[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 39987-40029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18657]



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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-AE12


Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska, 
Subpart C and Subpart D--1998-1999 Subsistence Taking of Fish and 
Wildlife Regulations

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture; and Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This proposed rule would revise regulations for seasons, 
harvest limits, methods, and means related to taking of wildlife for 
subsistence uses during the 1998-1999 regulatory year. The rulemaking 
is necessary because Subpart D is subject to an annual public review 
cycle. When final, this rulemaking will replace the wildlife 
regulations included in the ``Subsistence Management Regulations for 
Public Lands in Alaska, Subpart D--1997-1998 Subsistence Taking of Fish 
and Wildlife Regulations,'' which expire on June 30, 1998. This rule 
would also amend the Customary and Traditional Use Determinations of 
the Federal Subsistence Board (Section ________.24 of Subpart C).

DATES: Written public comments and proposals to change this proposed 
rule must be received no later than October 24, 1997. Federal 
Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils (Regional Councils) will hold 
public meetings to receive proposals to change regulations contained in 
this proposed rule from September 9--October 17, 1997, at various 
locations in Alaska. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for additional 
information on meetings.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted to the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service. Office of Subsistence Management, 1011 E. Tudor Road, 
Anchorage, Alaska 99503. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for locations of 
meetings and additional information on written comment procedures.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chair, Federal Subsistence Board, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, Thomas H. Boyd, Office of Subsistence 
Management; telephone (907) 786-3888. For questions specific to 
National Forest System lands, contact Ken Thompson, Regional 
Subsistence Program Manager, USDA, Forest Service, Alaska Region, P.O. 
Box 21628, Juneau, Alaska 99802-1628, telephone (907) 586-7921.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Locations and Written Comment Procedures

    The meetings on this proposed rule will be held at the following 
locations in Alaska:


Southeast Regional Council...............  Yakutat.                     
Southcentral Regional Council............  Anchorage.                   
Kodiak/Aleutians Regional Council........  Cold Bay.                    
Bristol Bay Regional Council.............  Togiak.                      
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Regional Council...  Hooper Bay.                  
Western Interior Regional Council........  McGrath.                     
Seward Peninsula Regional Council........  Nome.                        
Northwest Arctic Regional Council........  Noatak.                      
Eastern Interior Regional Council........  Dot Lake.                    
North Slope Regional Council.............  Barrow.                      
                                                                        

    Notice of specific dates, times, and meeting locations will be 
published in local and statewide newspapers prior to the meetings. 
Locations and dates may need to be changed based on weather or local 
circumstances. Length of the Regional Council meetings will be 
determined by the amount of work on each Regional Council's agenda. 
Written proposals to change Subpart D hunting and trapping regulations 
and customary and traditional use determinations in Subpart C will be 
compiled and distributed for additional public review during early 
November 1997. A 30-day public comment period will follow distribution 
of the compiled proposal packet. Written public comments on distributed 
proposals will be accepted during the public comment period. Comments 
on published proposals to change hunting and trapping and customary and 
traditional use determination regulations may be presented to the 
Regional Councils at their winter meetings; locations, dates, and times 
to be announced. The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) will deliberate 
and take final action on proposals received that request changes to 
this proposed rule at a public meeting to be held in Anchorage during 
April 1998.

Public Review Process--Regulation Comments, Proposals, and Public 
Meetings

    Written comments or proposed regulation changes may be submitted in 
writing to the address identified at the beginning of this rulemaking 
by October 24, 1997. Comments or proposals may also be presented at 
Regional Council meetings to be held from September 9--October 17, 
1997.
    The public is encouraged to use proposal forms to submit 
recommendations to the Board. Proposal forms may be obtained from the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the address listed above. This is a 
mechanism by which the public can best submit their suggested changes 
to the Board. The Board may defer review and action on some proposals 
if workload exceeds work capacity of staff, Regional Councils, or 
Board. These deferrals will be based on recommendations of the affected 
Regional Council, staff members and on the basis of least harm to the 
subsistence user.
    Proposals should be specific to customary and traditional use 
determinations or to subsistence hunting and trapping seasons, harvest 
limits, and/or methods and means. Proposals submitted to the Board 
should include the following information: (a) The name, address, and 
telephone number of the individual or organization submitting the 
proposal; (b) The section and/or paragraph of the proposed rule for 
which the change is being suggested; (c) A statement explaining why the 
change is necessary; (d) A proposed solution; (e) Suggested wording for 
the regulation addition or change; and (f) Any supporting information. 
Proposals which fail to include the above information, or proposals 
which are beyond the scope of authorities in Sec. ________.24, Subpart 
C and Sec. ________.25, Subpart D, may be rejected.
    Proposals for Changes Relating to Fish or Shellfish Regulations, 
and Changes to the Overall Program Will Not be Considered by the Board 
at this Time. Fish and shellfish regulations were extended through 
December 31, 1998, pending further development of a separate rulemaking 
process resulting from the consolidated ``Katie John'' litigation and 
petitions to the Secretaries regarding extended jurisdiction.
    Following public distribution of proposals for changes to the 1998-
1999 proposed regulations, a comment period will be provided to allow 
public review of those proposals that will be considered by the Board. 
A second series of Regional Council meetings will be held in February 
1998, to assist in developing recommendations to the Board. Written 
comments on proposals may be submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service before conclusion of the comment period which is presently

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scheduled to end on January 9, 1998. The Board will discuss and 
evaluate proposed changes to this rule during a public meeting 
scheduled to be held in Anchorage, April 1998. The public may provide 
additional oral testimony on specific proposals before the Board at 
that time.

Background

    Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 
(ANILCA) (16 U.S.C. 3111-3126) requires that the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretaries) implement a 
joint program to grant a preference for subsistence uses of fish and 
wildlife resources on public lands, unless the State of Alaska enacts 
and implements laws of general applicability which are consistent with 
ANILCA, and which provide for the subsistence definition, preference, 
and participation specified in Sections 803, 804, and 805 of ANILCA. 
The State implemented a program that the Department of the Interior 
previously found to be consistent with ANILCA. However, in December 
1989, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled in McDowell v. State of Alaska 
that the rural preference in the State subsistence statute violated the 
Alaska Constitution. The Court's ruling in McDowell required the State 
to delete the rural preference from the subsistence statute, and 
therefore, negated State compliance with ANILCA. The Court stayed the 
effect of the decision until July 1, 1990.
    As a result of the McDowell decision, the Department of the 
Interior and the Department of Agriculture (Departments) assumed, on 
July 1, 1990, responsibility for implementation of Title VIII of ANILCA 
on public lands. On June 29, 1990, the Temporary Subsistence Management 
Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska were published in the Federal 
Register (55 FR 27114-27170). Consistent with Subparts A, B, and C of 
these regulations, a Federal Subsistence Board was established to 
administer the Federal subsistence management program. The Board's 
composition includes a Chair appointed by the Secretary of the Interior 
with concurrence of the Secretary of Agriculture; the Alaska Regional 
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; the Alaska Regional Director, 
U.S. National Park Service; the Alaska State Director, U.S. Bureau of 
Land Management; the Alaska Area Director, U.S. Bureau of Indian 
Affairs; and the Alaska Regional Forester, USDA Forest Service. Through 
the Board, these agencies have participated in development of 
regulations for Subparts A, B, and C, and the annual Subpart D 
regulations. All Board members have reviewed this rule and agree with 
its substance. Because this rule relates to public lands managed by an 
agency or agencies in both the Departments of Agriculture and the 
Interior, identical text would be incorporated into 36 CFR part 242 and 
50 CFR part 100.

Applicability of Subparts A, B, and C

    Subparts A, B, and C (unless otherwise amended) of the Subsistence 
Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska, 50 CFR 100.1 to 
100.23 and 36 CFR 242.1 to 242.23, remain effective and apply to this 
rule for Secs. ________.23-________.25. Therefore, all definitions 
located at 50 CFR 100.4 and 36 CFR 242.4 apply to regulations found in 
this subpart.

Navigable Waters

    At this time, Federal subsistence management program regulations 
apply to all non-navigable waters located on public lands and to 
navigable waters located on the public lands identified at 50 CFR 
100.3(b) and 36 CFR 242.3(b) of the Subsistence Management Regulations 
for Public Lands in Alaska, Subparts A, B, and C (57 FR 22940-22964) 
published May 29, 1992. Nothing in these regulations is intended to 
enlarge or diminish authorities of the Departments to manage submerged 
lands, title to which is held by the United States government.
    The Board recognizes Judge Holland's order granting preliminary 
relief to the plaintiffs in the case of the Native Village of Quinhagak 
et al. v. United States of America et al. Therefore, to the extent that 
these regulations would continue any existing restrictions on the 
taking of rainbow trout by the residents of Quinhagak and Goodnews Bay 
in the Kanektok, Arolik, and Goodnews Rivers, those regulations will 
not be enforced pending completion of proceedings in that case. 
However, in light of the continuation of the proceedings in the 
consolidated ``Katie John'' litigation and a petition to the 
Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture addressing jurisdiction in 
navigable waters, no attempt is being made to alter the fish and 
shellfish portions of the regulations (Secs. ________.26 
and________.27) until final guidance has been received regarding the 
jurisdictional authority of the Federal government over navigable 
waters in general, and specifically with respect to the waters at issue 
in Native Village of Quinhagak et al. v. United States of America et 
al.

Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils

    Pursuant to the Record of Decision, Subsistence Management 
Regulations for Federal Public Lands in Alaska, April 6, 1992, and the 
Subsistence Management Regulations for Federal Public Lands in Alaska, 
36 CFR 242.11 (1992) and 50 CFR 100.11 (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 residents of the region to have a meaningful role 
in the subsistence management of fish and wildlife on Alaska public 
lands. The Regional Council members represent varied geographical, 
cultural, and user diversity within each region.

Proposed Changes From 1997-1998 Seasons and Bag Limit Regulations

    Subpart D regulations are subject to an annual cycle and require 
development of an entire new rule each year. Customary and traditional 
use determinations are also subject to an annual review process 
providing for modification each year. Regulations contained in this 
proposed rule will take effect on July 1, 1998, unless elements are 
changed by subsequent Board action following the public review process 
outlined herein.
    The text of the 1997-1998 Subparts C and D Final Rule served as the 
foundation for the 1998-1999 Subparts C and D proposed rule. The only 
changes in this proposed rule are modifications to the lynx seasons in 
Units 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 15, 20, and 25 that were approved by the Board 
consistent with the ``harvest tracking stategy'' for lynx and changes 
in the wording regarding permits for muskox in Units 22 and 23.

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

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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) implemented the Federal Subsistence Management 
Program and included a framework for an annual cycle for subsistence 
hunting and fishing regulations.

Compliance With Section 810 Of Anilca

    The intent of all Federal subsistence regulations is to accord 
subsistence uses of fish and wildlife on public lands a priority over 
the taking of fish and wildlife on such lands for other purposes, 
unless restriction is necessary to conserve healthy fish and wildlife 
populations. A Section 810 analysis was completed as part of the FEIS 
process. The final Section 810 analysis determination appeared in the 
April 6, 1992, ROD which concluded that the Federal Subsistence 
Management Program, under Alternative IV with an annual process for 
setting hunting and fishing regulations, may have some local impacts on 
subsistence uses, but it does not appear that the program may 
significantly restrict subsistence uses.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    These rules contain information collection requirements subject to 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. They apply to the use of public lands in Alaska. 
The information collection requirements described below have been 
approved by OMB under 44 U.S.C. 3501 and have been assigned clearance 
number 1018-0075, which expires 5/31/2000.
    The collection of information will be achieved through the use of 
the Federal Subsistence Hunt Permit Application. This collection 
information will establish whether the applicant qualifies to 
participate in a Federal subsistence hunt on public land in Alaska and 
will provide a report of harvest and location of harvest.
    The likely respondents to this collection of information are rural 
Alaska residents who wish to participate in specific subsistence hunts 
on Federal land. The collected information is necessary to determine 
harvest success and harvest location in order to make management 
decisions relative to the conservation of healthy wildlife populations. 
The annual burden of reporting and recordkeeping is estimated to 
average 0.25 hours per response, including time for reviewing 
instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and 
reviewing the form. The estimated number of likely respondents under 
this rule is less than 5,000, yielding a total annual reporting and 
recordkeeping burden of 1,250 hours or less.
    Direct comments on the burden estimate or any other aspect of this 
form to: Information Collection Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, 1849 C Street, NW, MS 224 ARLSQ, Washington, D.C. 20240; and 
the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project 
(Subsistence), Washington, D.C. 20503. Additional information 
collection requirements may be imposed if Local Advisory Committees 
subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act are established under 
Subpart B.

Economic Effects

    This rule was not subject to OMB review under Executive Order 
12866.
    The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 
requires preparation of flexibility analyses for rules that will have a 
significant effect on a substantial number of small entities, which 
include small businesses, organizations or governmental jurisdictions. 
The Departments have determined that this rulemaking will not have a 
significant economic effect on a substantial number of small entities 
within the meaning of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
    This rulemaking will impose no significant costs on small entities; 
the exact number of businesses and the amount of trade that will result 
from this Federal land-related activity is unknown. The aggregate 
effect is an insignificant positive economic effect on a number of 
small entities, such as ammunition, snowmachine, and gasoline dealers. 
The number of small entities affected is unknown; but, the fact that 
the positive effects will be seasonal in nature and will, in most 
cases, merely continue preexisting uses of public lands indicates that 
they will not be significant.
    In general, the resources harvested under this rule will be 
consumed by the local harvester and do not result in a dollar benefit 
to the economy. However, it is estimated that 2 million pounds of meat 
are harvested by the local subsistence users annually and, if given a 
dollar value of $3.00 per pound, would equate to $6 million State wide.
    Title VIII of ANILCA requires the Secretaries to administer a 
subsistence preference on public lands. The scope of this program is 
limited by definition to certain public lands. Likewise, these 
regulations have no potential takings of private property implications 
as defined by Executive Order 12630.
    The Service has determined and certifies pursuant to the Unfunded 
Mandates Act, 2 U.S.C. 1502 et seq., that this rulemaking will not 
impose a cost of $100 million or more in any given year on local or 
state governments or private entities.
    The Service has determined that these final regulations meet the 
applicable standards provided in Sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of Executive 
Order 12988.
    Drafting Information: These regulations were drafted by William 
Knauer under the guidance of Thomas H. Boyd, of the Office of 
Subsistence Management, Alaska Regional Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Anchorage, Alaska. Additional guidance was provided by Peggy 
Fox, Alaska State Office, Bureau of Land Management; Sandy Rabinowitch, 
Alaska Regional Office, National Park Service; Ida Hildebrand, Alaska 
Area Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs; and Ken Thompson, USDA-Forest 
Service.

List of Subjects

36 CFR Part 242

    Administrative practice and procedure, Alaska, Fish, National 
Forests, Public lands, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 
Wildlife.

50 CFR Part 100

    Administrative practice and procedure, Alaska, Fish, Public lands, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Wildlife.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, Title 36, Part 242, and 
Title 50, Part 100, of the Code of Federal Regulations, are proposed to 
be amended as set forth below.

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PART________SUBSISTENCE MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS FOR PUBLIC LANDS IN 
ALASKA

    1. The authority citation for both 36 CFR Part 242 and 50 CFR Part 
100 is proposed to continue 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.

Subpart C--Board Determinations

    2. In Subpart C of 36 CFR part 242 and 50 CFR part 100, 
Sec. ________.24 is proposed to be revised to read as follows:


Sec. ________.24  Customary and traditional use determinations.

    (a) Rural Alaska residents of the listed communities and areas have 
been determined to have customary and traditional subsistence use of 
the specified species on Federal public lands in the specified areas. 
When there is a determination for specific communities or areas of 
residence in a Unit, all other communities not listed for that species 
in that Unit have no Federal subsistence for that species in that Unit. 
If no determination has been made for a species in a Unit, all rural 
Alaska residents are eligible to harvest fish or wildlife under this 
Part.
    (1) Wildlife determinations.

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                Area                           Species                             Determination                
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Unit 1(C)..........................  Black Bear.................  Rural residents of Unit 1(C) and Haines,      
                                                                   Gustavus, Klukwan, and Hoonah.               
1(A)...............................  Brown Bear.................  Rural residents of Unit 1(A) except no        
                                                                   subsistence for residents of Hyder.          
1(B)...............................  Brown Bear.................  Rural residents of Unit 1(A), Petersburg, and 
                                                                   Wrangell, except no subsistence for residents
                                                                   of Hyder.                                    
1(C)...............................  Brown Bear.................  Rural residents of Unit 1(C), Haines, Hoonah, 
                                                                   Klukwan, Skagway, and Wrangell, except no    
                                                                   subsistence for residents of Gustavus.       
1(D)...............................  Brown Bear.................  Residents of 1(D).                            
1(A)...............................  Deer.......................  Rural residents of 1(A) and 2.                
1(B)...............................  Deer.......................  Rural residents of Unit 1(A), residents of    
                                                                   1(B), 2 and 3.                               
1(C)...............................  Deer.......................  Rural residents of 1 (C) and (D), and         
                                                                   residents of Hoonah and Gustavus.            
1(D)...............................  Deer.......................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
1(B)...............................  Goat.......................  Rural residents of Units 1(B) and 3.          
1(C)...............................  Goat.......................  Residents of Haines, Klukwan, and Hoonah.     
1(B)...............................  Moose......................  Rural residents of Units 1, 2, 3, and 4.      
1(C) Berner's Bay..................  Moose......................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
1(D)...............................  Moose......................  Residents of Unit 1(D).                       
Unit 2.............................  Brown Bear.................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
2..................................  Deer.......................  Rural residents of Unit 1(A) and residents of 
                                                                   Units 2 and 3.                               
Unit 3.............................  Deer.......................  Residents of Unit 1(B) and 3, and residents of
                                                                   Port Alexander, Port Protection, Pt. Baker,  
                                                                   and Meyer's Chuck.                           
3, Wrangell and Mitkof Islands.....  Moose......................  Rural residents of Units 1(B), 2, and 3.      
Unit 4.............................  Brown Bear.................  Residents of Unit 4 and Kake.                 
4..................................  Deer.......................  Residents of Unit 4 and residents of Kake,    
                                                                   Gustavus, Haines, Petersburg, Pt. Baker,     
                                                                   Klukwan, Port Protection, Wrangell, and      
                                                                   Yakutat.                                     
4..................................  Goat.......................  Residents of Sitka, Hoonah, Tenakee, Pelican, 
                                                                   Funter Bay, Angoon, Port Alexander, and Elfin
                                                                   Cove.                                        
Unit 5.............................  Black Bear.................  Residents of Unit 5(A).                       
5..................................  Brown Bear.................  Residents of Yakutat.                         
5..................................  Deer.......................  Residents of Yakutat.                         
5..................................  Moose......................  Residents of Unit 5(A).                       
Unit 6(A)..........................  Black Bear.................  Residents of Yakutat and residents of 6(C) and
                                                                   6(D), except no subsistence for Whittier.    
6, remainder.......................  Black Bear.................  Residents of Unit 6(C) and 6(D), except no    
                                                                   subsistence for Whittier.                    
6..................................  Brown Bear.................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
6 (C) and (D)......................  Goat.......................  Rural residents of Unit 6 (C) and (D).        
6..................................  Moose......................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
6..................................  Wolf.......................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island    
                                                                   only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon 
                                                                   and 16-26.                                   
Unit 7.............................  Brown Bear.................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
7..................................  Caribou....................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
7, Brown Mountain hunt area........  Goat.......................  Residents of Port Graham and English Bay.     
7, that portion draining into Kings  Moose......................  Residents of Chenega Bay and Tatitlek.        
 Bay.                                                                                                           
7, remainder.......................  Moose......................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
7..................................  Sheep......................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
Unit 8.............................  Brown Bear.................  Residents of Old Harbor, Akhiok, Larsen Bay,  
                                                                   Karluk, Ouzinkie, and Port Lions.            
8..................................  Deer.......................  Residents of Unit 8.                          
8..................................  Elk........................  Residents of Unit 8.                          
8..................................  Goat.......................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
Unit 9(D)..........................  Bison......................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
9 (A) and (B)......................  Black Bear.................  Residents of Units 9 (A) and (B), and 17 (A), 
                                                                   (B), and (C).                                
9 (A), (C) and (D).................  Brown Bear.................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
9(B)...............................  Brown Bear.................  Residents of Unit 9(B).                       
9(E)...............................  Brown Bear.................  Residents of Chignik Lake, Egegik, Ivanof Bay,
                                                                   Perryville, and Port Heiden/Meshik.          
9(A) and (B).......................  Caribou....................  Residents of Units 9(B), 9(C) and 17.         

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9(C)...............................  Caribou....................  Residents of Unit 9(B), 9(C), 17 and residents
                                                                   of Egegik.                                   
9(D)...............................  Caribou....................  Residents of Unit 9(D), and residents of False
                                                                   Pass.                                        
9(E)...............................  Caribou....................  Residents of Units 9 (B), (C), (E), 17, and   
                                                                   residents of Nelson Lagoon and Sand Point.   
9(A), (B), (C) and (E).............  Moose......................  Residents of Unit 9 (A), (B), (C) and (E).    
9(D)...............................  Moose......................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
9(B)...............................  Sheep......................  Residents of Iliamna, Newhalen, Nondalton,    
                                                                   Pedro Bay, and Port Alsworth.                
9, remainder.......................  Sheep......................  No determination.                             
9..................................  Wolf.......................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island    
                                                                   only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon 
                                                                   and 16--26.                                  
9 (A), (B), (C), & (E).............  Beaver.....................  Residents of Units 9 (A), (B), (C), (E), and  
                                                                   17.                                          
Unit 10 Unimak Island..............  Caribou....................  Residents of False Pass.                      
10, remainder......................  Caribou....................  No determination.                             
10.................................  Wolf.......................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island    
                                                                   only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon 
                                                                   and 16-26.                                   
Unit 11............................  Bison......................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
11.................................  Brown Bear.................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
11, north of the Sanford River.....  Caribou....................  Residents of Units 11, 12, and 13 (A)-(D) and 
                                                                   the residents of Chickaloon and Dot Lake.    
11, remainder......................  Caribou....................  Residents of Units 11 and 13 (A)-(D) and the  
                                                                   residents of Chickaloon.                     
11.................................  Goat.......................  Residents of Unit 11 and the residents of     
                                                                   Chitina, Chistochina, Copper Center, Gakona, 
                                                                   Gulkana, Mentasta Lake, Tazlina, Tonsina, and
                                                                   Dot Lake.                                    
11, north of the Sanford River.....  Moose......................  Residents of Units 11, 12, and 13 (A)-(D) and 
                                                                   the residents of Chickaloon and Dot Lake.    
11, remainder......................  Moose......................  Residents of Unit 11 and Unit 13 (A)-(D) and  
                                                                   the residents of Chickaloon.                 
11, north of the Sanford River.....  Sheep......................  Residents of Unit 12 and the communities and  
                                                                   areas of Chistochina, Chitina, Copper Center,
                                                                   Dot Lake, Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana, Kenny 
                                                                   Lake, Mentasta Lake, Slana, McCarthy/South   
                                                                   Wrangell/ South Park, Tazlina and Tonsina;   
                                                                   Residents along the Nabesna Road--Milepost 0-
                                                                   46 (Nabesna Road), and residents along the   
                                                                   McCarthy Road--Milepost 0-62 (McCarthy Road).
11, remainder......................  Sheep......................  Residents of the communities and areas of     
                                                                   Chisana, Chistochina, Chitina, Copper Center,
                                                                   Dot Lake, Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana, Kenny 
                                                                   Lake, Mentasta Lake, Slana, McCarthy/South   
                                                                   Wrangell/ South Park, Tazlina and Tonsina;   
                                                                   Residents along the Tok Cuttoff--Milepost 79-
                                                                   110 (Mentasta Pass), residents along the     
                                                                   Nabesna Road--Milepost 0-46 (Nabesna Road),  
                                                                   and residents along the McCarthy Road--      
                                                                   Milepost 0-62 (McCarthy Road).               
11.................................  Wolf.......................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island    
                                                                   only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon 
                                                                   and 16-26.                                   
11.................................  Grouse (Spruce, Blue,        Residents of Units 11, 12, 13 and the         
                                      Ruffed and Sharp-tailed).    residents of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22   
                                                                   and 23.                                      
11.................................  Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow and  Residents of Units 11, 12, 13 and the         
                                      White-tailed).               residents of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22   
                                                                   and 23.                                      
Unit 12............................  Brown Bear.................  Residents of Unit 12 and Dot Lake.            
12.................................  Caribou....................  Residents of Unit 12 and residents of Dot Lake
                                                                   and Mentasta Lake.                           
12, South of a line from Noyes       Moose......................  Residents of Unit 11 north of 62nd parallel   
 Mountain, southeast of the                                        (excluding North Slana Homestead and South   
 confluence of Tatschunda Creek to                                 Slana Homestead); and residents of Unit 12,  
 Nabesna River.                                                    13 (A)-(D) and the residents of Chickaloon   
                                                                   and residents of Dot Lake.                   
12, East of the Nabesna River and    Moose......................  Residents of Unit 12.                         
 Nabesna Glacier, south of the                                                                                  
 Winter Trail from Pickerel Lake to                                                                             
 the Canadian Border.                                                                                           
12, Remainder......................  Moose......................  Residents of Unit 12 and residents of Dot Lake
                                                                   and Mentasta Lake.                           
12.................................  Sheep......................  Residents of Unit 12 and residents of         
                                                                   Chistochina and Mentasta Lake.               
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 Federal subsistence priority.              
13.................................  Caribou Nelchina Herd......  Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of
                                                                   Chickaloon, and 12 (along Nabesna Road).     
13(E)..............................  Caribou....................  Residents of McKinley Village, and the area   
                                                                   along the Parks Highway between milepost 216 
                                                                   and 239 (except no subsistence for residents 
                                                                   of Denali National Park headquarters).       
13(D)..............................  Goat.......................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
13 (A), (B), and (D)...............  Moose......................  Residents of Unit 13 and the residents of     
                                                                   Chickaloon.                                  
13(C)..............................  Moose......................  Residents of Units 12, 13 and the residents of
                                                                   Chickaloon and Dot Lake.                     

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13(E)..............................  Moose......................  Residents of Unit 13 and the residents of     
                                                                   Chickaloon and of McKinley Village, and the  
                                                                   area along the Parks Highway between milepost
                                                                   216 and 239 (except no subsistence for       
                                                                   residents of Denali National Park            
                                                                   headquarters).                               
13(D)..............................  Sheep......................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
13.................................  Wolf.......................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island    
                                                                   only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon,
                                                                   and 16-26.                                   
13.................................  Grouse (Spruce, Blue,        Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of
                                      Ruffed & Sharp-tailed).      Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22 & 23.          
13.................................  Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow and  Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of
                                      White-tailed).               Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22 & 23.          
Unit 14 (B) and (C)................  Brown Bear.................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
14.................................  Goat.......................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
14.................................  Moose......................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
14 (A) and (C).....................  Sheep......................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
Unit 15(C).........................  Black Bear.................  Residents of Port Graham and Nanwalek only.   
15, Remainder......................  Black Bear.................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
15.................................  Brown Bear.................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
15(C), Port Graham and English Bay   Goat.......................  Residents of Port Graham and Nanwalek.        
 hunt areas.                                                                                                    
15(C), Seldovia hunt area..........  Goat.......................  Residents Seldovia area.                      
15.................................  Moose......................  Residents of Ninilchik, Nanwalek, Port Graham,
                                                                   and Seldovia.                                
15.................................  Sheep......................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
15.................................  Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow and  Residents of Unit 15.                         
                                      White-tailed).                                                            
15.................................  Grouse (Spruce)............  Residents of Unit 15.                         
15.................................  Grouse (Ruffed)............  No Federal subsistence priority.              
Unit 16............................  Brown Bear.................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
16(A)..............................  Moose......................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
16(B)..............................  Moose......................  Residents of Unit 16(B).                      
16.................................  Sheep......................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
16.................................  Wolf.......................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island    
                                                                   only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon,
                                                                   and 16-26.                                   
16.................................  Grouse (Spruce, Blue,        Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of
                                      Ruffed and Sharp-tailed).    Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22 and 23.        
16.................................  Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow and  Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of
                                      White-tailed).               Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22 and 23.        
Unit 17............................  Black Bear.................  Residents of Units 9 (A) and (B), and 17 (A), 
                                                                   (B), and (C).                                
17(A)..............................  Brown Bear.................  Residents of Unit 17, and residents of        
                                                                   Goodnews Bay and Platinum.                   
17 (A) and (B) Those portions north  Brown Bear.................  Residents of Kwethluk.                        
 and west of a line beginning from                                                                              
 the Unit 18 boundary at the                                                                                    
 northwest end of Nenevok Lake, to                                                                              
 the southern point of upper Togiak                                                                             
 Lake, and northeast to the                                                                                     
 northern point of Nuyakuk Lake,                                                                                
 northeast to the point where the                                                                               
 Unit 17 boundary intersects the                                                                                
 Shotgun Hills.                                                                                                 
17 (B) and (C).....................  Brown Bear.................  Residents of Unit 17.                         
17.................................  Caribou....................  Residents of Units 9(B), 17 and residents of  
                                                                   Lime Village and Stony River.                
17 (A) and (B) Those portions north  Caribou....................  Residents of Kwethluk.                        
 and west of a line beginning from                                                                              
 the Unit 18 boundary at the                                                                                    
 northwest end of Nenevok Lake, to                                                                              
 the southern point of upper Togiak                                                                             
 Lake, and northeast to the                                                                                     
 northern point of Nuyakuk Lake,                                                                                
 northeast to the point where the                                                                               
 Unit 17 boundary intersects the                                                                                
 Shotgun Hills.                                                                                                 
17 (A) and (B) Those portions north  Moose......................  Residents of Kwethluk.                        
 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.                                                                                                 

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17(A)..............................  Moose......................  Residents of Unit 17 and residents of Goodnews
                                                                   Bay and Platinum; however, no subsistence for
                                                                   residents of Akiachak, Akiak and Quinhagak.  
17 (B) and (C).....................  Moose......................  Residents of Unit 17, and residents of        
                                                                   Nondalton, Levelock, Goodnews Bay and        
                                                                   Platinum.                                    
17.................................  Wolf.......................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island    
                                                                   only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon,
                                                                   and 16-26.                                   
17.................................  Beaver.....................  Residents of Units 9 (A), (B), (C), (E), and  
                                                                   17.                                          
Unit 18............................  Black Bear.................  Residents of Unit 18, residents of Unit 19(A) 
                                                                   living downstream of the Holokuk River, and  
                                                                   residents of Chuathbaluk, Aniak, Lower       
                                                                   Kalskag, Holy Cross, Stebbins, St. Michael,  
                                                                   and Togiak.                                  
18.................................  Brown Bear.................  Residents of Akiachak, Akiak, Eek, Goodnews   
                                                                   Bay, Kwethluk, Mt. Village, Napaskiak,       
                                                                   Platinum, Quinhagak, St. Mary's, and         
                                                                   Tuluksak.                                    
18.................................  Caribou (Kilbuck caribou     INTERIM DETERMINATION BY FEDERAL SUBSISTENCE  
                                      herd only).                  BOARD (12/18/91): residents of Tuluksak,     
                                                                   Akiak, Akiachak, Kwethluk, Bethel,           
                                                                   Oscarville, Napaskiak, Napakiak, Kasigluk,   
                                                                   Atmanthluak, Nunapitchuk, Tuntutliak, Eek,   
                                                                   Quinhagak, Goodnews Bay, Platinum, Togiak,   
                                                                   and Twin Hills.                              
18 North of the Yukon River........  Caribou (except Kilbuck      Residents of Alakanuk, Andreafsky, Chevak,    
                                      caribou herd).               Emmonak, Hooper Bay, Kotlik, Kwethluk,       
                                                                   Marshall, Mountain Village, Pilot Station,   
                                                                   Pitka's Point, Russian Mission, St. Mary's,  
                                                                   St. Michael, Scammon Bay, Sheldon Point, and 
                                                                   Stebbins.                                    
18, remainder......................  Caribou (except Kilbuck      Residents of Kwethluk.                        
                                      caribou herd).                                                            
18, that portion of the Yukon River  Moose......................  Residents of Unit 18 and residents of Upper   
 drainage upstream of Russian                                      Kalskag, Lower Kalskag, Aniak, and           
 Mission and that portion of the                                   Chuathbaluk.                                 
 Kuskokwim River drainage upstream                                                                              
 of, but not including the Tuluksak                                                                             
 River drainage.                                                                                                
18, remainder......................  Moose......................  Residents of Unit 18 and residents of Upper   
                                                                   Kalskag and Lower Kalskag.                   
18.................................  Muskox.....................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
18.................................  Wolf.......................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island    
                                                                   only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon 
                                                                   and 16-26.                                   
Unit 19 (C), (D)...................  Bison......................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
19(A)..............................  Brown Bear.................  Residents of Unit 19 (A), (D), and residents  
                                                                   of Tuluksak, Lower Kalskag, and Kwethluk.    
19(B)..............................  Brown Bear.................  Residents of Kwethluk                         
19(C)..............................  Brown Bear.................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
19(D)..............................  Brown Bear.................  Residents of Unit 19 (A) and (D), and         
                                                                   residents of Tuluksak and Lower Kalskag.     
19 (A) and (B).....................  Caribou....................  Residents of Unit 19 (A) and (B) and Kwethluk;
                                                                   and residents of Unit 18 in Kuskokwim        
                                                                   Drainage and Kuskokwim Bay during the winter 
                                                                   season.                                      
19(C)..............................  Caribou....................  Residents of Unit 19(C), and residents of Lime
                                                                   Village, McGrath, Nikolai, and Telida.       
19(D)..............................  Caribou....................  Residents of Unit 19(D), and residents of Lime
                                                                   Village, Sleetmute, and Stony River.         
19 (A) and (B).....................  Moose......................  Residents of Unit 18 within Kuskokwim River   
                                                                   drainage upstream from and including the     
                                                                   Johnson River, and Unit 19.                  
19(C)..............................  Moose......................  Residents of Unit 19.                         
19(D)..............................  Moose......................  Residents of Unit 19 and residents of Lake    
                                                                   Minchumina.                                  
19.................................  Wolf.......................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island    
                                                                   only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon 
                                                                   and 16-26.                                   
Unit 20(D).........................  Bison......................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
20(F)..............................  Black Bear.................  Residents of Unit 20(F) and residents of      
                                                                   Stevens Village and Manley.                  
20(E)..............................  Brown Bear.................  Residents of Unit 12 and Dot Lake.            
20(F)..............................  Brown Bear.................  Residents of Unit 20(F) and residents of      
                                                                   Stevens Village and Manley.                  
20 (A), (C) (Delta, Yanert, and      Caribou....................  No determination, except no subsistence for   
 20(C) herds) and (D).                                             residents of households of the Denali        
                                                                   National Park Headquarters.                  
20(D) and 20(E)....................  Caribou 40-Mile Herd.......  Residents of Unit 12 north of Wrangell Park-  
                                                                   Preserve, rural residents of 20(D) and       
                                                                   residents of 20(E).                          
20(A)..............................  Moose......................  Residents of Cantwell, Minto, and Nenana,     
                                                                   McKinley Village, the area along the Parks   
                                                                   Highway between mileposts 216 and 239, except
                                                                   no subsistence for residents of households of
                                                                   the Denali National Park Headquarters.       
20(B)..............................  Moose......................  Minto Flats Management Area--residents of     
                                                                   Minto and Nenana.                            
20(B)..............................  Moose......................  Remainder--rural residents of Unit 20(B), and 
                                                                   residents of Nenana and Tanana.              

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20(C)..............................  Moose......................  Rural residents of Unit 20(C) (except that    
                                                                   portion within Denali National Park and      
                                                                   Preserve and that portion east of the        
                                                                   Teklanika River), and residents of Cantwell, 
                                                                   Manley, Minto, Nenana, the Parks Highway from
                                                                   milepost 300-309, Nikolai, Tanana, Telida,   
                                                                   McKinley Village, and the area along the     
                                                                   Parks Highway between mileposts 216 and 239. 
                                                                   No subsistence for residents of households of
                                                                   the Denali National Park Headquarters.       
20(D)..............................  Moose......................  Rural residents of Unit 20(D) and residents of
                                                                   Tanacross.                                   
20(F)..............................  Moose......................  Residents of Unit 20(F), Manley, Minto, and   
                                                                   Stevens Village.                             
20(F)..............................  Wolf.......................  Residents of Unit 20(F) and residents of      
                                                                   Stevens Village and Manley.                  
20, remainder......................  Wolf.......................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island    
                                                                   only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon 
                                                                   and 16-26.                                   
20(D)..............................  Grouse (Spruce, Blue,        Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of
                                      Ruffed and Sharp-tailed).    Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22 and 23.        
20(D)..............................  Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow,     Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of
                                      and White-tailed).           Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22 and 23.        
Unit 21............................  Brown Bear.................  Rural residents of Units 21 and 23.           
21.................................  Caribou, Western Arctic      Residents of Unit 21(D) west of the Koyukuk   
                                      Caribou Herd only.           and Yukon Rivers, and residents of 23 and 24.
21 (A) and (E).....................  Caribou....................  Residents of Unit 21(A) and Aniak,            
                                                                   Chuathbaluk, Crooked Creek, Grayling, Holy   
                                                                   Cross, McGrath, Shageluk, and Takotna.       
21(A)..............................  Moose......................  Residents of Units 21 (A), (E), Takotna,      
                                                                   McGrath, Aniak, and Crooked Creek.           
21 (B) and (C).....................  Moose......................  Residents of Unit 21 (B) and (C), residents of
                                                                   Tanana and Galena.                           
21(D)..............................  Moose......................  Residents of Unit 21(D), and residents of     
                                                                   Huslia and Ruby.                             
21(E)..............................  Moose......................  Residents of Unit 21(E) and residents of      
                                                                   Russian Mission.                             
21.................................  Wolf.......................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island    
                                                                   only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon,
                                                                   and 16-26.                                   
Unit 22(A).........................  Black Bear.................  Residents of Unit 22(A) and Koyuk.            
22(B)..............................  Black Bear.................  Residents of Unit 22(B).                      
22 (C), (D), and (E)...............  Black Bear.................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
22.................................  Brown Bear.................  Residents of Unit 22.                         
22(A)..............................  Caribou....................  Residents of Unit 21(D) west of the Koyukuk   
                                                                   and Yukon Rivers, and residents of Units 22  
                                                                   (except residents of St. Lawrence Island),   
                                                                   23, 24, and residents of Kotlik, Emmonak,    
                                                                   Hooper Bay, Scammon Bay, Chevak, Marshall,   
                                                                   Mountain Village, Pilot Station, Pitka's     
                                                                   Point, Russian Mission, St. Mary's, Sheldon  
                                                                   Point, and Alakanuk.                         
22, remainder......................  Caribou....................  Residents of Unit 21(D) west of the Koyukuk   
                                                                   and Yukon Rivers, and residents of Units 22  
                                                                   (except residents of St. Lawrence Island),   
                                                                   23, 24.                                      
22.................................  Moose......................  Residents of Unit 22.                         
22(B)..............................  Muskox.....................  Residents of Unit 22(B).                      
22(C)..............................  Muskox.....................  Residents of Unit 22(C).                      
22(D)..............................  Muskox.....................  Residents of Unit 22(D) excluding St. Lawrence
                                                                   Island.                                      
22(E)..............................  Muskox.....................  Residents of Unit 22(E) excluding Little      
                                                                   Diomede Island.                              
22.................................  Wolf.......................  Residents of Units 23, 22, 21(D) north and    
                                                                   west of the Yukon River, and residents of    
                                                                   Kotlik.                                      
22.................................  Grouse (Spruce, Blue,        Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of
                                      Ruffed and Sharp-tailed).    Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22 and 23.        
22.................................  Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow and  Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of
                                      White-tailed).               Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22 and 23.        
Unit 23............................  Brown Bear.................  Rural residents of Units 21 and 23.           
23.................................  Caribou....................  Residents of Unit 21(D) west of the Koyukuk   
                                                                   and Yukon Rivers, residents of Galena, and   
                                                                   residents of Units 22, 23, 24 including      
                                                                   residents of Wiseman but not including other 
                                                                   residents of the Dalton Highway Corridor     
                                                                   Management Area, and 26(A).                  
23.................................  Moose......................  Residents of Unit 23.                         
23 South of Kotzebue Sound and west  Muskox.....................  Residents of Unit 23 South of Kotzebue Sound  
 of and including the Buckland                                     and west of and including the Buckland River 
 River drainage.                                                   drainage.                                    
23, Remainder......................  Muskox.....................  Residents of Unit 23 east and north of the    
                                                                   Buckland River drainage.                     
23.................................  Sheep......................  Residents of Unit 23 north of the Arctic      
                                                                   Circle.                                      
23.................................  Wolf.......................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island    
                                                                   only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon,
                                                                   and 16-26.                                   
23.................................  Grouse (Spruce, Blue,        Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of
                                      Ruffed and Sharp-tailed).    Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22 and 23.        
23.................................  Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow and  Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of
                                      White-tailed).               Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22 and 23.        
Unit 24, that portion south of       Black Bear.................  Residents of Stevens Village and residents of 
 Caribou Mountain, and within the                                  Unit 24 and Wiseman, but not including any   
 public lands composing or                                         other residents of the Dalton Highway        
 immediately adjacent to the Dalton                                Corridor Management Area.                    
 Highway Corridor Management Area.                                                                              

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24, remainder......................  Black Bear.................  Residents of Unit 24 and Wiseman, but not     
                                                                   including any other residents of the Dalton  
                                                                   Highway Corridor Management Area.            
24, that portion south of Caribou    Brown Bear.................  Residents of Stevens Village and residents of 
 Mountain, and within the public                                   Unit 24 and Wiseman, but not including any   
 lands composing or immediately                                    other residents of the Dalton Highway        
 adjacent to the Dalton Highway                                    Corridor Management Area.                    
 Corridor Management Area.                                                                                      
24, remainder......................  Brown Bear.................  Residents of Unit 24 including Wiseman, but   
                                                                   not including any other residents of the     
                                                                   Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area.     
24.................................  Caribou....................  Residents of Unit 24 including Wiseman, but   
                                                                   not including any other residents of the     
                                                                   Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area;     
                                                                   residents of Galena, Kobuk, Koyukuk, Stevens 
                                                                   Village, and Tanana.                         
24.................................  Moose......................  Residents of Unit 24, and residents of Koyukuk
                                                                   and Galena.                                  
24.................................  Sheep......................  Residents of Unit 24 residing north of the    
                                                                   Arctic Circle and residents of Allakaket,    
                                                                   Alatna, Hughes, and Huslia.                  
24.................................  Wolf.......................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island    
                                                                   only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon 
                                                                   and 16-26.                                   
Unit 25(D).........................  Black Bear.................  Residents of Unit 25(D).                      
25(D)..............................  Brown Bear.................  Residents of Unit 25(D).                      
25, remainder......................  Brown Bear.................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
25(A)..............................  Moose......................  Residents of Unit 25(A) and 25(D).            
25(D) West.........................  Moose......................  Residents of Beaver, Birch Creek and Stevens  
                                                                   Village.                                     
25(D), remainder...................  Moose......................  Residents of Remainder of Unit 25.            
25(A)..............................  Sheep......................  Residents of Arctic Village, Chalkytsik, For  
                                                                   Yukon, Kaktovik and Venetie.                 
25 (B) and (C).....................  Sheep......................  No Federal subsistence priority.              
25(D)..............................  Wolf.......................  Residents of Unit 25(D).                      
25, remainder......................  Wolf.......................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island    
                                                                   only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon 
                                                                   and 16-26.                                   
Unit 26............................  Brown Bear.................  Residents of Unit 26 (except the Prudhoe Bay- 
                                                                   Deadhorse Industrial Complex) and residents  
                                                                   of Anaktuvuk Pass and Point Hope.            
26(A)..............................  Caribou....................  Residents of Unit 26 and the residents of     
                                                                   Anaktuvuk Pass and Point Hope.               
26(B)..............................  Caribou....................  Residents of Unit 26 and the residents of     
                                                                   Anaktuvuk Pass, Point Hope, and Wiseman.     
26(C)..............................  Caribou....................  Residents of Unit 26 and the residents of     
                                                                   Anaktuvuk Pass and Point Hope.               
26.................................  Moose......................  Residents of Unit 26 (except the Prudhoe Bay- 
                                                                   Deadhorse Industrial Complex) and residents  
                                                                   of Point Hope and Anaktuvuk Pass.            
26(A)..............................  Muskox.....................  Residents of Anaktuvuk Pass, Atqasuk, Barrow, 
                                                                   Nuiqsut, Point Hope, Point Lay, and          
                                                                   Wainwright.                                  
26(B)..............................  Muskox.....................  Residents of Anaktuvuk Pass, Nuiqsut, and     
                                                                   Kaktovik.                                    
26(C)..............................  Muskox.....................  Residents of Kaktovik.                        
26(A)..............................  Sheep......................  Residents of Unit 26, Anaktuvuk Pass, and     
                                                                   Point Hope.                                  
26(B)..............................  Sheep......................  Residents of Unit 26, Anaktuvuk Pass, Point   
                                                                   Hope, and Wiseman.                           
26(C)..............................  Sheep......................  Residents of Unit 26, Arctic Village,         
                                                                   Chalkytsik, Fort Yukon, Point Hope, and      
                                                                   Venetie.                                     
26.................................  Wolf.......................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island    
                                                                   only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon 
                                                                   and 16-26.                                   
KOTZEBUE-NORTHERN AREA--Northern     All finfish................  Residents of the Northern District, except for
 District                                                          those domiciled in State of Alaska Unit 26-B.
Kotzebue District                    Salmon, sheefish, char.....  Residents of the Kotzebue District.           
NORTON SOUND--PORT CLARENCE AREA     Salmon.....................  Residents of the Norton Sound-Port Clarence   
                                                                   Area.                                        
YUKON AREA                           Salmon.....................  Residents of the Yukon Area, including the    
                                                                   community of Stebbins.                       
                                     Yukon River Fall chum        Residents of the Yukon River drainage,        
                                      salmon.                      including the communities of Stebbins,       
                                                                   Scammon Bay, Hooper Bay, and Chevak.         
                                     Freshwater fish species,     Residents of the Yukon Area.                  
                                      including sheefish,                                                       
                                      whitefish, lamprey,                                                       
                                      burbot, sucker, grayling,                                                 
                                      pike, char, and blackfish.                                                
KUSKOKWIM AREA                       Salmon.....................  Residents of the Kuskokwim Area, except those 
                                                                   persons residing on the United States        
                                                                   military installation located on Cape        
                                                                   Newenham, Sparevohn USAFB, and Tatalina      
                                                                   USAFB.                                       
                                     Rainbow trout..............  Residents of the communities of Quinhagak,    
                                                                   Goodnews Bay, Kwethluk, Eek, Akiak, and      
                                                                   Platinum.                                    
                                     Pacific cod................  Residents of the communities of Chevak,       
                                                                   Newtok, Tununak, Toksook Bay, Nightmute,     
                                                                   Chefornak, Kipnuk, Mekoryuk, Kwigillingok,   
                                                                   Kongiganak, Eek, and Tuntutuliak.            
Waters adjacent to the western-most  Herring and herring roe....  Residents within 20 miles of the coast between
 tip of the Naskonant Peninsula and                                the westernmost tip of the Naskonant         
 the terminus of the Ishowik River                                 Peninsula and the terminus of the Ishowik    
 and around Nunivak Island                                         River and on Nunivak Island.                 

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BRISTOL BAY AREA--Nushagak           Salmon.....................  Residents of the Nushagak District and        
 District, including drainages                                     freshwater drainages flowing into the        
 flowing into the district                                         district.                                    
Naknek-Kvichek District--Naknek      Salmon.....................  Residents of the Naknek and Kvichak River     
 River drainage                                                    drainages.                                   
Naknek-Kvichek District--Iliamna-    Salmon.....................  Residents of the Iliamna-Lake Clark drainage. 
 Lake Clark drainage                                                                                            
Togiak District, including           Salmon and other freshwater  Residents of the Togiak District, freshwater  
 drainages flowing into the           finfish                      drainages flowing into the district, and the 
 district                                                          community of Manokotak.                      
KODIAK AREA--except the Mainland     Salmon.....................  Residents of the Kodiak Island Borough, except
 District, all waters along the                                    those residing on the Kodiak Coast Guard     
 southside of the Alaska Peninsula                                 Base.                                        
 bounded by the latitude of Cape                                                                                
 Douglas (58 deg.52' North                                                                                      
 latitude) mid-stream Shelikof                                                                                  
 Strait, and west of the longitude                                                                              
 of the southern entrance of Kmuya                                                                              
 Bay near Kilokak Rocks (57                                                                                     
 deg.11'22'' North latitude, 156                                                                                
 deg.20'30'' W longitude).                                                                                      
KODIAK AREA--except the Semidi       King crab..................  Residents of the Kodiak Island Borough except 
 Island, the North Mainland, and                                   those residents on the Kodiak Coast Guard    
 the South Mainland Sections.                                      base.                                        
COOK INLET AREA--Port Graham         Dolly Varden...............  Residents of Port Graham and English Bay.     
 Subdistrict.                                                                                                   
Port Graham Subdistrict and          Salmon.....................  Residents of Port Graham and English Bay.     
 Koyuktolik Subdistrict.                                                                                        
Tyonek Subdistrict.................  Salmon.....................  Residents of the village of Tyonek.           
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AREA--South-    Salmon.....................  Residents of the Southwestern District which  
 Western District and Green Island.                                is mainland waters from the outer point on   
                                                                   the north shore of Granite Bay to Cape       
                                                                   Fairfield, and Knight Island, Chenega Island,
                                                                   Bainbridge Island, Evans Island, Elrington   
                                                                   Island, Latouche Island and adjacent islands.
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AREA--North of  Salmon.....................  Residents of the villages of Tatitlek and     
 a line from Porcupine Point to                                    Ellamar.                                     
 Granite Point, and south of a line                                                                             
 from Point Lowe to Tongue Point.                                                                               
YAKUTAT AREA--Freshwater upstream    Salmon.....................  Residents of the area east of Yakutat Bay,    
 from the terminus of streams and                                  including the islands within Yakutat Bay,    
 rivers of the Yakutat Area from                                   west of the Situk River drainage, and south  
 the Doame River to the Tsiu River.                                of and including Knight Island.              
Freshwater upstream from the         Dolly Varden char,           Residents of the area east of Yakutat Bay,    
 terminus of streams and rivers of    steelhead trout, and smelt.  including the islands within Yakutat Bay,    
 the Yakutat Area from the Doame                                   west of the Situk River drainage, and south  
 River to Point Manby.                                             of and including Knight Island.              
SOUTH-EASTERN ALASKA AREA--District  Salmon and Dolly Varden      Residents of the City of Saxman.              
 1--Section 1-E in waters of the      char.                                                                     
 Naha River and Roosevelt Lagoon.                                                                               
District 1--Section 1-F in Boca de   Salmon and Dolly Varden      Residents of the City of Saxman.              
 Quadra in waters of Sockeye Creek    char.                                                                     
 and Hugh Smith Lake within 500                                                                                 
 yards of the terminus of Sockeye                                                                               
 Creek.                                                                                                         
District 2--North of the latitude    Salmon and Dolly Varden      Residents of the City of Kasaan and in the    
 of the northern-most tip of          char.                        drainage of the southeastern shore of the    
 Chasina Point and west of a line                                  Kasaan Peninsula west of 132 deg.20' W. long.
 from the northern-most tip of                                     and east of 132 deg.25' W. long.             
 Chasina Point to the eastern-most                                                                              
 tip of Grindall Island to the                                                                                  
 eastern-most tip of the Kasaan                                                                                 
 Peninsula.                                                                                                     
District 3--Section 3-A............  Salmon and Dolly Varden      Residents of the townsite of Hydaburg.        
                                      char.                                                                     
District 3--Section 3-B in waters    Salmon, Dolly Varden char,   Residents of the City of Klawock and on Prince
 east of a line from Point            and steelhead trout.         of Wales Island within the boundaries of the 
 Ildefonso to Tranquil Point.                                      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.                       

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District 3--Section 3-C in waters    Salmon, Dolly Varden char,   Residents of the City of Klawock and on Prince
 of Sarkar Lakes.                     and 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 line from     Salmon and Dolly Varden      Residents of the City of Kake and in Kupreanof
 Point Barrie to Boulder Point.       char.                        Island drainages emptying into Keku Strait   
                                                                   south of Point White and north of the Portage
                                                                   Bay boat harbor.                             
District 9--Section 9-A............  Salmon and Dolly Varden      Residents of the City of Kake and in Kupreanof
                                      char.                        Island drainages emptying into Keku Strait   
                                                                   south of Point White and north of the Portage
                                                                   Bay boat harbor.                             
District 9--Section 9-B north of     Salmon and Dolly Varden      Residents of the City of Kake and in Kupreanof
 the latitude of Swain Point.         char.                        Island drainages emptying into Keku Strait   
                                                                   south of Point White and north of the Portage
                                                                   Bay boat harbor.                             
District 10--West of a line from     Salmon and Dolly Varden      Residents of the City of Kake and in Kupreanof
 Pinta Point to False Point Pybus.    char.                        Island drainages emptying into Keku Strait   
                                                                   south of Point White and north of the Portage
                                                                   Bay boat harbor.                             
District 12--South of a line from    Salmon and Dolly Varden      Residents of the City of Angoon and along the 
 Fishery Point to south Passage       char.                        western shore of Admiralty Island north of   
 Point and north of the latitude of                                the latitude of Sand Island, south of the    
 Point Caution.                                                    latitude of Thayer Creek, and west of 134    
                                                                   deg.30' W. long., including Killisnoo Island.
District 13--Section 13-A south of   Sockeye salmon.............  Residents of the City and Borough of Sitka in 
 the latitude of Cape Edward.                                      drainages which empty into Section 13-B north
                                                                   of the latitude of Dorothy Narrows.          
District 13--Section 13-B north of   Sockeye salmon.............  Residents of the City and Borough of Sitka in 
 the latitude of Redfish Cape.                                     drainages which empty into Section 13-B north
                                                                   of the latitude of Dorothy Narrows.          
District 13--Section 13-C..........  Sockeye salmon.............  Residents of the City and Borough of Sitka in 
                                                                   drainages which empty into Section 13-B north
                                                                   of the latitude of Dorothy Narrows.          
District 13--Section 13-C east of    Salmon and Dolly Varden      Residents of the City of Angoon and along the 
 the longitude of Point Elizabeth.    char.                        western shore of Admiralty Island north of   
                                                                   the latitude of Sand Island, south of the    
                                                                   latitude of Thayer Creek, and west of 134    
                                                                   deg.30' W. long., including Killisnoo Island.
District 14--Section 14-B and 14-C.  Salmon, smelt and Dolly      Residents of the City of Hoonah and in        
                                      Varden char.                 Chichagof Island drainages on the eastern    
                                                                   shore of Port Frederick from Gartina Creek to
                                                                   Point Sophia.                                
District 15--Chilkat and Chilkoot    Salmon and smelt...........  Residents west of the Haines highway between  
 Rivers.                                                           Mile 20 and Mile 24 and east of the Chilkat  
                                                                   River, but not elsewhere in Klukwan; and,    
                                                                   those residents of other areas of the city   
                                                                   and borough of Haines, excluding residents in
                                                                   the drainage of Excursion Inlet. Hai of      
                                                                   Haines, excluding residents in the drainage  
                                                                   of Excursion Inlet.                          
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    (b) [Reserved]

Subpart D--Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife

    3. In Subpart D of 36 CFR part 242 and 50 CFR part 100, 
Sec. ________.25 is proposed to be revised to read as follows:


Sec. ________.25  Subsistence taking of wildlife.

    (a) Definitions. The following definitions shall apply to all 
regulations contained in this section:
    ADF&G means the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
    Aircraft means any kind of airplane, glider, or other device used 
to transport people or equipment through the air, excluding 
helicopters.
    Airport means an airport listed in the Federal Aviation 
Administration, Alaska Airman's Guide and chart supplement.
    Animal means those species with a vertebral column (backbone).
    Antler means one or more solid, horn-like appendages protruding 
from the head of a caribou, deer, or moose.
    Antlered means any caribou, deer, or moose having at least one 
visible antler.
    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 
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    Federally-qualified subsistence user means a rural Alaska resident 
qualified to harvest fish or wildlife on Federal public lands in 
accordance with the Federal Subsistence Management Regulations in this 
part.
    Fifty-inch (50-inch) moose means a bull moose with an antler spread 
of 50 inches or more.
    Full curl horn means the horn of a Dall sheep ram; the tip of which 
has grown through 360 degrees of a circle described by the outer 
surface of the horn, as viewed from the side, or that both horns are 
broken, or that the sheep is at least 8 years of age as determined by 
horn growth annuli.
    Furbearer means a beaver, coyote, arctic fox, red fox, lynx, 
marten, mink, weasel, muskrat, river (land) otter, red squirrel, flying 
squirrel, ground squirrel, marmot, wolf or wolverine.
    Grouse collectively refers to all species found in Alaska, 
including spruce grouse, ruffed grouse, blue grouse and sharp-tailed 
grouse.
    Hare or hares collectively refers to all species of hares (commonly 
called rabbits) in Alaska and includes snowshoe hare and tundra hare.
    Harvest limit means the number of any one species permitted to be 
taken by any one person in a Unit or portion of a Unit in which the 
taking occurs.
    Highway means the driveable surface of any constructed road.
    Household means that group of people residing in the same 
residence.
    Hunting means the taking of wildlife within established hunting 
seasons with archery equipment or firearms, and as authorized by a 
required hunting license.
    Marmot collectively refers to all species of marmot that occur in 
Alaska including the hoary marmot, Alaska marmot, and the woodchuck.
    Motorized vehicle means a motor-driven land, air or water 
conveyance.
    Open season means the time when wildlife may be taken by hunting or 
trapping; an open season includes the first and last days of the 
prescribed season period.
    Otter means river or land otter only, excluding sea otter.
    Permit hunt means a hunt for which State or Federal permits are 
issued by registration or other means.
    Poison means any substance which is toxic, or poisonous upon 
contact or ingestion.
    Possession means having direct physical control of wildlife at a 
given time or having both the power and intention to exercise dominion 
or control of wildlife either directly or through another person or 
persons.
    Ptarmigan collectively refers to all species found in Alaska, 
including white-tailed ptarmigan, rock ptarmigan, and willow ptarmigan.
    Ram means a male Dall sheep.
    Registration permit means a permit which authorizes hunting and is 
issued to a person who agrees to the specified hunting conditions. 
Hunting permitted by a registration permit begins on an announced date 
and continues throughout the open season, or until the season is closed 
by Board action. Registration permits are issued in the order 
applications are received and/or are based on priorities as determined 
by 50 CFR 100.17 and 36 CFR 242.17.
    Sealing means placing a mark or tag on a portion of a harvested 
animal by an authorized representative of the ADF&G sealing includes 
collecting and recording information about the conditions under which 
the animal was harvested, and measurements of the specimen submitted 
for sealing, or surrendering a specific portion of the animal for 
biological information.
    Seven-eighths curl horn means the horn of a male Dall sheep, the 
tip of which has grown through seven-eights (315 degrees) of a circle, 
described by the outer surface of the horn, as viewed from the side, or 
with both horns broken.
    Skin, hide, pelt or fur mean any tanned or untanned external 
covering of an animal's body; excluding bear. The skin, hide, fur or 
pelt of a bear shall mean the entire external covering with claws 
attached.
    Spike-fork moose means a bull moose with only one or two tines on 
either antler; male calves are not spike-fork bulls.
    Take or Taking means to pursue, hunt, shoot, trap, net, capture, 
collect, kill, harm, or attempt to engage in any such conduct.
    Tine or antler point refers to any point on an antler, the length 
of which is greater than its width and is at least one inch.
    Transportation means to ship, convey, carry or transport by any 
means whatever, and deliver or receive for such shipment, conveyance, 
carriage, or transportation.
    Trapping means the taking of furbearers within established trapping 
seasons and with a required trapping license.
    Unclassified wildlife or unclassified species means all species of 
animals not otherwise classified by the definitions in this paragraph 
(a), or regulated under other Federal law as listed in paragraph (i) of 
this section.
    Ungulate means any species of hoofed mammal, including deer, 
caribou, moose, mountain goat, Dall sheep, and musk oxen.
    Unit means one of the 26 geographical areas in the State of Alaska 
known as Game Management Units, or GMU, and collectively listed in this 
section as Units.
    Wildlife means any hare (rabbit), ptarmigan, grouse, ungulate, 
bear, furbearer, or unclassified species and includes any part, 
product, egg, or offspring thereof, or carcass or part thereof.
    (b) Wildlife may be taken for subsistence uses by any method, 
except as prohibited in this section or by other Federal statute. 
Taking wildlife for subsistence uses by a prohibited method is a 
violation of this part. Seasons are closed unless opened by Federal 
regulation. Hunting or trapping during a closed season or in an area 
closed by this part is prohibited.
    (1) Except for special provisions found at paragraphs (k)(1) 
through (26) of this section, the following methods and means of taking 
wildlife for subsistence uses are prohibited:
    (i) Shooting from, on, or across a highway;
    (ii) Using any poison;
    (iii) Using a helicopter in any manner, including transportation of 
individuals, equipment or wildlife; however, this prohibition does not 
apply to transportation of an individual, gear, or wildlife during an 
emergency rescue operation in a life threatening situation;
    (iv) Taking wildlife from a motorized land or air vehicle, when 
that vehicle is in motion or from a motor-driven boat when the boat's 
progress from the motor's power has not ceased;
    (v) Using a motorized vehicle to drive, herd, or molest wildlife;
    (vi) Using or being aided by use of a machine gun, set gun, or a 
shotgun larger than 10 gauge;
    (vii) Using a firearm other than a shotgun, muzzle-loaded rifle, 
rifle or pistol using center-firing cartridges, for the taking of 
ungulates, bear, wolves or wolverine, except that--
    (A) An individual in possession of a valid trapping license may use 
a firearm that shoots rimfire cartridges to take wolves and wolverine;
    (B) Only a muzzle-loading rifle of .54-caliber or larger, or a .45-
caliber muzzle-loading rifle with a 250-grain, or larger, elongated 
slug may be used to take brown bear, black bear, moose, musk oxen and 
mountain goat;
    (viii) Using or being aided by use of a pit, fire, artificial 
light, radio communication, artificial salt lick, explosive, barbed 
arrow, bomb, smoke, chemical, conventional steel trap with a jaw spread 
over nine inches, or conibear style trap with a jaw spread over 11 
inches;

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    (ix) Using a snare, except that an individual in possession of a 
valid hunting license may use nets and snares to take unclassified 
wildlife, ptarmigan, grouse, or hares; and, individuals in possession 
of a valid trapping license may use snares to take furbearers;
    (x) Using a trap to take ungulates or bear;
    (xi) Using hooks to physically snag, impale or otherwise take 
wildlife; however, hooks may be used as a trap drag;
    (xii) Using a crossbow in any area restricted to hunting by bow and 
arrow only to take ungulates, bear, wolf or wolverine;
    (xiii) Taking of ungulates, bear, wolf, or wolverine with a bow, 
unless the bow is capable of casting a 7/8 inch wide broadhead-tipped 
arrow at least 175 yards horizontally, and the arrow and broadhead 
together weigh at least one ounce (437.5 grains);
    (xiv) Using bait for taking ungulates, bear, wolf, or wolverine; 
except, bait may be used to take wolves and wolverine with a trapping 
license, and, bait may be used to take black bears with a hunting 
license as authorized in Unit-specific regulations at paragraphs (k)(1) 
through (26) of this section. Baiting of black bears is subject to the 
following restrictions:
    (A) No person may establish a black bear bait station unless he or 
she first registers the site with ADF&G
    (B) A person using bait shall clearly mark the site with a sign 
reading ``black bear bait station'' that also displays the person's 
hunting license number and ADF&G assigned number;
    (C) Only biodegradable materials may be used for bait; only the 
head, bones, viscera, or skin of legally harvested fish and wildlife 
may be used for bait;
    (D) No person may use bait within one-quarter mile of a publicly 
maintained road or trail;
    (E) No person may use bait within one mile of a house or other 
permanent dwelling, or within one mile of a developed campground, or 
developed recreational facility;
    (F) A person using bait shall remove litter and equipment from the 
bait station site when hunting is completed;
    (G) No person may give or receive remuneration for the use of a 
bait station, including barter or exchange of goods;
    (H) No person may have more than two bait stations with bait 
present at any one time;
    (xv) Taking swimming ungulates, bear, wolves or wolverine;
    (xvi) Taking or assisting in the taking of ungulates, bear, wolves, 
wolverine, or other furbearers before 3:00 a.m. following the day in 
which airborne travel occurred (except for flights in regularly 
scheduled commercial aircraft); however this restriction does not apply 
to subsistence taking of deer;
    (xvii) Taking a bear cub or a sow accompanied by cub(s).
    (2) Wildlife taken in defense of life or property is not a 
subsistence use; wildlife so taken is subject to State regulations.
    (3) The following methods and means of trapping furbearers, for 
subsistence uses pursuant to the requirements of a trapping license are 
prohibited, in addition to the prohibitions listed at paragraph (b)(1) 
of this section:
    (i) Disturbing or destroying a den, except that any muskrat pushup 
or feeding house may be disturbed in the course of trapping;
    (ii) Disturbing or destroying any beaver house;
    (iii) Taking beaver by any means other than a steel trap or snare, 
except that firearms may be used in certain Units with established 
seasons as identified in Unit-specific regulations found in this 
subpart;
    (iv) Taking otter with a steel trap having a jaw spread of less 
than five and seven-eighths inches during any closed mink and marten 
season in the same Unit;
    (v) Using a net, or fish trap (except a blackfish or fyke trap);
    (vi) Taking beaver in the Minto Flats Management Area with the use 
of an aircraft for ground transportation, or by landing within one mile 
of a beaver trap or set used by the transported person;
    (vii) Taking or assisting in the taking of furbearers by firearm 
before 3:00 a.m. on the day following the day on which airborne travel 
occurred; however, this does not apply to a trapper using a firearm to 
dispatch furbearers caught in a trap or snare.
    (c) Possession and transportation of wildlife. (1) Except as 
specified in paragraphs (c)(3)(ii) or (c)(4) of this section, or as 
otherwise provided, no person may take a species of wildlife in any 
Unit, or portion of a Unit, if that person's total take of that species 
already obtained anywhere in the State under Federal and State 
regulations equals or exceeds the harvest limit in that Unit.
    (2) An animal taken under Federal or State regulations by any 
member of a community with an established community harvest limit for 
that species counts toward the community harvest limit for that 
species. Except for wildlife taken pursuant to Sec. ________.6(f)(3) or 
as otherwise provided for by this Part, an animal taken as part of a 
community harvest limit counts toward every community member's harvest 
limit for that species taken under Federal or State of Alaska 
regulations.
    (3) Harvest limits. (i) Harvest limits, including those related to 
ceremonial uses, authorized by this section and harvest limits 
established in State regulations may not be accumulated.
    (ii) Wildlife taken by a designated hunter for another person 
pursuant to Sec. ________.6(f)(2), counts toward the individual harvest 
limit of the person for whom the wildlife is taken.
    (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

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possess or transport a harvested sheep unless both horns accompany the 
animal.
    (ii) If the subsistence taking of an ungulate, except sheep, is 
restricted to one sex in the local area, no person may possess or 
transport the carcass of an animal taken in that area unless sufficient 
portions of the external sex organs remain attached to indicate 
conclusively the sex of the animal; however, this paragraph (c)(10)(ii) 
does not apply to the carcass of an ungulate that has been butchered 
and placed in storage or otherwise prepared for consumption upon 
arrival at the location where it is to be consumed.
    (iii) If a moose harvest limit includes an antler size or 
configuration restriction, no person may possess or transport the moose 
carcass or its parts unless both antlers accompany the carcass or its 
parts. A person possessing a set of antlers with less than the required 
number of brow tines on one antler shall leave the antlers naturally 
attached to the unbroken, uncut skull plate; however, this paragraph 
(c)(10)(iii) does not apply to a moose carcass or its parts that have 
been butchered and placed in storage or otherwise prepared for 
consumption after arrival at the place where it is to be stored or 
consumed.
    (d) A person who takes an animal that has been marked or tagged for 
scientific studies must, within a reasonable time, notify the ADF&G or 
the agency identified on the collar or marker, when and where the 
animal was taken. Any ear tag, collar, radio, tattoo, or other 
identification must be retained with the hide until it is sealed, if 
sealing is required; in all cases, any identification equipment must be 
returned to the ADF&G or to an agency identified on such equipment.
    (e) Sealing of bear skins and skulls. (1) Sealing requirements for 
bear shall apply to brown bears taken in all Units, except as specified 
below, and black bears of all color phases taken in Units 1-7, 11-17, 
and 20.
    (2) No person may possess or transport from Alaska, the untanned 
skin or skull of a bear unless the skin and skull have been sealed by 
an authorized representative of ADF&G in accordance with State or 
Federal regulations, except that the skin and skull of a brown bear 
taken under a registration permit in the Western Alaska Brown Bear 
Management Area, the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area, Unit 
5, or Unit 9(B) need not be sealed unless removed from the area.
    (3) A person who possesses a bear shall keep the skin and skull 
together until a representative of the ADF&G has removed a rudimentary 
premolar tooth from the skull and sealed both the skull and the skin; 
however, this provision shall not apply to brown bears taken within the 
Western Alaska Brown Bear Management Area, the Northwest Alaska Brown 
Bear Management Area, Unit 5, or Unit 9(B) which are not removed from 
the Management Area or Unit.
    (i) In areas where sealing is required by Federal regulations, no 
person may possess or transport the hide of a bear which does not have 
the penis sheath or vaginal orifice naturally attached to indicate 
conclusively the sex of the bear.
    (ii) If the skin or skull of a bear taken in the Western Alaska 
Brown Bear Management Area is removed from the area, it must first be 
sealed by an ADF&G representative in Bethel, Dillingham, or McGrath; at 
the time of sealing, the ADF&G representative shall remove and retain 
the skin of the skull and front claws of the bear.
    (iii) If the skin or skull of a bear taken in the Northwestern 
Alaska Brown Bear Management Area is removed from the area, it must 
first be sealed by an ADF&G representative in Barrow, Fairbanks, 
Galena, or Kotzebue; at the time of sealing, the ADF&G representative 
shall remove and retain the skin of the skull and front claws of the 
bear.
    (iv) If the skin or skull of a bear taken in Unit 5 is removed from 
the area, it must first be sealed by an ADF&G representative in 
Yakutat; at the time of sealing, the ADF&G representative shall remove 
and retain the skin of the skull and front claws of the bear.
    (4) No person may falsify any information required on the sealing 
certificate or temporary sealing form provided by the ADF&G in 
accordance with State regulations.
    (f) Sealing of beaver, lynx, marten, otter, wolf, and wolverine. No 
person may possess or transport from Alaska the untanned skin of a 
marten taken in Units 1-5, 7, 13(E), and 14-16 or the untanned skin of 
a beaver, lynx, otter, wolf, or wolverine, whether taken inside or 
outside the state, unless the skin has been sealed by an authorized 
representative of ADF&G in accordance with State regulations.
    (1) Any wolf taken in Unit 2 must be sealed on or before the 30th 
day after the date of taking.
    (2) The radius and ulna of the left foreleg must remain naturally 
attached to the hide of any wolf taken in Units 1-5 until the hide is 
sealed.
    (g) A person who takes a species listed in paragraph (f) of this 
section but who is unable to present the skin in person, must complete 
and sign a temporary sealing form and ensure that the completed 
temporary sealing form and skin are presented to an authorized 
representative of ADF&G for sealing consistent with requirements listed 
in paragraph (f) of this section.
    (h) Utilization of wildlife. (1) No person may use wildlife as food 
for a dog or furbearer, or as bait, except for the following:
    (i) The hide, skin, viscera, head, or bones of wildlife;
    (ii) The skinned carcass of a furbearer;
    (iii) Squirrels, hares (rabbits), grouse and ptarmigan; however, 
the breast meat of grouse and ptarmigan may not be used as animal food 
or bait;
    (iv) Unclassified wildlife.
    (2) A person taking wildlife for subsistence shall salvage the 
following parts for human use:
    (i) The hide of a wolf, wolverine, coyote, fox, lynx, marten, mink, 
weasel or otter;
    (ii) The hide and edible meat of a brown bear, except that the hide 
of brown bears taken in the Western and Northwestern Alaska Brown Bear 
Management Areas and Units 5 and 9(B) need not be salvaged;
    (iii) The hide and edible meat of a black bear;
    (iv) The hide or meat of squirrels, hares (rabbits), marmots, 
beaver, muskrats, or unclassified wildlife.
    (3) Failure to salvage edible meat of ungulates, bear, or grouse 
and ptarmigan is prohibited.
    (4) Failure to salvage the edible meat may not be a violation if 
such failure is caused by circumstances beyond the control of a person, 
including theft of the harvested wildlife, unanticipated weather 
conditions, or unavoidable loss to another animal.
    (i) The regulations found in this section do not apply to the 
subsistence taking and use of wildlife regulated pursuant to the Fur 
Seal Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 927, 16 U.S.C. 1187), the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 884, 16 U.S.C. 1531-1543), the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act of 1972 (86 Stat. 1027; 16 U.S.C. 1361-1407), and the 
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (40 Stat. 755; 16 U.S.C. 703-711), or any 
amendments to these Acts. The taking and use of wildlife, covered by 
these Acts, will conform to the specific provisions contained in these 
Acts, as amended, and any implementing regulations.
    (j) Rural residents, non-rural residents, and nonresidents not 
specifically prohibited by Federal regulations from hunting or trapping 
on public lands in an area, may hunt or

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trap on public lands in accordance with the appropriate State 
regulations.
    (k) Unit regulations. Subsistence taking of unclassified wildlife, 
all squirrel species, and marmots is allowed in all Units, without 
harvest limits, for the period of July 1-June 30. Subsistence taking of 
wildlife outside established Unit seasons, or in excess of the 
established Unit harvest limits, is prohibited unless otherwise 
modified by subsequent regulation. Taking of wildlife under State 
regulations on public lands is permitted, except as otherwise 
restricted at paragraphs (k)(1) through (26) of this section. 
Additional Unit-specific restrictions or allowances for subsistence 
taking of wildlife are identified at paragraphs (k)(1) through (26) of 
this section.
    (1) Unit 1. Unit 1 consists of all mainland drainages from Dixon 
Entrance to Cape Fairweather, and those islands east of the center line 
of Clarence Strait from Dixon Entrance to Caamano Point, and all 
islands in Stephens Passage and Lynn Canal north of Taku Inlet:
    (i) Unit 1(A) consists of all drainages south of the latitude of 
Lemesurier Point including all drainages into Behm Canal, excluding all 
drainages of Ernest Sound;
    (ii) Unit 1(B) consists of all drainages between the latitude of 
Lemesurier Point and the latitude of Cape Fanshaw including all 
drainages of Ernest Sound and Farragut Bay, and including the islands 
east of the center lines of Frederick Sound, Dry Strait (between 
Sergief and Kadin Islands), Eastern Passage, Blake Channel (excluding 
Blake Island), Ernest Sound and Seward Passage;
    (iii) Unit 1(C) consists of that portion of Unit 1 draining into 
Stephens Passage and Lynn Canal north of Cape Fanshaw and south of the 
latitude of Eldred Rock including Berners Bay, Sullivan Island, and all 
mainland portions north of Chichagof Island and south of the latitude 
of Eldred Rock, excluding drainages into Farragut Bay;
    (iv) Unit 1(D) consists of that portion of Unit 1 north of the 
latitude of Eldred Rock, excluding Sullivan Island and the drainages of 
Berners Bay;
    (v) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
    (A) Public lands within Glacier Bay National Park are closed to all 
taking of wildlife for subsistence uses;
    (B) Unit 1(A)--in the Hyder area, the Salmon River drainage 
downstream from the Riverside Mine, excluding the Thumb Creek drainage, 
is closed to the taking of bear;
    (C) Unit 1(B)--the Anan Creek drainage within one mile of Anan 
Creek downstream from the mouth of Anan Lake, including the area within 
a one mile radius from the mouth of Anan Creek Lagoon, is closed to the 
taking of black bear and brown bear;
    (D) Unit 1(C):
    (1) The area within one-fourth mile of Mendenhall Lake, the U.S. 
Forest Service Mendenhall Glacier Visitor's Center, and the Center's 
parking area, is closed to hunting;
    (2) The area of Mt. Bullard bounded by the Mendenhall Glacier, 
Nugget Creek from its mouth to its confluence with Goat Creek, and a 
line from the mouth of Goat Creek north to the Mendenhall Glacier, is 
closed to the taking of mountain goat;
    (vi) In Unit 1(C), Juneau area, the trapping of furbearers for 
subsistence uses is prohibited on the following public lands:
    (A) A strip within one-quarter mile of the mainland coast between 
the end of Thane Road and the end of Glacier Highway at Echo Cove;
    (B) That area of the Mendenhall Valley bounded on the south by the 
Glacier Highway, on the west by the Mendenhall Loop Road and Montana 
Creek Road and Spur Road to Mendenhall Lake, on the north by Mendenhall 
Lake, and on the east by the Mendenhall Loop Road and Forest Service 
Glacier Spur Road to the Forest Service Visitor Center;
    (C) That area within the U.S. Forest Service Mendenhall Glacier 
Recreation Area;
    (D) A strip within one-quarter mile of the following trails as 
designated on U.S. Geological Survey maps: Herbert Glacier Trail, 
Windfall Lake Trail, Peterson Lake Trail, Spaulding Meadows Trail 
(including the loop trail), Nugget Creek Trail, Outer Point Trail, Dan 
Moller Trail, Perseverance Trail, Granite Creek Trail, Mt. Roberts 
Trail and Nelson Water Supply Trail, Sheep Creek Trail, and Point 
Bishop Trail;
    (vii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear in Units 1(A), 1(B), and 
1(D) between April 15 and June 15;
    (B) Boats may not be used to take ungulates, bear, wolves, or 
wolverine, except for persons certified as disabled;
    (C) The taking of wildlife outside the seasons or harvest limits 
provided in this part for food in traditional religious ceremonies 
which are part of a funerary or mortuary cycle, including memorial 
potlatches, is authorized in Units 1-5 provided that:
    (1) The person organizing the religious ceremony, or designee, 
contact the appropriate Federal land management agency prior to taking 
or attempting to take game and provides to the appropriate Federal land 
managing agency the name of the decedent, the nature of the ceremony, 
the species and number to be taken, the Unit(s) in which the taking 
will occur;
    (2) The taking does not violate recognized principles of fish and 
wildlife conservation;
    (3) Each person who takes wildlife under this section must, as soon 
as practicable, and not more than 15 days after the harvest, submit a 
written report to the appropriate Federal land managing agency, 
specifying the harvester's name and address, the number, sex and 
species of wildlife taken, the date and locations of the taking, and 
the name of the decedent for whom the ceremony was held;
    (4) No permit or harvest ticket is required for taking under this 
section; however, the harvester must be an Alaska rural resident with 
customary and traditional use in that area where the harvesting will 
occur;
    (D) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may 
designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take deer on 
his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a community 
operating under a community harvest system. The designated hunter must 
obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest 
report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but 
may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any 
one time.

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                       Harvest limits                                            Open season                    
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                                                     Hunting                                                    
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Black Bear: 2 bears, no more than one may be a blue or       Sept. 1-June 30.                                   
 glacier bear.                                                                                                  
Brown Bear: 1 bear every four regulatory years by State      Sept. 15-Dec. 31.                                  
 registration permit only.                                   Mar. 15-ay 31.                                     
Deer:                                                                                                           

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    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 may be       Aug. 1-Dec. 31.                                    
     taken only from Sept. 15-Dec. 31.                                                                          
Goat:                                                                                                           
    Unit 1(A)--Revillagigedo Island only...................  No open season.                                    
    Unit 1(B)--that portion north of LeConte Bay. 1 goat by  Aug. 1-Dec. 31.                                    
     State registration permit only; the taking of kids or                                                      
     nannies accompanied by kids is prohibited.                                                                 
    Unit 1(B)--that portion between LeConte Bay and the      Aug. 1-Dec. 31.                                    
     North Fork of Bradfield River/Canal. 2 goats; a State                                                      
     registration permit will be required for the taking of                                                     
     the first goat and a Federal registration permit for                                                       
     the taking of a second goat; the taking of kids or                                                         
     nannies accompanied by kids is prohibited.                                                                 
    Unit 1(A) and Unit 1(B)--Remainder--2 goats by State     Aug. 1-Dec. 31.                                    
     registration permit only.                                                                                  
    Unit 1(C)--that portion draining into Lynn Canal and     Oct. 1-Nov. 30.                                    
     Stephens Passage between Antler River and Eagle                                                            
     Glacier and River, and all drainages of the Chilkat                                                        
     Range south of the Endicott River--1 goat by State                                                         
     registration permit only.                                                                                  
    Unit 1(C)--that portion draining into Stephens Passage   No open season.                                    
     and Taku Inlet between Eagle Glacier and River and                                                         
     Taku Glacier.                                                                                              
    Remainder of Unit 1(C)--1 goat by State registration     Aug. 1-Nov. 30.                                    
     permit only.                                                                                               
    Unit 1(D)--that portion lying north of the Katzehin      Sept. 15-Nov. 30.                                  
     River and northeast of the Haines highway--1 goat by                                                       
     State registration permit only.                                                                            
    Unit 1(D)--that portion lying between Taiya Inlet and    No open season.                                    
     River and the White Pass and Yukon Railroad.                                                               
    Remainder of Unit 1(D)--1 goat by State registration     Aug. 1-Dec. 31.                                    
     permit only.                                                                                               
Moose:                                                                                                          
    Unit 1(A)--1 antlered bull.............................  Sept. 15-Oct. 15.                                  
    Unit 1(B)--south and east of LeConte Bay and Glacier--1  Sept. 15-Oct. 15.                                  
     antlered bull with spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or 3                                                      
     or more brow tines on either antler, by State                                                              
     registration permit.                                                                                       
    Remainder of Unit 1(B).................................  No open season.                                    
    Unit 1(C), that portion south of Point Hobart including  Sept. 15-Oct. 15.                                  
     all Port Houghton drainages--1 antlered bull with                                                          
     spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or 3 or more brow tines                                                      
     on either antler, by State registration permit.                                                            
    Remainder of Unit 1(C)--excluding 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      Nov. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
 foxes.                                                                                                         
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,  Aug. 1-May 15.                                     
 10 in possession.                                                                                              
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40   Aug. 1-May 15.                                     
 in possession.                                                                                                 
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                                                    Trapping                                                    
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Beaver: Unit 1 (A), (B), and (C)--No limit.................  Dec. 1-May 15.                                     
Coyote: No limit...........................................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases): No     Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
 limit.                                                                                                         
Lynx: No limit.............................................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
Marten: No limit...........................................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
Mink and Weasel: No limit..................................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
Muskrat: No limit..........................................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
Otter: No limit............................................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
Wolf: No limit.............................................  Nov. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
Wolverine: No limit........................................  Nov. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
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    (2) Unit 2. Unit 2 consists of Prince of Wales Island and all 
islands west of the center lines of Clarence Strait and Kashevarof 
Passage, south and east of the center lines of Sumner Strait, and east 
of the longitude of the western most point on Warren Island.
    (i) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
15;
    (B) Boats may not be used to take ungulates, bear, wolves, or 
wolverine, except for persons certified as disabled;
    (C)The taking of wildlife outside the seasons or harvest limits 
provided in this part for food in traditional religious ceremonies 
which are part of a funerary or mortuary cycle, including memorial 
potlatches, is authorized in Units 1-5 provided that:
    (1) The person organizing the religious ceremony, or designee, 
contact the appropriate Federal land management agency prior to taking 
or attempting to take game and provides to the appropriate Federal land 
managing agency the name of the decedent, the nature of the ceremony, 
the species and number to be taken, the Unit(s) in which the taking 
will occur;
    (2) The taking does not violate recognized principles of fish and 
wildlife conservation;
    (3) Each person who takes wildlife under this section must, as soon 
as practicable, and not more than 15 days after the harvest, submit a 
written report to the appropriate Federal land managing agency, 
specifying the harvester's name and address, the number, sex and 
species of wildlife taken, the date and locations of the taking, and 
the name of the decedent for whom the ceremony was held;
    (4) No permit or harvest ticket is required for taking under this 
section; however, the harvester must be an Alaska rural resident with 
customary and traditional use in that area where the harvesting will 
occur;
    (D) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may 
designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take deer on 
his or her behalf unless the

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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                    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     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 an            Aug. 1-Dec. 31                                     
 antlerless deer. Antlerlss 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      Nov. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
 foxes.                                                                                                         
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): 5 hares per day................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                                   
Lynx: 2 lynx...............................................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
Wolf: 5 wolves.............................................  Dec. 1-Mar. 31.                                    
Wolverine: 1 wolverine.....................................  Nov. 10-Feb. 15.                                   
Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 5 per day,  Aug. 1-May 15.                                     
 10 in possession                                                                                               
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40   Aug. 1-May 15.                                     
 in possession                                                                                                  
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                                                    Trapping                                                    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Beaver: No limit...........................................  Dec. 1-May 15.                                     
Coyote: No limit...........................................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases): No     Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
 limit.                                                                                                         
Lynx: No limit.............................................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
Marten: No limit...........................................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
Mink and Weasel: No limit..................................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
Muskrat: No limit..........................................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
Otter: No limit............................................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
Wolf: No limit.............................................  Dec. 1-Mar. 1.                                     
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) The taking of wildlife outside the seasons or harvest limits 
provided in this part for food in traditional religious ceremonies 
which are part of a funerary or mortuary cycle, including memorial 
potlatches, is authorized in Units 1-5 provided that:
    (1) The person organizing the religious ceremony, or designee, 
contact the appropriate Federal land management agency prior to taking 
or attempting to take game and provides to the appropriate Federal land 
managing agency the name of the decedent, the nature of the ceremony, 
the species and number to be taken, the Unit(s) in which the taking 
will occur;
    (2) The taking does not violate recognized principles of fish and 
wildlife conservation;
    (3) Each person who takes wildlife under this section must, as soon 
as practicable, and not more than 15 days after the harvest, submit a 
written report to the appropriate Federal land managing agency, 
specifying the harvester's name and address, the number, sex and 
species of wildlife taken, the date and locations of the taking, and 
the name of the decedent for whom the ceremony was held;
    (4) No permit or harvest ticket is required for taking under this 
section; however, the harvester must be an Alaska rural resident with 
customary and traditional use in that area where the harvesting will 
occur;
    (D) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may 
designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take deer on 
his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a community 
operating under a community harvest system. The designated hunter must 
obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest 
report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but 
may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any 
one time.

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                       Harvest limits                                            Open season                    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Hunting                                                    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Black Bear: 2 bears, no more than one may be a blue or       Sept. 1-June 30.                                   
 glacier bear                                                                                                   
Deer:                                                        Oct. 15-Oct. 31.                                   

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    Unit 3--Mitkof Island, Woewodski Island, Butterworth                                                        
     Islands, and that portion of Kupreanof Island which                                                        
     includes Lindenburg Peninsula east of the Portage Bay/                                                     
     Duncan Canal Portage--1 antlered deer by State                                                             
     registration permit only; however, the city limits of                                                      
     Petersburg and Kupreanof are closed to hunting                                                             
    Remainder of Unit 3--2 antlered deer...................  Aug. 1-Nov. 30.                                    
Moose:                                                                                                          
    Unit 3--Mitkof and Wrangell Islands--1 antlered bull     Sept. 15-Oct. 15.                                  
     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      Nov. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
 foxes.                                                                                                         
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,  Aug. 1-May 15.                                     
 10 in possession                                                                                               
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40   Aug. 1-May 15.                                     
 in possession                                                                                                  
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                                                    Trapping                                                    
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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     Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
 limit.                                                                                                         
    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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    (4) Unit 4. (i) Unit 4 consists of all islands south and west of 
Unit 1(C) and north of Unit 3 including Admiralty, Baranof, Chichagof, 
Yakobi, Inian, Lemesurier, and Pleasant Islands.
    (ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
    (A) The Seymour Canal Closed Area (Admiralty Island) including all 
drainages into northwestern Seymour Canal between Staunch Point and the 
southernmost tip of the unnamed peninsula separating Swan Cove and King 
Salmon Bay including Swan and Windfall Islands, is closed to the taking 
of bears;
    (B) The Salt Lake Bay Closed Area (Admiralty Island) including all 
lands within one-fourth mile of Salt Lake above Klutchman Rock at the 
head of Mitchell Bay, is closed to the taking of bears;
    (C) Port Althorp (Chichagof Island), that area within the Port 
Althorp watershed south of a line from Point Lucan to Salt Chuck Point 
(Trap Rock), is closed to the taking of brown bears;
    (D) Northeast Chichagof Controlled Use Area (NECCUA) consisting of 
all portions of Unit 4 on Chichagof Island north of Tenakee Inlet and 
east of the drainage divide from the northwest point of Gull Cove to 
Port Frederick Portage, including all drainages into Port Frederick and 
Mud Bay, is closed to the use of any motorized land vehicle for brown 
bear hunting, or for the taking of marten, mink, or weasel.
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) Boats may not be used to take bear, wolves, or wolverine, 
except for persons certified as disabled;
    (B) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may 
designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take deer on 
his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a community 
operating under a community harvest system. The designated hunter must 
obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest 
report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but 
may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any 
one time;
    (C) The taking of wildlife outside the seasons or harvest limits 
provided in this part for food in traditional religious ceremonies 
which are part of a funerary or mortuary cycle, including memorial 
potlatches, is authorized in Units 1-5 provided that:
    (1) The person organizing the religious ceremony, or designee, 
contact the appropriate Federal land management agency prior to taking 
or attempting to take game and provides to the appropriate Federal land 
managing agency the name of the decedent, the nature of the ceremony, 
the species and number to be taken, the Unit(s) in which the taking 
will occur;
    (2) The taking does not violate recognized principles of fish and 
wildlife conservation;
    (3) Each person who takes wildlife under this section must, as soon 
as practicable, and not more than 15 days after the harvest, submit a 
written report to the appropriate Federal land managing agency, 
specifying the harvester's name and address, the number, sex and 
species of wildlife taken, the date and locations of the taking, and 
the name of the decedent for whom the ceremony was held;
    (4) No permit or harvest ticket is required for taking under this 
section; however, the harvester must be an Alaska rural resident with 
customary and traditional use in that area where the harvesting will 
occur;
    (D) Chichagof Island is closed to the use of any motorized land 
vehicle for the taking of marten, mink, and weasel.

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                       Harvest limits                                            Open season                    
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                                                    Hunting                                                     
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Brown Bear:                                                                                                     
    Unit 4--Chichagof Island south and west of a line that   Sept. 15-Dec. 31.                                  
     follows the crest of the island from Rock Point (58     Mar. 15-May 31.                                    
     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 Chichagof          Mar. 15-May 20.                                    
     Controlled Use Area--1 bear every four regulatory                                                          
     years by State registration permit only.                                                                   
    Remainder of Unit 4--1 bear every four regulatory years  Sept. 15-Dec. 31.                                  
     by State registration permit only.                      Mar. 15-May 20.                                    
Deer: 6 deer; however, antlerless deer may be taken only     Aug. 1-Jan. 31.                                    
 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      Nov. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
 foxes.                                                                                                         
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,  Aug. 1-May 15.                                     
 10 in possession.                                                                                              
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40   Aug. 1.-May 15.                                    
 in possession.                                                                                                 
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                                                    Trapping                                                    
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Beaver:                                                                                                         
    Unit 4--that portion east of Chatham Strait--No limit..  Dec. 1-May 15.                                     
    Remainder of Unit 4....................................  No open season.                                    
Coyote: No limit...........................................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases): No     Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
 limit.                                                                                                         
Lynx: No limit.............................................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
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.                                   
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    (5) Unit 5. (i) Unit 5 consists of all Gulf of Alaska drainages and 
islands between Cape Fairweather and the center line of Icy Bay, 
including the Guyot Hills:
    (A) Unit 5(A) consists of all drainages east of Yakutat Bay, 
Disenchantment Bay, and the eastern edge of Hubbard Glacier, and 
includes the islands of Yakutat and Disenchantment Bays;
    (B) Unit 5(B) consists of the remainder of Unit 5.
    (ii) Public lands within Glacier Bay National Park are closed to 
all taking of wildlife for subsistence uses.
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
15;
    (B) Boats may not be used to take ungulates, bear, wolves, or 
wolverine, except for persons certified as disabled;
    (C) Unit 5 is open to brown bear hunting by Federal registration 
permit in lieu of a State metal locking tag; no State metal locking tag 
is required for taking a brown bear in Unit 5, provided that the hunter 
has obtained a Federal registration permit prior to hunting;
    (D) The taking of wildlife outside the seasons or harvest limits 
provided in this part for food in traditional religious ceremonies 
which are part of a funerary or mortuary cycle, including memorial 
potlatches, is authorized in Units 1-5 provided that:
    (1) The person organizing the religious ceremony, or designee, 
contact the appropriate Federal land management agency prior to taking 
or attempting to take game and provides to the appropriate Federal land 
managing agency the name of the decedent, the nature of the ceremony, 
the species and number to be taken, the Unit(s) in which the taking 
will occur;
    (2) The taking does not violate recognized principles of fish and 
wildlife conservation;
    (3) Each person who takes wildlife under this section must, as soon 
as practicable, and not more than 15 days after the harvest, submit a 
written report to the appropriate Federal land managing agency, 
specifying the harvester's name and address, the number, sex and 
species of wildlife taken, the date and locations of the taking, and 
the name of the decedent for whom the ceremony was held;
    (4) No permit or harvest ticket is required for taking under this 
section; however, the harvester must be an Alaska rural resident with 
customary and traditional use in that area where the harvesting will 
occur;
    (E) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may 
designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take deer or 
moose on his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a 
community operating under a community harvest system. The designated 
hunter must obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a 
completed harvest report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number 
of recipients but may have no

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more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any one time.

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                       Harvest limits                                            Open season                    
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                                                     Hunting                                                    
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Black Bear: 2 bears, no more than one may be a blue 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 Federal registration permit only...........  Aug. 1-Jan. 31.                                    
Moose:                                                                                                          
    Unit 5(A), Nunatak Bench--1 moose by State registration  Nov. 15-Feb. 15.                                   
     permit only. The season will be closed when 5 moose                                                        
     have been taken from the Nunatak Bench.                                                                    
    Unit 5(A), except Nunatak Bench--1 antlered bull by      Oct. 8-Nov. 15.                                    
     Federal registration permit only. The season will be                                                       
     closed when 60 antlered bulls have been taken from the                                                     
     Unit. The season will be closed in that portion west                                                       
     of the Dangerous River when 30 antlered bulls have                                                         
     been taken in that area. From Oct. 15-Oct. 21, public                                                      
     lands will be closed to taking of moose, except by                                                         
     rural Alaska residents of Unit 5(A).                                                                       
    Unit 5(B)--1 antlered bull by State registration permit  Sept. 1-Dec. 15.                                   
     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       Nov. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
 foxes.                                                                                                         
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,  Aug. 1-May 15.                                     
 10 in possession.                                                                                              
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40   Aug. 1-May 15.                                     
 in possession.                                                                                                 
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                                                     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      Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
 limit.                                                                                                         
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.                                   
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    (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                    
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                                                     Hunting                                                    
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Black Bear: 1 bear.........................................  Sept. 1-June 30.                                   
Deer: 4 deer; however, antlerless deer may be taken only     Aug. 1-Dec. 31.                                    
 from Oct. 1-Dec. 31.                                                                                           
Goats:                                                                                                          
    Unit 6 (A), (B)--1 goat by State registration permit     Aug. 20-Jan. 31.                                   
     only.                                                                                                      
    Unit 6(C)..............................................  No open season.                                    

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    Unit 6(D) (subareas RG242, RG244, RG249, RG266 and       Aug. 20-Jan. 31.                                   
     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 taking of      No open season.                                    
     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 Highway and east    July 1-June 30.                                    
     of the Heney Range--No limit.                                                                              
    Remainder of Unit 6(C)--No limit.......................  July 1-June 30.                                    
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases)........  No open season.                                    
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,  Aug. 1-May 15.                                     
 10 in possession.                                                                                              
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40   Aug. 1-May 15.                                     
 in possession.                                                                                                 
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                                                    Trapping                                                    
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Beaver: 20 beaver per season...............................  Dec. 1-Mar. 31.                                    
Coyote:                                                                                                         
    Unit 6 (A), (B) and (D)--No limit......................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
    Unit 6(C)--South of the Copper River Highway and east    Nov. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
     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      Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                                   
 limit.                                                                                                         
Lynx: No limit.............................................  Jan. 1-Feb. 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:                                                                                                          
    Unit 6(D)--That portion enclosd by a line extending      No open season.                                    
     from the Unit 6 boundary at the head of Kings Bay                                                          
     northeast along the center of Kings Bay and Port                                                           
     Nellie Juan, east to Pt. Eleanor, southeast to Little                                                      
     Smith Island, southwest along the center of Icy Bay,                                                       
     and west along Tiger Glacier to the Unit of Unit 6(D)                                                      
     boundary.                                                                                                  
    Unit 6--Remainder: No limit............................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
Wolf: No limit.............................................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
Wolverine: No limit........................................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                                   
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    (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                    
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                                                     Hunting                                                    
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Black Bear: Unit 7--3 bears................................  July 1-June 30.                                    
Moose:                                                                                                          
    Unit 7, that portion draining into Kings Bay--1 bull     Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                                  
     with spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or 3 or more brow                                                       
     tines on either antler may be taken by the community                                                       
     of Chenega Bay and also by the community of Tatitlek.                                                      
     Public lands are closed to the taking of moose except                                                      
     by eligible rural residents.                                                                               
    Unit 7, Remainder......................................  No open season.                                    
Coyote: No limit...........................................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                                   
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 2       Nov. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
 foxes.                                                                                                         
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit.......................  July 1-June 30.                                    
Wolf:                                                                                                           
    Unit 7--That portion within the Kenai National Wildlife  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
     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      Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
 day, 30 in possession.                                                                                         

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Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40   Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
 in possession.                                                                                                 
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                                                    Trapping                                                    
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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      Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                                   
 limit.                                                                                                         
Lynx: No limit.............................................  Jan. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
Marten: No limit...........................................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                                   
Mink and Weasel: No limit..................................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                                   
Muskrat: No limit..........................................  Nov. 10-May 15.                                    
Otter: No limit............................................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                                   
Wolf: No limit.............................................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                                   
Wolverine: No limit........................................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                                   
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    (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                    
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                                                     Hunting                                                    
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Brown Bear: 1 bear by Federal registration permit only. Up   Dec. 1-Dec. 15.                                    
 to 1 permit may be issued in Akiok; up to 1 permit may be   Apr. 1-May 15.                                     
 issued in Karluk; up to 3 permits may be issued in Larsen                                                      
 Bay; up to 2 permits may be issued in Old Harbor; up to 2                                                      
 permits may be issued in Ouzinkie; and up to 2 permits may                                                     
 be issued in Port Lions.                                                                                       
Deer:                                                                                                           
    Unit 8--That portion of Kodiak Island north of a line    Aug. 1-Oct. 31.                                    
     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 adjacent       Aug. 1-Dec. 31.                                    
     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, antlerless deer    Aug. 1-Dec. 31.                                    
     may be taken only from Oct. 1-Dec. 31; no more than 1                                                      
     antlerless deer may be taken from Oct. 1-Nov. 30.                                                          
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 2       Sept. 1-Feb. 15.                                   
 foxes.                                                                                                         
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit.......................  July 1-June 30.                                    
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40   Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
 in possession.                                                                                                 
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                                                    Trapping                                                    
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Beaver: 30 beaver per season...............................  Nov. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No      Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
 limit.                                                                                                         
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.                                   
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    (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

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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, Lake Camp, and Rapids Camp roads and 
on the King Salmon Creek trail, and on frozen surfaces of the Naknek 
River and Big Creek;
    (C) A firearm may be used under a trapping license to take beaver 
in Unit 9(B) from April 1-May 31 and in the remainder of Unit 9 from 
April 1-April 30;
    (D) In Unit 9(B), Lake Clark National Park and Preserve only, 
residents of Nondalton, Iliamna, Newhalen, Pedro Bay, and Port Alsworth 
only, may hunt brown bear by Federal registration permit in lieu of a 
resident tag; ten permits will be available with at least one permit 
issued in each community but no more than five permits will be issued 
in a single community; the season will be closed when four females or 
ten bears have been taken, whichever occurs first;
    (E) The taking in Unit 9(B) by residents of Newhalen, Nondalton, 
Iliamna, Pedro Bay, and Port Alsworth of up to a total per regulatory 
year of 10 bull moose among the communities is allowed for ceremonial 
purposes, under the terms of a Federal registration permit. Bull moose 
may be taken from July 1 through June 30. Permits, available to all 5 
communities, will be issued until all 10 permits are used to 
individuals only at the request of a local organization. This 10 moose 
limit is not cumulative with that permitted for potlatches by the 
State.

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                       Harvest limits                                            Open season                    
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                                                     Hunting                                                    
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Black Bear: 3 bears........................................  July 1-June 30.                                    
Brown Bear:                                                                                                     
    Unit 9(B)--Lake Clark National Park and Preserve--Rural  July 1-June 30.                                    
     residents of Nondalton, Iliamna, Newhalen, Pedro Bay,                                                      
     and Port Alsworth only--1 bear by Federal registration                                                     
     permit only.                                                                                               
    Unit 9(B)-1 bear every four regulatory years...........  Oct. 1-Oct. 21. (odd years only); May 10-May 25    
                                                              (even years only).                                
    Unit 9(E)-1 bear by Federal registration permit or       Oct. 1-Dec. 31.                                    
     State harvest tag.                                      May 10-May 25.                                     
Caribou:                                                                                                        
    Unit 9(A)-4 caribou; however, no more than 2 caribou     Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
     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 than 1 may be a    Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
     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 2 bulls may   Aug. 1-Apr. 15.                                    
     be taken from Oct. 1-Nov. 30.                                                                              
    Unit 9(D)--closed to all hunting of caribou............  No open season.                                    
    Unit 9(E)--that portion southwest of the headwaters of   No open season.                                    
     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, Nondalton,    Aug. 10-Oct. 10.                                   
     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 horn.........  Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                                  
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 Naknek River   Sept. 1-Sept. 15.                                  
     from the north--1 antlered bull.                        Dec. 1-Dec. 31.                                    
    Unit 9(C)--that portion draining into the Naknek River   Aug. 20-Sept. 15.                                  
     from the south--1 antlered bull. However, during the    Dec. 1-Dec. 31.                                    
     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, antlerless      Sept. 1-Sept. 15.                                  
     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, Arctic (Blue and White): No limit.....................  Dec. 1-Mar. 15.                                    
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 2       Sept. 1-Feb. 15.                                   
 foxes.                                                                                                         
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      Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
 day, 30 in possession.                                                                                         
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40   Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
 in possession.                                                                                                 
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                                                     Trapping                                                   
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Beaver:                                                                                                         
    Unit 9(B)-40 beaver per season; however, no more than    Jan. 1-May 31.                                     
     20 may be taken between Apr. 1-May 31.                                                                     
    Remainder of Unit 9-40 beaver per season; however, no    Jan. 1-Apr. 30.                                    
     more than 20 may be taken between Apr. 1-Apr. 30.                                                          

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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      Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                                   
 limit.                                                                                                         
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.                                   
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    (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.

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                       Harvest limits                                            Open season                    
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                                                     Hunting                                                    
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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       Sept. 1-Feb. 15.                                   
 foxes.                                                                                                         
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   Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
 in possession.                                                                                                 
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                                                    Trapping                                                    
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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       Sept. 1-Feb. 15.                                   
 foxes.                                                                                                         
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.                                   
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    (11) Unit 11. Unit 11 consists of that area draining into the 
headwaters of the Copper River south of Suslota Creek and the area 
drained by all tributaries into the east bank of the Copper River 
between the confluence of Suslota Creek with the Slana River and Miles 
Glacier.
    (i) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
15;
    (B) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may 
designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take caribou 
and moose on his or her behalf. The designated hunter must obtain a 
designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest report. 
The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but may 
have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any one 
time.
    (ii) [Reserved]

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                       Harvest limits                                            Open season                    
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                                                     Hunting                                                    
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Black Bear: 3 bears........................................  July 1-June 30.                                    
Caribou:                                                                                                        
    Unit 11--Mentasta herd--1 bull by Federal registration   Aug. 1-Mar. 31.                                    
     permit only. Federal public lands are closed to the                                                        
     taking of caribou except to the residents of Chitina,                                                      
     Chistochina, Copper Center, Gakona, Gulkana, Mentasta,                                                     
     and Tazlina. Up to 15 permits may be issued.                                                               
    Unit 11--Remainder.....................................  No open season.                                    
Sheep: 1 sheep.............................................  Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                                  
Moose: 1 antlered bull.....................................  Aug. 25-Sept. 20.                                  
Coyote: 2 coyotes..........................................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                                   
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 2       Sept. 1-Feb. 15.                                   
 foxes.                                                                                                         
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit.......................  July 1-June 30.                                    
Lynx: 2 lynx...............................................  Dec. 15-Jan. 15.                                   
Wolf: 5 wolves.............................................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
Wolverine: 1 wolverine.....................................  Sept. 1-Jan. 31                                    
Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 15 per      Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
 day, 30 in possession.                                                                                         
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40   Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
 in possession.                                                                                                 
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                                                    Trapping                                                    
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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      Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                                   
 limit.                                                                                                         
Lynx: No limit.............................................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
Marten: No limit...........................................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                                   
Mink and Weasel: No limit..................................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                                   
Muskrat: No limit..........................................  Nov. 10-June 10.                                   
Otter: No limit............................................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
Wolf: No limit.............................................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
Wolverine: No limit........................................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                                   
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    (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;
    (C) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may 
designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take caribou 
and moose on his or her behalf. The designated hunter must obtain a 
designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest report. 
The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but may 
have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any one 
time.
    (ii) [Reserved]

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                       Harvest limits                                            Open season                    
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                                                     Hunting                                                    
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Black Bear: 3 bears........................................  July 1-June 30.                                    
Caribou:                                                                                                        
    Unit 12--that portion west of the Nabesna River within   No open season.                                    
     the drainages of Jack Creek, Platinum Creek, and                                                           
     Totschunda Creek--The taking of caribou is prohibited                                                      
     on public lands.                                                                                           
    Unit 12--that portion lying east of the Nabesna River    No open season.                                    
     and Nabesna Glacier, and south of the Winter Trail                                                         
     running southeast from Pickerel Lake to the Canadian                                                       
     border--The taking of caribou is prohibited on public                                                      
     lands.                                                                                                     
    Remainder of Unit 12--1 bull...........................  Sept. 1-Sept. 20.                                  
    1 bull caribou may be taken by a Federal registration    Winter season to be announced by the Board.        
     permit during a winter season to be announced for the                                                      
     rural Alaska residents of Tetlin and Northway only.                                                        
Sheep: 1 ram with full curl horn or larger.................  Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                                  
Moose:                                                                                                          
    Unit 12--that portion drained by the Tanana, Nabesna,    Aug. 20-Aug. 28.                                   
     and Chisana Rivers within the Tetlin National Wildlife  Sept. 1-Sept. 15.                                  
     Refuge and those lands within the Wrangell-St. Elias    Nov. 20-Nov. 30.                                   
     National Preserve north and east of a line formed by                                                       
     the Pickerel Lake Winter Trail from the Canadian                                                           
     border to the southern boundary of the Tetlin National                                                     
     Wildlife Refuge--1 antlered bull; however during the                                                       
     Aug. 20-Aug. 28 season only bulls with spike/fork                                                          
     antlers may be taken. The November season is open by                                                       
     Federal registration permit only.                                                                          
    Unit 12--that portion lying east of the Nabesna River,   Aug. 20-Aug. 28.                                   
     east of the Nabesna Glacier, and south of the Winter    Sept. 1-Sept. 30.                                  
     Trail running southeast from Pickerel Lake to the                                                          
     Canadian border--1 antlered bull; however during the                                                       
     Aug. 20-Aug. 28 season only bulls with spike/fork                                                          
     antlers may be taken.                                                                                      
    Unit 12--Remainder--1 antlered bull; however during the  Aug. 20-Aug. 28.                                   
     Aug. 20-Aug. 28 season only bulls with spike/fork       Sept. 1-Sept. 15.                                  
     antlers may be taken.                                                                                      
Coyote: 2 coyotes..........................................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                                   
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 10      Sept. 1-Mar. 15.                                   
 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to                                                     
 Oct. 1.                                                                                                        
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit.......................  July 1-June 30.                                    
Lynx: 2 lynx...............................................  Nov. 1-Jan. 31.                                    
Wolf: 5 wolves.............................................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
Wolverine: 1 wolverine.....................................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31                                    
Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 15 per      Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
 day, 30 in possession.                                                                                         
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40   Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
 in possession.                                                                                                 
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                                                     Trapping                                                   
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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      Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                                    
 limit.                                                                                                         
Lynx: No limit.............................................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
Marten: No limit...........................................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                                    
Mink and Weasel: No limit..................................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                                    
Muskrat: No limit..........................................  Sept. 20-June 10.                                  
Otter: No limit............................................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                                    
Wolf: No limit.............................................  Oct. 1-Apr. 30.                                    

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Wolverine: No limit........................................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                                    
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    (13) Unit 13. (i) Unit 13 consists of that area westerly of the 
east bank of the Copper River and drained by all tributaries into the 
west bank of the Copper River from Miles Glacier and including the 
Slana River drainages north of Suslota Creek; the drainages into the 
Delta River upstream from Falls Creek and Black Rapids Glacier; the 
drainages into the Nenana River upstream from the southeast corner of 
Denali National Park at Windy; the drainage into the Susitna River 
upstream from its junction with the Chulitna River; the drainage into 
the east bank of the Chulitna River upstream to its confluence with 
Tokositna River; the drainages of the Chulitna River (south of Denali 
National Park) upstream from its confluence with the Tokositna River; 
the drainages into the north bank of the Tokositna River upstream to 
the base of the Tokositna Glacier; the drainages into the Tokositna 
Glacier; the drainages into the east bank of the Susitna River between 
its confluences with the Talkeetna and Chulitna Rivers; the drainages 
into the north bank of the Talkeetna River; the drainages into the east 
bank of the Chickaloon River; the drainages of the Matanuska River 
above its confluence with the Chickaloon River:
    (A) Unit 13(A) consists of that portion of Unit 13 bounded by a 
line beginning at the Chickaloon River bridge at Mile 77.7 on the Glenn 
Highway, then along the Glenn Highway to its junction with the 
Richardson Highway, then south along the Richardson Highway to the foot 
of Simpson Hill at Mile 111.5, then east to the east bank of the Copper 
River, then northerly along the east bank of the Copper River to its 
junction with the Gulkana River, then northerly along the west bank of 
the Gulkana River to its junction with the West Fork of the Gulkana 
River, then westerly along the west bank of the West Fork of the 
Gulkana River to its source, an unnamed lake, then across the divide 
into the Tyone River drainage, down an unnamed stream into the Tyone 
River, then down the Tyone River to the Susitna River, then down the 
southern bank of the Susitna River to the mouth of Kosina Creek, then 
up Kosina Creek to its headwaters, then across the divide and down 
Aspen Creek to the Talkeetna River, then southerly along the boundary 
of Unit 13 to the Chickaloon River bridge, the point of beginning;
    (B) Unit 13(B) consists of that portion of Unit 13 bounded by a 
line beginning at the confluence of the Copper River and the Gulkana 
River, then up the east bank of the Copper River to the Gakona River, 
then up the Gakona River and Gakona Glacier to the boundary of Unit 13, 
then westerly along the boundary of Unit 13 to the Susitna Glacier, 
then southerly along the west bank of the Susitna Glacier and the 
Susitna River to the Tyone River, then up the Tyone River and across 
the divide to the headwaters of the West Fork of the Gulkana River, 
then down the West Fork of the Gulkana River to the confluence of the 
Gulkana River and the Copper River, the point of beginning;
    (C) Unit 13(C) consists of that portion of Unit 13 east of the 
Gakona River and Gakona Glacier;
    (D) Unit 13(D) consists of that portion of Unit 13 south of Unit 
13(A);
    (E) Unit 13(E) consists of the remainder of Unit 13.
    (ii) Within the following areas, the taking of wildlife for 
subsistence uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
    (A) lands within Mount McKinley National Park as it existed prior 
to December 2, 1980 are closed to subsistence. Subsistence uses as 
authorized by this paragraph (k)(13) are permitted in Denali National 
Preserve and lands added to Denali National Park on December 2, 1980;
    (B) use of motorized vehicles or pack animals for hunting is 
prohibited from Aug. 5--Aug. 25 in the Delta Controlled Use Area, the 
boundary of which is defined as: a line beginning at the confluence of 
Miller Creek and the Delta River, then west to vertical angle bench 
mark Miller, then west to include all drainages of Augustana Creek and 
Black Rapids Glacier, then north and east to include all drainages of 
McGinnis Creek to its confluence with the Delta River, then east in a 
straight line across the Delta River to Mile 236.7 Richardson Highway, 
then north along the Richardson Highway to its junction with the Alaska 
Highway, then east along the Alaska Highway to the west bank of the 
Johnson River, then south along the west bank of the Johnson River and 
Johnson Glacier to the head of the Cantwell Glacier, then west along 
the north bank of the Canwell Glacier and Miller Creek to the Delta 
River;
    (C) except for access and transportation of harvested wildlife on 
Sourdough and Haggard Creeks, Meiers Lake trails, or other trails 
designated by the Board, the use of motorized vehicles for subsistence 
hunting, is prohibited in the Sourdough Controlled Use Area. The 
Sourdough Controlled Use Area consists of that portion of Unit 13(B) 
bounded by a line beginning at the confluence of Sourdough Creek and 
the Gulkana River, then northerly along Sourdough Creek to the 
Richardson Highway at approximately Mile 148, then northerly along the 
Richardson Highway to the Meiers Creek Trail at approximately Mile 170, 
then westerly along the trail to the Gulkana River, then southerly 
along the east bank of the Gulkana River to its confluence with 
Sourdough Creek, the point of beginning.
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
15;
    (B) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may 
designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take caribou 
and moose on his or her behalf. The designated hunter must obtain a 
designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest report. 
The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but may 
have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any one 
time.

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                       Harvest limits                                            Open season                    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Hunting                                                    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Black Bear: 3 bears........................................  July 1-June 30.                                    
Caribou: 2 caribou by Federal registration permit only.      Aug. 10-Sept. 30.                                  
 Hunting within the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline right-of-way   Jan. 5-Mar. 31.                                    
 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 and Delta    Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                                  
 Management Areas--1 ram with \7/8\ curl horn.                                                                  
Moose:                                                                                                          

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    Unit 13(E)-1 antlered bull moose by Federal              Aug. 1-Sept. 20.                                   
     registration permit only; only 1 permit will be issued                                                     
     per household.                                                                                             
    Unit 13--Remainder--1 antlered bull moose by Federal     Aug. 1-Sept. 20.                                   
     registration permit only.                                                                                  
Coyote: 2 coyotes..........................................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                                   
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 2       Sept. 1-Feb. 15                                    
 foxes.                                                                                                         
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit.......................  July 1-June 30                                     
Lynx: 2 lynx...............................................  Dec. 15-Jan. 15.                                   
Wolf: 5 wolves.............................................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
Wolverine: 1 wolverine.....................................  Sept. 1-Jan. 31.                                   
Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 15 per      Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
 day, 30 in possession.                                                                                         
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40   Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
 in possession.                                                                                                 
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                                                    Trapping                                                    
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Beaver: 30 beaver per season...............................  Oct. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
Coyote: No limit...........................................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No      Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                                   
 limit.                                                                                                         
Lynx: No limit.............................................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
Marten: No limit...........................................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                                   
Mink and Weasel: No limit..................................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                                   
Muskrat: No limit..........................................  Nov. 10-June 10.                                   
Otter: No limit............................................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
Wolf: No limit.............................................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31                                    
Wolverine: No limit........................................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                                   
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    (14) Unit 14. (i) Unit 14 consists of drainages into the north side 
of Turnagain Arm west of and excluding the Portage Creek drainage, 
drainages into Knik Arm excluding drainages of the Chickaloon and 
Matanuska Rivers in Unit 13, drainages into the north side of Cook 
Inlet east of the Susitna River, drainages into the east bank of the 
Susitna River downstream from the Talkeetna River, and drainages into 
the south bank of the Talkeetna River:
    (A) Unit 14(A) consists of drainages in Unit 14 bounded on the west 
by the Susitna River, on the north by Willow Creek, Peters Creek, and 
by a line from the head of Peters Creek to the head of the Chickaloon 
River, on the east by the eastern boundary of Unit 14, and on the south 
by Cook Inlet, Knik Arm, the south bank of the Knik River from its 
mouth to its junction with Knik Glacier, across the face of Knik 
Glacier and along the north side of Knik Glacier to the Unit 6 
boundary;
    (B) Unit 14(B) consists of that portion of Unit 14 north of Unit 
14(A);
    (C) Unit 14(C) consists of that portion of Unit 14 south of Unit 
14(A).
    (ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
    (A) The Fort Richardson and Elmendorf Air Force Base Management 
Areas, consisting of the Fort Richardson and Elmendorf Military 
Reservation, are closed to the subsistence taking of wildlife;
    (B) The Anchorage Management Area, consisting of all drainages 
south of Elmendorf and Fort Richardson military reservations and north 
of and including Rainbow Creek is closed to subsistence taking of 
wildlife for subsistence uses.
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) In Unit 14(A), bait may be used to hunt black bear between 
April 15 and May 25.
    (B) [Reserved]

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                       Harvest limits                                            Open season                    
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                                                     Hunting                                                    
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Black Bear: Unit 14 (A) and (C)--1 bear....................  July 1-June 30.                                    
Brown Bear: Unit 14(A)--1 bear every four regulatory years.  Sept. 15-Oct. 10.                                  
                                                             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    Nov. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
 14--2 foxes.                                                                                                   
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 possession.....  Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
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                                                     Trapping                                                   
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Beaver:                                                                                                         
    Unit 14(A)--30 beaver per season.......................  Nov. 10-Apr. 30.                                   

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    Unit 14(C)--that portion within the drainages of         Dec. 1-Apr. 15.                                    
     Glacier Creek, Kern Creek, Peterson Creek, the                                                             
     Twentymile River and the drainages of Knik River                                                           
     outside Chugach State Park--20 beaver per season.                                                          
Coyote:                                                                                                         
    Unit 14(A)--No limit...................................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
    Unit 14(C)--No limit...................................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                                   
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):                                                            
    Unit 14(A)--No limit...................................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                                   
    Unit 14(C)--1 fox......................................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                                   
Lynx: No limit.............................................  Dec. 15-Jan. 15.                                   
Marten: No limit...........................................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                                   
Mink and Weasel: No limit..................................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                                   
Muskrat: No limit..........................................  Nov. 10-May 15.                                    
Otter:                                                                                                          
    Unit 14(A)--No limit...................................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
    Unit 14(C)--No limit...................................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                                   
Wolf:                                                                                                           
    Unit 14(A)--No limit...................................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
    Unit 14(C)--No limit...................................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28                                    
Wolverine: No limit........................................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                                   
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    (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;
    (E) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may 
designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take moose on 
his or her behalf. The designated hunter must obtain a designated 
hunter permit and must return a completed harvest report. The 
designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but may have no 
more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any one time.

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                       Harvest limits                                            Open season                    
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                                                     Hunting                                                    
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Black Bear:                                                                                                     
    Unit 15(C)--3 bears....................................  July 1-June 30.                                    
    Unit 15 Remainder......................................  No open season.                                    
Moose:                                                                                                          
    Unit 15(A)--excluding the Skilak Loop Wildlife           Aug. 18-Sept. 20.                                  
     Management Area.--1 antlered bull with spike-fork or                                                       
     50-inch antlers or with 3 or more brow tines on either                                                     
     antler, by Federal registration permit only.                                                               
    Unit 15(A)--Skilak Loop Wildlife Management Area No                                                         
     open season..                                                                                              
    Unit 15 (B) and (C)-1 antlered bull with spike-fork or   Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                                  
     50-inch antlers or with 3 or more brow tines on either                                                     
     antler, by Federal registration permit only.                                                               
Coyote: No limit...........................................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30                                    
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit.......................  July 1-June 30.                                    
Wolf:                                                                                                           
    Unit 15--that portion within the Kenai National          Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
     Wildlife Refuge--2 Wolves.                                                                                 
    Unit 15--Remainder--5 Wolves...........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
Wolverine: 1 Wolverine.....................................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                                   
Grouse (Spruce): 15 per day, 30 in possession..............  Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
Grouse (Ruffed)............................................  No open season                                     
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):                                                                     
    Unit 15 (A) and (B)-20 per day, 40 in possession.......  Aug. 10-Mar. 31                                    
    Unit 15(C)-20 per day, 40 in possession................  Aug. 10-Dec. 31                                    

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    Unit 15(C)--5 per day, 10 in possession................  Jan. 1-Mar. 31.                                    
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                                                     Trapping                                                   
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Beaver: 20 Beaver per season...............................  Dec. 1-Mar. 31.                                    
Coyote: No limit...........................................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                                   
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 1 Fox.  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                                   
Lynx: No limit.............................................  Jan. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
Marten:                                                                                                         
    Unit 15(B)--that portion east of the Kenai River,        No open season                                     
     Skilak Lake, Skilak River and Skilak Glacier.                                                              
    Remainder of Unit 15--No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                                   
Mink and Weasel: No limit..................................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                                   
Muskrat: No limit..........................................  Nov. 10-May 15.                                    
Otter:                                                                                                          
    Unit 15 (A), (B)--No limit.............................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                                   
    Unit 15(C)--No limit...................................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                                   
Wolf: No limit.............................................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                                   
Wolverine: Unit 15 (B) and (C)--No limit...................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                                   
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    (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 this paragraph (k)(16) are permitted in Denali National 
Preserve and lands added to Denali National Park on December 2, 1980.
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
15.
    (B) [Reserved]

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                       Harvest limits                                            Open season                    
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                                                     Hunting                                                    
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Black Bear: 3 bears........................................  July 1-June 30.                                    
Caribou: 1 caribou.........................................  Aug. 10-Oct. 31.                                   
Moose:                                                                                                          
    Unit 16(B)--Redoubt Bay Drainages south and west of,     Sept. 1-Sept. 15.                                  
     and including the Kustatan River drainage--1 antlered                                                      
     bull.                                                                                                      
    Remainder of Unit 16(B)-1 moose; however, antlerless     Sept. 1-Sept. 30.                                  
     moose may be taken only from Sept. 25-Sept. 30 and      Dec. 1-Feb. 28.                                    
     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       Sept. 1-Feb. 15.                                   
 foxes.                                                                                                         
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      Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
 day, 30 in possession.                                                                                         
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40   Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
 in possession.                                                                                                 
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                                                    Trapping                                                    
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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      Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                                   
 limit.                                                                                                         
Lynx: No limit.............................................  Dec. 15-Jan. 15.                                   
Marten: No limit...........................................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                                   
Mink and Weasel: No limit..................................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.                                   
Muskrat: No limit..........................................  Nov. 10-June 10.                                   
Otter: No limit............................................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
Wolf: No limit.............................................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
Wolverine: No limit........................................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                                   
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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;

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    (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                    
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                                                     Hunting                                                    
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Black Bear: 2 bears........................................  Aug. 1-May 31.                                     
Brown Bear:                                                                                                     
    Unit 17(A) and that portion of Unit 17(B) draining into  Sept. 1-May 31.                                    
     the Nuyakuk Lake and Tikchik Lake--1 bear.                                                                 
    Remainder of Unit 17(B) and 17(C)--1 bear every four     Sept. 10-Oct. 10                                   
     regulatory years.                                       April 15-May 25.                                   
Caribou:                                                                                                        
    Unit 17(A)--that portion west of the Togiak River,       Season to be opened by announcement of the Togiak  
     Togiak Lake, Izavieknik River, Upper Togiak Lake, and    National Wildlife Refuge Manager between Aug. 1-  
     south to Cape Newenham--2 caribou.                       Mar. 31.                                          
    Unit 17 (A) and (C)--that portion of 17 (A) and (C)      Aug. 1-Aug. 31.                                    
     consisting of the Nushagak Peninsula south of the       Dec. 1-Mar. 31.                                    
     Igushik River, Tuklung River and Tuklung Hills, west                                                       
     to Tvativak Bay--2 caribou by Federal registration                                                         
     permit. Public lands are closed to the taking of                                                           
     caribou except by the residents of Togiak, Twin Hills,                                                     
     Manokotak, Aleknagik, Dillingham, Clark's Point, and                                                       
     Ekuk during seasons identified above.                                                                      
    Unit 17 (B) and (C)--that portion of 17(C) east of the   Aug. 1-Apr. 15.                                    
     Wood River and Woood River Lakes--5 caribou; however,                                                      
     no more than 2 bulls may be taken from Oct. 1-Nov. 30.                                                     
    Unit 17(A), remainder and 17(C), remainder--selected     Season, harvest limit, and hunt area to be         
     drainages; a harvest limit of up to 5 caribou will be    announced by the Togiak National Wildife Refuge   
     determined at the time the season is announced.          Manager between Aug. 1-Mar. 31.                   
Sheep: 1 ram with full curl horn or larger.................  Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                                  
Moose:                                                                                                          
    Unit 17(B)--that portion that includes all the           Aug. 20-Sept. 10.                                  
     Mulchatna River drainage upstream from and including                                                       
     the Chilchitna River drainage--1 bull by State                                                             
     registration permit only during the period Aug. 20-                                                        
     Aug. 31. During the period Sept. 1-Sept. 10 only a                                                         
     spike/fork bull or a bull with 50-inch antlers or with                                                     
     3 or more brow tines on one side may be taken with a                                                       
     State harvest ticket.                                                                                      
    Remainder of Unit 17(B)--1 bull by State registration    Aug. 20-Sept. 10.                                  
     permit only during the periods Aug. 20-Aug. 31 and      Dec. 15-Dec. 31.                                   
     Dec. 15-Dec. 31. During the period Sept. 1-Sept. 10                                                        
     only a spike/fork bull or a bull with 50-inch antlers                                                      
     or with 3 or more brow tines on one side may be taken                                                      
     with a State harvest ticket.                                                                               
    Unit 17(C)--that portion that includes the Iowithla      Aug. 20-Sept. 10.                                  
     drainage and Sunshine Valley and all lands west of                                                         
     Wood River and south of Aleknagik Lake--1 bull by                                                          
     State registration permit only during the period Aug.                                                      
     20-Aug. 31. During the period Sept. 1-Sept. 10 only a                                                      
     spike/fork bull or a bull with 50-inch antlers or with                                                     
     3 or more brow tines on one side may be taken with a                                                       
     State harvest ticket.                                                                                      
    Remainder of Unit 17(C)--1 bull by State registration    Aug. 20-Sept. 10.                                  
     permit only during the periods Aug. 20-Aug. 31 and      Dec. 15-Dec. 31.                                   
     Dec. 15-Dec. 31. During the period Sept. 1-Sept. 10                                                        
     only a spike/fork bull or a bull with 50-inch antlers                                                      
     or with 3 or more brow tines on one side may be taken                                                      
     with a State harvest ticket.                                                                               
Coyote: 2 coyotes..........................................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                                   
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No limit...............  Dec. 1--Mar. 15.                                   
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 2       Sept. 1-Feb. 15.                                   
 foxes.                                                                                                         
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      Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
 day, 30 in possession.                                                                                         
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40   Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
 in possession.                                                                                                 
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                                                     Trapping                                                   
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Beaver: Unit 17-40 beaver per season.......................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                                   
Coyote: No limit...........................................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No limit...............  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No      Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
 limit.                                                                                                         
Lynx: No limit.............................................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
Marten: No limit...........................................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                                   

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Mink and Weasel: No limit..................................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
Muskrat: No limit..........................................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                                   
Otter: No limit............................................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.                                   
Wolf: No limit.............................................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
Wolverine: No limit........................................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
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    (18) Unit 18. (i) Unit 18 consists of that area draining into the 
Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers downstream from a straight line drawn 
between Lower Kalskag and Paimiut and the drainages flowing into the 
Bering Sea from Cape Newenham on the south to and including the 
Pastolik River drainage on the north; Nunivak, St. Matthew, and 
adjacent islands between Cape Newenham and the Pastolik River.
    (ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
    (A) The Kalskag Controlled Use Area which consists of that portion 
of Unit 18 bounded by a line from Lower Kalskag on the Kuskokwim River, 
northwesterly to Russian Mission on the Yukon River, then east along 
the north bank of the Yukon River to the old site of Paimiut, then back 
to Lower Kalskag is closed to the use of aircraft for hunting any 
ungulate, bear, wolf, or wolverine, including the transportation of any 
hunter and ungulate, bear, wolf, or wolverine part; however, this does 
not apply to transportation of a hunter or ungulate, bear, wolf, or 
wolverine part by aircraft between publicly owned airports in the 
Controlled Use Area or between a publicly owned airport within the Area 
and points outside the Area;
    (B) The Western Alaska Brown Bear Management Area which consists of 
Unit 17(A), that portion of 17(B) draining into Nuyakuk Lake and 
Tikchik Lake, Unit 18, and that portion of Unit 19 (A) and (B) 
downstream of and including the Aniak River drainage, is open to brown 
bear hunting by State registration permit in lieu of a resident tag; no 
resident tag is required for taking brown bears in the Western Alaska 
Brown Bear Management Area, provided that the hunter has obtained a 
State registration permit prior to hunting.
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) A firearm may be used to take beaver under a trapping license 
in Unit 18 from Apr. 1-Jun. 10;
    (B) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may 
designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take caribou 
south of the Yukon River on his or her behalf. The designated hunter 
must obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a completed 
harvest report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number of 
recipients but may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her 
possession at any one time.

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                       Harvest limits                                            Open season                    
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                                                     Hunting                                                    
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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 River--Kilbuck  Season to be announced by the Yukon Delta National 
     caribou herd; rural Alaska residents domiciled in        Wildlife Refuge Manager between Aug. 25 and Mar.  
     Tuluksak, Akiak, Akiachak, Kwethluk, Bethel,             31.                                               
     Oscarville, Napaskiak, Napakiak, Kasigluk,                                                                 
     Atmauthluak, Nunapitchuk, Tuntutuliak, Eek, Quinhagak,                                                     
     Goodnews Bay, Platinum, Togiak, and Twin Hills, only.                                                      
     A harvest limit of up to 5 caribou will be determined                                                      
     at the time the season is announced and will be based                                                      
     on the management objectives in the ``Qavilnguut                                                           
     (Kilbuck) Caribou Herd Cooperative Management Plan.''                                                      
     The season will be closed when the total harvest                                                           
     reaches guidelines as described in the approved                                                            
     ``Qavilnguut (Kilbuck) Caribou Herd Cooperative                                                            
     Management Plan''.                                                                                         
    Unit 18--that portion north of the Yukon River--5        Aug. 1-Mar. 31.                                    
     caribou per day.                                                                                           
    Remainder of Unit 18...................................  No open season.                                    
Moose:                                                                                                          
    Unit 18--that portion north and west of a line from      Sept. 5-Sept. 25.                                  
     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 drainages...  No open season.                                    
    Unit 18--Kuskokwim River drainage--1 antlered bull. A    Aug. 25-Sept. 25. Winter season to be announced.   
     10-day hunt (1 bull, evidence of sex required) will be                                                     
     opened by announcement sometime between Dec. 1 and                                                         
     Feb. 28.                                                                                                   
    Remainder of Unit 18--1 antlered bull. A 10-day hunt (1  Sept. 1-Sept. 30. Winter season to be announced.   
     bull, evidence of sex required) will be opened by                                                          
     announcement sometime between Dec. 1 and Feb. 28.                                                          
    Public lands in Unit 18 are closed to the hunting of                                                        
     moose, except by Federally-qualified rural Alaska                                                          
     residents 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      Sept. 1-Mar. 15.                                   
 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to                                                     
 Oct. 1.                                                                                                        
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit.......................  July 1-June 30.                                    
Lynx: 2 lynx...............................................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
Wolf: 5 wolves.............................................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
Wolverine: 1 wolverine.....................................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                                   
Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 15 per      Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
 day, 30 in possession.                                                                                         
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40   Aug. 10-May 30.                                    
 in possession.                                                                                                 
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                                                     Trapping                                                   
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Beaver: No limit...........................................  Nov. 1-June 10.                                    
Coyote: No limit...........................................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                                   

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Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No limit...............  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No      Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
 limit.                                                                                                         
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.                                   
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    (19) Unit 19. (i) Unit 19 consists of the Kuskokwim River drainage 
upstream from a straight line drawn between Lower Kalskag and Piamiut:
    (A) Unit 19(A) consists of the Kuskokwim River drainage downstream 
from and including the Moose Creek drainage on the north bank and 
downstream from and including the Stony River drainage on the south 
bank, excluding Unit 19(B);
    (B) Unit 19(B) consists of the Aniak River drainage upstream from 
and including the Salmon River drainage, the Holitna River drainage 
upstream from and including the Bakbuk Creek drainage, that area south 
of a line from the mouth of Bakbuk Creek to the radar dome at 
Sparrevohn Air Force Base, including the Hoholitna River drainage 
upstream from that line, and the Stony River drainage upstream from and 
including the Can Creek drainage;
    (C) Unit 19(C) consists of that portion of Unit 19 south and east 
of a line from Benchmark M#1.26 (approximately 1.26 miles south of the 
northwest corner of the original Mt. McKinley National Park boundary) 
to the peak of Lone Mountain, then due west to Big River, including the 
Big River drainage upstream from that line, and including the Swift 
River drainage upstream from and including the North Fork drainage;
    (D) Unit 19(D) consists of the remainder of Unit 19.
    (ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
    (A) Lands within Mount McKinley National Park as it existed prior 
to December 2, 1980, are closed to subsistence uses. Subsistence uses 
as authorized by this paragraph (k)(19) are permitted in Denali 
National Preserve and lands added to Denali National Park on December 
2, 1980;
    (B) The Upper Kuskokwim Controlled Use Area, which consists of that 
portion of Unit 19(D) upstream from the mouth of Big River including 
the drainages of the Big River, Middle Fork, South Fork, East Fork, and 
Tonzona River, and bounded by a line following the west bank of the 
Swift Fork (McKinley Fork) of the Kuskokwim River to 152 deg. 50' W. 
long., then north to the boundary of Denali National Preserve, then 
following the western boundary of Denali National Preserve north to its 
intersection with the Minchumina-Telida winter trail, then west to the 
crest of Telida Mountain, then north along the crest of Munsatli Ridge 
to elevation 1,610, then northwest to Dyckman Mountain and following 
the crest of the divide between the Kuskokwim River and the Nowitna 
drainage, and the divide between the Kuskokwim River and the Nixon Fork 
River to Loaf bench mark on Halfway Mountain, then south to the west 
side of Big River drainage, the point of beginning, is closed during 
moose hunting seasons to the use of aircraft for hunting moose, 
including transportation of any moose hunter or moose part; however, 
this does not apply to transportation of a moose hunter or moose part 
by aircraft between publicly owned airports in the Controlled Use Area, 
or between a publicly owned airport within the area and points outside 
the area;
    (C) The Western Alaska Brown Bear Management Area, which consists 
of Unit 17(A), that portion of 17(B) draining into Nuyakuk Lake and 
Tikchik Lake, Unit 18, and that portion of Unit 19 (A) and (B) 
downstream of and including the Aniak River drainage, is open to brown 
bear hunting by State registration permit in lieu of a resident tag; no 
resident tag is required for taking brown bears in the Western Alaska 
Brown Bear Management Area, provided that the hunter has obtained a 
State registration permit prior to hunting.
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
30.
    (B) [Reserved]

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                       Harvest limits                                            Open season                    
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                                                     Hunting                                                    
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Black Bear: 3 bears........................................  July 1-June 30.                                    
Brown Bear:                                                                                                     
    Unit 19 (A) and (B) that portion which is downstream of  Sept 1-May 31.                                     
     and including the Aniak River drainage--1 bear.                                                            
    Remainder of Unit 19 (A), (B), and (D)--1 bear every     Sept. 1-May 31.                                    
     four regulatory years.                                                                                     
Caribou:                                                                                                        
    Unit 19(A) north of Kuskokwim River--1 caribou.........  Aug. 10-Sept. 30.                                  
    Unit 19(A) south of the Kuskokwim River, and Unit 19(B)  Aug. 1-Aug. 15.                                    
     (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 River and     Aug. 10-Sept. 30.                                  
     North Fork of the Kuskokwim River--1 caribou.           Nov. 1-Jan. 31.                                    
    Remainder of Unit 19(D)--1 caribou.....................  Aug. 10-Sept. 30.                                  
    Unit 19--Rural Alaska residents domiciled in Lime        July 1-June 30.                                    
     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:                                                                                                          

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    Unit 19--Rural Alaska residents of Lime Village only--   July 1-June 30.                                    
     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 Kuskokwim River    Sept. 1-Sept. 20.                                  
     upstream from, but not including the Kolmakof River     Nov. 20-Nov. 30.                                   
     drainage and south of the Kuskokwim River upstream      Jan. 1-Jan. 10.                                    
     from, but not including the Holokuk River drainage--1   Feb. 1-Feb. 10.                                    
     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 Kuskokwim          Sept. 1-Sept. 30.                                  
     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 Kuskokwim Controlled  Sept. 1-Sept. 30.                                  
     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      Sept. 1-Mar. 15.                                   
 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to                                                     
 Oct. 1.                                                                                                        
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit.......................  July 1-June 30.                                    
Lynx: 2 lynx...............................................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                                    
Wolf: 5 wolves.............................................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
Wolverine: 1 wolverine.....................................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                                   
Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 15 per      Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
 day, 30 in possession.                                                                                         
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40   Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
 in possession.                                                                                                 
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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      Nov. 1-Mar. 31.                                    
 limit.                                                                                                         
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 this paragraph (k)(20) are permitted in Denali 
National Preserve and lands added to Denali National Park on December 
2, 1980;
    (B) Use of motorized vehicles or pack animals for hunting is 
prohibited from Aug. 5-Aug. 25 in the Delta Controlled Use Area, the 
boundary of which is defined as: a line beginning at the confluence of 
Miller Creek and the Delta River, then west to vertical angle bench 
mark Miller, then west to include all drainages of Augustana Creek and 
Black Rapids Glacier, then north and east to include all drainages of 
McGinnis Creek to its confluence with the Delta River, then east in a 
straight line across the Delta River to Mile 236.7 Richardson Highway, 
then north along the Richardson Highway to its junction with the Alaska 
Highway, then east along the Alaska Highway to the west bank of the 
Johnson River, then south along the west bank of the Johnson River and 
Johnson Glacier to the head of the

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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 does not 
prohibit motorized access via, or transportation of harvested wildlife 
on, the Taylor Highway or any airport;
    (E) The Minto Flats Management Area, which consists of that portion 
of Unit 20 bounded by the Elliot Highway beginning at Mile 118, then 
northeasterly to Mile 96, then east to the Tolovana Hotsprings Dome, 
then east to the Winter Cat Trail, then along the Cat Trail south to 
the Old Telegraph Trail at Dunbar, then westerly along the trail to a 
point where it joins the Tanana River three miles above Old Minto, then 
along the north bank of the Tanana River (including all channels and 
sloughs except Swan Neck Slough), to the confluence of the Tanana and 
Tolovana Rivers and then northerly to the point of beginning, is open 
to moose hunting by permit only;
    (F) The Fairbanks Management Area, which consists of the Goldstream 
subdivision (SE \1/4\ SE \1/4\, Section 28 and Section 33, Township 2 
North, Range 1 West, Fairbanks Meridian) and that portion of Unit 20(B) 
bounded by a line from the confluence of Rosie Creek and the Tanana 
River, northerly along Rosie Creek to the divide between Rosie Creek 
and Cripple Creek, then down Cripple Creek to its confluence with Ester 
Creek, then up Ester Creek to its confluence with Ready Bullion Creek, 
then up Ready Bullion Creek to the summit of Ester Dome, then down 
Sheep Creek to its confluence with Goldstream Creek, then easterly 
along Goldstream Creek to its confluence with First Chance Creek, then 
up First Chance Creek to Tungsten Hill, then southerly along Steele 
Creek to its intersection with the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, then 
southerly along the pipeline right-of-way to the Chena River, then 
along the north bank of the Chena River to the Moose Creek dike, then 
southerly along Moose Creek dike to its intersection with the Tanana 
River, and then westerly along the north bank of the Tanana River to 
the point of beginning, is open to moose hunting by bow and arrow only.
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
30;
    (B) Trapping of wolves in Unit 20(E) during April and October with 
a steel trap, or with a snare using cable smaller than \3/32\ inch 
diameter, is prohibited;
    (C) The taking of up to three moose per regulatory year by the 
residents of Unit 20 and 21 is allowed for the celebration known as the 
Nuchalawoyya Potlatch, under the terms of a Federal registration 
permit. Permits will be issued to individuals only at the request of 
the Native Village of Tanana. This three moose limit is not cumulative 
with that permitted by the State.

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                       Harvest limits                                            Open season                    
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                                                     Hunting                                                    
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Black Bear: 3 bears........................................  July 1-June 30.                                    
Brown Bear: Unit 20--except Unit 20(E)--1 bear every four    Sept. 1-May 31.                                    
 regulatory years.                                                                                              
Caribou:                                                                                                        
    Unit 20(E)--1 bull by Federal registration permit only;  Aug. 10-Sept. 30.                                  
     the season will close when a combined State/Federal     Nov. 15-Feb. 28.                                   
     harvest quota of 150 for the Fortymile herd has been                                                       
     reached.                                                                                                   
    Unit 20(F)--Tozitna River drainage--1 caribou; however,  Aug. 10-Sept. 30.                                  
     only bull caribou may be taken Aug. 10-Sept. 30.        Nov. 26-Dec. 10.                                   
                                                             Mar. 1-Mar. 15.                                    
    Unit 20(F)--south of the Yukon River--1 caribou........  Dec. 1-Dec. 31.                                    
    Remainder of Unit 20(F)--1 bull........................  Aug. 10-Sept. 30.                                  
Moose:                                                                                                          
    Unit 20(A)--1 antlered bull............................  Sept. 1-Sept. 20.                                  
    Unit 20(B)--that portion within the Minto Flats          Sept. 1-Sept. 20.                                  
     Management Area--1 bull by Federal registration permit  Jan. 10-Feb. 28.                                   
     only.                                                                                                      
    Unit 20(B)--the drainage of the Middle Fork of the       Sept. 1-Sept. 20.                                  
     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 National Park     Sept. 1-Sept. 30.                                  
     and Preserve west of the Toklat River, excluding lands  Nov. 15-Dec. 15.                                   
     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; however,       Sept. 1-Sept. 30.                                  
     white-phased or partial albino (more than 50 percent                                                       
     white) moose may not be taken.                                                                             

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    Unit 20(E)--that portion drained by the Ladue, Sixty-    Aug. 20-Aug. 28.                                   
     mile, and Forty-mile Rivers (all forks) from Mile 9\1/  Sept. 1-Sept. 15.                                  
     2\ to Mile 145 Taylor Highway, including the Boundary                                                      
     Cutoff Road--1 antlered bull; however during the                                                           
     period Aug. 20-Aug. 28 only a bull with Spike/fork                                                         
     antlers may be taken.                                                                                      
    Remainder of Unit 20(E)--that portion draining into the  Aug. 20-Aug. 28.                                   
     Yukon River upstream from and including the Charley     Sept. 1-Sept. 30.                                  
     River drainage to and including the Boundary Creek                                                         
     drainages and the Taylor Highway from mile 145 to                                                          
     Eagle--1 antlered bull; however during the period Aug.                                                     
     20-Aug. 28 only a bull with Spike/fork antlers may be                                                      
     taken.                                                                                                     
    Unit 20(F)--that portion within the Dalton Highway       Sept. 1-Sept. 25.                                  
     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.                                   
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 10      Sept. 1-Mar. 15.                                   
 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to                                                     
 Oct. 1.                                                                                                        
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit.......................  July 1-June 30.                                    
Lynx:                                                                                                           
    Unit 20(E)--2 lynx.....................................  Nov. 1-Jan. 31.                                    
    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 Tanana River and   Aug. 25-Mar. 31.                                   
     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 possession.......  Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):                                                                     
    Unit 20--those portions within five miles of Alaska      Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                                   
     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 possession.......  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
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Beaver:                                                                                                         
    Unit 20(A), 20(B), Unit 20(C), Unit 20(E), and 20(D)--   Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                                    
     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      Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                                    
 limit.                                                                                                         
Lynx:                                                                                                           
    Unit 20 (A), (B), (D), (E), and (C) east of the          Dec. 1-Feb. 15.                                    
     Teklanika River--No limit.                                                                                 
    Unit 20(F) and the remainder of 20(C)--No limit........  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                                    
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:

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    (A) The Koyukuk Controlled Use Area, which consists of those 
portions of Units 21 and 24 bounded by a line from the north bank of 
the Yukon River at Koyukuk, then northerly to the confluences of the 
Honhosa and Kateel Rivers, then northeasterly to the confluences of 
Billy Hawk Creek and the Huslia River (65 deg. 57' N. lat., 156 deg. 
41' W. long.), then easterly to the south end of Solsmunket Lake, then 
east to Hughes, then south to Little Indian River, then southwesterly 
to the crest of Hochandochtla Mountain, then southwest to the mouth of 
Cottonwood Creek, then southwest to Bishop Rock, then westerly along 
the north bank of the Yukon River (including Koyukuk Island) to the 
point of beginning, is closed during moose-hunting seasons to the use 
of aircraft for hunting moose, including transportation of any moose 
hunter or moose part; however, this does not apply to transportation of 
a 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                    
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                                                     Hunting                                                    
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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 east of the     Aug. 10-Sept. 30.                                  
     Koyukuk River: 1 caribou; however, 2 additional         Winter season to be announced.                     
     caribou may be taken during a winter season to be                                                          
     announced.                                                                                                 
    Unit 21(D)--Remainder (Western Arctic Caribou herd): 5   July 10-June 30.                                   
     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; moose may not be taken within one-  Sept. 1-Sept. 25.                                  
     half mile of the Yukon River during the February        Feb. 1-Feb. 10.                                    
     season. During the Sept. 1-Sept. 25 season a State                                                         
     registration permit is required.                                                                           
    Unit 21(E)--1 moose; however, only bulls may be taken    Aug. 20-Sept. 25.                                  
     from Aug. 20-Sept. 25; moose may not be taken within    Feb. 1-Feb. 10.                                    
     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      Sept. 1-Mar. 15.                                   
 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to                                                     
 Oct. 1.                                                                                                        
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit.......................  July 1-June 30.                                    
Lynx: 12 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      Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
 day, 30 in possession.                                                                                         
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40   Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
 in possession.                                                                                                 
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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      Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                                    
 limit.                                                                                                         
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.                                    

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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) 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                                                    
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Black Bear: 3 bears........................................  July 1-June 30.                                    
Brown Bear:                                                                                                     
    Unit 22(A)--1 bear by residents of Unit 22(A) only.....  Sept. 1-Oct. 31.                                   
                                                             Apr. 15-May 25.                                    
    Unit 22(B)--1 bear by residents of Unit 22(B) only.....  Sept. 1-Oct. 31.                                   
                                                             Apr. 15-May 25.                                    
    Unit 22(C).............................................  No open season.                                    
    Remainder of Unit 22--1 bear every four regulatory       Sept. 1-Oct. 31.                                   
     years.                                                  Apr. 15-May 25.                                    
Caribou: Unit 22 (A) and (B)--5 caribou per day; however,    July 1-June 30.                                    
 cow caribou may not be taken May 16-June 30.                                                                   
Moose:                                                                                                          
    Unit 22(A)--1 antlered bull; however, the period of      Aug. 1-Sept. 30.                                   
     Dec. 1-Jan. 31 is restricted to residents of Unit       Dec. 1-Jan. 31.                                    
     22(A) only.                                                                                                
    Unit 22(B)--1 moose; however, antlerless moose may be    Aug. 1-Jan. 31.                                    
     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 moose may be    Aug. 1-Jan. 31.                                    
     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 cow            Aug. 1-Mar. 31.                                    
     accompanied by a calf.                                                                                     
Muskox:                                                                                                         
    Unit 22 (D) and (E)--1 bull by Federal registration      Sept. 1-Jan. 31.                                   
     permit only. Federal public lands are closed to the                                                        
     taking of muskox except by Federally-qualified                                                             
     subsistence users. The hunt in Unit 22(D) will be                                                          
     closed when 8 bulls (one-half from National Park                                                           
     Service lands and one-half from Bureau of Land                                                             
     Management lands) have been taken. The hunt in Unit                                                        
     22(E) will be closed when 9 bulls have been taken.                                                         
    Remainder of Unit 22...................................  No open season.                                    
Beaver:                                                                                                         
    Unit 22 (A) and (B)--50 beaver.........................  Nov. 1-June 10.                                    
    Unit 22(D)--50 beaver..................................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                                    
    Unit 22 Remainder......................................  No open season.                                    
Coyote: Federal public lands are closed to the taking of     No open season.                                    
 coyotes.                                                                                                       
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): 2 foxes................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                                   
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 10      Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                                    
 foxes.                                                                                                         
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit.......................  Sept. 1-Apr. 15.                                   
Lynx: 2 lynx...............................................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                                    
Marten: Unit 22(A)and 22(B)--No limit......................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                                    
    Unit 22 Remainder......................................  No open season.                                    
Mink and Weasel: No limit..................................  Nov. 1-Jan. 31.                                    
Otter: No limit............................................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                                    
Wolf: No limit.............................................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                                    
Wolverine: 1 wolverine.....................................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                                   
Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 15 per      Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
 day, 30 in possession.                                                                                         
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):                                                                     
    Unit 22(A) and 22(B) east of and including the Niukluk   Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
     River drainage--40 per day, 80 in possession.                                                              
    Unit 22 Remainder--20 per day, 40 in possession........  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                                   
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                                                    Trapping                                                    
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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 taking of     No open season.                                    
 coyotes.                                                                                                       
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No limit...............  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                                    
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No      Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                                    
 limit.                                                                                                         
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, and Unit 26(A) is open to brown bear hunting by 
State registration permit in lieu of a resident tag; no resident tag is 
required for taking brown bears in the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear 
Management Area, provided that the hunter has obtained a State 
registration permit prior to hunting; aircraft may not be used in the 
Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area in any manner for brown 
bear hunting under the authority of a brown bear State registration 
permit, including transportation of hunters, bears or parts of bears; 
however, this does not apply to transportation of bear hunters or bear 
parts by regularly scheduled flights to and between communities by 
carriers that normally provide scheduled service to this area, nor does 
it apply to transportation of aircraft to or between publicly owned 
airports.
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) Caribou may be taken from a boat under power in Unit 23;
    (B) Swimming caribou may be taken with a firearm using rimfire 
cartridges;
    (C) A firearm may be used to take beaver with a trapping license in 
all of Unit 23 from Nov. 1-Jun. 10.

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            Harvest limits                        Open season           
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Hunting                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Black Bear: 3 bears..................  July 1-June 30.                  
Brown Bear:                                                             
    Unit 23--except the Baldwin        Sept. 1-May 31.                  
     Peninsula north of the Arctic                                      
     Circle--1 bear by State                                            
     registration permit.                                               
    Remainder of Unit 23--1 bear       Sept. 1-Oct. 10.                 
     every four regulatory years.      Apr. 15-May 25.                  
Caribou: 15 caribou per day; however,  July 1-June 30.                  
 cow caribou may not be taken May 16-                                   
 June 30.                                                               
Sheep:                                                                  
    Unit 23--that portion west of      No open season.                  
     Howard Pass and the Aniuk,                                         
     Cutler and Redstone Rivers.                                        
    Remainder of Unit 23--1 ram with   Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                
     7/8 curl horn or larger.                                           
    Remainder of Unit 23--1 sheep....  Oct. 1-Apr. 30.                  
Moose:                                                                  
    Unit 23--that portion north and    July 1-Mar. 31.                  
     west of and including the                                          
     Singoalik River drainage, and                                      
     all lands draining into the                                        
     Kukpuk and Ipewik Rivers--1                                        
     moose; no person may take a cow                                    
     accompanied by a calf.                                             
    Unit 23--that portion lying        Aug. 1-Sept. 15.                 
     within the Noatak River           Oct. 1-Mar. 31.                  
     drainage--1 moose; however,                                        
     antlerless moose may be taken                                      
     only from Nov. 1-Mar. 31; no                                       
     person may take a cow                                              
     accompanied by a calf.                                             
    Remainder of Unit 23--1 moose; no  Aug. 1-Mar. 31.                  
     person may take a cow                                              
     accompanied by a calf.                                             
Muskox:                                                                 
    Unit 23 South of Kotzebue Sound    Sept. 1-Jan. 31.                 
     and west of and including the                                      
     Buckland River drainage--1 bull                                    
     by Federal registration permit                                     
     only. Federal public lands are                                     
     closed to the taking of muskox                                     
     except by Federally-qualified                                      
     subsistence users. The hunt will                                   
     be closed when 6 bulls have been                                   
     taken.                                                             
    Remainder of Unit 23.............  No open season.                  
Coyote: 2 coyotes....................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): 2  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
 foxes.                                                                 
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and   Sept. 1-Mar. 15.                 
 Silver Phases): 10 foxes; however,                                     
 no more than 2 foxes may be taken                                      
 prior to Oct. 1.                                                       
Hare: (Snowshoe and Tundra) No limit.  July 1-June 30.                  
Lynx: 2 lynx.........................  Dec. 1-Jan. 15.                  
Wolf: 5 wolves.......................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.                 

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Wolverine: 1 wolverine...............  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                 
Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and      Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
 Sharp-tailed): 15 per day, 30 in                                       
 possession.                                                            
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-    Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
 tailed): 20 per day, 40 in                                             
 possession.                                                            
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                                Trapping                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Beaver:                                                                 
    Unit 23--the Kobuk and Selawik     Nov. 1-June 10.                  
     River drainages--50 beaver.                                        
    Remainder of Unit 23--30 beaver..  Nov. 1-June 10.                  
Coyote: No limit.....................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15                   
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):    Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
 No limit.                                                              
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and   Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
 Silver Phases): No limit.                                              
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.                  
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (24) Unit 24. (i) Unit 24 consists of the Koyukuk River drainage 
upstream from but not including the Dulbi River drainage.
    (ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
    (A) The Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area, which consists of 
those portions of Units 20, 24, 25, and 26 extending five miles from 
each side of the Dalton Highway from the Yukon River to milepost 300 of 
the Dalton Highway, is closed to the use of motorized vehicles, except 
aircraft and boats, and to licensed highway vehicles, snowmobiles, and 
firearms except as follows: The use of snowmobiles is authorized only 
for the subsistence taking of wildlife by residents living within the 
Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area. The use of licensed highway 
vehicles is limited only to designated roads within the Dalton Highway 
Corridor Management Area. The use of firearms within the Corridor is 
authorized only for the residents of Alatna, Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, 
Bettles, Evansville, Stevens Village, and residents living within the 
Corridor;
    (B) The Kanuti Controlled Use Area, which consists of that portion 
of Unit 24 bounded by a line from the Bettles Field VOR to the east 
side of Fish Creek Lake, to Old Dummy Lake, to the south end of Lake 
Todatonten (including all waters of these lakes), to the northernmost 
headwaters of Siruk Creek, to the highest peak of Double Point 
Mountain, then back to the Bettles Field VOR, is closed during moose-
hunting seasons to the use of aircraft for hunting moose, including 
transportation of any moose hunter or moose part; however, this does 
not apply to transportation of a moose hunter or moose part by aircraft 
between publicly owned airports in the controlled use area or between a 
publicly owned airport within the area and points outside the area;
    (C) The Koyukuk Controlled Use Area, which consists of those 
portions of Units 21 and 24 bounded by a line from the north bank of 
the Yukon River at Koyukuk, then northerly to the confluences of the 
Honhosa and Kateel Rivers, then northeasterly to the confluences of 
Billy Hawk Creek and the Huslia River (65 deg.57' N. lat., 156 deg.41' 
W. long.), then easterly to the south end of Solsmunket Lake, then east 
to Hughes, then south to Little Indian River, then southwesterly to the 
crest of Hochandochtla Mountain, then southwest to the mouth of 
Cottonwood Creek, then southwest to Bishop Rock, then westerly along 
the north bank of the Yukon River (including Koyukuk Island) to the 
point of beginning, is closed during moose-hunting seasons to the use 
of aircraft for hunting moose, including transportation of any moose 
hunter or moose part; however, this does not apply to transportation of 
a moose hunter or moose part by aircraft between publicly owned 
airports in the controlled use area or between a publicly owned airport 
within the area and points outside the area; all hunters on the Koyukuk 
River passing the ADF&G operated check station at Ella's Cabin (15 
miles upstream from the Yukon on the Koyukuk River) are required to 
stop and report to ADF&G personnel at the check station;
    (D) The Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area, which consists 
of those portions of Unit 23, except the Baldwin Peninsula north of the 
Arctic Circle, Unit 24, and Unit 26(A), is open to brown bear hunting 
by State registration permit in lieu of a resident tag. No resident tag 
is required for taking brown bears in the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear 
Management Area, provided that the hunter has obtained a State 
registration permit prior to hunting. Aircraft may not be used in the 
Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area in any manner for brown 
bear hunting under the authority of a brown bear State registration 
permit, including transportation of hunters, bears or parts of bears. 
However, this does not apply to transportation of bear hunters or bear 
parts by regularly scheduled flights to and between communities by 
carriers that normally provide scheduled service to this area, nor does 
it apply to transportation of aircraft to or between publicly owned 
airports.
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
30;
    (B) Arctic fox, incidentally taken with a trap or snare intended 
for red fox, may be used for subsistence purposes.

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            Harvest limits                        Open season           
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Hunting                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Black Bear: 3 bears..................  July 1-June 30.                  
Brown Bear: Unit 24--1 bear by State   Sept. 1-May 31.                  
 registration permit.                                                   
Caribou:                                                                

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    Unit 24--the Kanuti River          Aug. 10-Sept. 30.                
     drainage upstream from Kanuti,                                     
     Chalatna Creek, the Fish Creek                                     
     drainage (including Bonanza                                        
     Creek)--1 bull.                                                    
    Remainder of Unit 24--5 caribou    July 1-June 30.                  
     per day; however, cow caribou                                      
     may not be taken May 16-June 30.                                   
Sheep:                                                                  
    Unit 24--that portion within the   Aug. 1-Apr. 30.                  
     Gates of the Arctic National                                       
     Park--3 sheep.                                                     
    Unit 24--that portion within the   July 15-Dec. 31.                 
     Gates of the Arctic National                                       
     Park--Anaktuvuk Pass residents                                     
     only--commnity harvest quota of                                    
     60 sheep, no more than 10 of                                       
     which may be ewes and a daily                                      
     possession limit of 3 sheep per                                    
     person no more than 1 of which                                     
     may be a ewe.                                                      
    Unit 24--that portion within the   Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                
     Dalton Highway Corridor                                            
     Management Area; except, Gates                                     
     of the Arctic National Park--1                                     
     ram with 7/8 curl horn or larger                                   
     by Federal registration permit                                     
     only.                                                              
    Remainder of Unit 24--1 ram with   Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                
     7/8 curl horn or larger.                                           
Moose:                                                                  
    Unit 24--that portion within the   Sept. 5-Sept. 25.                
     Koyukuk Controlled Use Area--1    Dec. 1-Dec. 10.                  
     moose; however, antlerless moose  Mar. 1-Mar. 10.                  
     may be taken only during the                                       
     periods of Sept. 21-Sept. 25,                                      
     Dec. 1-Dec. 10, and Mar. 1-Mar.                                    
     10.                                                                
    Unit 24--that portion that         Aug. 1-Dec. 31.                  
     includes the John River drainage                                   
     within the Gates of the Arctic                                     
     National Park--1 moose.                                            
    Unit 24--the Alatna River          Aug. 25-Dec. 31.                 
     drainage within the Gates of the  Mar. 1-Mar. 10.                  
     Arctic National Park--1 moose;                                     
     however, antlerless moose may be                                   
     taken only from Sept. 21-Sept.                                     
     25 and Mar. 1-Mar. 10.                                             
    Unit 24--all drainages to the      Aug. 25-Sept. 25.                
     north of the Koyukuk River        Mar. 1-Mar. 10.                  
     upstream from and including the                                    
     Alatna River to and including                                      
     the North Fork of the Koyukuk                                      
     River, except those portions of                                    
     the John River and the Alatna                                      
     River drainages within the Gates                                   
     of the Arctic National Park--1                                     
     moose; however, antlerless moose                                   
     may be taken only from Sept. 21-                                   
     Sept. 25 and Mar. 1-Mar. 10.                                       
    Unit 24--that portion within the   Aug. 25-Sept. 25.                
     Dalton Highway Corridor                                            
     Management Area; except, Gates                                     
     of the Arctic National Park--1                                     
     antlered bull by Federal                                           
     registration permit only.                                          
    Remainder of Unit 24--1 antlered   Aug. 25-Sept. 25.                
     bull. Public lands in the Kanuti                                   
     Controlled Use Area are closed                                     
     to taking of moose, except by                                      
     eligible rural Alaska residents                                    
     during seasons identified above.                                   
Coyote: 2 coyotes....................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and   Sept. 1-Mar. 15.                 
 Silver Phases): 10 foxes; however,                                     
 no more than 2 foxes may be taken                                      
 prior to Oct. 1.                                                       
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit.  July 1-June 30.                  
Lynx: 2 lynx.........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
Wolf: 5 wolves.......................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
Wolverine: 1 wolverine...............  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                 
Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and      Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
 Sharp-tailed): 15 per day, 30 in                                       
 possession.                                                            
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-    Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
 tailed): 20 per day, 40 in                                             
 possession.                                                            
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                Trapping                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Beaver: No limit.....................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
Coyote: No limit.....................  Nov. 1-Mar. 31.                  
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and   Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
 Silver Phases): No limit.                                              
Lynx: No limit.......................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
Marten: No limit.....................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
Mink and Weasel: No limit............  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
Muskrat: No limit....................  Nov. 1-June 10.                  
Otter: No limit......................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
Wolf: No limit.......................  Nov. 1-Mar. 31.                  
Wolverine: No limit..................  Nov. 1-Mar. 31.                  
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (25) Unit 25. (i) Unit 25 consists of the Yukon River drainage 
upstream from but not including the Hamlin Creek drainage, and 
excluding drainages into the south bank of the Yukon River upstream 
from the Charley River:
    (A) Unit 25(A) consists of the Hodzana River drainage upstream from 
the Narrows, the Chandalar River drainage upstream from and including 
the East Fork drainage, the Christian River drainage upstream from 
Christian, the Sheenjek River drainage upstream from and including the 
Thluichohnjik Creek, the Coleen River drainage, and the Old Crow River 
drainage;
    (B) Unit 25(B) consists of the Little Black River drainage upstream 
from but not including the Big Creek drainage, the Black River drainage 
upstream from and including the Salmon Fork drainage, the Porcupine 
River drainage upstream from the confluence of the Coleen and Porcupine 
Rivers, and drainages into the north bank of the Yukon River upstream 
from Circle, including the islands in the Yukon River;
    (C) Unit 25(C) consists of drainages into the south bank of the 
Yukon River upstream from Circle to the Subunit 20(E) boundary, the 
Birch Creek drainage upstream from the Steese Highway bridge (milepost 
147), the Preacher Creek drainage upstream from and including the Rock 
Creek drainage, and the Beaver Creek drainage upstream from and 
including the Moose Creek drainage;
    (D) Unit 25(D) consists of the remainder of Unit 25.
    (ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
    (A) The Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area, which consists of 
those portions of Units 20, 24, 25, and 26 extending five miles from 
each side of the Dalton Highway from the Yukon River to milepost 300 of 
the Dalton Highway, is closed to the use of motorized vehicles, except 
aircraft and boats, and to licensed highway vehicles, snowmobiles, and 
firearms except as follows: The use of snowmobiles is authorized only 
for the subsistence taking of wildlife by residents living within the 
Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area. The use of licensed highway 
vehicles is limited only to designated roads within the Dalton Highway 
Corridor Management Area.

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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.
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) Bait may be used to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
30;
    (B) Caribou and moose may be taken from a boat under power in Unit 
25.

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            Harvest limits                        Open season           
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Hunting                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Black Bear: 3 bears..................  July 1-June 30.                  
Caribou:                                                                
    Unit 25 (A), (B), and the          July 1-Apr. 30.                  
     remainder of Unit 25(D)--10                                        
     caribou; however, no more than 5                                   
     caribou may be transported from                                    
     these units per regulatory year.                                   
    Unit 25(C)--that portion south     Aug. 10-Sept. 30.                
     and east of the Steese Highway--  Nov. 15-Feb. 28.                 
     1 bull by Federal registration                                     
     permit only; the season will                                       
     close when a harvest quota for                                     
     the Fortymile herd has been                                        
     reached. The harvest quota will                                    
     be determined by the Board after                                   
     consultation with ADF&G and                                        
     announced before the season                                        
     opening.                                                           
    25(C)--that portion north and      Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                
     west of the Steese Highway--1     Feb. 15-Mar. 15.                 
     caribou; however, only bull                                        
     caribou may be taken during the                                    
     Aug. 10-Sept. 20 season. During                                    
     the winter season, caribou may                                     
     be taken only with a Federal                                       
     registration permit.                                               
    Unit 25(D)--that portion of Unit   Aug. 10-Sept. 30.                
     25(D) drained by the west fork    Dec. 1-Dec. 31.                  
     of the Dall River west of 150                                      
     deg. W. long.--1 bull.                                             
Sheep:                                                                  
    Unit 25(A)--that portion within    No open season.                  
     the Dalton Highway Corridor                                        
     Management Area.                                                   
    Units 25(A)--Arctic Village Sheep  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
     Management Area--2 rams by                                         
     Federal registration permit                                        
     only. Public lands are closed to                                   
     the taking of sheep except by                                      
     rural Alaska residents of Arctic                                   
     Village, Venetie, Fort Yukon,                                      
     Kaktovik and Chalkytsik during                                     
     seasons identified above.                                          
    Remainder of Unit 25(A)--3 sheep   Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
     by Federal registration permit                                     
     only.                                                              
Moose:                                                                  
    Unit 25(A)--1 antlered bull......  Aug. 25-Sept. 25.                
                                       Dec. 1-Dec. 10.                  
    Unit 25(B)--that portion within    Aug. 25-Sept. 30.                
     the Porcupine River drainage      Dec. 1-Dec. 10.                  
     upstream from, but excluding the                                   
     Coleen River drainage--1                                           
     antlered bull.                                                     
    Unit 25(B)--that portion draining  Sept. 5-Sept. 30.                
     into the north bank of the Yukon  Dec. 1-Dec. 15.                  
     River upstream from and                                            
     including the Kandik River                                         
     drainage, including the islands                                    
     in the Yukon River--1 antlered                                     
     bull.                                                              
    Remainder of Unit 25(B)--1         Aug. 25-Sept. 25.                
     antlered bull.                    Dec. 1-Dec. 15.                  
    Unit 25(C)--1 antlered bull......  Sept. 1-Sept. 15.                
    Unit 25(D)(West)--that portion     Aug. 25-Feb. 28.                 
     lying west of a line extending                                     
     from the Unit 25(D) boundary on                                    
     Preacher Creek, then downstream                                    
     along Preacher Creek, Birch                                        
     Creek and Lower Mouth Birch                                        
     Creek to the Yukon River, then                                     
     downstream along the north bank                                    
     of the Yukon River (including                                      
     islands) to the confluence of                                      
     the Hadweenzik River, then                                         
     upstream along the west bank of                                    
     the Hadweenzik River to the                                        
     confluence of Forty and One-Half                                   
     Mile Creek, then upstream along                                    
     Forty and One-Half Mile Creek to                                   
     Nelson Mountain on the Unit                                        
     25(D) boundary--1 bull by a                                        
     Federal registration permit.                                       
     Alternate permits allowing for                                     
     designated hunters are available                                   
     to qualified applicants who                                        
     reside in Beaver, Birch Creek,                                     
     or Stevens Village. Moose                                          
     hunting on public land in this                                     
     portion of Unit 25(D)(West) is                                     
     closed at all times except for                                     
     residents of Beaver, Birch Creek                                   
     and Stevens Village during                                         
     seasons identified above. The                                      
     moose season will be closed when                                   
     30 moose have been harvested in                                    
     the entirety of Unit 25(D)(West).                                  
    Remainder of Unit 25(D)--1         Aug. 25-Sept. 25.                
     antlered moose.                   Dec. 1-Dec. 20.                  
Beaver:                                                                 
    Unit 25, excluding Unit 25(C)--1                                    
     beaver per day; 1 in possession.                                   
    Unit 25(C).......................  Apr. 16-Oct. 31.                 
                                       No open season.                  
Coyote: 2 coyotes....................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                 
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and   Sept. 1-Mar. 15.                 
 Silver Phases): 10 foxes; however,                                     
 no more than 2 foxes may be taken                                      
 prior to Oct. 1.                                                       
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit.  July 1-June 30.                  
Lynx:                                                                   
    Unit 25(C)--2 lynx...............  Dec. 1-Jan. 31.                  
    Remainder of Unit 25--2 lynx.....  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
Wolf:                                                                   
    Unit 25(A)--No limit.............  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
    Remainder of Unit 25--10 wolves..  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
Wolverine: 1 wolverine...............  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                 
Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and                                       
 Sharp-tailed):                                                         
    Unit 25(C)--15 per day, 30 in      Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                 
     possession.                                                        

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    Remainder of Unit 25--15 per day,  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
     30 in possession.                                                  
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-                                     
 tailed):                                                               
    Unit 25(C)--those portions within  Aug. 10-Mar. 31.                 
     5 miles of Route 6 (Steese                                         
     Highway)--20 per day, 40 in                                        
     possession.                                                        
    Remainder of Unit 25--20 per day,  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
     40 in possession.                                                  
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                                 Trapping                               
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Beaver:                                                                 
    Unit 25(C)--25 beaver............  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
    Remainder of Unit 25--50 beaver..  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
Coyote: No limit.....................  Nov. 1-Mar. 31.                  
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and   Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
 Silver Phases): No limit.                                              
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:                             Nov. 1-Feb. 28.                  
    Unit 25(C)--No limit.............                                   
    Remainder of Unit 25--No limit...  Nov. 1-Mar. 31.                  
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    (26) Unit 26. (i) Unit 26 consists of Arctic Ocean drainages 
between Cape Lisburne and the Alaska-Canada border including the Firth 
River drainage within Alaska:
    (A) Unit 26(A) consists of that portion of Unit 26 lying west of 
the Itkillik River drainage and west of the east bank of the Colville 
River between the mouth of the Itkillik River and the Arctic Ocean;
    (B) Unit 26(B) consists of that portion of Unit 26 east of Unit 
26(A), west of the west bank of the Canning River and west of the west 
bank of the Marsh Fork of the Canning River;
    (C) Unit 26(C) consists of the remainder of Unit 26.
    (ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
    (A) The Unit 26(A) Controlled Use Area, which consists of Unit 
26(A), is closed to the use of aircraft in any manner for moose 
hunting, including transportation of moose hunters or parts of moose 
from Aug. 1-Aug. 31 and from Jan. 1-Mar. 31. No hunter may take or 
transport a moose, or part of a moose in Unit 26(A) after having been 
transported by aircraft into the unit. However, this does not apply to 
transportation of moose hunters or moose parts by regularly scheduled 
flights to and between villages by carriers that normally provide 
scheduled service to this area, nor does it apply to transportation by 
aircraft to or between publicly owned airports;
    (B) The Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area, which consists of 
those portions of Units 20, 24, 25, and 26 extending five miles from 
each side of the Dalton Highway from the Yukon River to milepost 300 of 
the Dalton Highway, is closed to the use of motorized vehicles, except 
aircraft and boats, and to licensed highway vehicles, snowmobiles, and 
firearms except as follows: The use of snowmobiles is authorized only 
for the subsistence taking of wildlife by residents living within the 
Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area. The use of licensed highway 
vehicles is limited only to designated roads within the Dalton Highway 
Corridor Management Area. The use of firearms within the Corridor is 
authorized only for the residents of Alatna, Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, 
Bettles, Evansville, Stevens Village, and residents living within the 
Corridor;
    (C) The Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area, which consists 
of those portions of Unit 23, except the Baldwin Peninsula north of the 
Arctic Circle, Unit 24, and Unit 26(A), is open to brown bear hunting 
by State registration permit in lieu of a resident tag. No resident tag 
is required for taking brown bears in the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear 
Management Area, provided that the hunter has obtained a State 
registration permit prior to hunting. Aircraft may not be used in the 
Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area in any manner for brown 
bear hunting under the authority of a brown bear State registration 
permit, including transportation of hunters, bears or parts of bears. 
However, this does not apply to transportation of bear hunters or bear 
parts by regularly scheduled flights to and between communities by 
carriers that normally provide scheduled service to this area, nor does 
it apply to transportation of aircraft to or between publicly owned 
airports.
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) Caribou may be taken from a boat under power in Unit 26;
    (B) Swimming caribou may be taken with a firearm using rimfire 
cartridges;
    (C) In Kaktovik, a Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) 
may designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take 
sheep on his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a 
community operating under a community harvest system. The designated 
hunter must obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a 
completed harvest report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number 
of recipients but may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her 
possession at any one time.

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            Harvest limits                        Open season           
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Hunting                                
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Black Bear: 3 bears..................  July 1-June 30.                  
Brown Bear:                                                             
    Unit 26(A)--1 bear by State        Sept. 1-May 31.                  
     registration permit.                                               
    Unit 26 (B) and (C)--1 bear......  Sept. 1-May 31.                  
Caribou:                                                                

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    Unit 26(A)--10 caribou per day;    July 1-June 30.                  
     however, cow caribou may not be                                    
     taken May 16-June 30. Federal                                      
     lands south of the Colville                                        
     River and east of the the Killik                                   
     River are closed to the the                                        
     taking of caribou by non-                                          
     Federally qualified subsistence                                    
     users from Aug. 1-Sept. 30.                                        
    Unit 26(B)--10 caribou per day;    July 1-June 30.                  
     however, cow caribou may be                                        
     taken only from Oct. 1-Apr. 30.                                    
    Unit 26(C)--10 caribou per day...  July 1-Apr. 30.                  
    Not more than 5 caribou per                                         
     regulatory year may be                                             
     transported from Unit 26 except                                    
     to the community of Anaktuvuk                                      
     Pass                                                               
Sheep:                                                                  
    Unit 26(A)--those portions within  Aug. 1-Apr. 30.                  
     the Gates of the Arctic National                                   
     Park--3 sheep.                                                     
    Unit 26 (A) and (B)--that portion  July 15-Dec. 31.                 
     within the Gates of the Arctic                                     
     National Park--Anaktuvuk Pass                                      
     residents only--community                                          
     harvest quota of 60 sheep, no                                      
     more than 10 of which may be                                       
     ewes and a daily possession                                        
     limit of 3 sheep per person no                                     
     more than 1 of which may be a                                      
     ewe.                                                               
    Unit 26(A)--that portion west of   No open season.                  
     Howard Pass and the Etivluk                                        
     River.                                                             
    Unit 26(B)--that portion within    Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                
     the Dalton Highway Corridor                                        
     Management Area--1 ram with 7/8                                    
     curl horn or larger by Federal                                     
     registration permit only.                                          
    Remainder of Unit 26 (A) and (B)-- Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                
     including the Gates of the                                         
     Arctic National Preserve--1 ram                                    
     with 7/8 curl horn or larger.                                      
    Unit 26(C)--3 sheep per            Aug. 10-Sept. 20.                
     regulatory year; the Aug. 10-     Oct. 1--Apr. 30.                 
     Sept. 20 season is restricted to                                   
     1 ram with 7/8 curl horn or                                        
     larger. A Federal registration                                     
     permit is required for the Oct.                                    
     1-Apr. 30 season.                                                  
Moose:                                                                  
    Unit 26(A)--that portion of the    Aug. 1-31.                       
     Colville River drainage                                            
     downstream from the mouth of the                                   
     Anaktuvuk River--1 bull. Federal                                   
     public lands are closed to the                                     
     taking of moose by non-Federally                                   
     qualified subsistence users.                                       
    Remainder of Unit 26.............  No open season.                  
Muskox: Unit 26(C)--1 bull by Federal  Sept. 15-Mar. 31.                
 registration permit only; up to 15                                     
 permits may be issued to rural                                         
 Alaska residents of the village of                                     
 Kaktovik only. Public lands are                                        
 closed to the taking of muskox,                                        
 except by rural Alaska residents of                                    
 the village of Kaktovik during                                         
 seasons identified above.                                              
Coyote: 2 coyotes. Sept. 1-Apr. 30...                                   
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): 2                                   
 foxes. Sept. 1-Apr. 30.                                                
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and                                    
 Silver Phases):                                                        
    Unit 26 (A) and (B)--10 foxes;     Sept. 1-Mar. 15.                 
     however, no more than 2 foxes                                      
     may be taken prior to Oct. 1.                                      
    Unit 26(C)--10 foxes.............  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit.  July 1-June 30.                  
Lynx: 2 lynx.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
Wolf: 15 wolves......................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
Wolverine: 5 wolverine...............  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.                 
Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and      Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
 Sharp-tailed): 15 per day, 30 in                                       
 possession.                                                            
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-    Aug. 10-Apr. 30.                 
 tailed): 20 per day, 40 in                                             
 possession..                                                           
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                                Trapping                                
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Coyote: No limit.....................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):    Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
 No limit.                                                              
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and   Nov. 1-Apr. 15.                  
 Silver Phases): No limit.                                              
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.                  
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Dated: June 26, 1997.
James A. Caplan,
Acting Regional Forester, USDA-Forest Service.

    Dated: July 1, 1997.
Thomas H. Boyd,
Acting Chair, Federal Subsistence Board.
[FR Doc. 97-18657 Filed 7-24-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-11-P; 4310-55-P