[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 115 (Thursday, June 15, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14328]




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Part II

Department of Agriculture
Forest Service



36 CFR Part 242


Department of the Interior
Fish and Wildlife Service



50 CFR Part 100



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1995-1996 Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife Regulations; Final 
Rule

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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-AC82


Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska, 
Subpart C and Subpart D--1995-1996 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 republishes the customary and traditional use 
determinations and establishes regulations for seasons, bag limits, 
methods, and means related to taking of fish and wildlife for 
subsistence uses during the 1995-1996 regulatory year. The rulemaking 
is necessary because there have been numerous changes to Subpart C; 
and, 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--1994-1995 Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife 
Regulations'', which expire on June 30, 1995. This rule also revises 
Section ______.24 of Subpart C, the Customary and Traditional Use 
Determinations of the Federal Subsistence Board in a more orderly form 
and with various recent amendments. This rule also revises Sections 
______.26 (Subsistence taking of fish) and ______.27 (Subsistence 
taking of shellfish), including correcting amendments.

EFFECTIVE DATES: Section ______.24 becomes effective July 1, 1995. 
Section ______.25 becomes effective July 1, 1995, and remains effective 
through June 30, 1996. Sections ______.26 and ______.27 become 
effective July 1, 1995, and remain effective through December 31, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chair, Federal Subsistence Board, c/o 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Attention: Richard S. Pospahala, Office 
of Subsistence Management, 1011 E. Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99503; 
telephone (907) 786-3447. 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 (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 final rule and agree 
with its substance. Because this final rule relates to public lands 
managed by an agency or agencies in both the Departments of Agriculture 
and the Interior, identical text will be incorporated into 36 CFR Part 
242 and 50 CFR Part 100.

Applicability of Subparts A, B, and C

    Subparts A, B, and C of the Subsistence Management Regulations for 
Public Lands in Alaska, 50 CFR Secs. 100.1 to 100.24 and 36 CFR 
Secs. 100.1 to 100.24, remain effective and apply to this rule for 
subpart D. Therefore, all definitions located at 50 CFR Sec. 100.4 and 
36 CFR Sec. 100.4 apply to regulations found in this subpart. The 
identified sections include definitions for the following terms:
    ``Federal lands means lands and waters and interests therein title 
to which is in the United States''; and
    ``public land or public lands means lands situated in 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.''
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 
the proposed regulations would continue any existing restrictions on 
the taking of rainbow trout by the [[Page 31543]] 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 9th Circuit decision 
in Katie John, et al. v. U.S., the Secretaries are developing 
amendments to parts of subpart A dealing with the definitions of 
navigable waters and public lands. Once that final determination is 
made by the Secretaries, the regulations in subparts C and D will 
likely be modified.

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 pubic 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 1995.

Summary of Changes

    Section ______.24 (Customary and traditional use determinations) 
was 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 affected 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; and 60 FR 10317, 
published February 24, 1995.) During its April 10-14, 1995, meeting, 
the Board made additional determinations in conjunction with 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 1995-1996 seasons and bag limits, and 
methods and means were published on September 2, 1994, in the Federal 
Register (59 FR 45924-45961). 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 80 proposals, 71 within the scope of 
authority under Subpart D. Of the other nine, four were withdrawn by 
the originator, four were deferred for further study within the 
customary and traditional use determination process, and one was 
resolved by an earlier Board action. Subsequent to the 60-day review 
period, the Board prepared a booklet describing the 71 proposals for 
change to Subpart D and distributed it to the public. The public then 
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 June 
1, 1993, (58 FR 31252). Fish and shellfish regulations are effective 
from January 1 through December 31 each year. Due to a pending appeal 
of litigation and petitions to the Secretaries of the Interior and 
Agriculture, both relating to extended jurisdiction to navigable 
waters, the 1994 fish and shellfish regulations were not revised for 
1995 but, rather, were extended through December 31, 1995 by interim 
regulation, published June 27, 1994 (59 FR 32923.)

Analysis of Proposals Rejected by the Board

    The Board rejected 18 proposals based on recommendations from the 
respective Regional Council and additional factors. Except in one 
instance as indicated, the Board actions to reject the proposals 
reflect Regional Council recommendations.
    The Board addressed and rejected five proposals to institute or 
increase seasons and harvest limits on black bears and brown bears. 
These proposals were for the purpose of reducing the bear population in 
an area or rid an area of ``problem'' bears. The Seward Peninsula 
Regional Council did recommend adoption of one of these proposals 
relating to brown bear in Unit 22. The Board has determined that the 
removal of problem animals or the take of animals in defense of life 
and property is properly addressed under State regulations; but based 
on the concerns expressed by the Seward Peninsula Regional Council, 
will study whether the taking bears in defense of life and property 
should be covered as part of the Federal Subsistence Management 
Program.
    Four proposals requested that public lands on the Alaska Peninsula 
be closed to hunting by non-Federally qualified users. The Board 
determined that the biological data did not support a need to close the 
areas in order to protect the subsistence user's opportunity to harvest 
wildlife.
    Four proposals requested that season dates or harvest limits be 
changed. These proposals were rejected because the requests were 
accommodated by the adoption of other proposals.
    Two proposals requested opening antlerless moose hunting in certain 
areas; one proposal asked that a spike/fork-50 inch antler restriction 
be removed; and one proposal asked that a caribou season be instituted. 
In all of these cases, examination of the biological data indicated 
that the target population could not withstand the proposed harvest.
    The Board rejected a proposal that would have reduced the harvest 
limit for coyote. There was no biological justification to limit the 
subsistence take in the area.
    The Board also deferred action on five proposals in order to 
collect additional data, examine jurisdictional issues, or allow 
communities or the Regional Council to provide additional needed 
regulatory information.

Analysis of Proposals Adopted by the Board

    The Board adopted 48 proposals for the 1995-1996 regulatory year. 
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. [[Page 31544]] 
    All of the adopted proposals were recommended for adoption by the 
respective Regional Councils and were based on meeting customary and 
traditional 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.

Southeast Region

    Four proposals affecting the Southeast Region were acted on by the 
Board resulting in changes to the regulations found in Sec. ______.25. 
The following Board actions affect the Southeast Region and have been 
incorporated in this final rule:
     Added an antlerless deer season in Unit 2 to accommodate 
local customary and traditional use patterns.
     Instituted a designated hunter system for deer in Units 1-
5 to accommodate local customary and traditional use patterns.
     Instituted a designated hunter system for moose in Unit 5 
to accommodate local customary and traditional use patterns.
     Opened a trapping season for marten, mink, and weasel in a 
portion of Unit 4 to accommodate local customary and traditional use 
patterns, but prohibited the use of motorized vehicles for trapping 
access to prevent overharvest and protect the viability of the 
populations.

Southcentral Region

    Five proposals affecting the Southcentral Region were acted on by 
the Board resulting in changes to the regulations found in 
Sec. ______.25. The following Board actions affect the Southcentral 
Region and have been incorporated in this final rule:
     Extended the caribou season in Unit 13 to accommodate 
local customary and traditional use patterns.
     Closed the goat season in a small hunt area in Unit 6(D) 
to protect the viability of the population.
     Opened the moose season in Unit 13 earlier to accommodate 
local customary and traditional use patterns.
     Closed the red fox and lynx hunting seasons in Unit 6 to 
protect the viability of the populations.

Kodiak/Aleutians Region

    Two proposals affecting the Kodiak/Aleutians Region were acted on 
by the Board resulting in changes to the regulations found in 
Sec. ______.25 and Sec. ______.27. The following Board actions affect 
the Kodiak/Aleutians Region and have been incorporated in this final 
rule:
     Instituted a designated hunter system for deer in Unit 8 
to accommodate local customary and traditional use patterns.
     Limited the capacity of king crab pots to protect the 
viability of the population.

Bristol Bay Region

    Eight proposals affecting the Bristol Bay Region were acted on by 
the Board resulting in changes to the regulations found in 
Sec. ______.25. The following Board actions affect the Bristol Bay 
Region and have been incorporated in this final rule:
     Changed the harvest regime for caribou for Unit 9(C) to 
accommodate local customary and traditional use patterns and to protect 
the viability of the population.
     Closed a portion of Unit 9(E) to the hunting of caribou to 
protect the viability of the population.
     Provided for the harvest by five villages of moose for 
ceremonial purposes to accommodate local customary and traditional use 
patterns.
     Opened the moose season in Unit 9(C) earlier to 
accommodate local customary and traditional use patterns.
     Changed the season dates and instituted a spike/fork-50 
inch antler restriction to accommodate local customary and traditional 
use patterns and to protect the viability of the population.
     Extended the season and changed other portions of the 
regulations for Unit 9(B) sheep (two proposals) to accommodate local 
customary and traditional use patterns.
     Lengthened the season for beaver in Unit 9, increased the 
harvest limit, and allowed firearms to be used to take beaver to 
accommodate local customary and traditional use patterns.

Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region
    Two proposals affecting the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region were acted 
on by the Board resulting in changes to the regulations found in 
Sec. ______.25. The following Board actions affect the Yukon-Kuskokwim 
Delta Region and have been incorporated in this final rule:
     Revised the way the harvest quota is set for the Kilbuck 
caribou herd in Unit 18.
     Instituted a caribou season in a portion of Unit 18 to 
accommodate local customary and traditional use patterns.

Western Interior Region

    Three proposals affecting the Western Interior Region were acted on 
by the Board resulting in changes to the regulations found in 
Sec. ______.25. The following Board actions affect the Western Interior 
Region and have been incorporated in this final rule:
     Increased the harvest limit for caribou in Unit 19(A) to 
accommodate local customary and traditional use patterns.
     Changed the season dates for moose in Units 21(A) and 
21(E) to accommodate local customary and traditional use patterns.
     Added a closure zone along the Innoko River during the 
February moose season to protect the viability of the population.

Seward Peninsula Region

    Eight proposals affecting the Seward Peninsula Region were acted on 
by the Board resulting in changes to the regulations found in 
Sec. ______.24 and Sec. ____.25. The following Board actions affect the 
Seward Peninsula Region and have been incorporated in this final rule:
     Extended the moose season in Unit 22(A) for the residents 
of that unit only to accommodate local customary and traditional use 
patterns.
     Established a positive customary and traditional use 
determination for muskox for some residents of Units 22 and 23.
     Established a muskox hunt for portions of Units 22 and 23 
to accommodate local customary and traditional use patterns and closed 
Federal lands to non-Federally qualified subsistence users.
     Closed the coyote hunting season in Unit 22 to protect the 
viability of the population.
     Reduced the hare season in Unit 22 to protect the 
viability of the population.
     Reduced the wolf hunting season to protect the viability 
of the population and to accommodate local customary and traditional 
use patterns.
     Recognized that nets may be legally used to harvest 
ptarmigan.
     Increased the harvest limit for ptarmigan in portions of 
Unit 22 to accommodate local customary and traditional use patterns.

Northwest Arctic Region

    Two proposals affecting the Northwest Arctic Region were acted on 
by the Board resulting in changes to the regulations found in 
Sec. ______.24 and Sec. ______.25. The following Board actions affect 
the Northwest Arctic Region and have been incorporated in this final 
rule:
     Expanded and revised the description of the Noatak 
Controlled [[Page 31545]] Use Area in Unit 23 to provide a consistent 
description with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
     Increased the harvest limit for caribou in Unit 23 to 
accommodate local customary and traditional use patterns.
     Established a muskox hunt for portions of Unit 23 (See 
Seward Peninsula Region above.)

Eastern Interior Region

    Seven proposals affecting the Eastern Interior Region were acted on 
by the Board resulting in changes to the regulations found in 
Sec. ______.25. The following Board actions affect the Eastern Interior 
Region and have been incorporated in this final rule:
     Permitted the use of boats and snowmachines to take 
caribou and moose in Unit 25 to accommodate local customary and 
traditional use patterns.
     Increased the size of the Arctic Village Sheep Management 
Area to protect the opportunity for subsistence harvest.
     Changed the season for caribou in Unit 20(E) to 
accommodate local customary and traditional use patterns.
     Lengthened the moose season and revised subarea boundaries 
for Units 20(E) and 25(B) to accommodate local customary and 
traditional use patterns.
     Converted a November moose hunt to a registration hunt to 
aid in protecting the viability of the population.
     Closed the sheep season in a portion of Unit 25(A) where 
no subsistence hunting occurs.
     Established a beaver hunting season in a portion of Unit 
25 to accommodate local customary and traditional use patterns.

North Slope Region

    Seven proposals affecting the North Slope Region were acted on by 
the Board resulting in changes to the regulations found in 
Sec. XXX.24 and Sec. XXX.25. The following Board actions 
affect the North Slope Region and have been incorporated in this final 
rule:
     Closed a portion of the Federal lands in Units 26(A) and 
26(B) to caribou hunting by non-Federally qualified users in order to 
protect the opportunity for subsistence users to harvest caribou.
     Revised the seasons and harvest limits for brown bear in 
Unit 26 to accommodate local customary and traditional use patterns.
     Increased the harvest limit for caribou in Unit 26 to 
accommodate local customary and traditional use patterns.
     Included Nuiqsut in the list of communities having a 
customary and traditional use determination for sheep in Unit 26(C).
     Established customary and traditional use determinations 
for muskox for communities in Units 26(A) and 26(B).
     Increased the hunting harvest limits for wolf and 
wolverine (two proposals) in Unit 26 to accommodate local customary and 
traditional use patterns.
    Two additional items were also adopted. The first action rectified 
a customary and traditional use determination that had split the 
community of Chickaloon. The Board indicated that a community should be 
treated as a whole without regard for a line that happens to bisect 
that community. The Southcentral Regional Council supported this 
action. The second action confirmed a season opening in a portion of 
Denali National Park that had been instituted last year and was 
intended to continue in future years. This was also supported by the 
affected Regional Councils.

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 
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) implements the Federal Subsistence Management 
Program and includes 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 appears 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 44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520. They apply to the use of public lands in Alaska. The information 
collection requirements described above are approved by the OMB under 
44 U.S.C. 3501 and have been assigned clearance number 1018-0075.
    Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average .1382 
hours per response, including time for reviewing instructions, 
gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. 
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 (1018-0075), 
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. Such 
requirements will be submitted to OMB for approval prior to their 
implementation.
    This rule was not subject to OMB review under Executive Order 
12866. [[Page 31546]] 

Economic Effects

    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. 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.

    These regulations do not meet the threshold criteria of 
``Federalism Effects'' as set forth in Executive Order 12612. 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 
significant takings implication relating to any property rights as 
outlined by Executive Order 12630.

Drafting Information

    These regulations were drafted by William Knauer under the guidance 
of Richard S. Pospahala, of the Office of Subsistence Management, 
Alaska Regional Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, 
Alaska. Additional guidance was provided by Thomas H. Boyd, Alaska 
State Office, Bureau of Land Management; Sandy Rabinowitch, Alaska 
Regional Office, National Park Service; John Borbridge, 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 FEDERAL PUBLIC 
LANDS IN ALASKA

    1. The authority citation for both 36 CFR Part 242 and 50 CFR Part 
100 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3, 472, 551, 668dd, 3101-3126; 18 U.S.C. 
3551-3586; 43 U.S.C. 1733.

    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:

    (1) Wildlife determinations.

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           Area                  Species              Determination     
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unit 1(C)................  Black Bear.........  Rural residents of Unit 
                                                 1(C) and Haines,       
                                                 Gustavus, Klukwan, and 
                                                 Hoonah.                
1........................  Brown Bear.........  No determination, except
                                                 no subsistence for     
                                                 residents of Wrangell, 
                                                 Klukwan, Haines and    
                                                 Skagway.               
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 subsistence.         
1(B).....................  Goat...............  No determination, except
                                                 no subsistence for     
                                                 residents of           
                                                 Petersburg, Kupreanof  
                                                 and outlying areas.    
1(C).....................  Goat...............  Residents of Haines,    
                                                 Klukwan, and Hoonah.   
1(B) The Stikine River     Moose..............  No determination.       
 drainages only.                                                        
1(B) North of the LeConte  Moose..............  No subsistence.         
 Glacier and 1(C)                                                       
 Berner's Bay.                                                          
1(D).....................  Moose..............  Residents of Unit 1(D). 
Unit 2...................  Brown Bear.........  No subsistence.         
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.     
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, and        
                                                 Wrangell.              
Unit 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.   
6(B) and (C).............  Black Bear.........  Residents of Unit 6(B)  
                                                 and (C), except        
                                                 Cordova.               
6(D).....................  Black Bear.........  Residents of Chenega Bay
                                                 and Tatilek.           
6........................  Brown Bear.........  No subsistence.         
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6(C) and (D).............  Goat...............  Rural residents of Unit 
                                                 6(C) and (D).          
6........................  Moose..............  No subsistence.         
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 subsistence.         
7........................  Caribou............  No subsistence.         
7, Brown Mountain hunt     Goat...............  Residents of Port Graham
 area.                                           and English Bay.       
7........................  Moose..............  No subsistence.         
7........................  Sheep..............  No subsistence.         
Unit 8...................  Brown Bear.........  No subsistence.         
8........................  Deer...............  Residents of Unit 8.    
8........................  Elk................  No subsistence.         
8........................  Goat...............  No subsistence.         
9(A), (C) and (D)........  Brown Bear.........  No subsistence.         
9(B).....................  Brown Bear.........  Residents of Unit 9(B). 
9(E).....................  Brown Bear.........  Residents of Chignik    
                                                 Lake, Ivanof Bay and   
                                                 Perryville.            
Unit 9(D)................  Bison..............  No subsistence.         
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 subsistence.         
9........................  Wolf...............  Residents of Units 6, 9,
                                                 10 (Unimak Island      
                                                 only), 11-13 and the   
                                                 residents of           
                                                 Chicakaloon and 16-26. 
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 subsistence.         
11.......................  Brown Bear.........  No subsistence.         
11.......................  Caribou............  Mentasta Herd--residents
                                                 of Units 11, 12 (along 
                                                 Nabesna Road) and 13   
                                                 (A)-(D) and the        
                                                 residents of           
                                                 Chickaloon.            
11.......................  Goat...............  No Subsistence.         
11.......................  Moose..............  Residents of Unit 11,   
                                                 residents of Unit 12   
                                                 (along Nabesna Road)   
                                                 and Unit 13 (A)-(D) and
                                                 the residents of       
                                                 Chickaloon.            
11.......................  Sheep..............  Residents of Chisana,   
                                                 Chistochina, Chitina,  
                                                 Cooper Center, Gakona, 
                                                 Glennallen, Gulkana,   
                                                 Kenny Lake, McCarthy   
                                                 Road, Mentasta Lake,   
                                                 Mentasta Pass (milepost
                                                 79-110) Nabesna Road,  
                                                 Slana, McCarthy/South  
                                                 Wrangell/South Park,   
                                                 Tazlina, and Tonsina.  
                                                 However no subsistence 
                                                 for Cantwell, east     
                                                 Glenn Highway (milepost
                                                 110-180) and to        
                                                 milepost 14 on the Lake
                                                 Louise Road, Homestead 
                                                 North, Homestead South,
                                                 Lake Louise, Paxson,   
                                                 Sourdough, Tanacross,  
                                                 Tok, and west Glenn    
                                                 Highway (milepost 78-  
                                                 110).                  
11.......................  Wolf...............  Residents of Units 6, 9,
                                                 10 (Unimak Island      
                                                 only), 11-13 and the   
                                                 residents of Chickaloon
                                                 and 16-26.             
11.......................  Grouse (Spruce,      Residents of Units 11,  
                            Blue, Ruffed and     13 and the residents of
                            Sharp-tailed).       Chickaloon, 15, 16,    
                                                 20(D), 22 and 23.      
11.......................  Ptarmigan (Rock,     Residents of Units 11,  
                            Willow and White-    13 and the residents of
                            tailed).             Chickaloon, 15, 16,    
                                                 20(D), 22 and 23.      
Unit 12..................  Brown Bear.........  No subsistence.         
12.......................  Caribou--Nelchina    Residents of Northway   
                            Herd.                and Tetlin.            
12.......................  Caribou--40 Mile     Residents of Unit 12,   
                            Herd.                north of Wrangell Park 
                                                 Preserve and rural     
                                                 residents of Unit 20(D)
                                                 and (E).               
12 South of a line from    Moose..............  Residents of Unit 11    
 Noyes Mountain,                                 north of 62nd parallel 
 southeast of the                                and excluding BLM      
 confluence of Tatschunda                        parcels of north and   
 Creek to Nabesna River.                         south Slana; and       
                                                 residents of Unit 12,  
                                                 13(A)-(D) and the      
                                                 residents of Chickaloon
                                                 and residents of Dot   
                                                 Lake.                  
12 East of the Nabesna     Moose..............  Residents of Unit 12.   
 River, south of the                                                    
 Winter Trail from                                                      
 Pickerel Lake to the                                                   
 Canadian Border.                                                       
12 Remainder of Unit 12..  Moose..............  Residents of Unit 12 and
                                                 residents of Dot Lake  
                                                 and Mentasta Lake.     
12 Tok Management area...  Sheep..............  No subsistence.         
12 Remainder of Unit 12..  Sheep..............  No determination.       
12.......................  Wolf...............  Residents of Units 6, 9,
                                                 10 (Unimak Island      
                                                 only), 11-13 and the   
                                                 residents of Chickaloon
                                                 and 16-26.             
Unit 13..................  Brown Bear.........  No Subsistence.         
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13.......................  Caribou Nelchina     Residents of Units 11,  
                            Herd.                13 and the residents of
                                                 Chickaloon, and 12     
                                                 (along Nabesna Road).  
13(D)....................  Goat...............  No subsistence.         
13.......................  Moose..............  Residents of Unit 13 and
                                                 the residents of       
                                                 Chickaloon.            
13(E)....................  Moose..............  No subsistence for      
                                                 residents of McKinley  
                                                 Village and the area   
                                                 along the Parks Highway
                                                 between milepost 216   
                                                 and 239 and households 
                                                 of the Denali National 
                                                 Park Headquarters.     
13 Tok and Delta           Sheep..............  No subsistence.         
 Management Areas.                                                      
13(D)....................  Sheep..............  No subsistence.         
13.......................  Wolf...............  Residents of Units 6, 9,
                                                 10 (Unimak Island      
                                                 only), 11-13 and 16-26.
13.......................  Grouse (Spruce,      Residents of Units 11,  
                            Blue, Ruffed &       13 and the residents of
                            Sharp-tailed).       Chickaloon, 15, 16,    
                                                 20(D), 22 & 23.        
13.......................  Ptarmigan (Rock,     Residents of Units 11,  
                            Willow and White-    13 and the residents of
                            tailed).             Chickaloon, 15, 16,    
                                                 20(D), 22 & 23.        
Unit 14(B) and (C).......  Brown Bear.........  No subsistence.         
14.......................  Goat...............  No subsistence.         
14.......................  Moose..............  No subsistence.         
14(A) and (C)............  Sheep..............  No subsistence.         
15.......................  Brown Bear.........  No subsistence.         
15(C), Port Dick and       Goat...............  Residents of Port Graham
 English Bay hunt areas.                         and English Bay.       
15(C), Seldovia hunt area  Goat...............  Residents of Seldovia   
                                                 area.                  
15 (A) and (B)...........  Moose..............  No subsistence.         
15(C), that portion        Moose..............  Residents of Port Graham
 southwest of a line from                        and English Bay.       
 Point Pogibshi to the                                                  
 point of land between                                                  
 Rocky Bay and Windy Bay.                                               
15(C), Port Dick and       Moose..............  No subsistence.         
 English Bay hunt areas.                                                
15.......................  Sheep..............  No subsistence.         
15.......................  Ptarmigan (Rock,     Residents of Units 11,  
                            Willow and White-    13 and the residents of
                            tailed).             Chickaloon, 15, 16,    
                                                 20(D), 22 and 23.      
15.......................  Grouse (Spruce,      Residents of Units 11,  
                            Blue, Ruffed and     13 and the residents of
                            Sharp-tailed).       Chickaloon, 15, 16,    
                                                 20(D), 22 and 23.      
Unit 16..................  Brown Bear.........  No subsistence.         
16(A)....................  Moose..............  No subsistence.         
16(B)....................  Moose..............  Residents of Unit 16(B).
16.......................  Sheep..............  No subsistence.         
16.......................  Wolf...............  Residents of Units 6, 9,
                                                 10 (Unimak Island      
                                                 only), 11-13 and 16-26.
16.......................  Grouse (Spruce,      Residents of Units 11,  
                            Blue, Ruffed and     13 and the residents of
                            Sharp-tailed).       Chickaloon, 15, 16,    
                                                 20(D), 22 and 23.      
16.......................  Ptarmigan (Rock,     Residents of Units 11,  
                            Willow and White-    13 and the residents of
                            tailed).             Chickaloon, 15, 16,    
                                                 20(D), 22 and 23.      
Unit 17(A)...............  Brown Bear.........  Residents of Unit 17,   
                                                 and residents of       
                                                 Goodnews Bay and       
                                                 Platinum.              
17 (A) and (B) Those       Brown Bear.........  Residents of Kwethluk.  
 portions 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       Caribou............  Residents of Kwethluk.  
 portions 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       Moose..............  Residents of Kwethluk.  
 portions 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.      
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 16-26.
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Unit 18..................  Brown Bear.........  Residents of Akiachak,  
                                                 Akiak, Eek, Goodnews   
                                                 Bay, Kwethluk, Mt.     
                                                 Village, Napaskiak,    
                                                 Platinum, Quinhagak,   
                                                 St. Mary's, and        
                                                 Tuluksak.              
18.......................  Caribou (Kilbuck     INTERIM DETERMINATION BY
                            caribou herd only).  FEDERAL SUBSISTENCE    
                                                 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      Caribou (except      Residents of Alakanuk,  
 River.                     Kilbuck caribou      Andreafsky, Chevak,    
                            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      Residents of Kwethluk.  
                            Kilbuck caribou                             
                            herd).                                      
18.......................  Moose..............  Residents of Unit 18 and
                                                 residents of Upper     
                                                 Kalskag.               
18.......................  Muskox.............  No subsistence.         
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 subsistence.         
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 subsistence.         
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 subsistence.         
20(E)....................  Brown Bear.........  No subsistence.         
20(A), (C) (Delta,         Caribou............  No determination, except
 Yanert, and 20(C) herds)                        no subsistence for     
 and (D).                                        residents of McKinley  
                                                 Village, the area along
                                                 the Parks Highway      
                                                 between mileposts 216  
                                                 and 239 and households 
                                                 of the Denali National 
                                                 Park Headquarters.     
20(D) and 20(E)..........  Caribou 40-mile      Residents of Unit 12    
                            Herd.                north of Wrangell Park-
                                                 Preserve, rural        
                                                 residents of 20(D) and 
                                                 residents of 20(E).    
20(A)....................  Moose..............  Residents of Cantwell,  
                                                 Minto, and Nenana. No  
                                                 subsistence for        
                                                 residents of McKinley  
                                                 Village, the area along
                                                 the Parks Highway      
                                                 between mileposts 216  
                                                 and 239 and 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.     
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 and    
                                                 Telida. No subsistence 
                                                 for residents of       
                                                 McKinley Village, the  
                                                 area along the Parks   
                                                 Highway between        
                                                 mileposts 216 and 239  
                                                 and 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 Tok and Delta           Sheep..............  No subsistence.         
 Management Areas.                                                      
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20.......................  Wolf...............  Residents of Units 6, 9,
                                                 10 (Unimak Island      
                                                 only), 11-13 and the   
                                                 residents of Chickaloon
                                                 and 16-26.             
20(D)....................  Grouse, (Spruce,     Residents of Units 11,  
                            Blue, Ruffed and     13, 15, 16, 20(D), 22  
                            Sharp-tailed).       and 23.                
20(D)....................  Ptarmigan (Rock,     Residents of Units 11,  
                            Willow and White-    13, 15, 16, 20(D), 22  
                            tailed).             and 23.                
Unit 21..................  Brown Bear.........  Rural residents of Unit 
                                                 21 and 23.             
21.......................  Caribou, Western     Residents of Unit 21(D) 
                            Arctic Caribou       west of the Koyukuk and
                            Herd only.           Yukon Rivers, and      
                                                 residents of 22(A),    
                                                 (B), 23, 24, and 26(A).
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 16-26.
Unit 22..................  Brown Bear.........  Residents of Units 22.  
22.......................  Caribou, Western     Residents of Units 21(D)
                            Arctic Caribou       west of the Koyukuk and
                            Herd only.           Yukon Rivers, and      
                                                 residents of Units     
                                                 22(A), (B), 23, 24, and
                                                 26(A).                 
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 6, 9,
                                                 10 (Unimak Island      
                                                 only), 11-13 and the   
                                                 residents of Chickaloon
                                                 and 16-26.             
22.......................  Grouse (Spruce,      Residents of Units 11,  
                            Blue, Ruffed and     13 and the residents of
                            Sharp-tailed).       Chickaloon, 15, 16,    
                                                 20(D), 22 and 23.      
22.......................  Ptarmigan (Rock,     Residents of Units 11,  
                            Willow and White-    13 and the residents of
                            tailed).             Chickaloon, 15, 16,    
                                                 20(D), 22 and 23.      
Unit 23..................  Brown Bear.........  Rural residents of Units
                                                 21 and 23.             
23.......................  Caribou Western      Residents of Unit 21(D) 
                            Arctic Caribou       west of the Koyukuk and
                            Herd only.           Yukon Rivers, and      
                                                 residents of Unit      
                                                 22(A), (B), 23, 24, and
                                                 26(A).                 
23.......................  Moose..............  Residents of Unit 23.   
23 South of Kotzebue       Muskox.............  Residents of Unit 23    
 Sound and west of and                           South of Kotzebue Sound
 including the Buckland                          and west of and        
 River draingage.                                including the Buckland 
                                                 River drainage.        
23 Remainder.............  Muskox.............  No subsistence.         
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 16-26.
23.......................  Grouse (Spruce,      Residents of Units 11,  
                            Blue, Ruffed and     13, and the residents  
                            Sharp-tailed).       of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 
                                                 20(D), 22 and 23.      
23.......................  Ptarmigan (Rock,     Residents of Units 11,  
                            Willow and White-    13, and the residents  
                            tailed).             of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 
                                                 20(D), 22 and 23.      
Unit 24..................  Brown Bear.........  Residents of Unit 24 and
                                                 Wiseman, but not       
                                                 including any other    
                                                 residents of the Dalton
                                                 Highway Corridor       
                                                 Management Area.       
24.......................  Moose..............  Residents of Unit 24,   
                                                 and residents of       
                                                 Anaktuvuk Pass, Koyukuk
                                                 and Galena.            
24.......................  Sheep..............  Residents of Unit 24    
                                                 residing north of the  
                                                 Arctic Circle and      
                                                 residents of Allakaket,
                                                 Atatna and Anaktuvuk   
                                                 Pass.                  
24.......................  Wolf...............  Residents of Units 6, 9,
                                                 10 (Unimak Island      
                                                 only), 11-13 and the   
                                                 residents of Chickaloon
                                                 and 16-26.             
Unit 25..................  Brown Bear.........  No subsistence.         
25(A)....................  Moose..............  Residents of Unit 25(A) 
                                                 and residents of       
                                                 Venetie only.          
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 subsistence.         
25.......................  Wolf...............  Residents of Units 6, 9,
                                                 10 (Unimak Island      
                                                 only), 11-13 and the   
                                                 residents of Chickaloon
                                                 and 16-26.             
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Unit 26..................  Brown Bear.........  Residents of Unit 26    
                                                 (except the Prudhoe Bay-
                                                 Deadhorse Industrial   
                                                 Complex) and residents 
                                                 of Anaktuvuk Pass and  
                                                 Point Hope.            
26.......................  Caribou Western      Residents of Unit 21(D) 
                            Arctic Caribou       west of the Koyukuk and
                            Herd only.           Yukon Rivers, and 23,  
                                                 24, and 26(A).         
26(B)....................  Caribou Central      Residents of Anaktuvuk  
                            Arctic Herd.         Pass, Kaktovik, Nuiqsut
                                                 and Wiseman.           
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)....................  Musk Oxen..........  Residents of Anaktuvuk  
                                                 Pass, Nuiqsut, and     
                                                 Kaktovik.              
26(C)....................  Musk Oxen..........  Residents of Kaktovik.  
26(A) and (B)............  Sheep..............  Residents of Anaktuvuk  
                                                 Pass, Kaktovik, Nuiqsut
                                                 and Wiseman.           
26(C)....................  Sheep..............  Residents of Arctic     
                                                 Village, Chalkytsik,   
                                                 Fort Yukon, Kaktovik,  
                                                 Nuiqsut 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--  All finfish........  Residents of the        
 Northern District.                              Northern District,     
                                                 except for those       
                                                 domiciled in State of  
                                                 Alaska Unit 26-B.      
Kotzebue District........  Salmon, sheefish,    Residents of the        
                            char.                Kotzebue District.     
NORTON SOUND--PORT         Salmon.............  Residents of the Norton 
 CLARENCE AREA.                                  Sound--Port Clarence   
                                                 Area.                  
YUKON AREA...............  Salmon.............  Residents of the Yukon  
                                                 Area, including the    
                                                 community of Stebbins. 
                           Yukon River, Fall    Residents of the Yukon  
                            chum, salmon.        River drainage,        
                                                 including the          
                                                 communities of         
                                                 Stebbins, Scammon Bay, 
                                                 Hooper Bay, and Chevak.
                           Freshwater fish      Residents of the Yukon  
                            species, including   Area.                  
                            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     Herring and herring  Residents within 20     
 western-most tip of the    roe.                 miles of the coast     
 Naskonant Peninsula and                         between the westernmost
 the terminus of the                             tip of the Naskonant   
 Ishowik River and around                        Peninsula and the      
 Nunivak Island.                                 terminus of the Ishowik
                                                 River and on Nunivak   
                                                 Island.                
BRISTOL BAY AREA--         Salmon.............  Residents of the        
 Nushagak District,                              Nushagak District and  
 including drainages                             freshwater drainages   
 flowing into the                                flowing into the       
 district.                                       district.              
Naknek-Kvichek District--  Salmon.............  Residents of the Naknek 
 Naknek River drainage.                          and Kvichak River      
                                                 drainages.             
Naknek-Kvichek District--  Salmon.............  Residents of the Iliamna-
 Iliamna-Lake Clark                              Lake Clark drainage.   
 drainage.                                                              
Togiak District,           Salmon and other     Residents of the Togiak 
 including drainages        freshwater finfish.  District, freshwater   
 flowing into the                                drainages flowing into 
 district.                                       the district, and the  
                                                 community of Manokotak.
KODIAK AREA--except the    Salmon.............  Residents of the Kodiak 
 Mainland District, all                          Island Borough, except 
 waters along the                                those residing on the  
 southside of the Alaska                         Kodiak Coast Guard     
 Peninsula bounded by the                        Base.                  
 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    King crab..........  Residents of the Kodiak 
 Semidi Island, the North                        Island Borough except  
 Mainland, and the South                         those residents on the 
 Mainland Sections.                              Kodiak Coast Guard     
                                                 base.                  
COOK INLET AREA--Port      Dolly Varden.......  Residents of Port Graham
 Graham Subdistrict.                             and English Bay.       
Port Graham Subdistrict    Salmon.............  Residents of Port Graham
 and Koyuktolik                                  and English Bay.       
 Subdistrict.                                                           
Tyonek Subdistrict.......  Salmon.............  Residents of the village
                                                 of Tyonek.             
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PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND       Salmon.............  Residents of the        
 AREA--South-Western                             Southwestern District  
 District and Green                              which is mainland      
 Island.                                         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       Salmon.............  Residents of the        
 AREA--North of a line                           villages of Tatitlek   
 from Porcupine Point to                         and Ellamar.           
 Granite Point, and south                                               
 of a line from Point                                                   
 Lowe to Tongue Point.                                                  
YAKUTAT AREA--Freshwater   Salmon.............  Residents of the area   
 upstream from the                               east of Yakutat Bay,   
 terminus of streams and                         including the islands  
 rivers of the Yakutat                           within Yakutat Bay,    
 Area from the Doame                             west of the Situk River
 River to the Tsiu River.                        drainage, and south of 
                                                 and including Knight   
                                                 Island.                
Freshwater upstream from   Dolly Varden char,   Residents of the area   
 the terminus of streams    steelhead trout,     east of Yakutat Bay,   
 and rivers of the          and smelt.           including the islands  
 Yakutat Area from the                           within Yakutat Bay,    
 Doame River to Point                            west of the Situk River
 Manby.                                          drainage, and south of 
                                                 and including Knight   
                                                 Island.                
SOUTH-EASTERN ALASKA       Salmon and Dolly     Residents of the City of
 AREA--District 1--         Varden char.         Saxman.                
 Section 1-E in waters of                                               
 the Naha River and                                                     
 Roosevelt Lagoon.                                                      
District 1--Section 1-F    Salmon and Dolly     Residents of the City of
 in Boca de Quadra in       Varden char.         Saxman.                
 waters of Sockeye Creek                                                
 and Hugh Smith Lake                                                    
 within 500 yards of the                                                
 terminus of Sockeye                                                    
 Creek.                                                                 
District 2--North of the   Salmon and Dolly     Residents of the City of
 latitude of the northern-  Varden Char.         Kasaan and in the      
 most tip of Chasina                             drainage of the        
 Point and west of a line                        southeastern shore of  
 from the northern-most                          the Kasaan Peninsula   
 tip of Chasina Point to                         west of 132 deg.20' W. 
 the eastern-most tip of                         long. and east of 132  
 Grindall Island to the                          deg.25' W. long.       
 eastern-most tip of the                                                
 Kasaan Peninsula.                                                      
District 3--Section 3-A..  Salmon and Dolly     Residents of the        
                            Varden char.         townsite of Hydaburg.  
District 3--Section 3-B    Salmon, Dolly        Residents of the City of
 in waters east of a line   Varden char, and     Klawock and on Prince  
 from Point Ildefonso to    steelhead trout.     of Wales Island within 
 Tranquil Point.                                 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 3--Section 3-C    Salmon, Dolly        Residents of the City of
 in waters of Sarkar        Varden char, and     Klawock and on Prince  
 Lakes.                     steelhead trout.     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     Salmon and Dolly     Residents of the City of
 line from Point Barrie     Varden char.         Kake and in Kupreanof  
 to Boulder Point.                               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     Residents of the City of
                            Varden char.         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    Salmon and Dolly     Residents of the City of
 north of the latitude of   Varden char.         Kake and in Kupreanof  
 Swain Point.                                    Island drainages       
                                                 emptying into Keku     
                                                 Strait south of Point  
                                                 White and north of the 
                                                 Portage Bay boat       
                                                 harbor.                
District 10--West of a     Salmon and Dolly     Residents of the City of
 line from Pinta Point to   Varden char.         Kake and in Kupreanof  
 False Point Pybus.                              Island drainages       
                                                 emptying into Keku     
                                                 Strait south of Point  
                                                 White and north of the 
                                                 Portage Bay boat       
                                                 harbor.                
District 12--South of a    Salmon and Dolly     Residents of the City of
 line from Fishery Point    Varden char.         Angoon and along the   
 to south Passage Point                          western shore of       
 and north of the                                Admiralty Island north 
 latitude of Point                               of the latitude of Sand
 Caution.                                        Island, south of the   
                                                 latitude of Thayer     
                                                 Creek, and west of 134 
                                                 deg.30' W. long.,      
                                                 including Killisnoo    
                                                 Island.                
District 13--Section 13-A  Sockeye salmon.....  Residents of the City   
 south of the latitude of                        and Borough of Sitka in
 Cape Edward.                                    drainages which empty  
                                                 into Section 13-B north
                                                 of the latitude of     
                                                 Dorothy Narrows.       
District 13--Section 13-B  Sockeye salmon.....  Residents of the City   
 north of the latitude of                        and Borough of Sitka in
 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  Salmon and Dolly     Residents of the City of
 east of the longitude of   Varden char.         Angoon and along the   
 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.                
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District 14--Section 14-B  Salmon, smelt and    Residents of the City of
 and 14-C.                  Dolly Varden char.   Hoonah and in Chichagof
                                                 Island drainages on the
                                                 eastern shore of Port  
                                                 Frederick from Gartina 
                                                 Creek to Point Sophia. 
District 15--Chilkat and   Salmon and smelt...  Residents west of the   
 Chilkoot Rivers.                                Haines highway between 
                                                 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.       
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  3. In Subpart D of 36 CFR 36 part 242 and 50 CFR part 100, Sec. --
----.25 is added to read as follows:

Subpart D--Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife


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.
    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 these Federal Subsistence Management Regulations.
    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 [[Page 31554]] 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 Sec. ______.25(i).
    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 
Sec. ______.25 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 below or by other Federal statute. Taking wildlife 
for subsistence uses by a prohibited method is a violation of this 
subpart. Seasons are closed unless opened by Federal regulation. 
Hunting or trapping during a closed season or in an area closed by this 
subpart is prohibited.
    (1) Except for special provisions found at Sec. ______.25(k) (1) 
through (26), 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 vehicle, except from a motor-
driven boat if the motor has been completely shut off, and the boat's 
progress from the motor's power has 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) 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 Sec. ______.25(k) 
(1) through (26). 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 
Sec. ______.25(b)(1):
    (i) Disturbing or destroying a den, except that any muskrat pushup 
or [[Page 31555]] 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 Sec. ______.25(c)(3)(ii) or (c)(4), 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 statewide take of that 
species has already been obtained under Federal and State regulations 
in other Units, or portions of other Units.
    (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), an 
animal taken by an individual as part of a community harvest limit 
counts toward that individual's harvest limit for that species taken 
under Federal or State regulations for areas outside of the community 
harvest area.
    (3) Individual harvest limits. (i) Harvest limits authorized by 
Sec. ______.25 and bag 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.
    (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, Sec. ______.25(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, 
Sec. ______.25(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 
in this paragraph (e), and black bears of all color phases taken in 
Units 1-7, 11-16, 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 [[Page 31556]] 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 be 
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.
    (v) If the skin or skull of a bear taken in Unit 9(B) is removed 
from the area, it must first be sealed by an ADF&G representative in 
Port Alsworth or King Salmon; 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.
    (g) A person who takes a species listed in Sec. ______.25(f) 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 Sec. ______.25(f).
    (h) Utilization of wildlife. (1) No person may use wildlife as food 
for a dog or furbearer, or as bait, except for the following:
    (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 Sec. ______.25 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 Sec. ______.25(k)(1) through (26). Additional Unit-
specific restrictions or allowances for subsistence taking of wildlife 
are identified at Sec. ______.25(k)(1) through (26).
    (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 is closed to the taking of 
black 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: 
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    (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) 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:                                                                
                                                                        
Black Bear:                                                             
    2 bears, no more than one may be a blue or  Sept. 1-June 30.        
     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 deer  Aug. 1-Dec. 31.         
     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 the        Aug. 1-Dec. 31.         
     Bradfield Canal and the North Fork of the                          
     Bradfield River. 1 goat by State                                   
     registration permit only; that portion                             
     between LeConte Bay and the North Fork of                          
     Bradfield River/Canal will require 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 Lynn  Oct. 1-Nov. 30.         
     Canal and Stephens Passage between Antler                          
     River and Eagle Glacier and 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,                          
     and all drainages of the Chilkat Range                             
     south of the Endicott River.                                       
    Remainder of Unit 1(C)--1 goat by State     Aug. 1-Nov. 30.         
     registration permit only.                                          
    Unit 1(D)--that portion lying north of the  Sept. 15-Nov. 30.       
     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 Bay    Sept. 15-Oct. 15.       
     and Glacier--1 antlered bull with spike-                           
     fork or 50-inch antlers or 3 or more brow                          
     tines on either antler, by Federal                                 
     registration permit only. Public lands                             
     within the Stikine River drainage are                              
     closed to the taking of moose, except in                           
     accordance with these regulations by                               
     qualified rural residents during seasons                           
     identified above.                                                  
    Remainder of Unit 1(B)....................  No open season.         
    Unit 1(C)--excluding drainages of Berners   Sept. 15-Oct. 15.       
     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.          
Trapping:                                                               
                                                                        
Beaver:                                                                 
    Unit 1(A), (B), and (C)--No limit.........  Dec. 1-May 15.          
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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.        
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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 westernmost 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) 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 a blue or  Sept. 1-June 30.        
     glacier bear.                                                      
Deer:                                                                   
    4 deer; however, no more than one may be    Aug. 1-Dec. 31.         
     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..................................  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..................................  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.         
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.         
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Wolf:                                                                   
    No limit..................................  Nov. 10-Apr. 30.        
Wolverine:                                                              
    No limit..................................  Nov. 10-Apr. 30.        
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  (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) 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:                                                                
                                                                        
Black Bear:                                                             
    2 bears, no more than one may be a blue or  Sept. 1-June 30.        
     glacier bear.                                                      
Deer:                                                                   
    Unit 3--Mitkof Island, Woewodski Island,    Oct. 15-Oct. 31.        
     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 deer......  Aug. 1-Nov. 30.         
Moose:                                                                  
    Unit 3--Mitkof and Wrangell Islands--1      Oct. 1-Oct. 15.         
     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.         
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 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.         
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.         
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Wolf:                                                                   
    No limit..................................  Nov. 10-Apr. 30.        
Wolverine:                                                              
    No limit..................................  Nov. 10-Apr. 30.        
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  (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) 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 and west of  Sept. 15-Dec. 31.       
     a line that follows the crest of the       Mar. 15-May 31.         
     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 Northeast       Mar. 15-May 20.         
     Chichagof Controlled Use Area--1 bear                              
     every four regulatory years by State                               
     registration permit only.                                          
    Remainder of Unit 4--1 bear every four      Sept. 15-Dec. 31.       
     regulatory years by State registration     Mar. 15-May 20.         
     permit only.                                                       
Deer:                                                                   
    6 deer; however, antlerless deer may be     Aug. 1-Jan. 31.         
     taken only from Sept. 15-Jan. 31.                                  
Goat:                                                                   
    1 goat by State registration permit only..  Aug. 1-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..................................  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 Chatham        Dec. 1-May 15.          
     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):                                                               
    No limit..................................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.         
Lynx:                                                                   
    No limit..................................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.         
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Marten:                                                                 
    Unit 4--Chichagof Island--No limit........  Dec. 1-Dec. 31.         
    Remainder of Unit 4--No limit.............  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.         
Mink and Weasel:                                                        
    Unit 4--Chichagof Island--No limit........  Dec. 1-Dec. 31.         
    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 by residents of Unit 5(A) of up to 10 moose per 
regulatory year in Unit 5(A), except Nunatak Bench, is allowed for 
ceremonial potlatches and other ceremonial uses, under the terms of a 
Federal registration permit. Moose may be taken from August 1 through 
December 31. Permits will be issued to individuals only at the request 
of a local organization. This 10 moose limit is not cumulative with any 
potlatch moose permitted by the State.
    (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.

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                Harvest limits                         Open season      
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hunting:                                                                
                                                                        
Black Bear:                                                             
    2 bears, no more than one may be a blue or  Sept. 1-June 30.        
     glacier bear.                                                      
Brown Bear:                                                             
    1 bear by Federal registration permit only  Sept. 1-May 31.         
Deer:                                                                   
    Unit 5(A)--1 buck.........................  Nov. 1-Nov. 30.         
    Unit 5(B).................................  No open season.         
Goat:                                                                   
    1 goat by State registration permit only..  Aug. 1-Dec. 31.         
Moose:                                                                  
    Unit 5(A), except Nunatak Bench--1          Oct. 15-Nov. 15.        
     antlered bull by State 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 State         Sept. 1-Dec. 15.        
     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:                                                               
                                                                        
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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:                                                                   
    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.

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                Harvest limits                         Open season      
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hunting:                                                                
                                                                        
Black Bear:                                                             
    1 bear....................................  Sept. 1-June 30.        
Deer:                                                                   
    4 deer; however, antlerless deer may be     Aug. 1-Dec. 31.         
     taken only from Nov. 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, RG249,    Aug 20-Jan. 31.         
     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 RG245)--The   No open season.         
     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 River        July 1-June 30.         
     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 Silver     No open season.         
 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.          
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Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):                             
    20 per day, 40 in possession..............  Aug. 1-May 15.          
Trapping:                                                               
                                                                        
Beaver:                                                                 
    Trapping--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 River        Nov. 10-Apr. 30.        
     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.        
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.        
------------------------------------------------------------------------

  (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].

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                Harvest limits                         Open season      
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hunting:                                                                
                                                                        
Black Bear:                                                             
    Unit 7--3 bears...........................  July 1-June 30.         
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 Kenai       Aug. 10-Apr. 30.        
     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.        
Marten:                                                                 
    No limit..................................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.        
Mink and Weasel:                                                        
    No limit..................................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.        
Muskrat:                                                                
    No limit..................................  Nov. 10-May 15.         
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Otter:                                                                  
    No limit..................................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.        
Wolf:                                                                   
    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.

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                Harvest limits                         Open season      
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hunting:                                                                
                                                                        
Deer:                                                                   
    Unit 8--that portion of Kodiak Island       Aug. 1-Oct. 31.         
     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 Island and   Aug. 1-Dec. 31.         
     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; however,       Aug. 1-Dec. 31.         
     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):                                                               
    No limit..................................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.        
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-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, [[Page 31565]] 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) Unit 9(B) (Nondalton residents only) is open to brown bear 
hunting by Federal registration permit in lieu of a resident tag; no 
resident tag is required for taking a brown bear in Unit 9(B), provided 
that the hunter has obtained a Federal registration permit prior to 
hunting.
    (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.

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                Harvest limits                         Open season      
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hunting:                                                                
                                                                        
Black Bear:                                                             
    3 bears...................................  July 1-June 30.         
Brown Bear:                                                             
    Unit 9(B)--Rural residents of Nondalton     Oct. 1-Oct. 21          
     only--1 bear by Federal registration       May 10-May 25.          
     permit only.                                                       
    Unit 9(B)--1 bear every four regulatory     Oct. 1-Oct. 21 (odd     
     years.                                      years only);           
                                                May 10-May 25 (even     
                                                 years only).           
    Unit 9(E)--1 bear by Federal registration   Oct. 1-Dec. 31.         
     permit only.                               May 10-May 25.          
Caribou:                                                                
    Unit 9(A)--4 caribou; however, no more      Aug. 10-Mar. 31.        
     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 more      Aug. 10-Mar. 31.        
     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 more than  Aug. 1-Apr. 15.         
     2 may be bulls.                                                    
    Unit 9(D)--closed to all hunting of         No open season.         
     caribou.                                                           
    Unit 9(E)--that portion southwest of the    No open season.         
     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, Newhalen,  Aug. 10-Oct. 10.        
     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 7/8 curl    Aug. 10-Sept. 20.       
     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 into the   Sept. 1-Sept. 15        
     Naknek River from the north--1 antlered    Dec. 1-Dec. 31.         
     bull.                                                              
    Unit 9(C)--that portion draining into the   Aug. 20-Sept. 15.       
     Naknek River from the south--1 antlered    Dec. 1-Dec. 31.         
     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; however,   Sept. 1-Sept. 15.       
     antlerless moose may be taken only from    Dec. 1-Dec. 31.         
     Dec. 1-Dec. 31..                                                   
    Unit 9(E)--1 antlered bull................  Sept. 1-Sept. 20.       
                                                Dec. 1-Dec. 31.         
Coyote:                                                                 
    2 coyotes.................................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.        
Fox, Artic (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.        
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:                                                               
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Beaver:                                                                 
    Unit 9(B)--40 beaver per season; however,   Jan. 1-May 31.          
     no more than 20 may be taken between Apr.                          
     1-May 31.                                                          
    Remainder of Unit 9--40 beaver per season;  Jan. 1-Apr. 30.         
     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:                                                                   
    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; [[Page 31567]] 
    (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
15.
    (B) [Reserved].
    (ii) [Reserved].

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Harvest limits                         Open season      
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hunting:                                                                
                                                                        
Black Bear:                                                             
    3 bears...................................  July 1-June 30.         
Caribou:                                                                
    Closed to all hunting of caribou..........  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.        
    Public lands are closed to the taking of                            
     wolverine except by eligible rural Alaska                          
     residents during seasons identified                                
     above.                                                             
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:                                                              
    2 wolverine...............................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.        
    Public lands are closed to the taking of                            
     wolverine except by eligible rural Alaska                          
     residents during seasons identified                                
     above.                                                             
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (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.
    (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.
    (ii) [Reserved].

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Harvest limits                         Open season      
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hunting:                                                                
                                                                        
Black Bear:                                                             
    3 bears...................................  July 1-June 30.         
Caribou:                                                                
    Unit 12--that portion west of the Nabesna   No open season.         
     River within the drainages of Jack Creek,                          
     Platinum Creek, and Totschunda Creek--The                          
     taking of caribou is prohibited on public                          
     lands.                                                             
[[Page 31568]]
                                                                        
    Unit 12--that portion lying east of the     No open season.         
     Nabesna River 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 Federal    Winter season to be     
     registration permit during a winter         announced by the Board.
     season to be announced for the rural                               
     Alaska residents of Tetlin and Northway                            
     only.                                                              
Sheep:                                                                  
    1 ram with full curl horn or larger.......  Aug. 10-Sept. 20.       
Moose:                                                                  
    Unit 12--that portion drained by the        Sept. 1-Sept. 15.       
     Tanana, Nabesna, and Chisana Rivers        Nov. 20-Nov. 30.        
     within the Tetlin 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. The November season is                              
     open by Federal registration permit only.                          
    Unit 12--that portion lying east of the     Sept. 1-Sept. 30.       
     Nabesna River and south of the Winter                              
     Trail running southeast from Pickerel                              
     Lake to the Canadian border--1 antlered                            
     bull.                                                              
    Unit 12--Remainder--1 antlered bull.......  Sept. 1-Sept. 15.       
Coyote:                                                                 
    2 coyotes.................................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.        
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver                             
 Phases):                                                               
    10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes     Sept. 1-Mar. 15.        
     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. 1-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.         
Wolverine:                                                              
    No limit..................................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.         
------------------------------------------------------------------------

  (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 
[[Page 31569]] 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 Sec. ______.25(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 Cantwell 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) [Reserved].

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                Harvest limits                         Open season      
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hunting:                                                                
                                                                        
Black Bear:                                                             
    3 bears...................................  July 1-June 30.         
Caribou:                                                                
    2 caribou by Federal registration permit    Aug. 10-Sept. 30.       
     only. Hunting within the Trans-Alaska Oil  Jan. 5-Mar. 31.         
     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 the Tok   Aug. 10-Sept. 20.       
     and Delta Management Areas--1 ram with \7/                         
     8\ curl horn.                                                      
Moose:                                                                  
    1 antlered bull moose by Federal            Aug. 1-Sept. 20.        
     registration permit only; only 1 permit                            
     will be issued per household.                                      
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.        
    Public lands are closed to the taking of                            
     wolverine, except by eligible rural                                
     Alaska residents during seasons                                    
     identified above.                                                  
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.        
[[Page 31570]]
                                                                        
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:                                                              
    2 wolverine...............................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.        
    Public lands are closed to the taking of                            
     wolverine, except by eligible rural                                
     Alaska residents during seasons                                    
     identified above.                                                  
------------------------------------------------------------------------

  (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 Management Area, consisting of the Fort 
Richardson Military Reservation, is restricted to the subsistence 
taking of ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine by permit only;
    (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:                                                             
    Unit 14 (A) and (C)--1 bear...............  July 1-June 30.         
Brown Bear:                                                             
    Unit 14(A)--1 bear every four regulatory    Sept. 15-Oct. 10.       
     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 possession..  Aug. 10-Mar. 31.        
    Unit 14(C)--5 per day, 10 in possession...  Sept. 8-Mar. 31.        
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):                             
    Unit 14(A)--10 per day, 20 in possession..  Aug. 10-Mar. 31.        
    Unit 14(C)--10 per day, 20 in possession..  Sept. 8-Mar. 31.        
    Remainder of Unit 14--20 per day, 40 in     Aug. 10-Mar. 31.        
     possession.                                                        
Trapping:                                                               
                                                                        
Beaver:                                                                 
    Unit 14(A)--30 beaver per season..........  Nov. 10-Apr. 30.        
    Unit 14(C)--that portion within the         Dec. 1-Apr. 15.         
     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:                                                                 
[[Page 31571]]
                                                                        
    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.        
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;
    (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.

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                Harvest limits                         Open season      
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hunting:                                                                
                                                                        
Black Bear:                                                             
    3 bears...................................  July 1-June 30.         
Coyote:                                                                 
    No limit..................................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.        
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):                                             
    No limit..................................  July 1-June 30.         
Wolf:                                                                   
    Unit 15--that portion within the Kenai      Aug. 10-Apr. 30.        
     National Wildlife Refuge--2 Wolves.                                
    Unit 15--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):                             
    Unit 15 (A) and (B)--20 per day, 40 in      Aug. 10-Mar. 31.        
     possession.                                                        
    Unit 15(C)--20 per day, 40 in possession..  Aug. 10-Dec. 31.        
    Unit 15(C)--5 per day, 10 in possession...  Jan. 1-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):                                                               
    1 Fox.....................................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.        
Marten:                                                                 
    Unit 15(B)--that portion east of the Kenai  No open season.         
     River, Skilak Lake, Skilak River and                               
     Skilak Glacier.                                                    
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    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 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 
______.25(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 south     Sept. 1-Sept. 15.       
     and west of, and including the Kustatan                            
     River drainage--1 antlered bull.                                   
    Remainder of Unit 16(B)--1 moose; however,  Sept. 1-Sept. 30.       
     antlerless moose may be taken only from    Dec. 1-Feb. 28.         
     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.        
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.        
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Wolverine:                                                              
    No limit..................................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.        
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  (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, 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].

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                Harvest limits                         Open season      
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hunting:                                                                
                                                                        
Black Bear:                                                             
    3 bears...................................  July 1-June 30.         
Brown Bear:                                                             
    Unit 17(A) and that portion of Unit 17(B)   Sept. 1-May 31.         
     draining into the Nuyakuk Lake and                                 
     Tikchik Lake--1 bear.                                              
    Remainder of Unit 17(B)--1 bear every four  Sept. 20-Oct. 10.       
     regulatory years.                          May 10-May 25.          
    Unit 17(C)--1 bear every four regulatory    Sept. 10-Oct. 10.       
     years.                                     Apr. 10-May 25.         
Caribou:                                                                
    Unit 17(A) and (C)--that portion of 17(A)   Jan. 1-Mar. 31.         
     and (C) consisting of the Nushagak                                 
     Peninsula south of the Igushik River,                              
     Tuklung River and Tuklung Hills, west to                           
     Tvativak Bay--1 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 of 17(C)   Aug. 1-Apr. 15.         
     east of the Nushagak River--5 caribou;                             
     however, no more than 2 caribou may be                             
     bulls.                                                             
Sheep:                                                                  
    1 ram with full curl horn or larger.......  Aug. 10-Sept. 20.       
Moose:                                                                  
    Unit 17(B)--that portion that includes all  Aug. 20-Sept. 15.       
     the Mulchatna River drainage upstream                              
     from and including the Chilchitna River                            
     drainage--1 bull by State registration                             
     permit only; however, during the period                            
     Sept. 1-Sept. 15 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 by State    Aug. 20-Sept. 15.       
     registration permit only; however, during  Dec. 1-Dec. 31.         
     the period Sept. 1-Sept. 15 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 includes the  Aug. 20-Sept. 15.       
     Iowithla drainage and Sunshine Valley and                          
     all lands west of Wood River and south of                          
     Aleknagik Lake--1 bull by State                                    
     registration permit only; however, during                          
     the period Sept. 1-Sept. 15 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 by State    Aug. 20-Sept. 15.       
     registration permit only; however, during  Dec. 1-Dec. 31.         
     the period Sept. 1-Sept. 15 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):                                                               
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    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 17(A)--20 beaver per season..........  Jan. 1-Feb. 28.         
    Unit 17(B) and (C)--20 beaver per season..  Jan. 1-Feb. 28.         
Coyote:                                                                 
    No limit..................................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.        
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):                                     
    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.        
------------------------------------------------------------------------

  (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) [Reserved].

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                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 the Yukon    Dec. 15-Jan. 9.         
     River--Kilbuck caribou herd; rural Alaska  Feb. 23-Mar. 15.        
     residents domiciled in Tuluksak, Akiak,                            
     Akiachak, Kwethluk, Bethel, Oscarville,                            
     Napaaskiak, Napakiak, Kasigiuk,                                    
     Atmauthluak, Nunapitchuk, Tuntutuliak,                             
     Eek, Quinhagak, Goodnews Bay, Platinum,                            
     Togiak, and Twin Hills, only. A Federal                            
     registration permit is required. The                               
     number of permits available for these                              
     hunts will be determined at a later date.                          
     The season will be closed when the total                           
     harvest reaches guidelines as described                            
     in the approved ``Oavilnguut (Kilbuck)                             
     Caribou Herd Cooperative Management Plan.                          
    Unit 18--that portion north of the Yukon    Aug. 1-Mar. 31.         
     River--5 caribou per day.                                          
    Remainder of Unit 18......................  No open season.         
Moose:                                                                  
    Unit 18--that portion north and west of a   Sept. 5-Sept. 25.       
     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 Kanektok River  No open season.         
     drainages.                                                         
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    Unit 18--Kuskokwim River drainage--1        Aug. 25-Sept. 25.       
     antlered bull. A 10-day hunt (1 bull,      Winter season to be     
     evidence of sex required) will be opened    announced.             
     by announcement sometime between Dec. 1                            
     and Feb. 28.                                                       
    Remainder of Unit 18--1 antlered bull. A    Sept. 1-Sept. 30.       
     10-day hunt (1 bull, evidence of sex       Winter season to be     
     required) will be opened by announcement    announced.             
     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 foxes     Sept. 1-Mar. 15.        
     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 Lower Kalskag:
    (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 Sec. ______.25(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 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 [[Page 31576]] 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].

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                Harvest limits                         Open season      
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hunting:                                                                
                                                                        
Black Bear:                                                             
    3 bears...................................  July 1-June 30.         
Brown Bear:                                                             
    Unit 19(A) and (B) that portion which is    Sept. 1-May 31.         
     downstream of and including the Aniak                              
     River drainage--1 bear.                                            
    Remainder of Unit 19(A), (B), and (D)--1    Sept. 10-May 25.        
     bear every four regulatory years.                                  
Caribou:                                                                
    Unit 19(A) north of Kuskokwim River--1      Aug. 10-Sept. 30.       
     caribou.                                   Nov. 1-Feb. 28.         
    Unit 19(A) south of the Kuskokwim River,    Aug. 1-Apr. 15.         
     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 Kuskokwim  Aug. 10-Sept. 30.       
     River and North Fork of the Kuskokwim      Nov. 1-Jan. 31.         
     River--1 caribou.                                                  
    Remainder of Unit 19(D)--1 caribou........  Aug. 10-Sept. 30.       
    Unit 19--Rural Alaska residents domiciled   July 1-June 30.         
     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 of Lime     July 1-June 30.         
     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 the       Sept. 1-Sept. 20.       
     Kuskokwim River upstream from, but not     Nov. 20-Nov. 30.        
     including the Kolmakof River drainage and  Jan. 1-Jan. 10.         
     south of the Kuskokwim River upstream      Feb. 1-Feb. 10.         
     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 Upper       Sept. 1-Sept. 30.       
     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 Upper          Sept. 1-Sept. 30.       
     Kuskokwim Controlled Use Area--1 bull.     Dec. 1-Feb. 28.         
    Remainder of Unit 19(D)--1 antlered bull..  Sept. 1-Sept. 30.       
                                                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 foxes     Sept. 1-Mar. 15.        
     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:                                                               
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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.         
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  (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 Sec. ______.25(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 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 
[[Page 31578]] 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 0SE \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;
    (G) The Ferry Trail Management Area, which consists of that portion 
of Unit 20(A) bounded on the north by the Rex Trail; on the west by the 
east bank of the Nenana River from its intersection with the Rex Trail 
south to the divide forming the north boundary of the Lignite Creek 
drainage; on the south by that divide easterly and southerly to the 
headwaters of Sanderson Creek at Usibelli Peak, then along a 
southwesterly line to the confluence of Healy Creek and Coal Creek, 
then upstream easterly along the south bank of Healy Creek to the north 
fork of Healy Creek, then along the north fork of Healy Creek to its 
headwaters; on the east by a straight line from the headwaters of Healy 
Creek to the headwaters of Dexter Creek, then along Dexter Creek to the 
Totatlanika River, then down the east bank of the Totatlanika River to 
the Rex Trail is open to caribou hunting by permit 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.

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                Harvest limits                         Open season      
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hunting:                                                                
                                                                        
Black Bear:                                                             
    3 bears...................................  July 1-June 30.         
Brown Bear:                                                             
    Unit 20--except Unit 20(E)--1 bear every    Sept. 1-May 31.         
     four regulatory years.                                             
Caribou:                                                                
    Unit 20(E)--1 bull by Federal registration  Aug. 10-Sept. 30.       
     permit only; the season will close when a  Nov. 15-Feb. 28.        
     harvest quota of 150 for the Fortymile                             
     herd has been reached.                                             
    Unit 20(F)--Tozitna River drainage--1       Aug. 10-Sept. 30.       
     caribou; however, only bull caribou may    Nov. 26-Dec. 10.        
     be taken Aug. 10-Sept. 30.                 Mar. 1-Mar. 15.         
    Unit 20(F)--south of the Yukon River......  No open season.         
    Remainder of Unit 20(F)--1 bull...........  Aug. 10-Sept. 30.       
Moose:                                                                  
    Unit 20(A)--the Ferry Trail Management      Sept. 1-Sept. 20.       
     Area--1 bull with spike-fork or 50-inch                            
     antlers or antlers with 4 or more brow                             
     tines on one side.                                                 
    Remainder of Unit 20(A)--1 antlered bull..  Sept. 1-Sept. 20.       
    Unit 20(B)--that portion within the Minto   Sept. 1-Sept. 20.       
     Flats Management Area--1 bull by Federal   Jan. 10-Feb. 28.        
     registration permit only.                                          
    Unit 20(B)--the drainage of the Middle      Sept. 1-Sept. 20.       
     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 antlered bull..  Sept. 1-Sept. 20.       
    Unit 20(C)--that portion within Denali      Sept. 1-Sept. 30.       
     National Park and Preserve west of the     Nov. 15-Dec. 15.        
     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 antlered bull;   Sept. 1-Sept. 30.       
     however, white-phased or partial albino                            
     (more than 50 percent white) moose may                             
     not be taken.                                                      
    Unit 20(E)--that portion drained by the     Sept. 1-Sept. 15.       
     Ladue, Sixty-mile, and Forty-mile Rivers                           
     (all forks) from Mile 9\1/2\ to Mile 145                           
     Taylor Highway, including the Boundary                             
     Cutoff Road--1 antlered bull.                                      
    Remainder of Unit 20(E)--that portion       Sept. 5-Sept. 30.       
     draining into the Yukon 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.                           
    Unit 20(F)--that portion within the Dalton  Sept. 1-Sept. 25.       
     Highway Corridor Management Area--1                                
     antlered bull by Federal registration                              
     permit only.                                                       
    Remainder of Unit 20(F)--1 antlered bull..  Sept. 1-Sept. 25.       
Coyote:                                                                 
    2 coyotes.................................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.        
[[Page 31579]]
                                                                        
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver                             
 Phases):                                                               
    10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes     Sept. 1-Mar. 15.        
     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.         
    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 the       Aug. 25-Mar. 31.        
     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, 30 in       Aug. 10-Mar. 31.        
     possession.                                                        
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):                             
    Unit 20--those portions within five miles   Aug. 10-Mar. 31.        
     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, 40 in       Aug. 10-Apr. 30.        
     possession.                                                        
Trapping:                                                               
Beaver:                                                                 
    Unit 20(A), 20(B), Unit 20(C), Unit 20(E),  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.         
     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 beaver........  Feb. 1-Apr. 15.         
    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:                                                                   
    No limit..................................  Dec. 1-Jan. 15.         
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.         
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  (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, [[Page 31580]] 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;
    (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 Units 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.

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                Harvest limits                         Open season      
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hunting:                                                                
                                                                        
Black Bear:                                                             
    3 bears...................................  July 1-June 30.         
Brown Bear:                                                             
    1 bear every four regulatory years........  Sept. 1-May 31.         
Caribou:                                                                
    Unit 21(A), (B), (C), and (E)--1 caribou..  Aug. 10-Sept. 30.       
    Unit 21(D)--North of the Yukon River and    Aug. 10-Sept. 30. Winter
     east of the Koyukuk River--1 caribou;       season to be announced.
     however, 2 additional caribou may be                               
     taken during a winter season to be                                 
     announced.                                                         
    Unit 21(D)--Remainder (Western Arctic       July 1-June 30.         
     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 bull.......  Sept. 5-Sept. 25.       
    Unit 21(D)--1 moose; however, antlerless    Sept. 5-Sept. 25.       
     moose may be taken only from Sept. 21-     Feb. 1-Feb. 5.          
     Sept. 25 and Feb. 1-Feb. 5; moose may not                          
     be taken within one-half mile of the                               
     Yukon River during the February season.                            
    Unit 21(E)--1 moose; however, only bulls    Aug. 20-Sept. 25.       
     may be taken from Aug. 20-Sept. 25; moose  Feb. 1-Feb. 10.         
     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 foxes     Sept. 1-Mar. 15.        
     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:                                                                   
[[Page 31581]]
                                                                        
    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.         
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  (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) Snowmachines may be used to take caribou and moose in Unit 22 
during established seasons; however, shooting from a snowmachine in 
motion is prohibited.
    (C) Coyote, incidentally taken with a trap or snare intended for 
red fox or wolf, may be used for subsistence purposes.

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                Harvest limits                         Open season      
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Hunting:                                                                
                                                                        
Black Bear:                                                             
    3 bears...................................  July 1-June 30.         
Brown Bear:                                                             
    Unit 22(C)--1 bear every four regulatory    Sept. 1-Oct. 31.        
     years.                                     May 10-May 25.          
    Remainder of Unit 22--1 bear every four     Sept. 1-Oct. 31.        
     regulatory years.                          Apr. 15-May 25.         
Caribou:                                                                
Unit 22(A) and (B)--5 caribou per day;          July 1-June 30.         
 however, cow caribou may not be taken May 16-                          
 June 30.                                                               
Moose:                                                                  
    Unit 22(A)--1 antlered bull; however the    Aug. 1-Oct. 10.         
     period of Oct. 1-Oct. 10 is restricted to  Dec. 1-Jan. 31.         
     residents of Unit 22(A) only.                                      
    Unit 22(B)--1 moose; however, antlerless    Aug. 1-Jan. 31.         
     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, antlerless    Aug. 1-Jan. 31.         
     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 may take a   Aug. 1-Mar. 31.         
     cow accompanied by a calf.                                         
Muskox:                                                                 
    Unit 22(D) and (E)--1 bull by Federal       Sept. 1-Jan. 31.        
     registration permit only. Federal public                           
     lands are closed to the taking of muskox                           
     except by Federally-qualified subsistence                          
     users.                                                             
    Remainder of Unit 22......................  No open season.         
Coyote:                                                                 
    Federal public lands are closed to the      No open season.         
     taking of coyotes.                                                 
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):                                     
    2 foxes...................................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.        
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.         
Wolf:                                                                   
    No limit..................................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.         
Wolverine:                                                              
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    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 including  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.        
     the Niukluk River drainage--40 per day,                            
     80 in possession.                                                  
    Unit 22 Remainder--20 per day, 40 in        Aug. 10-Apr. 30.        
     possession.                                                        
Trapping:                                                               
                                                                        
Beaver:                                                                 
    Unit 22(A) and (B)--50 beaver.............  Nov. 1-June 10.         
    Unit 22(C), (D), and (E)--50 beaver.......  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.         
Coyote:                                                                 
    Federal public lands are closed to the      No open season.         
     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.         
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  (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 west of the Dalton Highway Corridor Management 
Area, 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) Motor-driven boats or snowmachines may be used to take caribou; 
however, shooting from a snowmachine in motion is prohibited.
    (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      
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Hunting:                                                                
                                                                        
Black Bear:                                                             
    3 bears...................................  July 1-June 30.         
Brown Bear:                                                             
    Unit 23--except the Baldwin Peninsula       Sept. 1-May 31.         
     north of the Arctic Circle--1 bear.                                
    Remainder of Unit 23--1 bear every four     Sept. 1-Oct. 10.        
     regulatory years.                          Apr. 15-May 25.         
Caribou:                                                                
    15 caribou per day; however, cow caribou    July 1-June 30.         
     may not be taken May 16-June 30.                                   
Sheep:                                                                  
    Unit 23--that portion west of Howard Pass   No open season.         
     and the Aniuk, Cutler and Redstone Rivers.                         
    Remainder of Unit 23--1 ram with 7/8 curl   Aug. 10-Sept. 20.       
     horn or larger..                                                   
    Remainder of Unit 23--1 sheep.............  Oct. 1-Apr. 30.         
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Moose:                                                                  
    Unit 23--that portion north and west of     July 1-Mar. 31.         
     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 within the      Aug. 1-Sept. 15.        
     Noatak River drainage--1 moose; however,   Oct. 1-Mar. 31.         
     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 person    Aug. 1-Mar. 31.         
     may take a cow accompanied by a calf.                              
Muskox:                                                                 
    Unit 23 South of Kotzebue Sound and west    Sept. 1-Jan. 31.        
     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.                             
    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 foxes     Sept. 1-Mar. 15.        
     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 River        Nov. 1-June 10.         
     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 
[[Page 31584]] 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 west of the Dalton Highway Corridor Management 
Area, 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.

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                Harvest limits                         Open season      
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Hunting:                                                                
                                                                        
Black Bear:                                                             
    3 bears...................................  July 1-June 30.         
Brown Bear:                                                             
    Unit 24--that portion west of the Dalton    Sept. 1-May 31.         
     Highway Corridor Management Area--1 bear.                          
    Remainder of Unit 24--1 bear every four     Sept. 1-May 31.         
     regulatory years.                                                  
Caribou:                                                                
    Unit 24--the Kanuti River drainage          Aug. 10-Sept. 30.       
     upstream from Kanuti, Chalatna Creek, the                          
     Fish Creek drainage (including Bonanza                             
     Creek)--1 bull.                                                    
    Remainder of Unit 24--5 caribou per day;    July 1-June 30.         
     however, cow caribou may not be taken May                          
     16-June 30.                                                        
Sheep:                                                                  
    Unit 24--that portion within the Gates of   Aug. 1-Apr. 30.         
     the Arctic National Park--3 sheep.                                 
    Unit 24--that portion within the Dalton     Aug. 10-Sept. 20.       
     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 7/8 curl   Aug. 10-Sept. 20.       
     horn or larger.                                                    
Moose:                                                                  
    Unit 24--that portion within the Koyukuk    Sept. 5-Sept. 25.       
     Controlled Use Area--1 moose; however,     Dec. 1-Dec. 10.         
     antlerless moose may be taken only during  Mar. 1-Mar. 10.         
     the periods of Sept. 21-Sept. 25, Dec. 1-                          
     Dec. 10, and Mar. 1-Mar. 10.                                       
    Unit 24--that portion that includes the     Aug. 1-Dec. 31.         
     John River drainage within the Gates of                            
     the Arctic National Park--1 moose.                                 
    Unit 24--all drainages to the north of the  Aug. 25-Sept. 25.       
     Koyukuk River upstream from and including  Mar. 1-Mar. 10.         
     the Alatna River to and including the                              
     North Fork of the Koyukuk River, except                            
     that portion of the John River 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.                                                    
    Unit 24--that portion within the Dalton     Aug. 25-Sept. 25.       
     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 bull.      Aug. 25-Sept. 25.       
     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 foxes     Sept. 1-Mar. 15.        
     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.         
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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.         
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  (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 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. Sheep hunting in this area is 
restricted to residents of Arctic Village, Venetie, Fort Yukon, 
Kaktovik and Chalkytsik.
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations;
    (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
30.
    (B) Motor-driven boats or snowmachines may be used to take caribou 
and moose; however, shooting from a snowmachine in motion is 
prohibited.

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                Harvest limits                         Open season      
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Hunting:                                                                
                                                                        
Black bear:                                                             
    3 bears...................................  July 1-June 30.         
Caribou:                                                                
    Unit 25(A), (B), and the remainder of Unit  July 1-Apr. 30.         
     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 and east of  Aug. 10-Sept. 30.       
     the Steese Highway--1 bull by Federal      Dec. 1-Feb. 28.         
     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.                               
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    25(C)--that portion north and west of the   Aug. 10-Sept. 20.       
     Steese Highway--1 caribou; however, only   Feb. 15-Mar. 15.        
     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 25(D)      Aug. 10-Sept. 30.       
     drained by the west fork of the Dall                               
     River west of 150 deg. W. long.--1 bull.                           
Sheep:                                                                  
    Unit 25(A)--that portion within the Dalton  No open season.         
     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 by         Aug. 10-Apr. 30.        
     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 the         Aug. 25-Sept. 30.       
     Porcupine River drainage upstream from,    Dec. 1-Dec. 10.         
     but excluding the Coleen River drainage--                          
     1 antlered bull.                                                   
    Unit 25(B)--that portion draining into the  Sept. 5-Sept. 30.       
     north bank of the Yukon River upstream     Dec. 1-Dec. 15.         
     from and including the Kandik River                                
     drainage, including the islands in the                             
     Yukon River--1 antlered bull.                                      
    Remainder of Unit 25(B)--1 antlered bull..  Aug. 25-Sept. 25.       
                                                Dec. 1-Dec. 15.         
    Unit 25(C)--1 antlered bull...............  Sept. 1-Sept. 15.       
    Unit 25(D) (West)--that portion lying west  Aug. 25-Feb. 28.        
     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                            
     antlered moose have been harvested in the                          
     entirety of Unit 25(D) (West).                                     
    Remainder of Unit 25(D)--1 antlered moose.  Aug. 25-Sept. 25.       
                                                Dec. 1-Dec. 20.         
Beaver:                                                                 
    Unit 25, excluding Unit 25(C)--1 beaver     Apr. 16-Oct. 31.        
     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 foxes     Sept. 1-Mar. 15.        
     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 possession..  Aug. 10-Mar. 31.        
    Remainder of Unit 25--15 per day, 30 in     Aug. 10-Apr. 30.        
     possession.                                                        
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):                             
    Unit 25(C)--those portions within 5 miles   Aug. 10-Mar. 31.        
     of Route 6 (Steese Highway)--20 per day,                           
     40 in possession.                                                  
    Remainder of Unit 25--20 per day, 40 in     Aug. 10-Apr. 30.        
     possession.                                                        
Trapping:                                                               
                                                                        
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. 15.         
    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.         
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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 west of the Dalton Highway Corridor Management 
Area, 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) Motor-driven boats and snowmachines may be used to take 
caribou; however, shooting from a snowmachine in motion is prohibited.
    (B) Swimming caribou may be taken with a firearm using rimfire 
cartridges;

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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 Federal registration  May 1-Oct. 31.          
     permit only.                                                       
    Unit 26(B)--1 bear........................  May 1-Oct. 31.          
    Unit 26(B)--1 bear........................  Sept. 1-May 31.         
Caribou:                                                                
    Unit 26(A)--10 caribou per day; however,    July 1-June 30.         
     cow caribou may not be taken May 16-June                           
     30. Federal lands south of the Colville                            
     River and east of the Killik River are                             
     closed to the taking of caribou by non-                            
     Federally qualified subsistence users                              
     from Aug. 1-Sept. 30.                                              
    Unit 26(B)--10 caribou per day; however,    July 1-June 30.         
     cow caribou may be taken only from Oct. 1-                         
     Apr. 30. Federal lands within the Gates                            
     of the Arctic National Preserve and the                            
     Dalton Highway Corridor are closed to the                          
     taking of caribou by non-Federally                                 
     qualified subsistence users from Aug. 1-                           
     Sept. 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 the       Aug. 1-Apr. 30.         
     Gates of the Arctic National Park--3                               
     sheep..                                                            
    Unit 26(A)--that portion west of Howard     No open season.         
     Pass and the Etivluk River.                                        
    Unit 26(B)--that portion within the Dalton  Aug. 10-Sept. 20.       
     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)--including  Aug. 10-Sept. 20.       
     the Gates of the Arctic National                                   
     Preserve--1 ram with 7/8 curl horn or                              
     larger.                                                            
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    Unit 26(C)--3 sheep per regulatory year;    Aug. 10-Sept. 20.       
     the Aug. 10-Sept. 20 season is restricted  Oct. 1-Apr. 30.         
     to 1 ram with 7/8 curl horn or larger. A                           
     Federal registration permit is required                            
     for the Oct. 1-Apr. 30 season. Kaktovik                            
     residents may harvest sheep in accordance                          
     with a Federal community harvest strategy                          
     for Unit 26(C) which provides for take of                          
     up to two harvest limits of 3 sheep by                             
     designated hunter.                                                 
Moose:                                                                  
    Unit 26(A)--that portion of the Colville    Aug. 1-Mar. 31.         
     River drainage upstream from and                                   
     including the Chandler River drainage--1                           
     moose; however, no person may take a cow                           
     accompanied by a calf.                                             
    Remainder of Unit 26(A)--1 moose; however,  Aug. 1-Dec. 31.         
     no person may take a cow accompanied by a                          
     calf.                                                              
    Unit 26(B)--that portion within two miles   No open season.         
     of the Dalton Highway.                                             
    Unit 26(B) Remainder and (C)--1 moose.....  Aug. 1-Dec. 31.         
Musk Oxen:                                                              
    Unit 26(C)--1 bull by Federal registration  Oct. 1-Nov. 15.         
     permit only; up to 10 permits may be       Mar. 1-Mar. 31.         
     issued to rural Alaska residents of the                            
     village of Kaktovik only. Public lands                             
     are closed to the taking of musk oxen,                             
     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; however, no   Sept. 1-Mar. 15.        
     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.        
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:                                                                   
    No limit..................................  Nov. 1-Apr. 30.         
Wolverine:                                                              
    No limit..................................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.         
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  4. In Subpart D of 36 CFR 36 part 242 and 50 CFR part 100, 
Secs. ______.26 and ______.27 are revised to read as follows:


Sec. ______.26  Subsistence taking of fish.

    (a) Applicability. (1) Regulations in Sec. ______.26 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 Sec. ______.26.
    (b) Definitions. The following definitions shall apply to all 
regulations contained in Sec. ______.26 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). 
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    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--
    (i) 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;
    (ii) 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
    (iii) 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 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 
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    (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) Bag limits authorized in Sec. ______.26 or Sec. ______.27 may 
not be accumulated with bag limits authorized in State seasons.
    (13) Unless specified otherwise in Sec. ______.26, use of a rod and 
reel to take fish is permitted without a subsistence fishing permit. 
Bag 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 Sec. ______.26, that permit is not required to take fish 
for subsistence uses with rod and reel. The bag 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 
Sec. ______.26, the bag 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 Sec. ______.26, or unless restricted 
under the terms of a required subsistence fishing permit, gear 
specified in definitions in Sec. ______.26(b) are legal types of gear 
for subsistence fishing.
    (15) Unless restricted in Sec. ______.26, 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 Sec. ______.26.
    (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 Sec. ______.26(e)(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 Sec. ______.26(e)(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;
    (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; [[Page 31591]] 
    (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 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 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 Sec. ______.26(e)(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;
    (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; [[Page 31592]] 
    (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 below:
    (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 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;
    (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; [[Page 31593]] 
    (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 bag 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) Reserved.
    (F) There are no bag and possession limits for this fishery;
    (G) 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 Sec. ______.27 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 Sec. ______.27.
    (c) Methods, means, and general restrictions. (1) The bag limit 
specified in this section 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 bag limit for a particular species under a subsistence season 
specified in this section 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 Sec. ______.27, 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 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 
Sec. ______.27(c)(5), 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 Sec. ______.27(f).
    (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. 
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    (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 bag and possession limit is 12 male dungeness crab 
per person;
    (iv) In the subsistence taking of king crab:
    (A) The daily bag 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 bag 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 bag and possession limit is 12 male dungeness crab 
per person;
    (iv) In the subsistence taking of king crab:
    (A) The daily bag 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 bag 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 bag 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 bag 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) 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 bag and 
possession limit is 12 male tanner crab.

    Dated: May 22, 1995.
Mitch Demientieff,
Chair, Federal Subsistence Board.

    Dated: May 23, 1995.
Fred O. Walk,
Acting Regional Forester, USDA-Forest Service.
[FR Doc. 95-14328 Filed 6-14-95; 8:45 am]
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