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
         Kenai National Wildlife Refuge--                                   
         2 Wolves.                                                          
        Unit 15--Remainder--5 Wolves.....  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        1 Wolverine......................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                 
    Grouse (Spruce):                                                        
        15 per day, 30 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Grouse (Ruffed)                        No open season.                  
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
     tailed):                                                               
        Unit 15 (A) and (B)--20 per day,   Aug. 10-Mar. 31                  
         40 in possession.                                                  
        Unit 15(C)--20 per day, 40 in      Aug. 10-Dec. 31                  
         possession.                                                        
        Unit 15(C)--5 per day, 10 in       Jan. 1-Mar. 31.                  
         possession.                                                        
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Trapping                               
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Beaver:                                                                 
        20 Beaver per season.............  Dec. 1-Mar. 31.                  
    Coyote:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        1 Fox............................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Lynx:                                                                   
        Unit 15 (B) and (C)--No limit....  Jan. 1-Jan. 31.                  
        Remainder of Unit 15.............  No open season.                  
    Marten:                                                                 
        Unit 15(B)--that portion east of   No open season.                  
         the Kenai River, Skilak Lake,                                      
         Skilak River and Skilak Glacier.                                   
        Remainder of Unit 15--No limit...  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                 
     Mink and Weasel:                                                       
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                 
    Muskrat:                                                                
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-May 15.                  
    Otter:                                                                  
        Unit 15 (A), (B)--No limit.......  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                 
        Unit 15(C)--No limit.............  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Wolf:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        Unit 15 (B) and (C)--No limit....  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (16) Unit 16. (i) Unit 16 consists of the drainages into Cook Inlet 
    between Redoubt Creek and the Susitna River, including Redoubt Creek 
    drainage, Kalgin Island, and the drainages on the west side of the 
    Susitna River (including the Susitna River) upstream to its confluence 
    with the Chulitna River; the drainages into the west side of the 
    Chulitna River (including the Chulitna River) upstream to the Tokositna 
    River, and drainages into the south side of the Tokositna River 
    upstream to the base of the Tokositna Glacier, including the drainage 
    of the Kahiltna Glacier:
        (A) Unit 16(A) consists of that portion of Unit 16 east of the east 
    bank of the Yentna River from its mouth upstream to the Kahiltna River, 
    east of the east
    
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    bank of the Kahiltna River, and east of the Kahiltna Glacier;
        (B) Unit 16(B) consists of the remainder of Unit 16.
        (ii) The Mount McKinley National Park, as it existed prior to 
    December 2, 1980, is closed to subsistence uses. Subsistence uses as 
    authorized by this paragraph (k)(16) are permitted in Denali National 
    Preserve and lands added to Denali National Park on December 2, 1980.
        (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
        (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
    15.
        (B) [Reserved]
    
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                Harvest limits                        Open season           
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Hunting                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Black Bear:                                                             
        3 bears..........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Caribou:                                                                
        1 Caribou........................  Aug. 10-Oct. 31.                 
    Moose:                                                                  
        Unit 16(B)--Redoubt Bay Drainages  Sept. 1-Sept. 15.                
         south and west of, and including                                   
         the Kustatan River drainage--1                                     
         antlered bull.                                                     
        Remainder of Unit 16(B)--1 moose;  Sept. 1-Sept. 30.                
         however, antlerless moose may be  Dec. 1-Feb. 28.                  
         taken only from Sept. 25-Sept.                                     
         30 and from Dec. 1-Feb. 28 by                                      
         Federal registration permit only.                                  
    Coyote:                                                                 
        2 coyotes........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        2 foxes..........................  Sept. 1-Feb. 15.                 
    Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
        No limit.........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
        2 lynx...........................  Dec. 15-Jan. 15.                 
    Wolf:                                                                   
        5 wolves.........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        1 wolverine......................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                 
    Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and                                       
     Sharp-tailed):                                                         
        15 per day, 30 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
     tailed):                                                               
        20 per day, 40 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Trapping                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Beaver:                                                                 
        30 beaver per season.............  Nov. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Coyote:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Lynx:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Dec. 15-Jan. 15.                 
    Marten:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                 
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                 
    Muskrat:                                                                
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-June 10.                 
    Otter:                                                                  
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Wolf:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (17) Unit 17. (i) Unit 17 consists of drainages into Bristol Bay 
    and the Bering Sea between Etolin Point and Cape Newenham, and all 
    islands between these points including Hagemeister Island and the 
    Walrus Islands:
        (A) Unit 17(A) consists of the drainages between Cape Newenham and 
    Cape Constantine, and Hagemeister Island and the Walrus Islands;
        (B) Unit 17(B) consists of the Nushagak River drainage upstream 
    from, and including the Mulchatna River drainage, and the Wood River 
    drainage upstream from the outlet of Lake Beverley;
        (C) Unit 17(C) consists of the remainder of Unit 17.
        (ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
    uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
        (A) Except for aircraft and boats and in legally permitted hunting 
    camps, the Upper Mulchatna Controlled Use Area consisting of Unit 
    17(B), is closed from Aug. 1-Nov. 1 to the use of any motorized vehicle 
    for hunting ungulates, bear, wolves and wolverine, including 
    transportation of hunters and parts of ungulates, bear, wolves or 
    wolverine;
        (B) The Western Alaska Brown Bear Management Area which consists of 
    Unit 17(A), that portion of 17(B) draining into Nuyakuk Lake and 
    Tikchik Lake, Unit 18, and that portion of Unit 19(A) and (B) 
    downstream of and including the Aniak River drainage,
    
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    is open to brown bear hunting by State registration permit in lieu of a 
    resident tag; no resident tag is required for taking brown bears in the 
    Western Alaska Brown Bear Management Area, provided that the hunter has 
    obtained a State registration permit prior to hunting.
        (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
        (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
    15.
        (B) [Reserved]
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Harvest limits                        Open season           
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Hunting                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Black Bear:                                                             
      2 bears............................  Aug. 1-May 31.                   
    Brown Bear:                                                             
        Unit 17(A) and that portion of     Sept. 1-May 31.                  
         Unit 17(B) draining into the                                       
         Nuyakuk Lake and Tikchik Lake--1                                   
         bear.                                                              
        Remainder of Unit 17(B) and        Sept. 10-Oct. 10                 
         17(C)--1 bear every four          April 15-May 25.                 
         regulatory years.                                                  
    Caribou:                                                                
        Unit 17 (A)--that portion west of  Season to be opened by           
         the Togiak River, Togiak Lake,     announcement of the Togiak      
         Izavieknik River, Upper Togiak     National Wildlife Refuge Manager
         Lake, and south to Cape            between Aug. 1-Mar. 31.         
         Newenham--2 caribou.                                               
        Unit 17(A) and (C)--that portion   Aug. 1-Aug. 31.                  
         of 17(A) and (C) consisting of    Dec. 1-Mar. 31.                  
         the Nushagak Peninsula south of                                    
         the Igushik River, Tuklung River                                   
         and Tuklung Hills, west to                                         
         Tvativak Bay--2 caribou by                                         
         Federal registration permit.                                       
         Public lands are closed to the                                     
         taking of caribou except by the                                    
         residents of Togiak, Twin Hills,                                   
         Manokotak, Aleknagik,                                              
         Dillingham, Clark's Point, and                                     
         Ekuk during seasons identified                                     
         above.                                                             
        Unit 17(B) and (C)--that portion   Aug. 1-Apr. 15.                  
         of 17(C) east of the Wood River                                    
         and Wood River Lakes--5 caribou;                                   
         however, no more than 2 bulls                                      
         may be taken from Oct. 1-Nov. 30.                                  
        Unit 17(A), remainder and 17(C),   Season, harvest limit, and hunt  
         remainder--selected drainages; a   area to be announced by the     
         harvest limit of up to 5 caribou   Togiak National wildife Refuge  
         will be determined at the time     Manager between Aug. 1-Mar. 31. 
         the season is announced.                                           
    Sheep:                                                                  
        1 ram with full curl horn or       Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                
         larger.                                                            
    Moose:                                                                  
        Unit 17(B)--that portion that      Aug. 20-Sept. 10.                
         includes all the Mulchatna River                                   
         drainage upstream from and                                         
         including the Chilchitna River                                     
         drainage--1 bull by State                                          
         registration permit only during                                    
         the period Aug. 20-Aug. 31.                                        
         During the period Sept. 1-Sept.                                    
         10 only a spike/fork bull or a                                     
         bull with 50-inch antlers or                                       
         with 3 or more brow tines on one                                   
         side may be taken with a State                                     
         harvest ticket.                                                    
        Remainder of Unit 17(B)--1 bull    Aug. 20-Sept. 10.                
         by State registration permit      Dec. 15-Dec. 31.                 
         only during the periods Aug. 20-                                   
         Aug. 31 and Dec. 15-Dec. 31.                                       
         During the period Sept. 1-Sept.                                    
         10 only a spike/fork bull or a                                     
         bull with 50-inch antlers or                                       
         with 3 or more brow tines on one                                   
         side may be taken with a State                                     
         harvest ticket.                                                    
        Unit 17(C)--that portion that      Aug. 20-Sept. 10.                
         includes the Iowithla drainage                                     
         and Sunshine Valley and all                                        
         lands west of Wood River and                                       
         south of Aleknagik Lake--1 bull                                    
         by State registration permit                                       
         only during the period Aug. 20-                                    
         Aug. 31. During the period Sept.                                   
         1-Sept. 10 only a spike/fork                                       
         bull or a bull with 50-inch                                        
         antlers or with 3 or more brow                                     
         tines on one side may be taken                                     
         with a State harvest ticket.                                       
        Remainder of Unit 17(C)--1 bull    Aug. 20-Sept. 10.                
         by State registration permit      Dec. 15-Dec. 31.                 
         only during the periods Aug. 20-                                   
         Aug. 31 and Dec. 15-Dec. 31.                                       
         During the period Sept. 1-Sept.                                    
         10 only a spike/fork bull or a                                     
         bull with 50-inch antlers or                                       
         with 3 or more brow tines on one                                   
         side may be taken with a State                                     
         harvest ticket.                                                    
    Coyote:                                                                 
        2 coyotes........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):                                     
        No limit.........................  Dec. 1-Mar. 15.                  
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        2 foxes..........................  Sept. 1-Feb. 15.                 
    Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
        No limit.........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
        2 lynx...........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Wolf:                                                                   
        5 wolves.........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        1 wolverine......................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                 
    Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and                                       
     Sharp-tailed):                                                         
        15 per day, 30 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
     tailed):                                                               
        20 per day, 40 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    
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                                    Trapping                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Beaver:                                                                 
        Unit 17--40 beaver per season....  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Coyote:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):                                     
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Lynx:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Marten:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Muskrat:                                                                
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Otter:                                                                  
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                 
    Wolf:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (18) Unit 18. (i) Unit 18 consists of that area draining into the 
    Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers downstream from a straight line drawn 
    between Lower Kalskag and Paimiut and the drainages flowing into the 
    Bering Sea from Cape Newenham on the south to and including the 
    Pastolik River drainage on the north; Nunivak, St. Matthew, and 
    adjacent islands between Cape Newenham and the Pastolik River.
        (ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
    uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
        (A) The Kalskag Controlled Use Area which consists of that portion 
    of Unit 18 bounded by a line from Lower Kalskag on the Kuskokwim River, 
    northwesterly to Russian Mission on the Yukon River, then east along 
    the north bank of the Yukon River to the old site of Paimiut, then back 
    to Lower Kalskag is closed to the use of aircraft for hunting any 
    ungulate, bear, wolf, or wolverine, including the transportation of any 
    hunter and ungulate, bear, wolf, or wolverine part; however, this does 
    not apply to transportation of a hunter or ungulate, bear, wolf, or 
    wolverine part by aircraft between publicly owned airports in the 
    Controlled Use Area or between a publicly owned airport within the Area 
    and points outside the Area;
        (B) The Western Alaska Brown Bear Management Area which consists of 
    Unit 17(A), that portion of 17(B) draining into Nuyakuk Lake and 
    Tikchik Lake, Unit 18, and that portion of Unit 19 (A) and (B) 
    downstream of and including the Aniak River drainage, is open to brown 
    bear hunting by State registration permit in lieu of a resident tag; no 
    resident tag is required for taking brown bears in the Western Alaska 
    Brown Bear Management Area, provided that the hunter has obtained a 
    State registration permit prior to hunting.
        (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
        (A) A firearm may be used to take beaver under a trapping license 
    in Unit 18 from Apr. 1-Jun. 10.
        (B) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may 
    designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take caribou 
    south of the Yukon River on his or her behalf. The designated hunter 
    must obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a completed 
    harvest report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number of 
    recipients but may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her 
    possession at any one time.
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Harvest limits                        Open season           
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Hunting                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Black Bear:                                                             
        3 bears..........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Brown Bear:                                                             
        1 bear...........................  Sept. 1-May 31.                  
    Caribou:                                                                
        Unit 18--that portion south of     Season to be announced by the    
         the Yukon River--Kilbuck caribou   Yukon Delta National Wildlife   
         herd; rural Alaska residents       Refuge Manager between Aug. 25  
         domiciled in Tuluksak, Akiak,      and Mar. 31.                    
         Akiachak, Kwethluk, Bethel,                                        
         Oscarville, Napaskiak, Napakiak,                                   
         Kasigluk, Atmauthluak,                                             
         Nunapitchuk, Tuntutuliak, Eek,                                     
         Quinhagak, Goodnews Bay,                                           
         Platinum, Togiak, and Twin                                         
         Hills, only. A harvest limit of                                    
         up to 5 caribou will be                                            
         determined at the time the                                         
         season is announced and will be                                    
         based on the management                                            
         objectives in the ``Qavilnguut                                     
         (Kilbuck) Caribou Herd                                             
         Cooperative Management Plan.''                                     
         The season will be closed when                                     
         the total harvest reaches                                          
         guidelines as described in the                                     
         approved ``Qavilnguut (Kilbuck)                                    
         Caribou Herd Cooperative                                           
         Management Plan''.                                                 
        Unit 18--that portion north of     Aug. 1-Mar. 31.                  
         the Yukon River--5 caribou per                                     
         day.                                                               
        Remainder of Unit 18.............  No open season.                  
    Moose:                                                                  
        Unit 18--that portion north and    Sept. 5-Sept. 25.                
         west of a line from Cape                                           
         Romanzof to Kuzilvak Mountain,                                     
         and then to Mountain Village,                                      
         and west of, but not including,                                    
         the Andreafsky River drainage--1                                   
         antlered bull.                                                     
        Unit 18--Goodnews River and        No open season.                  
         Kanektok River drainages.                                          
    
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        Unit 18--Kuskokwim River           Aug. 25-Sept. 25.                
         drainage--1 antlered bull. A 10-  Winter season to be announced.   
         day hunt (1 bull, evidence of                                      
         sex required) will be opened by                                    
         announcement sometime between                                      
         Dec. 1 and Feb. 28.                                                
        Remainder of Unit 18--1 antlered   Sept. 1-Sept. 30.                
         bull. A 10-day hunt (1 bull,      Winter season to be announced.   
         evidence of sex required) will                                     
         be opened by announcement                                          
         sometime between Dec. 1 and Feb.                                   
         28.                                                                
        Public lands in Unit 18 are                                         
         closed to the hunting of moose,                                    
         except by rural Alaska residents                                   
         of Unit 18 and Upper Kalskag                                       
         during seasons identified above.                                   
    Coyote:                                                                 
        2 coyotes........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):                                     
        2 foxes..........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        10 foxes; however, no more than 2  Sept. 1-Mar. 15.                 
         foxes may be taken prior to Oct.                                   
         1.                                                                 
    Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
        No limit.........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
        2 lynx...........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Wolf:                                                                   
        5 wolves.........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        1 wolverine......................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                 
    Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and                                       
     Sharp-tailed):                                                         
        15 per day, 30 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
     tailed):                                                               
        20 per day, 40 in possession.....  Aug. 10-May 30.                  
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Trapping                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Beaver:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-June 10.                  
    Coyote:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):                                     
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Lynx:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Marten:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                 
    Muskrat:                                                                
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-June 10.                 
    Otter:                                                                  
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Wolf:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    (19) Unit 19. (i) Unit 19 consists of the Kuskokwim River drainage 
    upstream from a straight line drawn between Lower Kalskag and Piamiut:
    (A) Unit 19(A) consists of the Kuskokwim River drainage downstream 
    from and including the Moose Creek drainage on the north bank and 
    downstream from and including the Stony River drainage on the south 
    bank, excluding Unit 19(B);
        (B) Unit 19(B) consists of the Aniak River drainage upstream from 
    and including the Salmon River drainage, the Holitna River drainage 
    upstream from and including the Bakbuk Creek drainage, that area south 
    of a line from the mouth of Bakbuk Creek to the radar dome at 
    Sparrevohn Air Force Base, including the Hoholitna River drainage 
    upstream from that line, and the Stony River drainage upstream from and 
    including the Can Creek drainage;
        (C) Unit 19(C) consists of that portion of Unit 19 south and east 
    of a line from Benchmark M#1.26 (approximately 1.26 miles south of the 
    northwest corner of the original Mt. McKinley National Park boundary) 
    to the peak of Lone Mountain, then due west to Big River, including the 
    Big River drainage upstream from that line, and including the Swift 
    River drainage upstream from and including the North Fork drainage;
        (D) Unit 19(D) consists of the remainder of Unit 19.
        (ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
    uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
        (A) Lands within Mount McKinley National Park as it existed prior 
    to December 2, 1980, are closed to subsistence uses. Subsistence uses 
    as authorized by this paragraph (k)(19) are permitted in Denali 
    National Preserve and lands added to Denali National Park on December 
    2, 1980;
        (B) The Upper Kuskokwim Controlled Use Area, which consists of that 
    portion of Unit 19(D) upstream from the mouth of Big River including 
    the drainages of the Big River, Middle Fork, South Fork, East Fork, and 
    Tonzona River, and bounded by a line following the west
    
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    bank of the Swift Fork (McKinley Fork) of the Kuskokwim River to 
    152 deg.50' W. long., then north to the boundary of Denali National 
    Preserve, then following the western boundary of Denali National 
    Preserve north to its intersection with the Minchumina-Telida winter 
    trail, then west to the crest of Telida Mountain, then north along the 
    crest of Munsatli Ridge to elevation 1,610, then northwest to Dyckman 
    Mountain and following the crest of the divide between the Kuskokwim 
    River and the Nowitna drainage, and the divide between the Kuskokwim 
    River and the Nixon Fork River to Loaf bench mark on Halfway Mountain, 
    then south to the west side of Big River drainage, the point of 
    beginning, is closed during moose hunting seasons to the use of 
    aircraft for hunting moose, including transportation of any moose 
    hunter or moose part; however, this does not apply to transportation of 
    a moose hunter or moose part by aircraft between publicly owned 
    airports in the Controlled Use Area, or between a publicly owned 
    airport within the area and points outside the area;
        (C) The Western Alaska Brown Bear Management Area, which consists 
    of Unit 17(A), that portion of 17(B) draining into Nuyakuk Lake and 
    Tikchik Lake, Unit 18, and that portion of Unit 19(A) and (B) 
    downstream of and including the Aniak River drainage, is open to brown 
    bear hunting by State registration permit in lieu of a resident tag; no 
    resident tag is required for taking brown bears in the Western Alaska 
    Brown Bear Management Area, provided that the hunter has obtained a 
    State registration permit prior to hunting.
        (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
        (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
    30.
        (B) [Reserved]
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Harvest limits                        Open season           
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Hunting                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Black Bear:                                                             
        3 bears..........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Brown Bear:                                                             
        Unit 19 (A) and (B) that portion   Sept. 1-May 31.                  
         which is downstream of and                                         
         including the Aniak River                                          
         drainage--1 bear.                                                  
        Remainder of Unit 19 (A), (B),     Sept. 10-May 25.                 
         and (D)--1 bear every four                                         
         regulatory years.                                                  
    Caribou:                                                                
        Unit 19 (A) north of Kuskokwim     Aug. 10-Sept. 30.                
         River--1 caribou.                 Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
        Unit 19(A) south of the Kuskokwim  Aug. 1-Apr. 15.                  
         River, and Unit 19(B) (excluding                                   
         rural Alaska residents of Lime                                     
         Village)--5 caribou.                                               
        Unit 19(C)--1 caribou............  Aug. 10-Oct. 10.                 
        Unit 19(D) south and east of the   Aug. 10-Sept. 30.                
         Kuskokwim River and North Fork    Nov. 1-Jan. 31.                  
         of the Kuskokwim River--1                                          
         caribou.                                                           
        Remainder of Unit 19(D)--1         Aug. 10-Sept. 30.                
         caribou.                                                           
        Unit 19--Rural Alaska residents    July 1-June 30.                  
         domiciled in Lime Village only;                                    
         no individual harvest limit but                                    
         a village harvest quota of 200                                     
         caribou; cows and calves may not                                   
         be taken from Apr. 1-Aug. 9.                                       
         Reporting will be by a community                                   
         reporting system.                                                  
    Sheep:                                                                  
        1 ram with 7/8 curl..............  Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                
    Moose:                                                                  
        Unit 19--Rural Alaska residents    July 1-June 30.                  
         of Lime Village only--No                                           
         individual harvest limit, but a                                    
         village harvest quota of 40                                        
         moose (including those taken                                       
         under the State Tier II system);                                   
         either sex. Reporting will be by                                   
         a community reporting system.                                      
        Unit 19(A)--that portion north of  Sept. 1-Sept. 20.                
         the Kuskokwim River upstream      Nov. 20-Nov. 30.                 
         from, but not including the       Jan. 1-Jan. 10.                  
         Kolmakof River drainage and       Feb. 1-Feb. 10.                  
         south of the Kuskokwim River                                       
         upstream from, but not including                                   
         the Holokuk River drainage--1                                      
         moose; however, antlerless moose                                   
         may be taken only during the                                       
         Feb. 1-Feb. 10 season.                                             
        Remainder of Unit 19(A)--1 bull..  Sept. 1-Sept. 20.                
                                           Nov. 20-Nov. 30.                 
                                           Jan. 1-Jan. 10.                  
                                           Feb. 1-Feb. 10.                  
        Unit 19(B)--1 antlered bull......  Sept. 1-Sept. 30.                
        Unit 19(C)--1 antlered bull......  Sept. 1-Oct. 10.                 
        Unit 19(D)--that portion of the    Sept. 1-Sept. 30.                
         Upper Kuskokwim Controlled Use                                     
         Area within the North Fork                                         
         drainage upstream from the                                         
         confluence of the South Fork to                                    
         the mouth of the Swift Fork--1                                     
         antlered bull.                                                     
        Unit 19(D)--remainder of the       Sept. 1-Sept. 30.                
         Upper Kuskokwim Controlled Use    Dec. 1-Feb. 28.                  
         Area--1 bull.                                                      
        Remainder of Unit 19(D)--1         Sept. 1--Sept. 30.               
         antlered bull.                    Dec. 1--Dec. 15.                 
    Coyote:                                                                 
        2 coyotes........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        10 foxes; however, no more than 2  Sept. 1-Mar. 15.                 
         foxes may be taken prior to Oct.                                   
         1.                                                                 
    Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
        No limit.........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
        2 lynx...........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        5 wolves.........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        1 wolverine......................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                 
    Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and                                       
     Sharp-tailed):                                                         
        15 per day, 30 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
     tailed):                                                               
    
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        20 per day, 40 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Trapping                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Beaver:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Coyote:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Mar. 31.                  
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Mar. 31.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Marten:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Muskrat:                                                                
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-June 10.                  
    Otter:                                                                  
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Mar. 31.                  
    Wolverine:                                                              
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Mar. 31.                  
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (20) Unit 20. (i) Unit 20 consists of the Yukon River drainage 
    upstream from and including the Tozitna River drainage to and including 
    the Hamlin Creek drainage, drainages into the south bank of the Yukon 
    River upstream from and including the Charley River drainage, the Ladue 
    River and Fortymile River drainages and the Tanana River drainage north 
    of Unit 13 and downstream from the east bank of the Robertson River:
        (A) Unit 20(A) consists of that portion of Unit 20 bounded on the 
    south by the Unit 13 boundary, bounded on the east by the west bank of 
    the Delta River, bounded on the north by the north bank of the Tanana 
    River from its confluence with the Delta River downstream to its 
    confluence with the Nenana River, and bounded on the west by the east 
    bank of the Nenana River;
        (B) Unit 20(B) consists of drainages into the north bank of the 
    Tanana River from and including Hot Springs Slough upstream to and 
    including the Banner Creek drainage;
        (C) Unit 20(C) consists of that portion of Unit 20 bounded on the 
    east by the east bank of the Nenana River and on the north by the north 
    bank of the Tanana River downstream from the Nenana River;
        (D) Unit 20(D) consists of that portion of Unit 20 bounded on the 
    east by the east bank of the Robertson River and on the west by the 
    west bank of the Delta River, and drainages into the north bank of the 
    Tanana River from its confluence with the Robertson River downstream 
    to, but excluding the Banner Creek drainage;
        (E) Unit 20(E) consists of drainages into the south bank of the 
    Yukon River upstream from and including the Charley River drainage, and 
    the Ladue River drainage;
        (F) Unit 20(F) consists of the remainder of Unit 20.
        (ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
    uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
        (A) Lands within Mount McKinley National Park as it existed prior 
    to December 2, 1980, are closed to subsistence uses. Subsistence uses 
    as authorized by this paragraph (k)(20) are permitted in Denali 
    National Preserve and lands added to Denali National Park on December 
    2, 1980;
        (B) Use of motorized vehicles or pack animals for hunting is 
    prohibited from Aug. 5-Aug. 25 in the Delta Controlled Use Area, the 
    boundary of which is defined as: a line beginning at the confluence of 
    Miller Creek and the Delta River, then west to vertical angle bench 
    mark Miller, then west to include all drainages of Augustana Creek and 
    Black Rapids Glacier, then north and east to include all drainages of 
    McGinnis Creek to its confluence with the Delta River, then east in a 
    straight line across the Delta River to Mile 236.7 Richardson Highway, 
    then north along the Richardson Highway to its junction with the Alaska 
    Highway, then east along the Alaska Highway to the west bank of the 
    Johnson River, then south along the west bank of the Johnson River and 
    Johnson Glacier to the head of the Canwell Glacier, then west along the 
    north bank of the Canwell Glacier and Miller Creek to the Delta River;
        (C) The Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area, which consists of 
    those portions of Units 20, 24, 25, and 26 extending five miles from 
    each side of the Dalton Highway from the Yukon River to milepost 300 of 
    the Dalton Highway, is closed to the use of motorized vehicles, except 
    aircraft and boats, and to licensed highway vehicles, snowmobiles, and 
    firearms except as provided below. The use of snowmobiles is authorized 
    only for the subsistence taking of wildlife by residents living within 
    the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area. The use of licensed 
    highway vehicles is limited only to designated roads within the Dalton 
    Highway Corridor Management Area. The use of firearms within the 
    Corridor is authorized only for the residents of Alatna, Allakaket, 
    Anaktuvuk Pass, Bettles, Evansville, Stevens Village, and residents 
    living within the Corridor;
        (D) The Glacier Mountain Controlled Use Area, which consists of 
    that portion of Unit 20(E) bounded by a line beginning at Mile 140 of 
    the Taylor Highway, then north along the highway to Eagle, then west 
    along the cat trail from Eagle to Crooked Creek, then from Crooked 
    Creek southwest along the west bank of Mogul Creek to its headwaters on 
    North Peak, then west across North Peak to the headwaters of 
    Independence Creek, then southwest along the west bank of Independence 
    Creek to its confluence with the North Fork of the Fortymile River, 
    then easterly along the south bank of the North Fork of the Fortymile 
    River to its confluence with Champion Creek, then across the North
    
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    Fork of the Fortymile River to the south bank of Champion Creek and 
    easterly along the south bank of Champion Creek to its confluence with 
    Little Champion Creek, then northeast along the east bank of Little 
    Champion Creek to its headwaters, then northeasterly in a direct line 
    to Mile 140 on the Taylor Highway, is closed to the use of any 
    motorized vehicle for hunting from August 5-September 20; however, this 
    does not prohibit motorized access via, or transportation of harvested 
    wildlife on, the Taylor Highway or any airport;
        (E) The Minto Flats Management Area, which consists of that portion 
    of Unit 20 bounded by the Elliot Highway beginning at Mile 118, then 
    northeasterly to Mile 96, then east to the Tolovana Hotsprings Dome, 
    then east to the Winter Cat Trail, then along the Cat Trail south to 
    the Old Telegraph Trail at Dunbar, then westerly along the trail to a 
    point where it joins the Tanana River three miles above Old Minto, then 
    along the north bank of the Tanana River (including all channels and 
    sloughs except Swan Neck Slough), to the confluence of the Tanana and 
    Tolovana Rivers and then northerly to the point of beginning, is open 
    to moose hunting by permit only;
        (F) The Fairbanks Management Area, which consists of the Goldstream 
    subdivision (SE \1/4\ SE \1/4\, Section 28 and Section 33, Township 2 
    North, Range 1 West, Fairbanks Meridian) and that portion of Unit 20(B) 
    bounded by a line from the confluence of Rosie Creek and the Tanana 
    River, northerly along Rosie Creek to the divide between Rosie Creek 
    and Cripple Creek, then down Cripple Creek to its confluence with Ester 
    Creek, then up Ester Creek to its confluence with Ready Bullion Creek, 
    then up Ready Bullion Creek to the summit of Ester Dome, then down 
    Sheep Creek to its confluence with Goldstream Creek, then easterly 
    along Goldstream Creek to its confluence with First Chance Creek, then 
    up First Chance Creek to Tungsten Hill, then southerly along Steele 
    Creek to its intersection with the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, then 
    southerly along the pipeline right-of-way to the Chena River, then 
    along the north bank of the Chena River to the Moose Creek dike, then 
    southerly along Moose Creek dike to its intersection with the Tanana 
    River, and then westerly along the north bank of the Tanana River to 
    the point of beginning, is open to moose hunting by bow and arrow only.
        (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
        (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
    30;
        (B) Trapping of wolves in Unit 20(E) during April and October with 
    a steel trap, or with a snare using cable smaller than \3/32\ inch 
    diameter, is prohibited;
        (C) The taking of up to three moose per regulatory year by the 
    residents of Unit 20 and 21 is allowed for the celebration known as the 
    Nuchalawoyya Potlatch, under the terms of a Federal registration 
    permit. Permits will be issued to individuals only at the request of 
    the Native Village of Tanana. This three moose limit is not cumulative 
    with that permitted by the State.
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Harvest limits                        Open season           
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Hunting                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Black Bear:                                                             
        3 bears..........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Brown Bear:                                                             
        Unit 20--except Unit 20(E)--1      Sept. 1-May 31.                  
         bear every four regulatory                                         
         years..                                                            
    Caribou:                                                                
        Unit 20(E)--1 bull by Federal      Aug. 10-Sept. 30.                
         registration permit only; the     Nov. 15-Feb. 28.                 
         season will close when a                                           
         combined State/Federal harvest                                     
         quota of 150 for the Fortymile                                     
         herd has been reached.                                             
        Unit 20(F)--Tozitna River          Aug. 10-Sept. 30.                
         drainage--1 caribou; however,     Nov. 26-Dec. 10.                 
         only bull caribou may be taken    Mar. 1-Mar. 15.                  
         Aug. 10-Sept. 30.                                                  
        Unit 20(F)--south of the Yukon     Dec. 1-Dec. 31.                  
         River--1 caribou.                                                  
        Remainder of Unit 20(F)--1 bull..  Aug. 10-Sept. 30.                
    Moose:                                                                  
        Unit 20(A)--1 antlered bull......  Sept. 1-Sept. 20.                
        Unit 20(B)--that portion within    Sept. 1-Sept. 20.                
         the Minto Flats Management Area - Jan. 10-Feb. 28.                 
         1 bull by Federal registration                                     
         permit only.                                                       
        Unit 20(B)--the drainage of the    Sept. 1-Sept. 20.                
         Middle Fork of the Chena River                                     
         and that portion of the Salcha                                     
         River Drainage upstream from and                                   
         including Goose Creek--1                                           
         antlered bull.                                                     
        Remainder of Unit 20(B)--1         Sept. 1-Sept. 20.                
         antlered bull..                                                    
        Unit 20(C)--that portion within    Sept. 1-Sept. 30.                
         Denali National Park and          Nov. 15-Dec. 15.                 
         Preserve west of the Toklat                                        
         River, excluding lands within                                      
         Mount McKinley National Park as                                    
         it existed prior to December 2,                                    
         1980--1 antlered bull; however,                                    
         white-phased or partial albino                                     
         (more than 50 percent white)                                       
         moose may not be taken.                                            
        Remainder of Unit 20(C)--1         Sept. 1-Sept. 30.                
         antlered bull; however, white-                                     
         phased or partial albino (more                                     
         than 50 percent white) moose may                                   
         not be taken.                                                      
        Unit 20(E)--that portion drained   Aug. 20-Aug. 28.                 
         by the Ladue, Sixty-mile, and     Sept. 1-Sept. 15.                
         Forty-mile Rivers (all forks)                                      
         from Mile 9 1/2 to Mile 145                                        
         Taylor Highway, including the                                      
         Boundary Cutoff Road--1 antlered                                   
         bull; however during the period                                    
         Aug. 20--Aug. 28 only a bull                                       
         with Spike/fork antlers may be                                     
         taken.                                                             
        Remainder of Unit 20(E)--that      Aug. 20-Aug. 28.                 
         portion draining into the Yukon   Sept. 1-Sept. 30.                
         River upstream from and                                            
         including the Charley River                                        
         drainage to and including the                                      
         Boundary Creek drainages and the                                   
         Taylor Highway from mile 145 to                                    
         Eagle--1 antlered bull; however                                    
         during the period Aug. 20--Aug.                                    
         28 only a bull with Spike/fork                                     
         antlers may be taken.                                              
        Unit 20(F)--that portion within    Sept. 1-Sept. 25.                
         the Dalton Highway Corridor                                        
         Management Area--1 antlered bull                                   
         by Federal registration permit                                     
         only.                                                              
        Remainder of Unit 20(F)--1         Sept. 1-Sept. 25.                
         antlered bull.                                                     
    Coyote:                                                                 
        2 coyotes........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        10 foxes; however, no more than 2  Sept. 1-Mar. 15.                 
         foxes may be taken prior to Oct.                                   
         1.                                                                 
    Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
        No limit.........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
        Unit 20(E)--2 lynx...............  Nov. 1-Jan. 31.                  
    
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        Remainder of Unit 20--2 lynx.....  Dec. 1-Jan. 31.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        10 wolves........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        1 wolverine......................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                 
    Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and                                       
     Sharp-tailed):                                                         
        Unit 20(D)--that portion south of  Aug. 25-Mar. 31.                 
         the Tanana River and west of the                                   
         Johnson River--15 per day, 30 in                                   
         possession, provided that not                                      
         more than 5 per day and 10 in                                      
         possession are sharp-tailed                                        
         grouse.                                                            
        Unit 20--Remainder--15 per day,    Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                 
         30 in possession..                                                 
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
     tailed):                                                               
        Unit 20--those portions within     Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                 
         five miles of Alaska Route 5                                       
         (Taylor Highway, both to Eagle                                     
         and the Alaska-Canada boundary)                                    
         and that portion of Alaska Route                                   
         4 (Richardson Highway) south of                                    
         Delta Junction--20 per day, 40                                     
         in possession.                                                     
        Unit 20--Remainder--20 per day,    Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
         40 in possession..                                                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Trapping                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Beaver:                                                                 
        Unit 20(A), 20(B), Unit 20(C),     Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
         Unit 20(E), and 20(D)--that                                        
         portion draining into the north                                    
         bank of the Tanana River,                                          
         including the islands in the                                       
         Tanana River--25 beaver.                                           
        Remainder of Unit 20(D)--15        Feb. 1-Apr. 15.                  
         beaver.                                                            
        Unit 20(F)--50 beaver............  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Coyote:                                                                 
        Unit 20(E)--No limit.............  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
        Remainder Unit 20--No limit......  Nov. 1-Mar. 31.                  
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
        Unit 20(A), (B), (D), (E), and     Dec. 15-Jan. 15.                 
         (C) east of the Teklanika River--                                  
         No limit.                                                          
        Unit 20(F) and the remainder of    Dec. 1-Jan. 31.                  
         20(C)--No limit.                                                   
    Marten:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Muskrat:                                                                
        Unit 20(E)--No limit.............  Sept. 20-June 10.                
        Remainder of Unit 20--No limit...  Nov. 1-June 10.                  
    Otter:                                                                  
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        Unit 20(E)--No limit.............  Oct. 1-Apr. 30                   
        Remainder of Unit 20--No limit...  Nov. 1-Mar. 31.                  
    Wolverine:                                                              
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (21) Unit 21. (i) Unit 21 consists of drainages into the Yukon 
    River upstream from Paimiut to, but not including the Tozitna River 
    drainage on the north bank, and to, but not including the Tanana River 
    drainage on the south bank; and excluding the Koyukuk River upstream 
    and including from the Dulbi River drainage:
        (A) Unit 21(A) consists of the Innoko River drainage upstream from 
    and including the Iditarod River drainage, and the Nowitna River 
    drainage upstream from the Little Mud River;
        (B) Unit 21(B) consists of the Yukon River drainage upstream from 
    Ruby and east of the Ruby-Poorman Road, downstream from and excluding 
    the Tozitna River and Tanana River drainages, and excluding the Nowitna 
    River drainage upstream from the Little Mud River, and excluding the 
    Melozitna River drainage upstream from Grayling Creek;
        (C) Unit 21(C) consists of the Melozitna River drainage upstream 
    from Grayling Creek, and the Dulbi River drainage upstream from and 
    including the Cottonwood Creek drainage;
        (D) Unit 21(D) consists of the Yukon River drainage from and 
    including the Blackburn Creek drainage upstream to Ruby, including the 
    area west of the Ruby-Poorman Road, excluding the Koyukuk River 
    drainage upstream from the Dulbi River drainage, and excluding the 
    Dulbi River drainage upstream from Cottonwood Creek;
        (E) Unit 21(E) consists of the Yukon River drainage from Paimiut 
    upstream to, but not including the Blackburn Creek drainage, and the 
    Innoko River drainage downstream from the Iditarod River drainage.
        (ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
    uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
        (A) The Koyukuk Controlled Use Area, which consists of those 
    portions of Units 21 and 24 bounded by a line from the north bank of 
    the Yukon River at Koyukuk, then northerly to the confluences of the 
    Honhosa and Kateel Rivers, then northeasterly to the confluences of 
    Billy Hawk Creek and the Huslia River (65 deg. 57' N. lat., 156 deg. 
    41' W. long.), then easterly to the south end of Solsmunket Lake, then 
    east to Hughes, then south to Little Indian River, then southwesterly 
    to the crest of Hochandochtla Mountain, then southwest to the mouth of 
    Cottonwood Creek then southwest to Bishop Rock, then westerly along the 
    north bank of the Yukon River (including Koyukuk Island) to the point 
    of beginning, is closed during moose-hunting seasons to the use of 
    aircraft for hunting moose, including transportation of any moose 
    hunter or moose part; however, this does not apply to transportation of 
    a
    
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    moose hunter or moose part by aircraft between publicly owned airports 
    in the controlled use area or between a publicly owned airport within 
    the area and points outside the area; all hunters on the Koyukuk River 
    passing the ADF&G operated check station at Ella's Cabin (15 miles 
    upstream from the Yukon on the Koyukuk River) are required to stop and 
    report to ADF&G personnel at the check station;
        (B) The Paradise Controlled Use Area, which consists of that 
    portion of Unit 21 bounded by a line beginning at the old village of 
    Paimiut, then north along the west bank of the Yukon River to Paradise, 
    then northwest to the mouth of Stanstrom Creek on the Bonasila River, 
    then northeast to the mouth of the Anvik River, then along the west 
    bank of the Yukon River to the lower end of Eagle Island (approximately 
    45 miles north of Grayling), then to the mouth of the Iditarod River, 
    then down the east bank of the Innoko River to its confluence with 
    Paimiut Slough, then south along the east bank of Paimiut Slough to its 
    mouth, and then to the old village of Paimiut, is closed during moose 
    hunting seasons to the use of aircraft for hunting moose, including 
    transportation of any moose hunter or part of moose; however, this does 
    not apply to transportation of a moose hunter or part of moose by 
    aircraft between publicly owned airports in the Controlled Use Area or 
    between a publicly owned airport within the area and points outside the 
    area.
        (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
        (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
    30;
        (B) A firearm may be used to take beaver with a trapping license in 
    Unit 21(E) from Apr. 1--June 1;
        (C) The taking of up to three moose per regulatory year by the 
    residents of Unit 20 and 21 is allowed for the celebration known as the 
    Nuchalawoyya Potlatch, under the terms of a Federal registration 
    permit. Permits will be issued to individuals only at the request of 
    the Native Village of Tanana. This three moose limit is not cumulative 
    with that permitted by the State;
        (D) The taking of up to three moose per regulatory year by the 
    residents of Unit 21 is allowed for the celebration known as the 
    Kaltag/Nulato Stickdance, under the terms of a Federal registration 
    permit. Permits will be issued to individuals only at the request of 
    the Native Village of Kaltag or Nulato. This three moose limit is not 
    cumulative with that permitted by the State.
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Harvest limits                        Open season           
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Hunting                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Black Bear:                                                             
        3 bears..........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Brown Bear:                                                             
        1 bear every four regulatory       Sept. 1-May 31.                  
         years.                                                             
    Caribou:                                                                
        Unit 21 (A), (B), (C), and (E)--1  Aug. 10-Sept. 30.                
         caribou.                                                           
        Unit 21 (D)--North of the Yukon    Aug. 10-Sept. 30.                
         River and east of the Koyukuk     Winter season to be announced.   
         River 1 caribou; however, 2                                        
         additional caribou may be taken                                    
         during a winter season to be                                       
         announced.                                                         
        Unit 21(D)--Remainder (Western     July 1-June 30.                  
         Arctic Caribou herd)-5 caribou                                     
         per day; however, cow caribou                                      
         may not be taken May 16-June 30.                                   
    Moose:                                                                  
        Unit 21(A)--1 bull...............  Aug. 20-Sept. 25.                
                                           Nov. 1-Nov. 30.                  
        Unit 21 (B) and (C)--1 antlered    Sept. 5-Sept. 25.                
         bull.                                                              
        Unit 21(D)--1 moose; moose may     Sept. 1-Sept. 25.                
         not be taken within one-half      Feb. 1-Feb. 10.                  
         mile of the Yukon River during                                     
         the February season. During the                                    
         Sept. 1-Sept. 25 season a State                                    
         registration permit is required.                                   
        Unit 21(E)--1 moose; however,      Aug. 20-Sept. 25.                
         only bulls may be taken from      Feb. 1-Feb. 10.                  
         Aug. 20-Sept. 25; moose may not                                    
         be taken within one-half mile of                                   
         the Innoko or Yukon River during                                   
         the February season.                                               
    Coyote:                                                                 
        2 coyotes........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        10 foxes; however, no more than 2  Sept. 1-Mar. 15.                 
         foxes may be taken prior to Oct.                                   
         1.                                                                 
    Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
        No limit.........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
        2 lynx...........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        5 wolves.........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        1 wolverine......................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                 
    Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and                                       
     Sharp-tailed):                                                         
        15 per day, 30 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
     tailed):                                                               
        20 per day, 40 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Trapping                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Beaver:                                                                 
        Unit 21(E)--No Limit.............  Nov. 1-June 1.                   
        Remainder of Unit 21--No Limit...  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Coyote:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Mar. 31.                  
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
    
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        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Marten:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Muskrat:                                                                
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-June 10.                  
    Otter:                                                                  
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Mar. 31.                  
    Wolverine:                                                              
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Mar. 31.                  
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (22) Unit 22. (i) Unit 22 consists of Bering Sea, Norton Sound, 
    Bering Strait, Chukchi Sea, and Kotzebue Sound drainages from, but 
    excluding, the Pastolik River drainage in southern Norton Sound to, but 
    not including, the Goodhope River drainage in Southern Kotzebue Sound, 
    and all adjacent islands in the Bering Sea between the mouths of the 
    Goodhope and Pastolik Rivers:
        (A) Unit 22(A) consists of Norton Sound drainages from, but 
    excluding, the Pastolik River drainage to, and including, the Ungalik 
    River drainage, and Stuart and Besboro Islands;
        (B) Unit 22(B) consists of Norton Sound drainages from, but 
    excluding, the Ungalik River drainage to, and including, the Topkok 
    Creek drainage;
        (C) Unit 22(C) consists of Norton Sound and Bering Sea drainages 
    from, but excluding, the Topkok Creek drainage to, and including, the 
    Tisuk River drainage, and King and Sledge Islands;
        (D) Unit 22(D) consists of that portion of Unit 22 draining into 
    the Bering Sea north of, but not including, the Tisuk River to and 
    including Cape York, and St. Lawrence Island;
        (E) Unit 22(E) consists of Bering Sea, Bering Strait, Chukchi Sea, 
    and Kotzebue Sound drainages from Cape York to, but excluding, the 
    Goodhope River drainage, and including Little Diomede Island and 
    Fairway Rock.
        (ii) Unit-specific regulations:
        (A) A firearm may be used to take beaver with a trapping license in 
    Unit 22 during the established seasons;
        (B) Coyote, incidentally taken with a trap or snare intended for 
    red fox or wolf, may be used for subsistence purposes.
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Harvest limits                        Open season           
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Hunting                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Black Bear:                                                             
        3 bears..........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Brown Bear:                                                             
        Unit 22(A)--1 bear by residents    Sept. 1-Oct. 31.                 
         of Unit 22(A) only.               Apr. 15-May 25.                  
        Unit 22(B)--1 bear by residents    Sept. 1-Oct. 31.                 
         of Unit 22(B) only.               Apr. 15-May 25.                  
        Unit 22(C).......................  No open season.                  
        Remainder of Unit 22--1 bear       Sept. 1-Oct. 31.                 
         every four regulatory years.      Apr. 15-May 25.                  
    Caribou:                                                                
        Unit 22(A) and (B)--5 caribou per  July 1-June 30.                  
         day; however, cow caribou may                                      
         not be taken May 16-June 30.                                       
    Moose:                                                                  
        Unit 22(A)--1 antlered bull;       Aug. 1-Sept. 30.                 
         however, the period of Dec. 1--   Dec. 1-Jan. 31.                  
         Jan. 31 is restricted to                                           
         residents of Unit 22(A) only.                                      
        Unit 22(B)--1 moose; however,      Aug. 1-Jan. 31.                  
         antlerless moose may be taken                                      
         only from Dec. 1--Dec. 31; no                                      
         person may take a cow                                              
         accompanied by a calf.                                             
        Unit 22(C)--1 antlered bull......  Sept. 1-Sept. 14.                
        Unit 22(D)--1 moose; however,      Aug. 1-Jan. 31.                  
         antlerless moose may be taken                                      
         only from Dec. 1--Dec. 31; no                                      
         person may take a cow                                              
         accompanied by a calf.                                             
        Unit 22(E)--1 moose; no person     Aug. 1-Mar. 31.                  
         may take a cow accompanied by a                                    
         calf.                                                              
    Muskox:                                                                 
        Unit 22(D) and (E)--1 bull by      Sept. 1-Jan. 31.                 
         Federal registration permit                                        
         only. Federal public lands are                                     
         closed to the taking of muskox                                     
         except by Federally-qualified                                      
         subsistence users. The harvest                                     
         will not exceed 3 percent of the                                   
         subunit population. In Unit                                        
         22(D) one-half of the harvest                                      
         may be taken from National Park                                    
         Service lands and one-half from                                    
         Bureau of Land Management lands.                                   
        Remainder of Unit 22.............  No open season.                  
    Beaver:                                                                 
        Unit 22 (A) and (B)--50 beaver...  Nov. 1-June 10.                  
        Unit 22(D)--50 beaver............  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
        Unit 22 Remainder................  No open season.                  
    Coyote:                                                                 
        Federal public lands are closed    No open season.                  
         to the taking of coyotes.                                          
    Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):                                     
        2 foxes..........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    
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    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        10 foxes.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
        No limit.........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 15.                 
    Lynx:                                                                   
        2 lynx...........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Marten:                                                                 
        Unit 22(A) 22(B)--No limit.......  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
        Unit 22 Remainder................  No open season.                  
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Jan. 31.                  
    Otter:                                                                  
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Wolverine:                                                              
        1 wolverine......................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                 
    Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and                                       
     Sharp-tailed):                                                         
        15 per day, 30 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
     tailed):                                                               
        Unit 22(A) and 22(B) east of and   Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
         including the Niukluk River                                        
         drainage--40 per day, 80 in                                        
         possession.                                                        
        Unit 22 Remainder--20 per day, 40  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
         in possession.                                                     
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Trapping                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Beaver:                                                                 
        Unit 22 (A) and (B)--50 beaver...  Nov. 1-June 10.                  
        Unit 22 (C), (D), and (E)--50      Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
         beaver.                                                            
    Coyote:                                                                 
        Federal public lands are closed    No open season.                  
         to the taking of coyotes.                                          
    Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):                                     
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Marten:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Jan. 31.                  
    Muskrat:                                                                
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-June 10.                  
    Otter:                                                                  
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Wolverine:                                                              
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (23) Unit 23. (i) Unit 23 consists of Kotzebue Sound, Chukchi Sea, 
    and Arctic Ocean drainages from and including the Goodhope River 
    drainage to Cape Lisburne.
        (ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
    uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
        (A) The Noatak Controlled Use Area, which consists of that portion 
    of Unit 23 in a corridor extending five miles on either side of the 
    Noatak River beginning at the mouth of the Noatak River, and extending 
    upstream to the mouth of Sapun Creek, is closed for the period August 
    25-September 15 to the use of aircraft in any manner either for hunting 
    of ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine, or for transportation of 
    hunters or harvested species. This does not apply to the transportation 
    of hunters or parts of ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine by 
    regularly scheduled flights to communities by carriers that normally 
    provide scheduled air service;
        (B) The Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area, which consists 
    of those portions of Unit 23, except the Baldwin Peninsula north of the 
    Arctic Circle, Unit 24, and Unit 26(A) is open to brown bear hunting by 
    State registration permit in lieu of a resident tag; no resident tag is 
    required for taking brown bears in the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear 
    Management Area, provided that the hunter has obtained a State 
    registration permit prior to hunting; aircraft may not be used in the 
    Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area in any manner for brown 
    bear hunting under the authority of a brown bear State registration 
    permit, including transportation of hunters, bears or parts of bears; 
    however, this does not apply to transportation of bear hunters or bear 
    parts by regularly scheduled flights to and between communities by 
    carriers that normally provide scheduled service to this area, nor does 
    it apply to transportation of aircraft to or between publicly owned 
    airports.
        (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
        (A) Caribou may be taken from a boat under power in Unit 23;
        (B) Swimming caribou may be taken with a firearm using rimfire 
    cartridges;
        (C) A firearm may be used to take beaver with a trapping license in 
    all of Unit 23 from Nov. 1-Jun. 10.
    
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    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Harvest limits                        Open season           
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Hunting                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Black Bear:                                                             
        3 bears..........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Brown Bear:                                                             
        Unit 23--except the Baldwin        Sept. 1-May 31.                  
         Peninsula north of the Arctic                                      
         Circle--1 bear by State                                            
         registration permit.                                               
        Remainder of Unit 23--1 bear       Sept. 1-Oct. 10.                 
         every four regulatory years.      Apr. 15-May 25.                  
    Caribou:                                                                
        15 caribou per day; however, cow   July 1-June 30.                  
         caribou may not be taken May 16-                                   
         June 30.                                                           
    Sheep:                                                                  
        Unit 23--that portion west of      No open season.                  
         Howard Pass and the Aniuk,                                         
         Cutler and Redstone Rivers.                                        
        Remainder of Unit 23--1 ram with   Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                
         \7/8\ curl horn or larger.                                         
        Remainder of Unit 23--1 sheep....  Oct. 1-Apr. 30.                  
    Moose:                                                                  
        Unit 23--that portion north and    July 1-Mar. 31.                  
         west of and including the                                          
         Singoalik River drainage, and                                      
         all lands draining into the                                        
         Kukpuk and Ipewik Rivers--1                                        
         moose; no person may take a cow                                    
         accompanied by a calf.                                             
        Unit 23--that portion lying        Aug. 1-Sept. 15.                 
         within the Noatak River           Oct. 1-Mar. 31.                  
         drainage--1 moose; however,                                        
         antlerless moose may be taken                                      
         only from Nov. 1-Mar. 31; no                                       
         person may take a cow                                              
         accompanied by a calf.                                             
        Remainder of Unit 23--1 moose; no  Aug. 1-Mar. 31.                  
         person may take a cow                                              
         accompanied by a calf.                                             
    Muskox:                                                                 
        Unit 23 South of Kotzebue Sound    Sept. 1-Jan. 31.                 
         and west of and including the                                      
         Buckland River drainage--1 bull                                    
         by Federal registration permit                                     
         only. Federal public lands are                                     
         closed to the taking of muskox                                     
         except by Federally-qualified                                      
         subsistence users. The harvest                                     
         will not exceed 3 percent of the                                   
         area population.                                                   
        Remainder of Unit 23.............  No open season.                  
    Coyote:                                                                 
        2 coyotes........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):                                     
        2 foxes..........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        10 foxes; however, no more than 2  Sept. 1-Mar. 15.                 
         foxes may be taken prior to Oct.                                   
         1.                                                                 
    Hare: (Snowshoe and Tundra)                                             
        No limit.........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
        2 lynx...........................  Dec. 1-Jan. 15.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        5 wolves.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        1 wolverine......................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                 
    Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and                                       
     Sharp-tailed):                                                         
        15 per day, 30 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
     tailed):                                                               
        20 per day, 40 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Trapping                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Beaver:                                                                 
        Unit 23--the Kobuk and Selawik     Nov. 1-June 10.                  
         River drainages--50 beaver.                                        
        Remainder of Unit 23-30 beaver...  Nov. 1-June 10.                  
    Coyote:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15                   
    Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):                                     
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
        3 lynx...........................  Dec. 1-Jan. 15.                  
    Marten:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Jan. 31.                  
    Muskrat:                                                                
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-June 10.                  
    Otter:                                                                  
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    
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        (24) Unit 24. (i) Unit 24 consists of the Koyukuk River drainage 
    upstream from but not including the Dulbi River drainage.
        (ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
    uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
        (A) The Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area, which consists of 
    those portions of Units 20, 24, 25, and 26 extending five miles from 
    each side of the Dalton Highway from the Yukon River to milepost 300 of 
    the Dalton Highway, is closed to the use of motorized vehicles, except 
    aircraft and boats, and to licensed highway vehicles, snowmobiles, and 
    firearms except as follows: The use of snowmobiles is authorized only 
    for the subsistence taking of wildlife by residents living within the 
    Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area. The use of licensed highway 
    vehicles is limited only to designated roads within the Dalton Highway 
    Corridor Management Area. The use of firearms within the Corridor is 
    authorized only for the residents of Alatna, Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, 
    Bettles, Evansville, Stevens Village, and residents living within the 
    Corridor;
        (B) The Kanuti Controlled Use Area, which consists of that portion 
    of Unit 24 bounded by a line from the Bettles Field VOR to the east 
    side of Fish Creek Lake, to Old Dummy Lake, to the south end of Lake 
    Todatonten (including all waters of these lakes), to the northernmost 
    headwaters of Siruk Creek, to the highest peak of Double Point 
    Mountain, then back to the Bettles Field VOR, is closed during moose-
    hunting seasons to the use of aircraft for hunting moose, including 
    transportation of any moose hunter or moose part; however, this does 
    not apply to transportation of a moose hunter or moose part by aircraft 
    between publicly owned airports in the controlled use area or between a 
    publicly owned airport within the area and points outside the area;
        (C) The Koyukuk Controlled Use Area, which consists of those 
    portions of Units 21 and 24 bounded by a line from the north bank of 
    the Yukon River at Koyukuk, then northerly to the confluences of the 
    Honhosa and Kateel Rivers, then northeasterly to the confluences of 
    Billy Hawk Creek and the Huslia River (65 deg. 57' N. lat., 156 deg. 
    41' W. long.), then easterly to the south end of Solsmunket Lake, then 
    east to Hughes, then south to Little Indian River, then southwesterly 
    to the crest of Hochandochtla Mountain, then southwest to the mouth of 
    Cottonwood Creek, then southwest to Bishop Rock, then westerly along 
    the north bank of the Yukon River (including Koyukuk Island) to the 
    point of beginning, is closed during moose-hunting seasons to the use 
    of aircraft for hunting moose, including transportation of any moose 
    hunter or moose part; however, this does not apply to transportation of 
    a moose hunter or moose part by aircraft between publicly owned 
    airports in the controlled use area or between a publicly owned airport 
    within the area and points outside the area; all hunters on the Koyukuk 
    River passing the ADF&G operated check station at Ella's Cabin (15 
    miles upstream from the Yukon on the Koyukuk River) are required to 
    stop and report to ADF&G personnel at the check station;
        (D) The Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area, which consists 
    of those portions of Unit 23, except the Baldwin Peninsula north of the 
    Arctic Circle, Unit 24, and Unit 26(A), is open to brown bear hunting 
    by State registration permit in lieu of a resident tag. No resident tag 
    is required for taking brown bears in the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear 
    Management Area, provided that the hunter has obtained a State 
    registration permit prior to hunting. Aircraft may not be used in the 
    Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area in any manner for brown 
    bear hunting under the authority of a brown bear State registration 
    permit, including transportation of hunters, bears or parts of bears. 
    However, this does not apply to transportation of bear hunters or bear 
    parts by regularly scheduled flights to and between communities by 
    carriers that normally provide scheduled service to this area, nor does 
    it apply to transportation of aircraft to or between publicly owned 
    airports.
        (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
        (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
    30;
        (B) Arctic fox, incidentally taken with a trap or snare intended 
    for red fox, may be used for subsistence purposes.
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Harvest limits                        Open season           
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Hunting                                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Black Bear:                                                             
        3 bears..........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Brown Bear:                                                             
        Unit 24--1 bear by State           Sept. 1-May 31.                  
         registration permit.                                               
    Caribou:                                                                
        Unit 24--the Kanuti River          Aug. 10-Sept. 30.                
         drainage upstream from Kanuti,                                     
         Chalatna Creek, the Fish Creek                                     
         drainage (including Bonanza                                        
         Creek)--1 bull.                                                    
        Remainder of Unit 24--5 caribou    July 1-June 30.                  
         per day; however, cow caribou                                      
         may not be taken May 16-June 30.                                   
    Sheep:                                                                  
        Unit 24--that portion within the   Aug. 1-Apr. 30.                  
         Gates of the Arctic National                                       
         Park--3 sheep.                                                     
        Unit 24--that portion within the   July 15-Dec. 31.                 
         Gates of the Arctic National                                       
         Park--Anaktuvuk Pass residents                                     
         only--commnity harvest quota of                                    
         60 sheep, no more than 10 of                                       
         which may be ewes and a daily                                      
         possession limit of 3 sheep per                                    
         person no more than 1 of which                                     
         may be a ewe.                                                      
        Unit 24--that portion within the   Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                
         Dalton Highway Corridor                                            
         Management Area; except, Gates                                     
         of the Arctic National Park--1                                     
         ram with 7/8 curl horn or larger                                   
         by Federal registration permit                                     
         only.                                                              
        Remainder of Unit 24--1 ram with   Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                
         7/8 curl horn or larger.                                           
    Moose:                                                                  
        Unit 24--that portion within the   Sept. 5-Sept. 25.                
         Koyukuk Controlled Use Area--1    Dec. 1-Dec. 10.                  
         moose; however, antlerless moose  Mar. 1-Mar. 10.                  
         may be taken only during the                                       
         periods of Sept. 21-Sept. 25,                                      
         Dec. 1-Dec. 10, and Mar. 1-Mar.                                    
         10.                                                                
        Unit 24--that portion that         Aug. 1-Dec. 31.                  
         includes the John River drainage                                   
         within the Gates of the Arctic                                     
         National Park--1 moose.                                            
        Unit 24--the Alatna River          Aug. 25-Dec. 31.                 
         drainage within the Gates of the  Mar. 1-Mar. 10.                  
         Arctic National Park--1 moose;                                     
         however, antlerless moose may be                                   
         taken only from Sept. 21-Sept.                                     
         25 and Mar. 1-Mar. 10.                                             
        Unit 24--all drainages to the      Aug. 25-Sept. 25.                
         north of the Koyukuk River        Mar. 1-Mar. 10.                  
         upstream from and including the                                    
         Alatna River to and including                                      
         the North Fork of the Koyukuk                                      
         River, except those portions of                                    
         the John River and the Alatna                                      
         River drainages within the Gates                                   
         of the Arctic National Park--1                                     
         moose; however, antlerless moose                                   
         may be taken only from Sept. 21-                                   
         Sept. 25 and Mar. 1-Mar. 10.                                       
    
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        Unit 24--that portion within the   Aug. 25-Sept. 25.                
         Dalton Highway Corridor                                            
         Management Area; except, Gates                                     
         of the Arctic National Park--1                                     
         antlered bull by Federal                                           
         registration permit only.                                          
        Remainder of Unit 24--1 antlered   Aug. 25-Sept. 25.                
         bull. Public lands in the Kanuti                                   
         Controlled Use Area are closed                                     
         to taking of moose, except by                                      
         eligible rural Alaska residents                                    
         during seasons identified above.                                   
    Coyote:                                                                 
        2 coyotes........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        10 foxes; however, no more than 2  Sept. 1-Mar. 15.                 
         foxes may be taken prior to Oct.                                   
         1.                                                                 
    Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
        No limit.........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
        2 lynx...........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        5 wolves.........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        1 wolverine......................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                 
    Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and                                       
     Sharp-tailed):                                                         
        15 per day, 30 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
     tailed):                                                               
        20 per day, 40 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Trapping                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Beaver:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Coyote:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Mar. 31.                  
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Marten:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Muskrat:                                                                
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-June 10.                  
    Otter:                                                                  
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Mar. 31.                  
    Wolverine:                                                              
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Mar. 31.                  
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (25) Unit 25. (i) Unit 25 consists of the Yukon River drainage 
    upstream from but not including the Hamlin Creek drainage, and 
    excluding drainages into the south bank of the Yukon River upstream 
    from the Charley River:
        (A) Unit 25(A) consists of the Hodzana River drainage upstream from 
    the Narrows, the Chandalar River drainage upstream from and including 
    the East Fork drainage, the Christian River drainage upstream from 
    Christian, the Sheenjek River drainage upstream from and including the 
    Thluichohnjik Creek, the Coleen River drainage, and the Old Crow River 
    drainage;
        (B) Unit 25(B) consists of the Little Black River drainage upstream 
    from but not including the Big Creek drainage, the Black River drainage 
    upstream from and including the Salmon Fork drainage, the Porcupine 
    River drainage upstream from the confluence of the Coleen and Porcupine 
    Rivers, and drainages into the north bank of the Yukon River upstream 
    from Circle, including the islands in the Yukon River;
        (C) Unit 25(C) consists of drainages into the south bank of the 
    Yukon River upstream from Circle to the Subunit 20(E) boundary, the 
    Birch Creek drainage upstream from the Steese Highway bridge (milepost 
    147), the Preacher Creek drainage upstream from and including the Rock 
    Creek drainage, and the Beaver Creek drainage upstream from and 
    including the Moose Creek drainage;
        (D) Unit 25(D) consists of the remainder of Unit 25.
        (ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
    uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
        (A) The Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area, which consists of 
    those portions of Units 20, 24, 25, and 26 extending five miles from 
    each side of the Dalton Highway from the Yukon River to milepost 300 of 
    the Dalton Highway, is closed to the use of motorized vehicles, except 
    aircraft and boats, and to licensed highway vehicles, snowmobiles, and 
    firearms except as follows: The use of snowmobiles is authorized only 
    for the subsistence taking of wildlife by residents living within the 
    Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area. The use of licensed highway 
    vehicles is limited only to designated roads within the Dalton Highway 
    Corridor Management Area. The use of firearms within the Corridor is 
    authorized only for the residents of Alatna, Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, 
    Bettles, Evansville, Stevens Village, and residents living within the 
    Corridor;
        (B) The Arctic Village Sheep Management Area; that portion of Unit 
    25(A) north and west of Arctic Village, which is bounded on the east by 
    the East Fork Chandalar River beginning at the confluence of Red Sheep 
    Creek and proceeding southwesterly downstream past Arctic Village to 
    the confluence
    
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    with Crow Nest Creek, continuing up Crow Nest Creek, through Portage 
    Lake, to its confluence with the Junjik River; then down the Junjik 
    River past Timber Lake and a larger tributary, to a major, unnamed 
    tributary, northwesterly, for approximately 6 miles where the stream 
    forks into two roughly equal drainages; the boundary follows the 
    easternmost fork, proceeding almost due north to the headwaters and 
    intersects the Continental Divide; the boundary then follows the 
    Continental Divide easterly, through Carter Pass, then easterly and 
    northeasterly approximately 62 miles along the divide to the head 
    waters of the most northerly tributary of Red Sheep Creek then follows 
    southerly along the divide designating the eastern extreme of the Red 
    Sheep Creek drainage then to the confluence of Red Sheep Creek and the 
    East Fork Chandalar River.
        (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
        (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
    30;
        (B) Caribou and moose may be taken from a boat under power in Unit 
    25.
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Harvest limits                        Open season           
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     Hunting                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Black Bear:                                                             
        3 bears..........................  July 1-June 30                   
    Caribou:                                                                
        Unit 25 (A), (B), and the          July 1-Apr. 30.                  
         remainder of Unit 25(D)--10                                        
         caribou; however, no more than 5                                   
         caribou may be transported from                                    
         these units per regulatory year.                                   
        Unit 25(C)--that portion south     Aug. 10-Sept. 30.                
         and east of the Steese Highway--  Nov. 15-Feb. 28.                 
         1 bull by Federal registration                                     
         permit only; the season will                                       
         close when a harvest quota for                                     
         the Fortymile herd has been                                        
         reached. The harvest quota will                                    
         be determined by the Board after                                   
         consultation with ADF&G and                                        
         announced before the season                                        
         opening.                                                           
        25(C)--that portion north and      Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                
         west of the Steese Highway--1     Feb. 15-Mar. 15.                 
         caribou; however, only bull                                        
         caribou may be taken during the                                    
         Aug. 10--Sept. 20 season. During                                   
         the winter season, caribou may                                     
         be taken only with a Federal                                       
         registration permit.                                               
    Unit 25 (D)--that portion of Unit      Aug. 10-Sept. 30.                
     25(D) drained by the west fork of     Dec. 1-Dec. 31.                  
     the Dall River west of 150'' W.                                        
     long.--1 bull                                                          
    Sheep:                                                                  
        Unit 25(A)--that portion within    No open season.                  
         the Dalton Highway Corridor                                        
         Management Area.                                                   
        Units 25(A)--Arctic Village Sheep  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
         Management Area--2 rams by                                         
         Federal registration permit                                        
         only. Public lands are closed to                                   
         the taking of sheep except by                                      
         rural Alaska residents of Arctic                                   
         Village, Venetie, Fort Yukon,                                      
         Kaktovik and Chalkytsik during                                     
         seasons identified above.                                          
        Remainder of Unit 25(A)--3 sheep   Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
         by Federal registration permit                                     
         only.                                                              
    Moose:                                                                  
        Unit 25(A)--1 antlered bull......  Aug. 25-Sept. 25.                
                                           Dec. 1-Dec. 10.                  
        Unit 25(B)--that portion within    Aug. 25---Sept. 30.              
         the Porcupine River drainage      Dec. 1---Dec. 10.                
         upstream from, but excluding the                                   
         Coleen River drainage--1                                           
         antlered bull.                                                     
        Unit 25(B)--that portion draining  Sept. 5-Sept. 30.                
         into the north bank of the Yukon  Dec. 1-Dec. 15.                  
         River upstream from and                                            
         including the Kandik River                                         
         drainage, including the islands                                    
         in the Yukon River--1 antlered                                     
         bull.                                                              
        Remainder of Unit 25(B)--1         Aug. 25-Sept. 25.                
         antlered bull.                    Dec. 1-Dec. 15.                  
        Unit 25(C)--1 antlered bull......  Sept. 1-Sept. 15.                
        Unit 25(D) (West)--that portion    Aug. 25-Feb. 28                  
         lying west of a line extending                                     
         from the Unit 25(D) boundary on                                    
         Preacher Creek, then downstream                                    
         along Preacher Creek, Birch                                        
         Creek and Lower Mouth Birch                                        
         Creek to the Yukon River, then                                     
         downstream along the north bank                                    
         of the Yukon River (including                                      
         islands) to the confluence of                                      
         the Hadweenzik River, then                                         
         upstream along the west bank of                                    
         the Hadweenzik River to the                                        
         confluence of Forty and One-Half                                   
         Mile Creek, then upstream along                                    
         Forty and One-Half Mile Creek to                                   
         Nelson Mountain on the Unit                                        
         25(D) boundary--1 bull by a                                        
         Federal registration permit.                                       
         Alternate permits allowing for                                     
         designated hunters are available                                   
         to qualified applicants who                                        
         reside in Beaver, Birch Creek,                                     
         or Stevens Village. Moose                                          
         hunting on public land in this                                     
         portion of Unit 25(D)(West) is                                     
         closed at all times except for                                     
         residents of Beaver, Birch Creek                                   
         and Stevens Village during                                         
         seasons identified above. The                                      
         moose season will be closed when                                   
         30 moose have been harvested in                                    
         the entirety of Unit 25(D)(West).                                  
        Remainder of Unit 25(D)--1         Aug. 25-Sept. 25.                
         antlered moose.                   Dec. 1-Dec. 20.                  
    Beaver:                                                                 
        Unit 25, excluding Unit 25(C)--1   Apr. 16-Oct. 31.                 
         beaver per day; 1 in possession.                                   
        Unit 25(C).......................  No open season.                  
    Coyote:                                                                 
        2 coyotes........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        10 foxes; however, no more than 2  Sept. 1-Mar. 15.                 
         foxes may be taken prior to Oct.                                   
         1.                                                                 
    Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
        No limit.........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
        Unit 25(C)--2 lynx...............  Dec. 1-Jan. 31                   
        Remainder of Unit 25--2 lynx.....  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        Unit 25(A)--No limit.............  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
        Remainder of Unit 25--10 wolves..  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        1 wolverine......................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                 
    Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and                                       
     Sharp-tailed):                                                         
        Unit 25(C)--15 per day, 30 in      Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                 
         possession.                                                        
    
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        Remainder of Unit 25--15 per day,  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
         30 in possession.                                                  
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
     tailed):                                                               
        Unit 25(C)--those portions within  Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                 
         5 miles of Route 6 (Steese                                         
         Highway)--20 per day, 40 in                                        
         possession.                                                        
        Remainder of Unit 25--20 per day,  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
         40 in possession.                                                  
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                                    Trapping                                
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    Beaver:                                                                 
        Unit 25(C)--25 beaver............  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
        Remainder of Unit 25--50 beaver..  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Coyote:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Mar. 31.                  
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
        Unit 25(C)--No limit.............  Dec. 1-Jan. 31.                  
        Remainder of Unit 25--No limit...  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Marten:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Muskrat:                                                                
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-June 10.                  
    Otter:                                                                  
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Mar. 31.                  
    Wolverine:                                                              
        Unit 25(C)--No limit.............  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
        Remainder of Unit 25--No limit...  Nov. 1-Mar. 31.                  
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        (26) Unit 26. (i) Unit 26 consists of Arctic Ocean drainages 
    between Cape Lisburne and the Alaska-Canada border including the Firth 
    River drainage within Alaska:
        (A) Unit 26(A) consists of that portion of Unit 26 lying west of 
    the Itkillik River drainage and west of the east bank of the Colville 
    River between the mouth of the Itkillik River and the Arctic Ocean;
        (B) Unit 26(B) consists of that portion of Unit 26 east of Unit 
    26(A), west of the west bank of the Canning River and west of the west 
    bank of the Marsh Fork of the Canning River;
        (C) Unit 26(C) consists of the remainder of Unit 26.
        (ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
    uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
        (A) The Unit 26(A) Controlled Use Area, which consists of Unit 
    26(A), is closed to the use of aircraft in any manner for moose 
    hunting, including transportation of moose hunters or parts of moose 
    from Aug. 1-Aug. 31 and from Jan. 1-Mar. 31. No hunter may take or 
    transport a moose, or part of a moose in Unit 26(A) after having been 
    transported by aircraft into the unit. However, this does not apply to 
    transportation of moose hunters or moose parts by regularly scheduled 
    flights to and between villages by carriers that normally provide 
    scheduled service to this area, nor does it apply to transportation by 
    aircraft to or between publicly owned airports;
        (B) The Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area, which consists of 
    those portions of Units 20, 24, 25, and 26 extending five miles from 
    each side of the Dalton Highway from the Yukon River to milepost 300 of 
    the Dalton Highway, is closed to the use of motorized vehicles, except 
    aircraft and boats, and to licensed highway vehicles, snowmobiles, and 
    firearms except as follows: The use of snowmobiles is authorized only 
    for the subsistence taking of wildlife by residents living within the 
    Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area. The use of licensed highway 
    vehicles is limited only to designated roads within the Dalton Highway 
    Corridor Management Area. The use of firearms within the Corridor is 
    authorized only for the residents of Alatna, Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, 
    Bettles, Evansville, Stevens Village, and residents living within the 
    Corridor;
        (C) The Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area, which consists 
    of those portions of Unit 23, except the Baldwin Peninsula north of the 
    Arctic Circle, Unit 24, and Unit 26(A), is open to brown bear hunting 
    by State registration permit in lieu of a resident tag. No resident tag 
    is required for taking brown bears in the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear 
    Management Area, provided that the hunter has obtained a State 
    registration permit prior to hunting. Aircraft may not be used in the 
    Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area in any manner for brown 
    bear hunting under the authority of a brown bear State registration 
    permit, including transportation of hunters, bears or parts of bears. 
    However, this does not apply to transportation of bear hunters or bear 
    parts by regularly scheduled flights to and between communities by 
    carriers that normally provide scheduled service to this area, nor does 
    it apply to transportation of aircraft to or between publicly owned 
    airports.
        (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
        (A) Caribou may be taken from a boat under power in Unit 26;
        (B) Swimming caribou may be taken with a firearm using rimfire 
    cartridges.
        (C) In Kaktovik, a Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) 
    may designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take 
    sheep on his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a 
    community operating under a community harvest system. The designated 
    hunter must obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a 
    completed harvest report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number 
    of recipients but may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her 
    possession at any one time.
    
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                Harvest limits                        Open season           
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                                    Hunting                                 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Black Bear:                                                             
        3 bears..........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Brown Bear:                                                             
        Unit 26(A)--1 bear by State        Sept. 1-May 31.                  
         registration permit.                                               
        Unit 26 (B) and (C)--1 bear......  Sept. 1-May 31.                  
    Caribou:                                                                
        Unit 26(A)--10 caribou per day;    July 1-June 30.                  
         however, cow caribou may not be                                    
         taken May 16-June 30. Federal                                      
         lands south of the Colville                                        
         River and east of the the Killik                                   
         River are closed to the the                                        
         taking of caribou by non-                                          
         Federally qualified subsistence                                    
         users from Aug. 1-Sept. 30.                                        
        Unit 26(B)--10 caribou per day;    July 1-June 30.                  
         however, cow caribou may be                                        
         taken only from Oct. 1-Apr. 30.                                    
        Unit 26(C)--10 caribou per day...  July 1-Apr. 30.                  
        Not more than 5 caribou per                                         
         regulatory year may be                                             
         transported from Unit 26 except                                    
         to the community of Anaktuvuk                                      
         Pass.                                                              
    Sheep:                                                                  
        Unit 26(A)--those portions within  Aug. 1-Apr. 30.                  
         the Gates of the Arctic National                                   
         Park--3 sheep.                                                     
        Unit 26 (A) and (B)--that portion  July 15-Dec. 31.                 
         within the Gates of the Arctic                                     
         National Park--Anaktuvuk Pass                                      
         residents only--community                                          
         harvest quota of 60 sheep, no                                      
         more than 10 of which may be                                       
         ewes and a daily possession                                        
         limit of 3 sheep per person no                                     
         more than 1 of which may be a                                      
         ewe.                                                               
        Unit 26(A)--that portion west of   No open season.                  
         Howard Pass and the Etivluk                                        
         River.                                                             
        Unit 26(B)--that portion within    Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                
         the Dalton Highway Corridor                                        
         Management Area--1 ram with 7/8                                    
         curl horn or larger by Federal                                     
         registration permit only.                                          
        Remainder of Unit 26(A) and (B)--  Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                
         including the Gates of the                                         
         Arctic National Preserve--1 ram                                    
         with 7/8 curl horn or larger.                                      
        Unit 26(C)--3 sheep per            Aug. 10-Sept. 20                 
         regulatory year; the Aug. 10-     Oct. 1-Apr. 30.                  
         Sept. 20 season is restricted to                                   
         1 ram with 7/8 curl horn or                                        
         larger. A Federal registration                                     
         permit is required for the Oct.                                    
         1-Apr. 30 season.                                                  
    Moose:                                                                  
        Unit 26(A)--that portion of the    Aug. 1-31.                       
         Colville River drainage                                            
         downstream from the mouth of the                                   
         Anaktuvuk River--1 bull. Federal                                   
         public lands are closed to the                                     
         taking of moose by non-Federally                                   
         qualified subsistence users.                                       
        Remainder of Unit 26.............  No open season.                  
    Muskox:                                                                 
        Unit 26(C)--1 bull by Federal      Sept. 15-Mar. 31.                
         registration permit only; up to                                    
         15 permits may be issued to                                        
         rural Alaska residents of the                                      
         village of Kaktovik only. Public                                   
         lands are closed to the taking                                     
         of muskox, except by rural                                         
         Alaska residents of the village                                    
         of Kaktovik during seasons                                         
         identified above.                                                  
    Coyote:                                                                 
        2 coyotes........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):                                     
        2 foxes..........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        Unit 26(A) and (B)--10 foxes;      Sept. 1-Mar. 15.                 
         however, no more than 2 foxes                                      
         may be taken prior to Oct. 1.                                      
        Unit 26(C)--10 foxes.............  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
        No limit.........................  July 1-June 30.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
        2 lynx...........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
        15 wolves........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Wolverine:                                                              
        5 wolverine......................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                 
    Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and                                       
     Sharp-tailed):                                                         
        15 per day, 30 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
     tailed):                                                               
        20 per day, 40 in possession.....  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
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                                    Trapping                                
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Coyote:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):                                     
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
     Silver Phases):                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Lynx:                                                                   
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Marten:                                                                 
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Mink and Weasel:                                                        
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Jan. 31.                  
    Muskrat:                                                                
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-June 10.                  
    Otter:                                                                  
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Wolf:                                                                   
    
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        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 30.                  
    Wolverine:                                                              
        No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
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        4. In Subpart D of 36 CFR part 242 and 50 CFR part 100, 
    Secs. ____.26 and ____.27 are added effective January 1, 1998, through 
    December 31, 1998, to read as follows:
    
    
    Sec. ____.26  Subsistence taking of fish.
    
        (a) Applicability. (1) Regulations in this section apply to the 
    taking of finfish, excluding halibut, or their parts for subsistence 
    uses.
        (2) Finfish, excluding halibut, may be taken for subsistence uses 
    at any time by any method unless restricted by the subsistence fishing 
    regulations found in this section.
        (b) Definitions. The following definitions shall apply to all 
    regulations contained in this section and Sec. ____.27:
        Abalone Iron means a flat device which is used for taking abalone 
    and which is more than one inch (24 mm) in width and less than 24 
    inches (610 mm) in length, with all prying edges rounded and smooth.
        ADF&G means the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
        Anchor means a device used to hold a salmon fishing vessel or net 
    in a fixed position relative to the beach; this includes using part of 
    the seine or lead, a ship's anchor, or being secured to another vessel 
    or net that is anchored.
        Bag Limit means the maximum legal take per person or designated 
    group, per specified time period, even if part or all of the fish are 
    preserved.
        Beach seine means a floating net which is designed to surround fish 
    and is set from and hauled to the beach.
        Char means the following species: Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinis); 
    lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush); and Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma).
        Crab means the following species: red king crab (Paralithodes 
    camshatica); blue king crab (Paralithodes platypus); brown king crab 
    (Lithodes aequispina); Lithodes couesi; all species of tanner or snow 
    crab (Chionoecetes spp.); and Dungeness crab (Cancer magister).
        Dip net means a bag-shaped net supported on all sides by a rigid 
    frame; the maximum straight-line distance between any two points on the 
    net frame, as measured through the net opening, may not exceed five 
    feet; the depth of the bag must be at least one-half of the greatest 
    straight-line distance, as measured through the net opening; no portion 
    of the bag may be constructed of webbing that exceeds a stretched 
    measurement of 4.5 inches; the frame must be attached to a single rigid 
    handle and be operated by hand.
        Diving Gear means any type of hard hat or skin diving equipment, 
    including SCUBA equipment.
        Drainage means all of the waters comprising a watershed including 
    tributary rivers, streams, sloughs, ponds and lakes which contribute to 
    the supply of the watershed.
        Drift gill net means a drifting gill net that has not been 
    intentionally staked, anchored or otherwise fixed.
        Federal lands means lands and waters and interests therein the 
    title to which is in the United States.
        Fishwheel means a fixed, rotating device for catching fish which is 
    driven by river current or other means of power.
        Freshwater of streams and rivers means the line at which freshwater 
    is separated from saltwater at the mouth of streams and rivers by a 
    line drawn between the seaward extremities of the exposed tideland 
    banks at the present stage of the tide.
        Fyke net means a fixed, funneling (fyke) device used to entrap 
    fish.
        Gear means any type of fishing apparatus.
        Gill net means a net primarily designed to catch fish by 
    entanglement in a mesh that consists of a single sheet of webbing which 
    hangs between cork line and lead line, and which is fished from the 
    surface of the water.
        Grappling hook means a hooked device with flukes or claws, which is 
    attached to a line and operated by hand.
        Groundfish--bottomfish means any marine finfish except halibut, 
    osmerids, herring and salmonids.
        Hand purse seine means a floating net which is designed to surround 
    fish and which can be closed at the bottom by pursing the lead line; 
    pursing may only be done by hand power, and a free-running line through 
    one or more rings attached to the lead line is not allowed.
        Herring pound means an enclosure used primarily to contain live 
    herring over extended periods of time.
        Hung measure means the maximum length of the cork line when 
    measured wet or dry with traction applied at one end only.
        Jigging gear means a line or lines with lures or baited hooks, 
    drawn through the water by hand, and which are operated during periods 
    of ice cover from holes cut in the ice.
        Lead means either a length of net employed for guiding fish into a 
    seine, set gill net, or other length of net, or a length of fencing 
    employed for guiding fish into a fishwheel, fyke net or dip net.
        Long line means either a stationary, buoyed, or anchored line, or a 
    floating, free-drifting line with lures or baited hooks attached.
        Possession limit means the maximum number of fish a person or 
    designated group may have in possession if the fish have not been 
    canned, salted, frozen, smoked, dried, or otherwise preserved so as to 
    be fit for human consumption after a 15 day period.
        Pot means a portable structure designed and constructed to capture 
    and retain live fish and shellfish in the water.
        Public lands or public land means lands situated in the State of 
    Alaska which are Federal lands, except--
        (1) Land selections of the State of Alaska which have been 
    tentatively approved or validly selected under the Alaska Statehood Act 
    and lands which have been confirmed to, validly selected by, or granted 
    to the Territory of Alaska or the State under any other provision of 
    Federal law;
        (2) Land selections of a Native Corporation made under the Alaska 
    Native Claims Settlement Act which have not been conveyed to a Native 
    Corporation, unless any such selection is determined to be invalid or 
    is relinquished; and
        (3) Lands referred to in Section 19(b) of the Alaska Native Claims 
    Settlement Act.
        Purse seine means a floating net which is designed to surround fish 
    and which can be closed at the bottom by means of a free-running line 
    through one or more rings attached to the lead line.
        Ring net means a bag-shaped net suspended between no more than two 
    frames; the bottom frame may not be larger in perimeter than the top 
    frame; the gear must be nonrigid and collapsible so that free movement 
    of fish or shellfish across the top of the net is not prohibited when 
    the net is employed.
        Rockfish means all species of the genus Sebastes.
        Rod and reel means either a device upon which a line is stored on a 
    fixed
    
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    or revolving spool and is deployed through guides mounted on a flexible 
    pole, or a line that is attached to a pole.
        Salmon means the following species: pink salmon (Oncorhynchus 
    gorbusha); sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka); chinook salmon 
    (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha); coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch); and 
    chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta).
        Salmon stream means any stream used by salmon for spawning or for 
    travelling to a spawning area.
        Salmon stream terminus means a line drawn between the seaward 
    extremities of the exposed tideland banks of any salmon stream at mean 
    lower low water.
        Set gill net means a gill net that has been intentionally set, 
    staked, anchored, or otherwise fixed.
        Shovel means a hand-operated implement for digging clams or 
    cockles.
        Spear means a shaft with a sharp point or fork-like implement 
    attached to one end which is used to thrust through the water to impale 
    or retrieve fish and which is operated by hand.
        Take or Taking means to pursue, hunt, shoot, trap, net capture, 
    collect, kill, harm, or attempt to engage in any such conduct.
        To operate fishing gear means any of the following: the deployment 
    of gear in the waters of Alaska; the removal of gear from the waters of 
    Alaska; the removal of fish or shellfish from the gear during an open 
    season or period; or the possession of a gill net containing fish 
    during an open fishing period, except that a gill net which is 
    completely clear of the water is not considered to be operating for the 
    purposes of minimum distance requirement.
        Trawl means a bag-shaped net towed through the water to capture 
    fish or shellfish.
        Trout means the following species: cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus 
    clarki) and rainbow trout or steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).
        (c) Methods, means, and general restrictions. (1) No person may buy 
    or sell fish, their parts, or their eggs which have been taken for 
    subsistence uses, unless, prior to the sale, the prospective buyer or 
    seller obtains a determination from the Federal Subsistence Board that 
    the sale constitutes customary trade.
        (2) No person may take fish for subsistence uses within 300 feet of 
    any dam, fish ladder, weir, culvert or other artificial obstruction.
        (3) No person may use explosives or chemicals to take fish for 
    subsistence uses.
        (4) Each person shall plainly and legibly inscribe his or her first 
    initial, last name, and address on any fish wheel, keg, buoy, stakes 
    attached to gill nets, and on any other unattended fishing gear which 
    the person has employed to take fish for subsistence uses.
        (5) All pots used to take fish must contain an opening on the 
    webbing of a sidewall of the pot which has been laced, sewn, or secured 
    together by untreated cotton twine or other natural fiber no larger 
    than 120 thread which upon deterioration or parting of the twine 
    produces an opening in the web with a perimeter equal to or exceeding 
    one-half of the tunnel eye opening perimeter.
        (6) Persons licensed by the State of Alaska to engage in a 
    fisheries business may not receive for commercial purposes or barter or 
    solicit to barter for subsistence taken salmon or their parts.
        (7) Except as provided elsewhere in this subpart, the taking of 
    rainbow trout and steelhead trout is prohibited.
        (8) Fish taken for subsistence use or under subsistence regulations 
    may not be subsequently used as bait for commercial or sport fishing 
    purposes.
        (9) The use of live non-indigenous fish as bait is prohibited.
        (10) Any fishing gear used to take fish for subsistence uses may 
    not obstruct more than one-half the width of any stream. A stationary 
    fishing device may obstruct not more than one-half the width of any 
    stream.
        (11) Kegs or buoys attached to any permitted gear may be any color 
    but red.
        (12) Harvest limits authorized in this section or Sec. ____.27 may 
    not be accumulated with bag limits authorized in State seasons.
        (13) Unless specified otherwise in this section, use of a rod and 
    reel to take fish is permitted without a subsistence fishing permit. 
    Harvest limits applicable to the use of a rod and reel to take fish for 
    subsistence uses shall be as follows:
        (i) Where a subsistence fishing permit issued by the ADF&G is 
    required by this section, that permit is not required to take fish for 
    subsistence uses with rod and reel. The harvest and possessions limits 
    for taking fish for subsistence uses with a rod and reel in those areas 
    are the same as indicated on the ADF&G permit issued for subsistence 
    fishing with other gear types;
        (ii) Where a subsistence fishing permit is not required by this 
    section, the harvest and possession limits for taking fish for 
    subsistence uses with a rod and reel is the same as for taking fish 
    under State of Alaska sport fishing regulations in those same areas.
        (14) Unless restricted in this section, or unless restricted under 
    the terms of a required subsistence fishing permit, gear specified in 
    definitions in paragraph (b) of this section are legal types of gear 
    for subsistence fishing.
        (15) Unless restricted in this section, or unless restricted under 
    the terms of a subsistence fishing permit, fish may be taken at any 
    time.
        (16) Gill nets used for subsistence fishing for salmon may not 
    exceed 50 fathoms in length, unless otherwise specified by regulations 
    for particular areas set forth in this section.
        (17) Each fishwheel must have the first initial, last name, and 
    address of the operator plainly and legibly inscribed on the side of 
    the fishwheel facing midstream of the river.
        (18) Unlawful possession of subsistence finfish. Fish or their 
    parts taken in violation of Federal or State regulations may not be 
    possessed, transported, given, received or bartered.
        (d) Fishery management area restrictions. For detailed descriptions 
    of Fishery Management Areas, see State of Alaska Fishing Regulations.
        (1) Kotzebue-Northern Area. (i) Salmon may be taken only by gill 
    nets, beach seines, or a rod and reel;
        (ii) Fish may be taken for subsistence purposes without a 
    subsistence fishing permit.
        (2) Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area. (i) Salmon may be taken only 
    by gill nets, beach seines, fishwheel, or a rod and reel;
        (ii) Except as provided in this paragraph (d)(2), fish may be taken 
    for subsistence purposes without a subsistence fishing permit. A 
    subsistence fishing permit issued by ADF&G is required, except for use 
    of rod and reel, as follows:
        (A) Pilgrim River drainage including Salmon Lake;
        (B) For net fishing in all waters from Cape Douglas to Rocky Point;
        (iii) Only one subsistence fishing permit will be issued to each 
    household per year.
        (3) Yukon Area. (i) Salmon may be taken only by set gill nets, 
    beach seines, fishwheels, or rod and reel;
        (ii) Except as provided in this paragraph (d)(3), fish may be taken 
    for subsistence purposes without a subsistence fishing permit;
        (iii) A subsistence fishing permit issued by the ADF&G is required, 
    except for the use of rod and reel, as follows:
        (A) For the Yukon River drainage from the mouth of Hess Creek to 
    the mouth of the Dall River;
        (B) For the Yukon River drainage from the ADF&G regulatory markers 
    placed near the upstream mouth of 22 Mile Slough upstream to the United 
    States--Canada border;
        (C) For the Tanana River drainage above the mouth of the Wood 
    River;
    
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        (D) For whitefish and suckers in the waters listed;
        (E) For the taking of pike in waters of the Tolovana River drainage 
    upstream of its confluence with the Tanana River;
        (F) For the taking of salmon in Subdistricts 6-A and 6-B;
        (iv) Except as otherwise provided, and except as may be provided by 
    the terms of a subsistence fishing permit issued by the ADF&G, there is 
    no closed season on fish other than salmon;
        (v) Only one subsistence fishing permit will be issued to each 
    household per year;
        (vi) Birch Creek of the upper Yukon drainage, and waters within 500 
    feet of its mouth, is closed to subsistence fishing June 10 through 
    September 10, except that whitefish and suckers may be taken by rod and 
    reel or under the authority of a subsistence fishing permit issued by 
    the ADF&G;
        (vii) The following drainages located north of the main Yukon River 
    are closed to subsistence fishing:
        (A) Kanuti River, upstream from a point five miles downstream of 
    the State highway crossing;
        (B) Fish Creek, upstream from the mouth of Bonanza Creek;
        (C) Bonanza Creek;
        (D) Jim River, including Prospect Creek and Douglas Creek;
        (E) South Fork of the Koyukuk River system upstream from the mouth 
    of Jim River;
        (F) Middle Fork of the Koyukuk River system upstream from the mouth 
    of the North Fork;
        (G) North Fork of the Chandalar River system upstream from the 
    mouth of Quartz Creek;
        (viii) The main Tanana River and its adjoining sloughs are closed 
    to subsistence fishing between the mouth of the Salcha River and the 
    mouth of the Gerstle River, except that salmon may be taken in the area 
    upstream of the Richardson Highway bridge to the mouth of Clearwater 
    Creek after November 20;
        (ix) Waters of the Tanana River drainage are closed to the 
    subsistence taking of pike between the mouth of the Kantishna River and 
    Delta River at Black Rapids on the Richardson Highway and Cathedral 
    Rapids on the Alaska Highway, except that pike may be taken for 
    subsistence purposes in the Tolovana River drainage upstream from its 
    confluence with the Tanana River;
        (x) The Delta River is closed to subsistence fishing, except that 
    salmon may be taken after November 20;
        (xi) The following locations are closed to subsistence fishing:
        (A) The following rivers and creeks and within 500 feet of their 
    mouths: Delta Clearwater River (Clearwater Creek at 64 deg.06' N. lat., 
    145 deg.34' W. long), Richardson Clearwater Creek (Clear Creek at 
    64 deg.14' N. lat., 146 deg.16' W. long), Goodpaster River, Chena 
    River, Little Chena River, Little Salcha River, Blue Creek, Big Salt 
    River, Shaw Creek, Bear Creek, McDonald Creek, Moose Creek, Hess Creek, 
    and Beaver Creek;
        (B) Ray River and Salcha River upstream of a line between the ADF&G 
    regulatory markers located at the mouth of the rivers;
        (C) Deadman, Jan, Boleo, Birch, Lost, Harding, Craig, Fielding, 
    Two-Mile, Quartz, and Little Harding lakes;
        (D) Piledriver and Badger (Chena) sloughs;
        (xii) The following waters are closed to the taking of chum salmon 
    from August 15-December 31:
        (A) Toklat River;
        (B) Kantishna River from the mouth of the Toklat River to its 
    confluence with the Tanana River;
        (xiii) Salmon may be taken only by set gill nets in those locations 
    described in below after July 19:
        (A) Waters of the Black River including waters within one nautical 
    mile of its terminus;
        (B) Waters of Kwikluak Pass downstream of Agmulegut and the waters 
    of Kwemeluk Pass;
        (C) Waters of Alakanuk Pass downstream from the mouth of Kuiukpak 
    Slough;
        (D) Waters of Kwiguk Pass downstream to the mouth of Kawokhawik 
    Slough;
        (E) Waters of Kawanak Pass downstream from Sea Gull Point;
        (F) Waters of Apoon Pass downstream from the mouth of the Kotlik 
    River and waters of Okwega Pass downstream from its confluence with 
    Apoon Pass;
        (G) Waters within one nautical mile seaward from any grassland bank 
    in District 1;
        (xiv) Pike may not be taken with gill nets in the waters of the 
    Tolovana River drainage from October 15-April 14;
        (xv) A commercial salmon fisherman who is registered for Districts 
    1, 2, or 3 may not take salmon for subsistence purposes in any other 
    district located downstream from Old Paradise Village;
        (xvi) In District 4, commercial fishermen may not take salmon for 
    subsistence purposes during the commercial salmon fishing season by 
    gill nets larger than 6-inch mesh after a date specified by emergency 
    order issued between July 10-July 31;
        (xvii) In Subdistricts 5-A, 5-B, 5-C, and that portion of 
    Subdistrict 5-D downstream from Long Point, no person may possess 
    salmon taken for subsistence purposes during a commercial fishing 
    period, unless the dorsal fin has been immediately removed from the 
    salmon; a person may not sell or purchase salmon from which the dorsal 
    fin has been removed;
        (xviii) Subsistence fishermen taking salmon in Subdistrict 6-C 
    shall report their salmon catches at the designated ADF&G check 
    stations by the end of each weekly fishing period; immediately after 
    salmon have been taken, catches must be recorded on a harvest form 
    provided by the ADF&G;
        (xix) The annual possession limit for the holder of a Subdistrict 
    6-C subsistence salmon fishing permit is 10 king salmon and 75 chum 
    salmon for periods through August 15, and 75 chum and coho salmon for 
    periods after August 15;
        (xx) Subsistence salmon harvest limits in Subdistrict 6-C are 750 
    king salmon and 5,000 chum salmon taken through August 15 and 5,200 
    chum and coho salmon combined taken after August 15; when either the 
    king or chum salmon harvest limit for periods before August 16 has been 
    taken, the subsistence salmon fishing season in Subdistrict 6-C will 
    close; a later season will open after August 15 to allow the taking of 
    the harvest limit for periods after August 15; if the chum salmon 
    harvest limit has not been obtained through August 15, the remaining 
    harvest will not be added to the chum salmon harvest level for periods 
    after August 15;
        (xxi) The annual harvest limit for the holder of a Subdistrict 6-A 
    or 6-B subsistence salmon fishing permit is 60 chinook salmon and 500 
    chum salmon for the period through August 15 of a year, and 2,000 chum 
    and coho salmon combined for the period after August 15; upon request, 
    permits for additional salmon may be issued by the ADF&G;
        (xxii) In the Kantishna River drainage, the open subsistence salmon 
    fishing periods are seven days per week.
        (4) Kuskokwim Area. (i) Salmon may only be taken by gill net, beach 
    seine, fishwheel, or by a rod and reel, subject to the restrictions set 
    forth in this paragraph (d)(4), except that salmon may also be taken by 
    spear in the Holitna River drainage;
        (ii) Fish may be taken for subsistence purposes without a 
    subsistence fishing permit;
        (iii) Each subsistence gill net operated in tributaries of the 
    Kuskokwim River must be attached to the bank, fished substantially 
    perpendicular to the bank and in a substantially straight line;
        (iv) The aggregate length of set gill nets or drift gill nets in 
    use by any individual for taking salmon may not exceed 50 fathoms;
    
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        (v) Rainbow trout may be taken by residents of Goodnews Bay, 
    Platinum. Quinhagak, Eek, Kwethluk, Akiachak, and Akiak from those non-
    navigable drainages tributary to the Kuskokwim River downstream from 
    the confluence of the Kuskokwim and Holitna Rivers and from those non-
    navigable drainages to Kuskokwim Bay north of the community of 
    Platinum, subject to the following restrictions:
        (A) Rainbow trout may be taken only by the use of gill nets, rod 
    and reel, or jigging through the ice;
        (B) The use of gill nets for taking rainbow trout is prohibited 
    from March 15-June 15.
        (5) Bristol Bay Area. (i) Salmon and char may only be taken by rod 
    and reel or under authority of a subsistence fishing permit issued by 
    the ADF&G;
        (ii) Only one subsistence fishing permit may be issued to each 
    household per year;
        (iii) Each gill net must be staked and buoyed;
        (iv) No person may operate or assist in operating subsistence 
    salmon net gear while simultaneously operating or assisting in 
    operating commercial salmon net gear;
        (v) Salmon, herring, and capelin may only be taken by set gill nets 
    and by a rod and reel, except that salmon may also be taken by spear in 
    the Togiak River including its tributaries;
        (vi) Subsistence fishing is not permitted within the boundaries of 
    Katmai National Park;
        (vii) Except for the western shore of the Newhalen River, waters 
    used by salmon are closed to the subsistence taking of fish within 300 
    feet of a stream mouth;
        (viii) Subsistence salmon fishing permits for the Naknek River 
    drainage will be issued only through the ADF&G King Salmon office;
        (ix) Subsistence fishing with nets is prohibited in the following 
    waters and within one-fourth mile of the terminus of those waters 
    during the period from September 1 through June 14: Lower Talarik 
    Creek, Roadhouse Creek, Nick G. Creek, Middle Talarik Creek, Alexi 
    Creek, Copper River, Upper Talarik Creek, Tazimina River, Kakhonak 
    River, Pete Andrew Creek, Young's Creek, Gibralter River, Zacker Creek, 
    Chekok Creek, Dennis Creek, Newhalen River, Tomokok Creek, Belinda 
    Creek;
        (x) Gill nets are prohibited in that portion of the Naknek River 
    upstream from Sovonaski;
        (xi) After August 20, no person may possess coho salmon for 
    subsistence purposes in the Togiak River Section and the Togiak River 
    drainage unless the head has been immediately removed from the salmon. 
    It is unlawful to purchase or sell coho salmon from which the head has 
    been removed.
        (6) Aleutian Islands Area. (i) Salmon may be taken by seine and 
    gill net, with gear specified on a subsistence fishing permit issued by 
    the ADF&G, or by a rod and reel;
        (ii) The Adak District is closed to the taking of salmon;
        (iii) Salmon and char may be taken only by rod and reel or under 
    the terms of a subsistence fishing permit issued by the ADF&G, except 
    that a permit is not required in the Akutan, Umnak and Adak Districts; 
    not more than 250 salmon may be taken for subsistence purposes unless 
    otherwise specified on the subsistence fishing permit; a record of 
    subsistence-caught fish must be kept on the reverse side of the permit; 
    the record must be completed immediately upon taking subsistence-caught 
    fish and must be returned to the local representative of the ADF&G no 
    later than October 31.
        (7) Alaska Peninsula Area. (i) Salmon may be taken by seine, gill 
    net, gear specified on a permit issued by the ADF&G, or rod and reel;
        (ii) The following waters are closed to subsistence fishing for 
    salmon:
        (A) Russell Creek and Nurse Lagoon;
        (B) Trout Creek;
        (C) Humbolt Creek;
        (iii) Salmon and char may only be taken by rod and reel or under 
    the authority of a subsistence fishing permit issued by the ADF&G; a 
    record of subsistence-caught fish must be kept on the reverse side of 
    the permit; the record must be completed immediately upon taking 
    subsistence-caught fish and must be returned to the local 
    representative of the ADF&G no later than October 31.
        (8) Chignik Area. (i) Salmon may be taken by seines and gill nets, 
    or with gear specified on a subsistence fishing permit issued by the 
    ADF&G, or by a rod and reel, except that in Chignik Lake, salmon may 
    not be taken with purse seines;
        (ii) Salmon may not be taken in the Chignik River, upstream from 
    the ADF&G weir site or counting tower, in Black Lake, or any tributary 
    to Black and Chignik Lakes;
        (iii) Salmon and char may only be taken by rod and reel or under 
    the authority of a subsistence fishing permit issued by the ADF&G. A 
    record of subsistence-caught fish must be kept on the reverse side of 
    the permit. The record must be completed immediately upon taking 
    subsistence-caught fish and must be returned to the local 
    representative of the ADF&G no later than October 31;
        (iv) From June 10-September 30, commercial fishing license holders 
    may not subsistence fish for salmon.
        (9) Kodiak Area. (i) Salmon may be taken 24 hours a day from 
    January 1 through December 31 except as provided in this paragraph:
        (A) From June 1-September 15, salmon seine vessels may not be used 
    to take subsistence salmon for 24 hours before, during, and for 24 
    hours after any open commercial salmon fishing period;
        (B) From June 1-September 15, purse seine vessels may be used to 
    take salmon only with gill nets and no other type of salmon gear may be 
    on board the vessel;
        (C) Salmon may be taken only by gill net, seine, or by a rod and 
    reel;
        (D) Subsistence fishermen must be physically present at the net at 
    all times the net is being fished;
        (ii) The following locations are closed to the subsistence taking 
    of salmon:
        (A) All waters of Mill Bay and all those waters bounded by a line 
    from Spruce Cape to the northernmost point of Woody Island, then to the 
    northernmost point of Holiday Island, then to a point on Near Island 
    opposite the Kodiak small boat harbor entrance and then to the small 
    boat harbor entrance;
        (B) All freshwater systems of Little Afognak River and Portage 
    Creek drainage in Discoverer Bay;
        (C) All water closed to commercial salmon fishing in the Barbara 
    Cove, Chiniak Bay, Saltery Cove, Pasagshak Bay, Monashka Bay and Anton 
    Larsen Bay, and all waters closed to commercial salmon fishing within 
    100 yards of the terminus of Selief Bay Creek and north and west of a 
    line from the tip of Las Point to the tip of River Mouth Point of 
    Afognak Bay;
        (D) All waters 300 yards seaward of the terminus of Monks Creek;
        (E) From August 15 through September 30, all waters 500 yards 
    seaward of the terminus of Little Kitoi Creek;
        (F) All freshwater systems of Afognak Island;
        (G) All waters of Ouzinkie Harbor north of a line from 
    57 deg.55'10'' N. lat., 152 deg.36' W. long. to 57 deg.55'03'' N. lat., 
    152 deg.29'20'' W. long.;
        (iii) A subsistence fishing permit issued by the ADF&G is required 
    for taking salmon, trout and char, except by rod and reel, for 
    subsistence purposes; a subsistence fishing permit issued by the ADF&G 
    is required for taking herring and bottomfish for subsistence purposes 
    during the commercial herring sac roe season from May 1-June 30; all 
    subsistence fishermen shall keep a
    
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    record of the number of subsistence fish taken each year; the number of 
    subsistence fish shall be recorded on the reverse side of the permit. 
    The record must be completed immediately upon landing subsistence 
    caught fish and must be returned to the local representative of the 
    ADF&G by February 1 of the year following the year the permit was 
    issued.
        (10) Cook Inlet Area. (i) Salmon may be taken only by rod and reel, 
    or under the authority of a subsistence fishing permit issued by the 
    ADF&G; only one permit may be issued to a household each year; a 
    subsistence fishing permit holder shall record daily salmon catches on 
    forms provided by the ADF&G;
        (ii) Trout, grayling, char, and burbot may not be taken in fresh 
    water;
        (iii) All public waters on the Kenai Peninsula are closed to 
    subsistence fishing;
        (iv) Smelt may be taken only with gill nets and dip nets. Gill nets 
    used to take smelt may not exceed 50 feet in length and two inches in 
    mesh size;
        (v) Gill nets may not be used.
        (11) Prince William Sound Area. (i) Salmon and freshwater fish 
    species may be taken only by rod and reel or under the authority of a 
    subsistence fishing permit issued by the ADF&G;
        (ii) Only one subsistence fishing permit will be issued to each 
    household per year;
        (iii) Use of fishwheels:
        (A) Fishwheels used for subsistence fishing may not be rented, 
    leased, or otherwise used for personal gain;
        (B) Subsistence fishwheels must be removed from the water at the 
    end of the permit period;
        (C) Each permittee may operate only one fishwheel at any one time;
        (D) No person may set or operate a fishwheel within 75 feet of 
    another fishwheel;
        (E) No fishwheel may have more than two baskets;
        (F) The permit holder must personally operate the fishwheel or dip 
    net. A subsistence fishwheel or dip net permit may not be loaned or 
    transferred except as permitted by this Part;
        (G) A wood or metal plate at least 12 inches high by 12 inches 
    wide, bearing the permit holder's name and address in letters and 
    numerals at least one inch high, must be attached to each fishwheel so 
    that the name and address are plainly visible;
        (iv) Salmon may not be taken in any area closed to commercial 
    salmon fishing unless otherwise permitted;
        (v) In locations open to commercial salmon fishing and in 
    conformance with commercial salmon fishing regulations, the annual 
    subsistence salmon limit is as follows:
        (A) 15 salmon for a household of one person;
        (B) 30 salmon for a household of two persons;
        (C) 10 salmon for each additional person in a household over two;
        (D) No more than five king salmon may be taken per permit;
        (vi) All tributaries of the Copper River and waters of the Copper 
    River are closed to the taking of salmon;
        (vii) Crosswind Lake is closed to all subsistence fishing;
        (viii) Salmon may be taken for subsistence purposes in the waters 
    of the Southwestern District only as follows:
        (A) Only pink salmon may be taken;
        (B) Pink salmon may be taken by dipnets or by a rod and reel;
        (C) Pink salmon may be taken only from May 15-September 30;
        (D) Fishing periods are from May 15 until two days before the 
    commercial opening of the Southwestern District, seven days per week; 
    during the commercial salmon fishing season, only during open 
    commercial salmon fishing periods; and from two days following the 
    closure of the commercial salmon season until September 30, seven days 
    per week;
        (E) There are no harvest and possession limits for this fishery;
        (F) ADF&G permits may be issued only at Chenega Bay village;
        (ix) Salmon may be taken for subsistence purposes in the waters 
    north of a line from Porcupine Point to Granite Point, and south of a 
    line from Point Lowe to Tongue Point, only as follows:
        (A) Only pink salmon may be taken;
        (B) Pink salmon may be taken by dipnets or by a rod and reel;
        (C) Pink salmon may be taken only from May 15-September 30;
        (D) Fishing periods are from May 15 until two days before the 
    commercial opening of the Southwestern District, seven days per week; 
    during the commercial salmon fishing season, only during open 
    commercial salmon fishing periods; and from two days following the 
    closure of the commercial salmon season until September 30, seven days 
    per week;
        (E) There are no harvest and possession limits for this fishery;
        (F) ADF&G permits may be issued only at Tatitlek village;
        (12) Yakutat Area. (i) Salmon, trout, and char may be taken only by 
    rod and reel or under authority of a subsistence fishing permit issued 
    by the ADF&G;
        (ii) Salmon, trout, or char taken incidentally by gear operated 
    under the terms of a subsistence permit for salmon are legally taken 
    and possessed for subsistence purposes; the holder of a subsistence 
    salmon permit must report any salmon, trout, or char taken in this 
    manner on his or her permit calendar;
        (iii) Subsistence fishermen must remove the dorsal fin from 
    subsistence-caught salmon when taken.
        (13) Southeastern Alaska Area. (i) Salmon, trout, char and herring 
    spawn on kelp may be taken only by rod and reel or under authority of a 
    subsistence fishing permit issued by the ADF&G;
        (ii) No person may possess subsistence-taken and sport-taken salmon 
    on the same day;
        (iii) Salmon, trout or char taken incidentally by gear operated 
    under the terms of an ADF&G subsistence permit for salmon are legally 
    taken and possessed for subsistence purposes; the holder of a 
    subsistence salmon permit must report any salmon, trout, or char taken 
    in this manner on his or her permit calendar;
        (iv) Subsistence fishermen shall immediately remove the dorsal fin 
    of all salmon when taken.
    
    
    Sec. ____.27  Subsistence taking of shellfish.
    
        (a) Regulations in this section apply to subsistence taking of 
    dungeness crab, king crab, tanner crab, shrimp, clams, abalone, and 
    other shellfish or their parts.
        (b) Shellfish may be taken for subsistence uses at any time in any 
    area of the public lands by any method unless restricted by the 
    subsistence fishing regulations of Sec. ____.26 or this section.
        (c) Methods, means, and general restrictions. (1) The harvest limit 
    specified herein for a subsistence season for a species and the State 
    bag limit set for a State season for the same species are not 
    cumulative. This means that a person or designated group who has taken 
    the harvest limit for a particular species under a subsistence season 
    specified herein may not after that, take any additional shellfish of 
    that species under any other bag limit specified for a State season.
        (2) Unless otherwise provided in this section, gear as specified in 
    the definitions of Sec. ____.26 is legal for subsistence taking of 
    shellfish.
        (3) It is prohibited to buy or sell subsistence-taken shellfish, 
    their parts, or their eggs, unless otherwise specified.
        (4) The use of explosives and chemicals is prohibited, except that 
    chemical baits or lures may be used to attract shellfish.
        (5) Each subsistence fisherman shall plainly and legibly inscribe 
    their first initial, last name and address on a keg or buoy attached to 
    unattended subsistence fishing gear. Subsistence
    
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    fishing gear may not display a permanent ADF&G vessel license number. 
    The keg or buoy may be any color except red.
        (6) A side wall of all subsistence shellfish pots must contain an 
    opening with a perimeter equal to or exceeding one-half of the tunnel 
    eye opening perimeter. The opening must be laced, sewn, or secured 
    together by untreated cotton twine or other natural fiber no larger 
    than 120 thread. Dungeness crab and shrimp pots may have the pot lid 
    tiedown straps secured to the pot at one end by untreated cotton twine 
    no larger than 120 thread, as a substitute for the above requirement.
        (7) No person may mutilate or otherwise disfigure a crab in any 
    manner which would prevent determination of the minimum size 
    restrictions until the crab has been processed or prepared for 
    consumption.
        (8) In addition to the marking requirements in paragraph (c)(5) of 
    this section, kegs or buoys attached to subsistence crab pots must also 
    be inscribed with the name or U.S. Coast Guard number of the vessel 
    used to operate the pots.
        (9) No more than five pots per person and 10 pots per vessel may be 
    used to take crab, except as specified in paragraph (f) of this 
    section.
        (10) In the subsistence taking of shrimp in the Glacier Bay 
    National Preserve, no person may use more than 10 pots, and no more 
    than 20 pots may be operated from a vessel. In the subsistence taking 
    of shellfish other than shrimp in the Glacier Bay National Preserve, no 
    person may operate more than five pots of any type, and no more than 10 
    pots of any type may be operated from a vessel.
        (d) Subsistence take by commercial vessels. No fishing vessel which 
    is commercially licensed and registered for shrimp pot, shrimp trawl, 
    king crab, tanner crab, or dungeness crab fishing may be used for 
    subsistence take during the period starting 14 days before an opening 
    until 14 days after the closure of a respective open season in the area 
    or areas for which the vessel is registered.
        (e) Unlawful possession of subsistence shellfish. Shellfish or 
    their parts taken in violation of Federal or State regulations may not 
    be possessed, transported, given, received or bartered.
        (f) Subsistence shellfish areas and pertinent restrictions. (1) 
    Southeastern Alaska-Yakutat Area. Shellfish may be taken for 
    subsistence purposes in the Glacier Bay National Preserve only under 
    the authority of a subsistence shellfish fishing permit.
        (2) Cook Inlet Area. All waters within the boundaries of the Kenai 
    National Wildlife Refuge are closed to the taking of shellfish for 
    subsistence purposes.
        (3) Kodiak Area. (i) Shellfish may be taken for subsistence 
    purposes only under the authority of a subsistence shellfish fishing 
    permit issued by the ADF&G;
        (ii) The operator of a commercially licensed and registered shrimp 
    fishing vessel must obtain a subsistence fishing permit from the ADF&G 
    before subsistence shrimp fishing during a closed commercial shrimp 
    fishing season or within a closed commercial shrimp fishing district, 
    section or subsection. The permit shall specify the area and the date 
    the vessel operator intends to fish. No more than 500 pounds (227 kg) 
    of shrimp may be in possession aboard the vessel;
        (iii) The daily harvest and possession limit is 12 male dungeness 
    crab per person;
        (iv) In the subsistence taking of king crab:
        (A) The daily harvest and possession limit is six male crab per 
    person;
        (B) All crab pots used for subsistence fishing and left in 
    saltwater unattended longer than a two-week period shall have all bait 
    and bait containers removed and all doors secured fully open;
        (C) No more than five crab pots may be used to take king crab; each 
    pot can be no more than 75 cubic feet in capacity;
        (D) King crab may be taken only from June 1-January 31, except that 
    the subsistence taking of king crab is prohibited in waters 25 fathoms 
    or greater in depth during the period 14 days before and 14 days after 
    open commercial fishing seasons for red king crab, blue king crab, or 
    tanner crab in the location;
        (E) The waters of the Pacific Ocean enclosed by the boundaries of 
    Womans Bay, Gibson Cove, and an area defined by a line \1/2\ mile on 
    either side of the mouth of the Karluk River, and extending seaward 
    3,000 feet, and all waters within 1,500 feet seaward of the shoreline 
    of Afognak Island are closed to the harvest of king crab except by 
    Federally-qualified subsistence users;
        (v) In the subsistence taking of tanner crab:
        (A) No more than five crab pots may be used to take tanner crab;
        (B) From July 15--February 10, the subsistence taking of tanner 
    crab is prohibited in waters 25 fathoms or greater in depth, unless the 
    commercial tanner crab fishing season is open in the location;
        (C) The daily harvest and possession limit is 12 male crab per 
    person.
        (4) Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Area. (i) Shellfish may be 
    taken for subsistence purposes only under the authority of a 
    subsistence shellfish fishing permit issued by the ADF&G;
        (ii) The operator of a commercially licensed and registered shrimp 
    fishing vessel must obtain a subsistence fishing permit from the ADF&G 
    prior to subsistence shrimp fishing during a closed commercial shrimp 
    fishing season or within a closed commercial shrimp fishing district, 
    section, or subsection; the permit shall specify the area and the date 
    the vessel operator intends to fish; no more than 500 pounds (227 kg) 
    of shrimp may be in possession aboard the vessel;
        (iii) The daily harvest and possession limit is 12 male dungeness 
    crab per person;
        (iv) In the subsistence taking of king crab:
        (A) The daily harvest and possession limit is six male crab per 
    person;
        (B) All crab pots used for subsistence fishing and left in 
    saltwater unattended longer than a two-week period shall have all bait 
    and bait containers removed and all doors secured fully open;
        (C) Crab may be taken only from June 1-January 31;
        (v) The daily harvest and possession limit is 12 male tanner crab 
    per person.
        (5) Bering Sea Area. (i) In waters South of 60 deg. North latitude, 
    shellfish may be taken for subsistence purposes only under the 
    authority of a subsistence shellfish fishing permit issued by the 
    ADF&G;
        (ii) In that portion of the area north of the latitude of Cape 
    Newenham, shellfish may only be taken by shovel, jigging gear, pots and 
    ring net;
        (iii) The operator of a commercially licensed and registered shrimp 
    fishing vessel must obtain a subsistence fishing permit from the ADF&G 
    prior to subsistence shrimp fishing during a closed commercial shrimp 
    fishing season or within a closed commercial shrimp fishing district, 
    section or subsection; the permit shall specify the area and the date 
    the vessel operator intends to fish; no more than 500 pounds (227 kg) 
    of shrimp may be in possession aboard the vessel;
        (iv) In waters south of 60 deg. N. lat., the daily harvest and 
    possession limit is 12 male dungeness crab per person;
        (v) In the subsistence taking of king crab:
        (A) In waters south of 60 deg. N. lat., the daily harvest and 
    possession limit is six male crab per person;
    
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        (B) All crab pots used for subsistence fishing and left in 
    saltwater unattended longer than a two-week period shall have all bait 
    and bait containers removed and all doors secured fully open;
        (C) In waters south of 60 deg. N. lat., crab may be taken only from 
    June 1-January 31;
        (vi) In waters south of 60 deg. N. lat., the daily harvest and 
    possession limit is 12 male tanner crab.
    
        Dated: April 30, 1997.
    Thomas H. Boyd
    Acting Chair, Federal Subsistence Board.
        Dated: May 1, 1997.
    James A. Caplan,
    Acting Regional Forester, USDA--Forest Service.
    [FR Doc. 97-13742 Filed 5-28-97; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 3410-11-P
    
    
    

Document Information

Effective Date:
7/1/1997
Published:
05/29/1997
Department:
Fish and Wildlife Service
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Final rule.
Document Number:
97-13742
Dates:
Section ____.24 is effective July 1, 1997. Section
Pages:
29016-29072 (57 pages)
RINs:
1018-AD90: Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska, Subparts C & D -- 1997-1998 Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife Regulations
RIN Links:
https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/1018-AD90/subsistence-management-regulations-for-public-lands-in-alaska-subparts-c-and-d-1997-1998-subsistence
PDF File:
97-13742.pdf
CFR: (1)
50 CFR 100.3(b)