[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 24, 2008)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 35726-35776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13585]



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Part II





Department of Agriculture





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Forest Service



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36 CFR Part 242





Department of the Interior





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50 CFR Part 100



Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska--2008-09 
and 2009-10 Subsistence Taking of Wildlife Regulations; Final Rule

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

36 CFR Part 242

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 100

[FWS-R7-SM-2008-0020; 70101-1261-0000L6]
RIN 1018-AV69


Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska--
2008-09 and 2009-10 Subsistence Taking of Wildlife Regulations

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

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This final rule establishes regulations for seasons, harvest 
limits, methods, and means related to taking of wildlife for 
subsistence uses in Alaska during the 2008-09 and 2009-10 regulatory 
years. These regulations have been subject to an annual public review 
cycle, but starting in 2008 the Federal Subsistence Management Program 
will provide a public review process for subsistence hunting and 
trapping regulations in even-numbered years and subsistence fishing and 
shellfish regulations in odd-numbered years. The Program will also 
address customary and traditional use determinations during the 
applicable biennial cycle. This cycle adjustment does not affect the 
public's ability to submit special action requests or requests for 
reconsideration, as outlined in the regulations. This rulemaking 
replaces the subpart D subsistence taking of wildlife taking 
regulations which expire June 30, 2008. This rule also amends the 
customary and traditional use determinations of the Federal Subsistence 
Board.

DATES: Sections ----.24(a)(1) and ----.25 are effective July 1, 2008. 
Section ----.26 is effective July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2010.

ADDRESSES: The Board meeting transcripts are available for review at 
the Office of Subsistence Management, 1011 East Tudor Road, Mail Stop 
121, Anchorage, Alaska 99503, or on the Office of Subsistence 
Management Web site (http://alaska.fws.gov/asm/home.html).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chair, Federal Subsistence Board, c/o 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Attention: Peter J. Probasco, Office of 
Subsistence Management; (907) 786-3888. For questions specific to 
National Forest System lands, contact Steve Kessler, Subsistence 
Program Leader, USDA, Forest Service, Alaska Region, (907) 786-3592.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    In title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation 
Act (ANILCA) (16 U.S.C. 3111-3126), Congress found that ``the situation 
in Alaska is unique in that, in most cases, no practical alternative 
means are available to replace the food supplies and other items 
gathered from fish and wildlife which supply rural residents dependent 
on subsistence uses. * * *'' and that ``continuation of the opportunity 
for subsistence uses of resources on public and other lands in Alaska 
is threatened. * * *'' As a result, title VIII requires, among other 
things, 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 
Federal public lands and waters in Alaska, unless the State of Alaska 
enacts and implements laws of general applicability that are consistent 
with ANILCA and that 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 its 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, on July 1, 1990, the 
Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture 
(Departments) assumed responsibility for implementation of title VIII 
of ANILCA on public lands and waters. In anticipation of carrying out 
this responsibility, the Departments published temporary subsistence 
management regulations for public lands in Alaska in the Federal 
Register on June 29, 1990 (55 FR 27114). Because the State was unable 
to create a program in compliance with title VIII, the Departments 
published final subsistence management regulations in the Federal 
Register in 1992 (57 FR 22940, May 29, 1992).
    As a result of this joint process between Interior and Agriculture, 
these regulations can be found in two titles of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR): Title 36, ``Parks, Forests, and Public Property,'' 
and title 50, ``Wildlife and Fisheries,'' at 36 CFR 242.1-28 and 50 CFR 
100.1-28, respectively. The regulations contain subparts as follows: 
subpart A, General Provisions; subpart B, Program Structure; subpart C, 
Board Determinations; and subpart D, Subsistence Taking of Fish and 
Wildlife. Throughout this document, a reference to a specific CFR 
section that is preceded by an underscore (e.g., Sec.  ----.24) means 
that that section appears in both 36 CFR 242 and 50 CFR 100.
    Consistent with subparts A, B, and C of these regulations, as 
revised May 7, 2007 (72 FR 25688), the Departments established a 
Federal Subsistence Board 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 Regional Director, U.S. Bureau of Indian 
Affairs; and
     The Alaska Regional Forester, U.S. Forest Service.
    Through the Board, these agencies participate in the development of 
regulations for subparts A and B, which set forth and guide the 
program, subpart C, which addresses Board determinations, and subpart 
D, which covers subsistence taking of fish and wildlife.

Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils

    The Federal subsistence management regulations divide Alaska into 
10 subsistence resource regions, each of which is represented by a 
Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Council (Regional Council) (36 
CFR 242.11 and 50 CFR 100.11). The Regional Councils provide a forum 
for rural residents, who have personal knowledge of local conditions 
and resource requirements, to have a meaningful role in the subsistence 
management of fish and wildlife on Alaska public lands and waters. The 
Regional Council members represent varied geographical, cultural, 
social, and user diversity within each region.
    These regulations have been subject to an annual public review 
cycle, but

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starting in 2008 the Federal Subsistence Management Program will 
provide a public review process for subsistence hunting and trapping 
regulations in even-numbered years and subsistence fishing and 
shellfish regulations in odd-numbered years. The Program will also 
address customary and traditional use determinations during the 
applicable biennial cycle. This cycle adjustment does not affect the 
public's ability to submit special action requests or requests for 
reconsideration, as outlined in the regulations. Section ----.24 
(customary and traditional use determinations) was originally published 
in the Federal Register on May 29, 1992 (57 FR 22940). The regulations 
at 36 CFR 242.4 and 50 CFR 100.4 define ``customary and traditional 
use'' as ``a long-established, consistent pattern of use, incorporating 
beliefs and customs which have been transmitted from generation to 
generation. * * *'' Since that time, the Board has made a number of 
customary and traditional use determinations at the request of impacted 
subsistence users. Those modifications, along with some administrative 
corrections, were published in the Federal Register as follows:

                                        Modifications to Sec.   ----.24.
                          [These regulations appear in both 36 CFR 242 and 50 CFR 100]
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                                                                   Rule made changes to the following provisions
      Federal Register citation:          Date of publication:                      of ----.24:
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59 FR 27462...........................  May 27, 1994............  Wildlife and Fish/Shellfish.
59 FR 51855...........................  October 13, 1994........  Wildlife and Fish/Shellfish.
60 FR 10317...........................  February 24, 1995.......  Wildlife and Fish/Shellfish.
61 FR 39698...........................  July 30, 1996...........  Wildlife and Fish/Shellfish.
62 FR 29016...........................  May 29, 1997............  Wildlife and Fish/Shellfish.
63 FR 35332...........................  June 29, 1998...........  Wildlife and Fish/Shellfish.
63 FR 46148...........................  August 28, 1998.........  Wildlife and Fish/Shellfish.
64 FR 1276............................  January 8, 1999.........  Fish/Shellfish.
64 FR 35776...........................  July 1, 1999............  Wildlife.
65 FR 40730...........................  June 30, 2000...........  Wildlife.
66 FR 10142...........................  February 13, 2001.......  Fish/Shellfish.
66 FR 33744...........................  June 25, 2001...........  Wildlife.
67 FR 5890............................  February 7, 2002........  Fish/Shellfish.
67 FR 43710...........................  June 28, 2002...........  Wildlife.
68 FR 7276............................  February 12, 2003.......  Fish/Shellfish.
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Note: The Board met May 20-22, 2003, but did not make any additional customary and traditional use
 determinations.
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69 FR 5018............................  February 3, 2004........  Fish/Shellfish.
69 FR 40174...........................  July 1, 2004............  Wildlife.
70 FR 13377...........................  March 21, 2005..........  Fish/Shellfish.
70 FR 36268...........................  June 22, 2005...........  Wildlife.
71 FR 15569...........................  March 29, 2006..........  Fish/Shellfish.
71 FR 37642...........................  June 30, 2006...........  Wildlife.
72 FR 12676...........................  March 16, 2007..........  Fish/Shellfish.
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Note: The Board met December 11-13, 2007, but did not make any additional customary and traditional use
 determinations.
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72 FR 73426...........................  December 27, 2007.......  Wildlife/Fish.
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Current Rule

    The Departments published a proposed rule on April 17, 2008 (73 FR 
20884), to amend subparts C and D of 36 CFR 242 and 50 CFR 100. The 
Departments advertised the proposed rule by mail, radio, and newspaper. 
During the comment period, the Regional Councils met and, in addition 
to other Regional Council business, received suggestions for proposals 
from the public. The Board received 41 proposals for changes to 
subparts C and D. In addition, 13 Board-deferred proposals were brought 
forward for a total of 54 proposals. After the proposal period closed, 
the Board prepared a booklet describing the proposals that was 
distributed to the public; this booklet was also available online. Once 
the booklet was distributed, the public had an additional 30 days in 
which to comment on the proposals for changes to the regulations.
    The 10 Regional Councils met a second time to receive public 
comments and formulated their recommendations to the Board on proposals 
affecting their respective regions. The Regional Councils had a 
substantial role in reviewing the proposed rule and making 
recommendations for the final rule. Moreover, a Council Chair, or a 
designated representative, presented each Council's recommendations at 
the Board meeting of April 29-May 1, 2008. These final regulations 
reflect Board review and consideration of Regional Council 
recommendations and public comments. The public has had extensive 
opportunity to review and comment on all changes.
    Of the 54 proposals, the Board adopted 23, rejected 25, and 
deferred 6. Of the 23 adopted proposals, 15 were with modifications; of 
the 25 rejected proposals, 1 was based on action that the Board had 
taken on previous related proposals. The Board deferred 6 proposals to 
allow collection of additional information or to allow for working 
groups to meet and provide clarification.
    Detailed information relating to justification for the action on 
each proposal may be found in the Board meeting materials and 
transcripts, available for review at the Office of Subsistence 
Management, 1011 East Tudor Road, Mail Stop 121, Anchorage, Alaska 
99503, or on the Office of Subsistence Management Web site (http://alaska.fws.gov/asm/home.html).

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Summary of Proposals Rejected or Deferred by the Board

    The Board rejected or deferred 31 proposals. The rejected proposals 
were recommended for rejection by one or more of the Regional Councils.
    The Board rejected a statewide proposal to extend wolf hunting and 
trapping seasons, increase the harvest limits, and remove restrictions 
on disturbing or destroying wolf dens because of a concern that the 
proposal violates recognized principles of wildlife conservation.
    The Board deferred a proposal to remove unit-specific regulations 
related to the statewide sale of brown bear handicrafts made of skin, 
hide, pelt or fur and then limit the sale of brown bear handicrafts 
made of claws, bones, teeth, sinew, or skulls to occur only between 
Federally qualified subsistence users. This deferment will allow 
creation of a working group to address the feasibility of marking and 
tracking bear claws.
    The Board deferred a proposal to recognize customary and 
traditional use of moose by rural residents of Units 1C and 1D and 
establish a season and harvest limit for moose in the Berners Bay 
drainages. The deferment will allow additional time to analyze 
customary and traditional use of Unit 1C moose by rural residents of 
Units 1-5.
    The Board rejected a proposal to change the subsistence allocation 
for moose in Unit 6C as unnecessarily restrictive for subsistence 
users.
    The Board rejected two proposals to change the salvage requirements 
for brown bear in Unit 11 because of a lack of substantial evidence for 
customary and traditional practices specific to the proposals.
    The Board rejected two proposals to eliminate the late fall Federal 
moose seasons in Units 15B and 15C because current regulations address 
conservation concerns and this proposal would be unnecessarily 
restrictive for subsistence users.
    The Board rejected three proposals to turn in or destroy the trophy 
value of moose antlers in Unit 15 because of a concern that these 
proposals are unnecessarily restrictive for subsistence users.
    The Board deferred two proposals for moose in Units 9B and 9C; one 
proposal would shorten the Federal subsistence season in Unit 9B, and 
the other would close Federal public lands in Unit 9B and a portion of 
Unit 9C to the taking of moose by non-Federally qualified subsistence 
users. This deferment will allow additional time for stakeholders to 
address alternate solutions to resolve concerns regarding the current 
moose population and harvest levels.
    The Board rejected a proposal to add Unit 11 to the list of units 
that can use brown bear parts for handicrafts for sale. The Board has 
consistently emphasized that regulations for brown bear handicrafts are 
not appropriate as statewide regulations and should be adopted only for 
those regions where it has been a traditional practice. The 
Southcentral Alaska Regional Advisory Council reiterated its opposition 
to the sale of brown bear handicrafts in Unit 11.
    The Board rejected a proposal that would have added Kachemak-Selo, 
Razdolna, and Voznesenka to the customary and traditional use 
determination for moose in Units 15B and 15C. Insufficient information 
was available to evaluate these communities' customary and traditional 
use of moose.
    The Board rejected a proposal to close Federal public land in a 
portion of Unit 18 to non-Federally qualified users to hunt moose. The 
Board found that the proposal was not supported by substantial 
evidence. Because of the current status of the moose population, ANILCA 
section 815.3 does not allow the proposed closure.
    Based on conservation concerns, the Board rejected a proposal to 
establish a moose season in a portion of Unit 19A.
    The Board rejected two proposals requesting customary and 
traditional use determinations for ground squirrel and porcupine in 
Unit 22 by residents of Unit 22. Current Federal subsistence 
regulations list these animals as unclassified wildlife. The Board does 
not make customary and traditional use determinations for unclassified 
wildlife.
    Because of Board action on other proposals, the Board rejected a 
proposal on designated hunters in Unit 22A.
    The Board rejected nine proposals for customary and traditional use 
determinations for residents of Unit 22 for beaver, Arctic fox, red 
fox, hare, lynx, marten, wolverine, grouse, and ptarmigan in Unit 22. 
These proposals were rejected because they would be detrimental to the 
satisfaction of subsistence needs by those residing in surrounding 
units. Rejection of these proposals has no effect on subsistence users 
in Unit 22 or surrounding units.
    The Board deferred two proposals that would have changed the time 
period for aircraft flight restrictions over the Noatak Controlled Use 
Area. These proposals were deferred to allow a working group to present 
alternate courses of actions or recommendations concerning the Noatak 
Controlled Use Area.

Summary of Proposals Adopted by the Board

    The Board adopted 23 proposals. Some of these proposals were 
adopted as submitted. Others were adopted with modifications suggested 
by the respective Regional Council, modifications developed during the 
analysis process, or modifications developed during the Board's public 
deliberations.
    All of the adopted proposals were recommended for adoption by at 
least one of the Regional Councils, although further modifications were 
made to some during Board deliberations, and were based on customary 
and traditional uses or harvest practices, or on protecting wildlife 
populations.

Southeast Alaska

    The Board adopted a proposal associated with deer harvest in Units 
1B and 3. The modified proposal allows the Petersburg District Ranger 
to announce a December season in Unit 3, remainder and to close the 
seasons in Units 1B and 3 based on conservation concerns.

Southcentral Alaska

    The Board adopted two proposals extending the Unit 11 wolverine 
trapping season and modified it to align that season with the lynx 
trapping season.
    The Board adopted a proposal with modifications to lengthen the 
goat season in a portion of Unit 11 that is bounded by the Chitina and 
Nizina rivers on the south, the Kennicott River and glacier on the 
southeast, and the Root Glacier on the east.
    The Board adopted a proposal with a modification to establish a 
muskrat hunting season in Unit 11.
    The Board adopted a proposal with modifications to allow for the 
harvest of 5 deer in Unit 6D by the Native Village of Chenega for an 
annual memorial event.
    The Board adopted a proposal with modifications to allow for the 
harvest of 5 deer in Unit 6D by the Tatitlek IRA Council for their 
annual cultural heritage week.
    The Board adopted a proposal with a modification to allow a 
designated hunter to harvest a goat in Unit 6D on behalf of a Federally 
qualified user who is either blind, 65 years of age or older, at least 
70% disabled, or temporarily disabled.
    The Board adopted a proposal to expand the beaver trapping season 
in Unit 11 and change the harvest limit to ``no limit''.
    The Board adopted a proposal to re-establish a Federal registration 
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for moose in that portion of Denali National Preserve in Unit 16B 
remainder.
    The Board adopted a proposal with modifications to recognize a 
customary and traditional use determination for moose by residents of 
Cooper Landing in Units 7 and 15A and 15B and establish a season and 
harvest limit in Unit 7.

Bristol Bay

    The Board adopted a proposal with modification to recognize a 
customary and traditional use determination for brown bear for 
residents of Igiugig, Kakhonak, and Levelock in Unit 9C and establish a 
season and harvest limit by Federal registration permit.
    The Board adopted a proposal with modification to more clearly 
define who is eligible to participate in the resident zone subsistence 
brown bear hunt in Unit 9B.
    The Board adopted a proposal to include residents of Units 9A, 9B, 
9C, 9E, and 17 in the general provisions allowing designated hunter 
provisions for deer, moose, and caribou.
    The Board adopted a proposal for Unit 9 to require that all edible 
meat of moose and caribou remain on the bone until the meat is removed 
from the field or is processed for human consumption.

Kodiak Aleutians

    The Board adopted two proposals focused on caribou in Units 9D and 
10. In Unit 9D the Federal season was closed due to a low caribou 
population, and in Unit 10, the harvest limit was reduced because of a 
caribou population decline.

Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta

    The Board adopted a proposal with modification to establish a moose 
season in Unit 18 in the Goodnews River drainage, and south to the unit 
boundary.

Seward Peninsula

    The Board adopted two proposals with modifications to remove a 
closure to moose hunting in Unit 22A only for residents of Unalakleet, 
and to establish a season for those residents.

Northwest Arctic

    The Board adopted a proposal to add Unit 23 to the list of areas 
from which the skin, hide, pelt or fur, including claws of brown bears 
can be used to make handicrafts for sale.

North Slope

    The Board adopted a proposal with modification to add Unit 26 and a 
portion of Unit 24B to the list of areas from which the skin, hide, 
pelt or fur, including claws of brown bears can be used to make 
handicrafts for sale.
    The Board adopted a proposal with modification for moose in Unit 
26C and portions of Unit 26B to adjust the harvest requirement from 
bulls to antlered bulls. Other proposed changes violated principles of 
wildlife conservation.
    These final regulations reflect Board review and consideration of 
Regional Council recommendations and public comments. All Board members 
have reviewed this rule and agree with its substance. Because this rule 
concerns public lands managed by an agency or agencies in both the 
Departments of Agriculture and the Interior, identical text will be 
incorporated into 36 CFR part 242 and 50 CFR part 100.

Conformance With Statutory and Regulatory Authorities

Administrative Procedure Act Compliance

    The Board has provided extensive opportunity for public input and 
involvement in compliance with Administrative Procedure Act 
requirements, including participation in multiple Regional Council 
meetings, additional public review and comment on all proposals for 
regulatory change, and opportunity for additional public comment during 
the Board meeting prior to deliberation. Additionally, an 
administrative mechanism exists (and has been used by the public) to 
request reconsideration of the Board's decision on any particular 
proposal for regulatory change. Therefore, we believe that sufficient 
public notice has been given to affected persons about the Board 
decisions.
    In the more than 18 years the Program has been operating, no 
benefit to the public has been demonstrated by delaying the effective 
date of the subsistence regulations. A lapse in regulatory control 
could affect the continued viability of fish or wildlife populations 
and future subsistence opportunities for rural Alaskans, and would 
generally fail to serve the overall public interest. Therefore, the 
Board finds good cause pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to make this rule 
effective upon the date set forth in DATES to ensure continued 
operation of the subsistence program.

National Environmental Policy Act Compliance

    A Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) 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 analyses and examined the 
environmental consequences of four alternatives. Proposed regulations 
(subparts A, B, and C) that would implement the preferred alternative 
were included in the DEIS as an appendix. The DEIS and the proposed 
administrative regulations presented a framework for a 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 comments 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, the 
Secretary of the Interior, with the concurrence of the Secretary of 
Agriculture, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Forest Service, 
implemented 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 a 
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, implemented the Federal Subsistence 
Management Program and included a framework for a regulatory cycle for 
the subsistence taking of wildlife and fish. The following Federal 
Register documents pertain to this rulemaking:

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 Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska, Subparts A, B, and C: Federal Register Documents
                                          Pertaining to the Final Rule
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                                     Date of
  Federal Register  citation       publication          Category                        Details
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57 FR 22940...................  May 29, 1992.....  Final Rule.......  ``Subsistence Management Regulations for
                                                                       Public Lands in Alaska; Final Rule'' was
                                                                       published in the Federal Register.
64 FR 1276....................  January 8, 1999..  Final Rule.......  Amended the regulations to include
                                                                       subsistence activities occurring on
                                                                       inland navigable waters in which the
                                                                       United States has a reserved water right
                                                                       and to identify specific Federal land
                                                                       units where reserved water rights exist.
                                                                       Extended the Federal Subsistence Board's
                                                                       management to all Federal lands selected
                                                                       under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement
                                                                       Act and the Alaska Statehood Act and
                                                                       situated within the boundaries of a
                                                                       Conservation System Unit, National
                                                                       Recreation Area, National Conservation
                                                                       Area, or any new national forest or
                                                                       forest addition, until conveyed to the
                                                                       State of Alaska or to an Alaska Native
                                                                       Corporation. Specified and clarified the
                                                                       Secretaries' authority to determine when
                                                                       hunting, fishing, or trapping activities
                                                                       taking place in Alaska off the public
                                                                       lands interfere with the subsistence
                                                                       priority.
66 FR 31533...................  June 12, 2001....  Interim Rule.....  Expanded the authority that the Board may
                                                                       delegate to agency field officials and
                                                                       clarified the procedures for enacting
                                                                       emergency or temporary restrictions,
                                                                       closures, or openings.
67 FR 30559...................  May 7, 2002......  Final Rule.......  Amended the operating regulations in
                                                                       response to comments on the June 12,
                                                                       2001, interim rule. Also corrected some
                                                                       inadvertent errors and oversights of
                                                                       previous rules.
68 FR 7703....................  February 18, 2003  Direct Final Rule  Clarified how old a person must be to
                                                                       receive certain subsistence use permits
                                                                       and removed the requirement that Regional
                                                                       Councils must have an odd number of
                                                                       members.
68 FR 23035...................  April 30, 2003...  Affirmation of     Because no adverse comments were received
                                                    Direct Final       on the direct final rule (67 FR 30559),
                                                    Rule.              the direct final rule was adopted.
69 FR 60957...................  October 14, 2004.  Final Rule.......  Clarified the membership qualifications
                                                                       for Regional Advisory Council membership
                                                                       and relocated the definition of
                                                                       ``regulatory year'' from subpart A to
                                                                       subpart D of the regulations.
70 FR 76400...................  December 27, 2005  Final Rule.......  Revised jurisdiction in marine waters and
                                                                       clarified jurisdiction relative to
                                                                       military lands.
71 FR 49997...................  August 24, 2006..  Final Rule.......  Revised the jurisdiction of the
                                                                       subsistence program by adding submerged
                                                                       lands and waters in the area of Makhnati
                                                                       Island, near Sitka, AK. This allowed
                                                                       subsistence users to harvest marine
                                                                       resources in this area under seasons,
                                                                       harvest limits, and methods specified in
                                                                       the regulations.
72 FR 25688...................  May 7, 2007......  Final Rule.......  Revised nonrural determinations.
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    An environmental assessment was prepared in 1997 on the expansion 
of Federal jurisdiction over fisheries and is available from the office 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. The Secretary of the 
Interior with the concurrence of the Secretary of Agriculture 
determined that the expansion of Federal jurisdiction did not 
constitute a major Federal action significantly affecting the human 
environment and, therefore, signed a Finding of No Significant Impact.

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 may have some local impacts on subsistence uses, but 
the program is not likely to significantly restrict subsistence uses.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    This rule does not contain any new information collection 
requirements that need Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 
This rule applies to the use of public lands in Alaska. The information 
collection requirements described in this rule are already approved by 
OMB and have been assigned control number 1018-0075, which expires 
October 31, 2009. We may not conduct or sponsor and you are not 
required to respond to a collection of information request unless it 
displays a currently valid OMB control number.

Other Requirements

    Economic Effects--The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has 
determined that this rule is not significant under Executive Order 
12866 (E.O. 12866). OMB bases its determination upon the following four 
criteria:
    (a) Whether the rule will have an annual effect of $100 million or 
more on the economy or adversely affect an economic sector, 
productivity, jobs, the environment, or other units of the government.
    (b) Whether the rule will create inconsistencies with other Federal 
agencies' actions.
    (c) Whether the rule will materially affect entitlements, grants, 
user fees, loan programs, or the rights and obligations of their 
recipients.
    (d) Whether the rule raises novel legal or policy issues.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq. ) 
requires preparation of regulatory flexibility analyses for rules that 
will have a significant economic 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

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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 sporting goods, ammunition, and gasoline 
dealers. The number of small entities affected is unknown; however, 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 the effects will not be significant.
    This rule benefits those participants who engage in the subsistence 
harvest of fish and wildlife in Alaska in two identifiable ways: First, 
participants get the consumptive value of the food harvested, and 
second, participants get the cultural benefit associated with the 
maintenance of a subsistence lifestyle. We can estimate the consumptive 
value for fish and wildlife harvested under this rule but can place no 
dollar value on the maintenance of a subsistence lifestyle. However, we 
estimate that 8.7 million pounds of wildlife are harvested by the local 
subsistence users annually and, if based on a replacement value of 
$5.00 per pound, would equate to $43.5 million in food value Statewide. 
The cultural benefits of maintaining a subsistence lifestyle can also 
be of considerable value to the participants.

Executive Order 12630

    Title VIII of ANILCA requires the Secretaries to administer a 
subsistence priority on public lands. The scope of this program is 
limited by definition to certain public lands. Likewise, these 
regulations have no potential implications for takings of private 
property as defined by Executive Order 12630.

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

    The Service has determined and certifies pursuant to the Unfunded 
Mandates Reform 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 implementation of this rule 
is by Federal agencies, and no cost is involved to any State or local 
entities or Tribal governments.

Executive Order 12988

    The Service has determined that these regulations meet the 
applicable standards provided in Sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of Executive 
Order 12988 on Civil Justice Reform.

Executive Order 13132

    In accordance with Executive Order 13132, the rule does not have 
sufficient Federalism implications to warrant the preparation of a 
Federalism Assessment. Title VIII of ANILCA precludes the State from 
exercising subsistence management authority over fish and wildlife 
resources on Federal lands unless the State's program is compliant with 
the requirements of that title.

Relations With Native American Tribal Governments

    In accordance with the President's memorandum of April 29, 1994, 
``Government-to-Government Relations with Native American Tribal 
Governments'' (59 FR 22951), 512 DM 2, and E.O. 13175, we have 
evaluated possible effects on Federally recognized Indian tribes and 
have determined that there are no significant direct effects. The 
Bureau of Indian Affairs is a participating agency in this rulemaking.

Executive Order 13211

    On May 18, 2001, the President issued Executive Order 13211 on 
regulations that significantly affect energy supply, distribution, or 
use. This Executive Order requires agencies to prepare Statements of 
Energy Effects when undertaking certain actions. As this rule is not a 
significant regulatory action under Executive Order 13211, affecting 
energy supply, distribution, or use, no Statement of Energy Effects is 
required.
    Drafting Information--Theo Matuskowitz drafted these regulations 
under the guidance of Peter J. Probasco of the Office of Subsistence 
Management, Alaska Regional Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Anchorage, Alaska. Additional assistance was provided by
     Elijah Waters, Alaska State Office, Bureau of Land 
Management;
     Sandy Rabinowitch, Alaska Regional Office, National Park 
Service;
     Dr. Warren Eastland, Alaska Regional Office, Bureau of 
Indian Affairs;
     Jerry Berg and Carl Jack, Alaska Regional Office, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service; and
     Steve Kessler, Alaska Regional Office, U.S. 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, National 
forests, Public lands, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 
Wildlife.

Regulation Promulgation

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For the reasons set out in the preamble, the Federal Subsistence Board 
amends title 36, part 242, and title 50, part 100, of the Code of 
Federal Regulations, as set forth below.

PART----SUBSISTENCE MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS FOR PUBLIC LANDS IN 
ALASKA

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

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

Subpart C--Board Determinations

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2. In subpart C of 36 CFR part 242 and 50 CFR part 100, 
Sec. --.24(a)(1) is revised to read as follows:


Sec. --.24  Customary and traditional use determinations.

    (a) * * *
    (1) Wildlife determinations. The rural Alaska residents of the 
listed communities and areas have a customary and traditional use of 
the specified species on Federal public lands within the listed areas:

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                 Area                          Species                            Determination
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unit 1C..............................  Black Bear.............  Residents of Unit 1C, 1D, 3, Hoonah, Pelican,
                                                                 Point Baker, Sitka, and Tenakee Springs.
Unit 1A..............................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Unit 1A, except no subsistence for
                                                                 residents of Hyder.
Unit 1B..............................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Unit 1A, Petersburg, and Wrangell,
                                                                 except no subsistence for residents of Hyder.
Unit 1C..............................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Unit 1C, Haines, Hoonah, Kake,
                                                                 Klukwan, Skagway, and Wrangell, except no
                                                                 subsistence for residents of Gustavus.
Unit 1D..............................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of 1D.

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Unit 1A..............................  Deer...................  Residents of Units 1A and 2.
Unit 1B..............................  Deer...................  Residents of Units 1A, 1B, 2, and 3.
Unit 1C..............................  Deer...................  Residents of 1C, 1D, Hoonah, Kake, and
                                                                 Petersburg.
Unit 1D..............................  Deer...................  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 1B..............................  Goat...................  Residents of Units 1B and 3.
Unit 1C..............................  Goat...................  Residents of Haines, Kake, Klukwan, Petersburg,
                                                                 and Hoonah.
Unit 1B..............................  Moose..................  Residents of Units 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Unit 1C Berners Bay..................  Moose..................  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 1D..............................  Moose..................  Residents of Unit 1D.
Unit 2...............................  Deer...................  Residents of Unit 1A, 2, and 3.
Unit 3...............................  Deer...................  Residents of Unit 1B, 3, Port Alexander, Port
                                                                 Protection, Pt. Baker, and Meyer's Chuck.
Unit 3, Wrangell and Mitkof Islands..  Moose..................  Residents of Units 1B, 2, and 3.
Unit 4...............................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Unit 4 and Kake.
Unit 4...............................  Deer...................  Residents of Unit 4, Kake, Gustavus, Haines,
                                                                 Petersburg, Pt. Baker, Klukwan, Port
                                                                 Protection, Wrangell, and Yakutat.
Unit 4...............................  Goat...................  Residents of Sitka, Hoonah, Tenakee, Pelican,
                                                                 Funter Bay, Angoon, Port Alexander, and Elfin
                                                                 Cove.
Unit 5...............................  Black Bear.............  Residents of Unit 5A.
Unit 5...............................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Yakutat.
Unit 5...............................  Deer...................  Residents of Yakutat.
Unit 5...............................  Goat...................  Residents of Unit 5A.
Unit 5...............................  Moose..................  Residents of Unit 5A.
Unit 5...............................  Wolf...................  Residents of Unit 5A.
Unit 6A..............................  Black Bear.............  Residents of Yakutat and Unit 6C and 6D, except
                                                                 no subsistence for Whittier.
Unit 6, remainder....................  Black Bear.............  Residents of Unit 6C and 6D, except no
                                                                 subsistence for Whittier.
Unit 6...............................  Brown Bear.............  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 6A..............................  Goat...................  Residents of Unit 5A, 6C, Chenega Bay, and
                                                                 Tatitlek.
Unit 6C and Unit 6D..................  Goat...................  Residents of Unit 6C and D.
Unit 6A..............................  Moose..................  Residents of Units 5A, 6A, 6B and 6C.
Unit 6B and Unit 6C..................  Moose..................  Residents of Units 6A, 6B and 6C.
Unit 6D..............................  Moose..................  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 6A..............................  Wolf...................  Residents of Units 5A, 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island
                                                                 only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon,
                                                                 and 16-26.
Unit 6, remainder....................  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.
Unit 7...............................  Caribou................  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 7, Brown Mountain hunt area.....  Goat...................  Residents of Port Graham and Nanwalek.
Unit 7, that portion draining into     Moose..................  Residents of Chenega Bay, Cooper Landing, and
 Kings Bay.                                                      Tatitlek.
Unit 7, remainder....................  Moose..................  Residents of Cooper Landing.
Unit 7...............................  Sheep..................  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 7...............................  Ruffed Grouse..........  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 8...............................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Old Harbor, Akhiok, Larsen Bay,
                                                                 Karluk, Ouzinkie, and Port Lions.
Unit 8...............................  Deer...................  Residents of Unit 8.
Unit 8...............................  Elk....................  Residents of Unit 8.
Unit 8...............................  Goat...................  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 9D..............................  Bison..................  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 9A and Unit 9B..................  Black Bear.............  Residents of Units 9A, 9B, 17A, 17B, and 17C.
Unit 9A..............................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Pedro Bay.
Unit 9B..............................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Unit 9B.
Unit 9C..............................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Unit 9C, Igiugig, Kakhonak, and
                                                                 Levelock.
Unit 9D..............................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Units 9D and 10 (Unimak Island).
Unit 9E..............................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Chignik, Chignik Lagoon, Chignik
                                                                 Lake, Egegik, Ivanof Bay, Perryville, Pilot
                                                                 Point, Ugashik, and Port Heiden/Meshik.
Unit 9A and Unit 9B..................  Caribou................  Residents of Units 9B, 9C, and 17.
Unit 9C..............................  Caribou................  Residents of Unit 9B, 9C, 17, and Egegik.
Unit 9D..............................  Caribou................  Residents of Unit 9D, Akutan, and False Pass.
Unit 9E..............................  Caribou................  Residents of Units 9B, 9C, 9E, 17, Nelson Lagoon
                                                                 and Sand Point.
Unit 9A, Unit 9B, Unit 9C and Unit 9E  Moose..................  Residents of Unit 9A, 9B, 9C, and 9E.
Unit 9D..............................  Moose..................  Residents of Cold Bay, False Pass, King Cove,
                                                                 Nelson Lagoon, and Sand Point.
Unit 9B..............................  Sheep..................  Residents of Iliamna, Newhalen, Nondalton, Pedro
                                                                 Bay, Port Alsworth, and residents of Lake Clark
                                                                 National Park and Preserve within Unit 9B.
Unit 9, remainder....................  Sheep..................  No determination.
Unit 9...............................  Wolf...................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island
                                                                 only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon,
                                                                 and 16-26.
Unit 9A, Unit B, Unit C, & Unit E....  Beaver.................  Residents of Units 9A, 9B, 9C, 9E, and 17.
Unit 10 Unimak Island................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Units 9D and 10 (Unimak Island).
Unit 10 Unimak Island................  Caribou................  Residents of Akutan, False Pass, King Cove, and
                                                                 Sand Point.
Unit 10, remainder...................  Caribou................  No determination.

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Unit 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.
Unit 11, north of the Sanford River..  Black Bear.............  Residents of Chistochina, Chitina, Copper
                                                                 Center, Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana, Kenny
                                                                 Lake, Mentasta Lake, Slana, Tazlina, Tonsina,
                                                                 and Units 11 and 12.
Unit 11, remainder...................  Black Bear.............  Residents of Chistochina, Chitina, Copper
                                                                 Center, Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana, Kenny
                                                                 Lake, Mentasta Lake, Slana, Tazlina, Tonsina,
                                                                 and Unit 11.
Unit 11, north of the Sanford River..  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Chistochina, Chitina, Copper
                                                                 Center, Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana, Kenny
                                                                 Lake, Mentasta Lake, Slana, Tazlina, Tonsina,
                                                                 and Units 11 and 12.
Unit 11, remainder...................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Chistochina, Chitina, Copper
                                                                 Center, Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana, Kenny
                                                                 Lake, Mentasta Lake, Slana, Tazlina, Tonsina,
                                                                 and Unit 11.
Unit 11, north of the Sanford River..  Caribou................  Residents of Units 11, 12, 13A-D, Chickaloon,
                                                                 Healy Lake, and Dot Lake.
Unit 11, remainder...................  Caribou................  Residents of Units 11, 13A-D, and Chickaloon.
Unit 11..............................  Goat...................  Residents of Unit 11, Chitina, Chistochina,
                                                                 Copper Center, Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana,
                                                                 Mentasta Lake, Slana, Tazlina, Tonsina, and Dot
                                                                 Lake.
Unit 11, north of the Sanford River..  Moose..................  Residents of Units 11, 12, 13A-D, Chickaloon,
                                                                 Healy Lake, and Dot Lake.
Unit 11, remainder...................  Moose..................  Residents of Units 11, 13A-D, and Chickaloon.
Unit 11, north of the Sanford River..  Sheep..................  Residents of Unit 12, Chistochina, Chitina,
                                                                 Copper Center, Dot Lake, Gakona, Glennallen,
                                                                 Gulkana, Healy Lake, Kenny Lake, Mentasta Lake,
                                                                 Slana, McCarthy/South Wrangell/South Park,
                                                                 Tazlina, Tonsina, residents along the Nabesna
                                                                 Road--Milepost 0-46 (Nabesna Road), and
                                                                 residents along the McCarthy Road--Milepost 0-
                                                                 62 (McCarthy Road).
Unit 11, remainder...................  Sheep..................  Residents of Chisana, Chistochina, Chitina,
                                                                 Copper Center, Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana,
                                                                 Kenny Lake, Mentasta Lake, Slana, McCarthy/
                                                                 South Wrangell/South Park, Tazlina, Tonsina,
                                                                 residents along the Tok Cutoff--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).
Unit 11..............................  Wolf...................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island
                                                                 only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon,
                                                                 and 16-26.
Unit 11..............................  Grouse (Spruce, Blue,    Residents of Units 11, 12, 13 and the residents
                                        Ruffed and Sharp-        of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20D, 22 and 23.
                                        tailed).
Unit 11..............................  Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow  Residents of Units 11, 12, 13 and the residents
                                        and White-tailed).       of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20D, 22 and 23.
Unit 12..............................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Unit 12, Dot Lake, Chistochina,
                                                                 Gakona, Mentasta Lake, and Slana.
Unit 12..............................  Caribou................  Residents of Unit 12, Dot Lake, Healy Lake, and
                                                                 Mentasta Lake.
Unit 12, that portion within the       Moose..................  Residents of Unit 12, 13C, Dot Lake, and Healy
 Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge and                             Lake.
 those lands within the Wrangell-St.
 Elias National Preserve north and
 east of a line formed by the
 Pickerel Lake Winter Trail from the
 Canadian border to Pickerel Lake.
Unit 12, that portion east of the      Moose..................  Residents of Unit 12, 13C, and Healy Lake.
 Nabesna River and Nabesna Glacier,
 and south of the Winter Trail
 running southeast from Pickerel Lake
 to the Canadian border.
Unit 12, remainder...................  Moose..................  Residents of Unit 11 north of 62nd parallel,
                                                                 Unit 12, 13A-D and the residents of Chickaloon,
                                                                 Dot Lake, and Healy Lake.
Unit 12..............................  Sheep..................  Residents of Unit 12, Chistochina, Dot Lake,
                                                                 Healy Lake, and Mentasta Lake.
Unit 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.............  Residents of Unit 13 and Slana.
Unit 13B.............................  Caribou................  Residents of Units 11, 12 (along the Nabesna
                                                                 Road), 13, residents of Unit 20D except Fort
                                                                 Greely, and the residents of Chickaloon.
Unit 13C.............................  Caribou................  Residents of Units 11, 12 (along the Nabesna
                                                                 Road), 13, Chickaloon, Dot Lake and Healy Lake.
Unit 13A and Unit 13D................  Caribou................  Residents of Units 11, 12 (along the Nabesna
                                                                 Road), 13, and the residents of Chickaloon.
Unit 13E.............................  Caribou................  Residents of Units 11, 12 (along the Nabesna
                                                                 Road), 13, Chickaloon, McKinley Village, and
                                                                 the area along the Parks Highway between
                                                                 mileposts 216 and 239 (except no subsistence
                                                                 for residents of Denali National Park
                                                                 headquarters).
Unit 13D.............................  Goat...................  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 13A and Unit 13D................  Moose..................  Residents of Unit 13, Chickaloon, and Slana.
Unit 13B.............................  Moose..................  Residents of Units 13, 20D except Fort Greely,
                                                                 and the residents of Chickaloon and Slana.

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Unit 13C.............................  Moose..................  Residents of Units 12, 13, and the residents of
                                                                 Chickaloon, Healy Lake, Dot Lake and Slana.
Unit 13E.............................  Moose..................  Residents of Unit 13, Chickaloon, McKinley
                                                                 Village, Slana, and the area along the Parks
                                                                 Highway between mileposts 216 and 239 (except
                                                                 no subsistence for residents of Denali National
                                                                 Park headquarters).
Unit 13D.............................  Sheep..................  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 13..............................  Wolf...................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island
                                                                 only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon,
                                                                 and 16-26.
Unit 13..............................  Grouse (Spruce, Blue,    Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of
                                        Ruffed & Sharp-tailed).  Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20D, 22 & 23.
Unit 13..............................  Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow  Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of
                                        and White-tailed).       Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20D, 22 & 23.
Unit 14C.............................  Brown Bear.............  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 14..............................  Goat...................  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 14..............................  Moose..................  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 14A and Unit 14C................  Sheep..................  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 15A and Unit 15B................  Black Bear.............  Residents of Ninilchik.
Unit 15C.............................  Black Bear.............  Residents of Ninilchik, Port Graham, and
                                                                 Nanwalek.
Unit 15C.............................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Ninilchik.
Unit 15, remainder...................  Brown Bear.............  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 15A and Unit 15B................  Moose..................  Residents of Cooper Landing, Ninilchik,
                                                                 Nanwalek, Port Graham, and Seldovia.
Unit 15C.............................  Moose..................  Residents of Ninilchik, Nanwalek, Port Graham,
                                                                 and Seldovia.
Unit 15..............................  Sheep..................  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 15..............................  Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow  Residents of Unit 15.
                                        and White-tailed).
Unit 15..............................  Grouse (Spruce)........  Residents of Unit 15.
Unit 15..............................  Grouse (Ruffed)........  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 16B.............................  Black Bear.............  Residents of Unit 16B.
Unit 16..............................  Brown Bear.............  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 16A.............................  Moose..................  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 16B.............................  Moose..................  Residents of Unit 16B.
Unit 16..............................  Sheep..................  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 16..............................  Wolf...................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island
                                                                 only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon,
                                                                 and 16-26.
Unit 16..............................  Grouse (Spruce and       Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of
                                        Ruffed).                 Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20D, 22 and 23.
Unit 16..............................  Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow  Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of
                                        and White-tailed).       Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20D, 22 and 23.
Unit 17A and that portion of 17B       Black Bear.............  Residents of Units 9A and B, 17, Akiak, and
 draining into Nuyakuk Lake and                                  Akiachak.
 Tikchik Lake.
Unit 17, remainder...................  Black Bear.............  Residents of Units 9A and B, and 17.
Unit 17A and Unit 17B, those portions  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Kwethluk.
 north and west of a line beginning
 from the Unit 18 boundary at the
 northwest end of Nenevok Lake, to
 the southern point of upper Togiak
 Lake, and northeast to the northern
 point of Nuyakuk Lake, northeast to
 the point where the Unit 17 boundary
 intersects the Shotgun Hills.
Unit 17A, remainder..................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Unit 17, Akiak, Akiachak, Goodnews
                                                                 Bay, and Platinum.
Unit 17B, that portion draining into   Brown Bear.............  Residents of Akiak and Akiachak.
 Nuyakuk Lake and Tikchik Lake.
Unit 17B and Unit 17C................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Unit 17.
Unit 17A, that portion west of the     Caribou................  Residents of Goodnews Bay, Platinum, Quinhagak,
 Izavieknik River, Upper Togiak Lake,                            Eek, Tuntutuliak, and Napakiak.
 Togiak Lake, and the main course of
 the Togiak River.
Unit 17A, that portion north of        Caribou................  Residents of Akiak, Akiachak, and Tuluksak.
 Togiak Lake that includes Izavieknik
 River drainages.
Unit 17A and 17B, those portions       Caribou................  Residents of Kwethluk.
 north and west of a line beginning
 from the Unit 18 boundary at the
 northwest end of Nenevok Lake, to
 the southern point of upper Togiak
 Lake, and northeast to the northern
 point of Nuyakuk Lake, northeast to
 the point where the Unit 17 boundary
 intersects the Shotgun Hills.

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Unit 17B, that portion of Togiak       Caribou................  Residents of Bethel, Goodnews Bay, Platinum,
 National Wildlife Refuge within Unit                            Quinhagak, Eek, Akiak, Akiachak, Tuluksak,
 17B.                                                            Tuntutuliak, and Napakiak.
Unit 17, remainder...................  Caribou................  Residents of Units 9B, 17, Lime Village, and
                                                                 Stony River.
Unit 17A and 17B, those portions       Moose..................  Residents of Kwethluk.
 north and west of a line beginning
 from the Unit 18 boundary at the
 northwest end of Nenevok Lake, to
 the southern point of upper Togiak
 Lake, and northeast to the northern
 point of Nuyakuk Lake, northeast to
 the point where the Unit 17 boundary
 intersects the Shotgun Hills.
Unit 17A, that portion north of        Moose..................  Residents of Akiak, Akiachak.
 Togiak Lake that includes Izavieknik
 River drainages.
Unit 17A, remainder..................  Moose..................  Residents of Unit 17, Goodnews Bay and Platinum;
                                                                 however, no subsistence for residents of
                                                                 Akiachak, Akiak and Quinhagak.
Unit 17B, that portion within the      Moose..................  Residents of Akiak, Akiachak.
 Togiak National Wildlife Refuge.
Unit 17B, remainder and Unit 17C.....  Moose..................  Residents of Unit 17, Nondalton, Levelock,
                                                                 Goodnews Bay, and Platinum.
Unit 17..............................  Wolf...................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island
                                                                 only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon,
                                                                 and 16-26.
Unit 17..............................  Beaver.................  Residents of Units 9A, 9B, 9C, 9E, and 17.
Unit 18..............................  Black Bear.............  Residents of Unit 18, Unit 19A living downstream
                                                                 of the Holokuk River, Holy Cross, Stebbins, St.
                                                                 Michael, Twin Hills, and Togiak.
Unit 18..............................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Akiachak, Akiak, Eek, Goodnews Bay,
                                                                 Kwethluk, Mt. Village, Napaskiak, Platinum,
                                                                 Quinhagak, St. Marys, and Tuluksak.
Unit 18..............................  Caribou................  Residents of Unit 18, Manokotak, Stebbins, St.
                                                                 Michael, Togiak, Twin Hills, and Upper Kalskag.
Unit 18, that portion of the Yukon     Moose..................  Residents of Unit 18, Upper Kalskag, Aniak, and
 River drainage upstream of Russian                              Chuathbaluk.
 Mission and that portion of the
 Kuskokwim River drainage upstream
 of, but not including, the Tuluksak
 River drainage.
Unit 18, that portion north of a line  Moose..................  Residents of Unit 18, St. Michael, Stebbins, and
 from Cape Romanzof to Kusilvak                                  Upper Kalskag.
 Mountain to Mountain Village, and
 all drainages north of the Yukon
 River downstream from Marshall.
Unit 18, remainder...................  Moose..................  Residents of Unit 18 and Upper Kalskag.
Unit 18..............................  Musk ox................  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 18..............................  Wolf...................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island
                                                                 only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon,
                                                                 and 16-26.
Unit 19C and Unit 19D................  Bison..................  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 19A and Unit 19B................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Units 19 and 18 within the
                                                                 Kuskokwim River drainage upstream from, and
                                                                 including, the Johnson River.
Unit 19C.............................  Brown Bear.............  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 19D.............................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Units 19A and D, Tuluksak and Lower
                                                                 Kalskag.
Unit 19A and Unit 19B................  Caribou................  Residents of Units 19A and 19B, Unit 18 within
                                                                 the Kuskokwim River drainage upstream from, and
                                                                 including, the Johnson River, and residents of
                                                                 St. Marys, Marshall, Pilot Station, Russian
                                                                 Mission.
Unit 19C.............................  Caribou................  Residents of Unit 19C, Lime Village, McGrath,
                                                                 Nikolai, and Telida.
Unit 19D.............................  Caribou................  Residents of Unit 19D, Lime Village, Sleetmute,
                                                                 and Stony River.
Unit 19A and Unit 9B.................  Moose..................  Residents of Unit 18 within Kuskokwim River
                                                                 drainage upstream from and including the
                                                                 Johnson River, and residents of Unit 19.
Unit 19B, west of the Kogrukluk River  Moose..................  Residents of Eek and Quinhagak.
Unit 19C.............................  Moose..................  Residents of Unit 19.
Unit 19D.............................  Moose..................  Residents of Unit 19 and Lake Minchumina.
Unit 19..............................  Wolf...................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island
                                                                 only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon,
                                                                 and 16-26.
Unit 20D.............................  Bison..................  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 20F.............................  Black Bear.............  Residents of Unit 20F, Stevens Village, and
                                                                 Manley.
Unit 20E.............................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Unit 12 and Dot Lake.
Unit 20F.............................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Unit 20F, Stevens Village, and
                                                                 Manley.
Unit 20A.............................  Caribou................  Residents of Cantwell, Nenana, and those
                                                                 domiciled between mileposts 216 and 239 of the
                                                                 Parks Highway. No subsistence priority for
                                                                 residents of households of the Denali National
                                                                 Park Headquarters.
Unit 20B.............................  Caribou................  Residents of Unit 20B, Nenana, and Tanana.
Unit 20C.............................  Caribou................  Residents of Unit 20C living east of the
                                                                 Teklanika River, residents of Cantwell, Lake
                                                                 Minchumina, Manley Hot Springs, Minto, Nenana,
                                                                 Nikolai, Tanana, Talida, and those domiciled
                                                                 between mileposts 216 and 239 of the Parks
                                                                 Highway and between mileposts 300 and 309. No
                                                                 subsistence priority for residents of
                                                                 households of the Denali National Park
                                                                 Headquarters.

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Unit 20D and Unit 20E................  Caribou................  Residents of 20D, 20E, and Unit 12 north of the
                                                                 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.
Unit 20F.............................  Caribou................  Residents of 20F, 25D, and Manley.
Unit 20A.............................  Moose..................  Residents of Cantwell, Minto, Nenana, McKinley
                                                                 Village, and the area along the Parks Highway
                                                                 between mileposts 216 and 239, except no
                                                                 subsistence for residents of households of the
                                                                 Denali National Park Headquarters.
Unit 20B, Minto Flats Management Area  Moose..................  Residents of Minto and Nenana.
Unit 20B, remainder..................  Moose..................  Residents of Unit 20B, Nenana, and Tanana.
Unit 20C.............................  Moose..................  Residents of Unit 20C (except that portion
                                                                 within Denali National Park and Preserve and
                                                                 that portion east of the Teklanika River),
                                                                 Cantwell, ``Manley'', Minto, Nenana, those
                                                                 domiciled between mileposts 300 and 309 of the
                                                                 Parks Highway, 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.
Unit 20D.............................  Moose..................  Residents of Unit 20D and residents of
                                                                 Tanacross.
Unit 20E.............................  Moose..................  Residents of Unit 20E, Unit 12 north of the
                                                                 Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve, Circle,
                                                                 Central, Dot Lake, Healy Lake, and Mentasta
                                                                 Lake.
Unit 20F.............................  Moose..................  Residents of Unit 20F, ``Manley'', Minto, and
                                                                 Stevens Village.
Unit 20F.............................  Wolf...................  Residents of Unit 20F, Stevens Village, and
                                                                 ``Manley''.
Unit 20, remainder...................  Wolf...................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island
                                                                 only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon,
                                                                 and 16-26.
Unit 20D.............................  Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed   Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of
                                        and Sharp-tailed).       Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20D, 22, and 23.
Unit 20D.............................  Ptarmigan (Rock and      Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of
                                        Willow).                 Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20D, 22, and 23.
Unit 21..............................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Units 21 and 23.
Unit 21A.............................  Caribou................  Residents of Units 21A, 21D, 21E, Aniak,
                                                                 Chuathbaluk, Crooked Creek, McGrath, and
                                                                 Takotna.
Unit 21B and Unit 21C................  Caribou................  Residents of Units 21B, 21C, 21D, and Tanana.
Unit 21D.............................  Caribou................  Residents of Units 21B, 21C, 21D, and Huslia.
Unit 21E.............................  Caribou................  Residents of Units 21A, 21E, Aniak, Chuathbaluk,
                                                                 Crooked Creek, McGrath, and Takotna.
Unit 21A.............................  Moose..................  Residents of Units 21A, 21E, Takotna, McGrath,
                                                                 Aniak, and Crooked Creek.
Unit 21B and Unit 21C................  Moose..................  Residents of Units 21B, 21C, Tanana, Ruby, and
                                                                 Galena.
Unit 21D.............................  Moose..................  Residents of Units 21D, Huslia, and Ruby.
Unit 21E.............................  Moose..................  Residents of Unit 21E and Russian Mission.
Unit 21..............................  Wolf...................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island
                                                                 only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon,
                                                                 and 16-26.
Unit 22A.............................  Black Bear.............  Residents of Unit 22A and Koyuk.
Unit 22B.............................  Black Bear.............  Residents of Unit 22B.
Unit 22C, Unit 22D, and Unit 22E.....  Black Bear.............  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 22..............................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Unit 22.
Unit 22A.............................  Caribou................  Residents of Unit 21D west of the Koyukuk and
                                                                 Yukon Rivers, 22 (except residents of St.
                                                                 Lawrence Island), 23, 24, Kotlik, Emmonak,
                                                                 Hooper Bay, Scammon Bay, Chevak, Marshall,
                                                                 Mountain Village, Pilot Station, Pitka's Point,
                                                                 Russian Mission, St. Marys, Nunam Iqua, and
                                                                 Alakanuk.
Unit 22, remainder...................  Caribou................  Residents of Unit 21D west of the Koyukuk and
                                                                 Yukon Rivers, 22 (except residents of St.
                                                                 Lawrence Island), 23, and 24.
Unit 22..............................  Moose..................  Residents of Unit 22.
Unit 22B, west of the Darby Mountains  Musk ox................  Residents of Unit 22B and 22C.
Unit 22B, remainder..................  Musk ox................  Residents of Unit 22B.
Unit 22C.............................  Musk ox................  Residents of Unit 22C.
Unit 22D, that portion within the      Musk ox................  Residents of Unit 22C, White Mountain, and Unit
 Kougarok, Kuzitrin, and Pilgrim                                 22D excluding St. Lawrence Island.
 River drainages.
Unit 22D, remainder..................  Musk ox................  Residents of Unit 22D excluding St. Lawrence
                                                                 Island.
Unit 22E.............................  Musk ox................  Residents of Unit 22E excluding Little Diomede
                                                                 Island.
Unit 22..............................  Wolf...................  Residents of Units 23, 22, 21D north and west of
                                                                 the Yukon River, and Kotlik.
Unit 22..............................  Grouse (Spruce)........  Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of
                                                                 Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20D, 22, and 23.
Unit 22..............................  Ptarmigan (Rock and      Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of
                                        Willow).                 Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20D, 22, and 23.
Unit 23..............................  Black Bear.............  Residents of Unit 23, Alatna, Allakaket,
                                                                 Bettles, Evansville, Galena, Hughes, Huslia,
                                                                 and Koyukuk.
Unit 23..............................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Units 21 and 23.
Unit 23..............................  Caribou................  Residents of Unit 21D west of the Koyukuk and
                                                                 Yukon Rivers, Galena, 22, 23, 24 including
                                                                 residents of Wiseman but not including other
                                                                 residents of the Dalton Highway Corridor
                                                                 Management Area, and 26A.
Unit 23..............................  Moose..................  Residents of Unit 23.
Unit 23, south of Kotzebue Sound and   Musk ox................  Residents of Unit 23 south of Kotzebue Sound and
 west of and including the Buckland                              west of and including the Buckland River
 River drainage.                                                 drainage.
Unit 23, remainder...................  Musk ox................  Residents of Unit 23 east and north of the
                                                                 Buckland River drainage.

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Unit 23..............................  Sheep..................  Residents of Point Lay and Unit 23 north of the
                                                                 Arctic Circle.
Unit 23..............................  Wolf...................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island
                                                                 only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon,
                                                                 and 16-26.
Unit 23..............................  Grouse (Spruce and       Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of
                                        Ruffed).                 Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20D, 22, and 23.
Unit 23..............................  Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow  Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of
                                        and White-tailed).       Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20D, 22, and 23.
Unit 24, that portion south of         Black Bear.............  Residents of Stevens Village, Unit 24 and
 Caribou Mountain, and within the                                Wiseman, but not including any other residents
 public lands composing or                                       of the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area.
 immediately adjacent to the Dalton
 Highway Corridor Management Area.
Unit 24, remainder...................  Black Bear.............  Residents of Unit 24 and Wiseman, but not
                                                                 including any other residents of the Dalton
                                                                 Highway Corridor Management Area.
Unit 24, that portion south of         Brown Bear.............  Residents of Stevens Village and residents of
 Caribou Mountain, and within the                                Unit 24.
 public lands composing or
 immediately adjacent to the Dalton
 Highway Corridor Management Area.
Unit 24, remainder...................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Unit 24.
Unit 24..............................  Caribou................  Residents of Unit 24, Galena, Kobuk, Koyukuk,
                                                                 Stevens Village, and Tanana.
Unit 24..............................  Moose..................  Residents of Unit 24, Koyukuk, and Galena.
Unit 24..............................  Sheep..................  Residents of Unit 24 residing north of the
                                                                 Arctic Circle, Allakaket, Alatna, Hughes, and
                                                                 Huslia.
Unit 24..............................  Wolf...................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island
                                                                 only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon
                                                                 and 16-26.
Unit 25D.............................  Black Bear.............  Residents of Unit 25D.
Unit 25D.............................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Unit 25D.
Unit 25, remainder...................  Brown Bear.............  Residents of Unit 25 and Eagle.
Unit 25D.............................  Caribou................  Residents of 20F, 25D, and Manley.
Unit 25A.............................  Moose..................  Residents of Units 25A and 25D.
Unit 25D, west.......................  Moose..................  Residents of Unit 25D West.
Unit 25D, remainder..................  Moose..................  Residents of remainder of Unit 25.
Unit 25A.............................  Sheep..................  Residents of Arctic Village, Chalkyitsik, Fort
                                                                 Yukon, Kaktovik, and Venetie.
Unit 25B and Unit 25C................  Sheep..................  No Federal subsistence priority.
Unit 25D.............................  Wolf...................  Residents of Unit 25D.
Unit 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), Anaktuvuk Pass,
                                                                 and Point Hope.
Unit 26A and C.......................  Caribou................  Residents of Unit 26, Anaktuvuk Pass, and Point
                                                                 Hope.
Unit 26B.............................  Caribou................  Residents of Unit 26, Anaktuvuk Pass, Point
                                                                 Hope, and residents of Unit 24 within the
                                                                 Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area.
Unit 26..............................  Moose..................  Residents of Unit 26 (except the Prudhoe Bay-
                                                                 Deadhorse Industrial Complex), Point Hope, and
                                                                 Anaktuvuk Pass.
Unit 26A.............................  Musk ox................  Residents of Anaktuvuk Pass, Atqasuk, Barrow,
                                                                 Nuiqsut, Point Hope, Point Lay, and Wainwright.
Unit 26B.............................  Musk ox................  Residents of Anaktuvuk Pass, Nuiqsut, and
                                                                 Kaktovik.
Unit 26C.............................  Musk ox................  Residents of Kaktovik.
Unit 26A.............................  Sheep..................  Residents of Unit 26, Anaktuvuk Pass, and Point
                                                                 Hope.
Unit 26B.............................  Sheep..................  Residents of Unit 26, Anaktuvuk Pass, Point
                                                                 Hope, and Wiseman.
Unit 26C.............................  Sheep..................  Residents of Unit 26, Anaktuvuk Pass, Arctic
                                                                 Village, Chalkyitsik, Fort Yukon, Point Hope,
                                                                 and Venetie.
Unit 26..............................  Wolf...................  Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island
                                                                 only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon,
                                                                 and 16-26.
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Subpart D--Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife

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3. In subpart D of 36 CFR part 242 and 50 CFR part 100, Sec.  --.25 is 
revised to read as follows:


Sec.  --.25  Subsistence taking of fish, wildlife, and shellfish: 
general regulations.

    (a) Definitions. The following definitions apply to all regulations 
contained in this part:
    Abalone iron means a flat device which is used for taking abalone 
and which is more than 1 inch (24 mm) in width and less than 24 inches 
(610 mm) in length, with all prying edges rounded and smooth.
    ADF&G means the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
    Airborne means transported by aircraft.
    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's Alaska Airman's Guide and chart supplement.
    Anchor means a device used to hold a fishing vessel or net in a 
fixed position relative to the beach; this includes using part of the 
seine or lead, a ship's anchor, or being secured to another vessel or 
net that is anchored.

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    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, elk, or moose.
    Antlered means any caribou, deer, elk, or moose having at least one 
visible antler.
    Antlerless means any caribou, deer, elk, or moose not having 
visible antlers attached to the skull.
    Bait means any material excluding a scent lure that is placed to 
attract an animal by its sense of smell or taste; however, those parts 
of legally taken animals that are not required to be salvaged and which 
are left at the kill site are not considered bait.
    Beach seine means a floating net which is designed to surround fish 
and is set from and hauled to the beach.
    Bear means black bear, or brown or grizzly bear.
    Big game means black bear, brown bear, bison, caribou, Sitka black-
tailed deer, elk, mountain goat, moose, musk ox, Dall sheep, wolf, and 
wolverine.
    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 of an 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, elk, or musk oxen.
    Calf means a moose, caribou, elk, musk ox, or bison less than 12 
months old.
    Cast net means a circular net with a mesh size of no more than 1\1/
2\ inches and weights attached to the perimeter, which, when thrown, 
surrounds the fish and closes at the bottom when retrieved.
    Char means the following species: Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinis), 
lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush), brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), 
and Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma).
    Closed season means the time when fish, wildlife, or shellfish may 
not be taken.
    Crab means the following species: red king crab (Paralithodes 
camshatica), blue king crab (Paralithodes platypus), brown king crab 
(Lithodes aequispina), scarlet king crab (Lithodes couesi), all species 
of tanner or snow crab (Chionoecetes spp.), and Dungeness crab (Cancer 
magister).
    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.
    Depth of net means the perpendicular distance between cork line and 
lead line expressed as either linear units of measure or as a number of 
meshes, including all of the web of which the net is composed.
    Designated hunter or fisherman means a Federally qualified hunter 
or fisherman who may take all or a portion of another Federally 
qualified hunter's or fisherman's harvest limit(s) only under 
situations approved by the Board.
    Dip net means a bag-shaped net supported on all sides by a rigid 
frame; the maximum straight-line distance between any two points on the 
net frame, as measured through the net opening, may not exceed 5 feet; 
the depth of the bag must be at least one-half of the greatest 
straight-line distance, as measured through the net opening; no portion 
of the bag may be constructed of webbing that exceeds a stretched 
measurement of 4.5 inches; the frame must be attached to a single rigid 
handle and be operated by hand.
    Diving gear means any type of hard hat or skin diving equipment, 
including SCUBA equipment; a tethered, umbilical, surface-supplied 
unit; or snorkel.
    Drainage means all of the lands and waters comprising a watershed, 
including tributary rivers, streams, sloughs, ponds, and lakes, which 
contribute to the water supply of the watershed.
    Drift gillnet means a drifting gillnet that has not been 
intentionally staked, anchored, or otherwise fixed in one place.
    Edible meat means the breast meat of ptarmigan and grouse, and, 
those parts of caribou, deer, elk, 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 
distal (bottom) joint of the radius-ulna (knee), 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 in this definition does not include: Meat of the 
head, meat that has been damaged and made inedible by the method of 
taking, bones, sinew, and incidental meat reasonably lost as a result 
of boning or close trimming of the bones, or viscera. For black bear, 
brown and grizzly bear, ``edible meat'' means the meat of the front 
quarter and hindquarters and meat along the backbone (backstrap).
    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.
    Field means an area outside of established year-round dwellings, 
businesses, or other developments usually associated with a city, town, 
or village; field does not include permanent hotels or roadhouses on 
the State road system or at State or Federally maintained airports.
    Fifty-inch (50-inch) moose means a bull moose with an antler spread 
of 50 inches or more.
    Fish wheel means a fixed, rotating device, with no more than four 
baskets on a single axle, for catching fish, which is driven by river 
current or other means.
    Fresh water of streams and rivers means the line at which fresh 
water is separated from salt water at the mouth of streams and rivers 
by a line drawn headland to headland across the mouth as the waters 
flow into the sea.
    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.
    Fyke net means a fixed, funneling (fyke) device used to entrap 
fish.
    Gear means any type of fishing apparatus.
    Gillnet means a net primarily designed to catch fish by 
entanglement in a mesh that consists of a single sheet of webbing which 
hangs between cork line and lead line, and which is fished from the 
surface of the water.
    Grappling hook means a hooked device with flukes or claws, which is 
attached to a line and operated by hand.
    Groundfish or bottomfish means any marine fish except halibut, 
osmerids, herring and salmonids.
    Grouse collectively refers to all species found in Alaska, 
including spruce grouse, ruffed grouse, blue grouse, and sharp-tailed 
grouse.
    Hand purse seine means a floating net which is designed to surround 
fish and which can be closed at the bottom by pursing the lead line; 
pursing may only be done by hand power, and a free-running line through 
one or more rings attached to the lead line is not allowed.
    Handicraft means a finished product made by a rural Alaskan 
resident from the nonedible byproducts of fish or

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wildlife and is composed wholly or in some significant respect of 
natural materials. The shape and appearance of the natural material 
must be substantially changed by the skillful use of hands, such as 
sewing, weaving, drilling, lacing, beading, carving, etching, 
scrimshawing, painting, or other means, and incorporated into a work of 
art, regalia, clothing, or other creative expression, and can be either 
traditional or contemporary in design. The handicraft must have 
substantially greater monetary and aesthetic value than the unaltered 
natural material alone.
    Handline means a hand-held and operated line, with one or more 
hooks attached.
    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 or designated group, per specified time period, 
in a Unit or portion of a Unit in which the taking occurs even if part 
or all of the harvest is preserved. A fish, when landed and killed by 
means of rod and reel, becomes part of the harvest limit of the person 
originally hooking it.
    Herring pound means an enclosure used primarily to contain live 
herring over extended periods of time.
    Highway means the drivable surface of any constructed road.
    Household means that group of people residing in the same 
residence.
    Hung measure means the maximum length of the cork line when 
measured wet or dry with traction applied at one end only.
    Hunting means the taking of wildlife within established hunting 
seasons with archery equipment or firearms, and as authorized by a 
required hunting license.
    Hydraulic clam digger means a device using water or a combination 
of air and water used to harvest clams.
    Jigging gear means a line or lines with lures or baited hooks, 
drawn through the water by hand, and which are operated during periods 
of ice cover from holes cut in the ice, or from shore ice and which are 
drawn through the water by hand.
    Lead means either a length of net employed for guiding fish into a 
seine, set gillnet, or other length of net, or a length of fencing 
employed for guiding fish into a fish wheel, fyke net, or dip net.
    Legal limit of fishing gear means the maximum aggregate of a single 
type of fishing gear permitted to be used by one individual or boat, or 
combination of boats in any particular regulatory area, district, or 
section.
    Long line means either a stationary, buoyed, or anchored line, or a 
floating, free-drifting line with lures or baited hooks attached.
    Marmot collectively refers to all species of marmot that occur in 
Alaska, including the hoary marmot, Alaska marmot, and the woodchuck.
    Mechanical clam digger means a mechanical device used or capable of 
being used for the taking of clams.
    Mechanical jigging machine means a mechanical device with line and 
hooks used to jig for halibut and bottomfish, but does not include hand 
gurdies or rods with reels.
    Mile means a nautical mile when used in reference to marine waters 
or a statute mile when used in reference to fresh water.
    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 that 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.
    Possession limit means the maximum number of fish, grouse, or 
ptarmigan a person or designated group may have in possession if they 
have not been canned, salted, frozen, smoked, dried, or otherwise 
preserved so as to be fit for human consumption after a 15-day period.
    Pot means a portable structure designed and constructed to capture 
and retain live fish and shellfish in the water.
    Ptarmigan collectively refers to all species found in Alaska, 
including white-tailed ptarmigan, rock ptarmigan, and willow ptarmigan.
    Purse seine means a floating net which is designed to surround fish 
and which can be closed at the bottom by means of a free-running line 
through one or more rings attached to the lead line.
    Ram means a male Dall sheep.
    Registration permit means a permit that 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 requests 
are received and/or are based on priorities as determined by 50 CFR 
100.17 and 36 CFR 242.17.
    Regulatory year means July 1-June 30, except for fish and 
shellfish, for which it means April 1-March 31.
    Ring net means a bag-shaped net suspended between no more than two 
frames; the bottom frame may not be larger in perimeter than the top 
frame; the gear must be nonrigid and collapsible so that free movement 
of fish or shellfish across the top of the net is not prohibited when 
the net is employed.
    Rockfish means all species of the genus Sebastes.
    Rod and reel means either a device upon which a line is stored on a 
fixed or revolving spool and is deployed through guides mounted on a 
flexible pole, or a line that is attached to a pole. In either case, 
bait or an artificial fly or lure is used as terminal tackle. This 
definition does not include the use of rod and reel gear for snagging.
    Salmon means the following species: pink salmon (Oncorhynchus 
gorbuscha); sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka); Chinook salmon 
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha); coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch); and 
chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta).
    Salmon stream means any stream used by salmon for spawning, 
rearing, or for traveling to a spawning or rearing area.
    Salvage means to transport the edible meat, skull, or hide, as 
required by regulation, of a regulated fish, wildlife, or shellfish to 
the location where the edible meat will be consumed by humans or 
processed for human consumption in a manner which saves or prevents the 
edible meat from waste, and preserves the skull or hide for human use.
    Scallop dredge means a dredge-like device designed specifically for 
and capable of taking scallops by being towed along the ocean floor.
    Sea urchin rake means a hand-held implement, no longer than 4 feet, 
equipped with projecting prongs used to gather sea urchins.
    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

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surrendering a specific portion of the animal for biological 
information.
    Set gillnet means a gillnet that has been intentionally set, 
staked, anchored, or otherwise fixed.
    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.
    Shovel means a hand-operated implement for digging clams.
    Skin, hide, pelt, or fur means any tanned or untanned external 
covering of an animal's body. However, for bear, the skin, hide, pelt, 
or fur means the external covering with claws attached.
    Snagging means hooking or attempting to hook a fish elsewhere than 
in the mouth.
    Spear means a shaft with a sharp point or fork-like implement 
attached to one end, which is used to thrust through the water to 
impale or retrieve fish, and which is operated by hand.
    Spike-fork moose means a bull moose with only one or two tines on 
either antler; male calves are not spike-fork bulls.
    Stretched measure means the average length of any series of 10 
consecutive meshes measured from inside the first knot and including 
the last knot when wet; the 10 meshes, when being measured, must be an 
integral part of the net, as hung, and measured perpendicular to the 
selvages; measurements will be made by means of a metal tape measure 
while the 10 meshes being measured are suspended vertically from a 
single peg or nail, under 5-pound weight.
    Subsistence fishing permit means a subsistence harvest permit 
issued by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game or the Federal 
Subsistence Board.
    Take or Taking means to fish, 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.
    To operate fishing gear means any of the following: To deploy gear 
in the water; to remove gear from the water; to remove fish or 
shellfish from the gear during an open season or period; or to possess 
a gillnet containing fish during an open fishing period, except that a 
gillnet which is completely clear of the water is not considered to be 
operating for the purposes of minimum distance requirement.
    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.
    Trawl means a bag-shaped net towed through the water to capture 
fish or shellfish, and includes beam, otter, or pelagic trawl.
    Troll gear means a power gurdy troll gear consisting of a line or 
lines with lures or baited hooks which are drawn through the water by a 
power gurdy; hand troll gear consisting of a line or lines with lures 
or baited hooks which are drawn through the water from a vessel by hand 
trolling, strip fishing, or other types of trolling, and which are 
retrieved by hand power or hand-powered crank and not by any type of 
electrical, hydraulic, mechanical, or other assisting device or 
attachment; or dinglebar troll gear consisting of one or more lines, 
retrieved and set with a troll gurdy or hand troll gurdy, with a 
terminally attached weight from which one or more leaders with one or 
more lures or baited hooks are pulled through the water while a vessel 
is making way.
    Trophy means a mount of a big game animal, including the skin of 
the head (cape) or the entire skin, in a lifelike representation of the 
animal, including a lifelike representation made from any part of a big 
game animal; ``trophy'' also includes a ``European mount'' in which the 
horns or antlers and the skull or a portion of the skull are mounted 
for display.
    Trout means the following species: Cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus 
clarki) and rainbow/steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).
    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, elk, moose, mountain goat, Dall sheep, and musk oxen.
    Unit and Subunit means one of the geographical areas in the State 
of Alaska known as Game Management Units, or GMUs, as defined in the 
codified Alaska Department of Fish and Game regulations found in Title 
5 of the Alaska Administrative Code and collectively listed in this 
part as Units or Subunits.
    Wildlife means any hare, ptarmigan, grouse, ungulate, bear, 
furbearer, or unclassified species and includes any part, product, egg, 
or offspring thereof, or carcass or part thereof.
    (b) Taking fish, wildlife, or shellfish for subsistence uses by a 
prohibited method is a violation of this part. Seasons are closed 
unless opened by Federal regulation. Hunting, trapping, or fishing 
during a closed season or in an area closed by this part is prohibited. 
You may not take for subsistence fish, wildlife, or shellfish outside 
established Unit or Area seasons, or in excess of the established Unit 
or Area harvest limits, unless otherwise provided for by the Board. You 
may take fish, wildlife, or shellfish under State regulations on public 
lands, except as otherwise restricted at Sec. Sec. --.26 through --.28. 
Unit/Area-specific restrictions or allowances for subsistence taking of 
fish, wildlife, or shellfish are identified at Sec. Sec. --.26 through 
--.28.
    (c) Harvest limits. (1) Harvest limits authorized by this section 
and harvest limits established in State regulations may not be 
accumulated.
    (2) Fish, wildlife, or shellfish taken by a designated individual 
for another person pursuant to Sec. --.10(d)(5)(ii) counts toward the 
individual harvest limit of the person for whom the fish, wildlife, or 
shellfish is taken.
    (3) A harvest limit applies to the number of fish, wildlife, or 
shellfish 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.
    (4) Unless otherwise provided, any person who gives or receives 
fish, wildlife, or shellfish must 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 fish, wildlife, or 
shellfish; the time and place that the fish, wildlife, or shellfish was 
taken; and identification of species transferred. Where a qualified 
subsistence user has designated another qualified subsistence user to 
take fish, wildlife, or shellfish on his or her behalf in accordance 
with Sec.  --.10(d)(5)(ii), the permit must be furnished in place of a 
signed statement.
    (d) Fishing by designated harvest permit. (1) Any species of fish 
that may be taken by subsistence fishing under this part may be taken 
under a designated harvest permit.
    (2) If you are a Federally qualified subsistence user, you 
(beneficiary) may designate another Federally qualified subsistence 
user to take fish on your behalf. The designated fisherman must obtain 
a designated harvest permit prior to attempting to harvest fish and 
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designated fisherman may fish for any number of beneficiaries but may 
have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any one 
time.
    (3) The designated fisherman must have in possession a valid 
designated fishing permit when taking, attempting to take, or 
transporting fish taken under this section, on behalf of a beneficiary.
    (4) The designated fisherman may not fish with more than one legal 
limit of gear.
    (5) You may not designate more than one person to take or attempt 
to take fish on your behalf at one time. You may not personally take or 
attempt to take fish at the same time that a designated fisherman is 
taking or attempting to take fish on your behalf.
    (e) Hunting by designated harvest permit. If you are a Federally 
qualified subsistence user (recipient), you may designate another 
Federally qualified subsistence user to take deer, moose and caribou on 
your behalf unless you are a member of a community operating under a 
community harvest system or unless unit-specific regulations in 
Sec. --.26 preclude or modify the use of the designated hunter system 
or allow the harvest of additional species by a designated hunter. 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, unless otherwise specified in 
unit-specific regulations in Sec. --.26.
    (f) A rural Alaska resident who has been designated to take fish, 
wildlife, or shellfish on behalf of another rural Alaska resident in 
accordance with Sec.  --.10(d)(5)(ii) must promptly deliver the fish, 
wildlife, or shellfish to that rural Alaska resident and may not charge 
the recipient for his/her services in taking the fish, wildlife, or 
shellfish or claim for themselves the meat or any part of the harvested 
fish, wildlife, or shellfish.
    (g) [Reserved].
    (h) Permits. If a subsistence fishing or hunting permit is required 
by this part, the following permit conditions apply unless otherwise 
specified in this section:
    (1) You may not take more fish, wildlife, or shellfish for 
subsistence use than the limits set out in the permit;
    (2) You must obtain the permit prior to fishing or hunting;
    (3) You must have the permit in your possession and readily 
available for inspection while fishing, hunting, or transporting 
subsistence-taken fish, wildlife, or shellfish;
    (4) If specified on the permit, you must keep accurate daily 
records of the harvest, showing the number of fish, wildlife, or 
shellfish taken, by species, location and date of harvest, and other 
such information as may be required for management or conservation 
purposes; and
    (5) If the return of harvest information necessary for management 
and conservation purposes is required by a permit and you fail to 
comply with such reporting requirements, you are ineligible to receive 
a subsistence permit for that activity during the following regulatory 
year, unless you demonstrate that failure to report was due to loss in 
the mail, accident, sickness, or other unavoidable circumstances.
    (i) You may not possess, transport, give, receive, or barter fish, 
wildlife, or shellfish that was taken in violation of Federal or State 
statutes or a regulation promulgated hereunder.
    (j) Utilization of fish, wildlife, or shellfish. (1) You may not 
use wildlife as food for a dog or furbearer, or as bait, except as 
allowed for in Sec. --.26, Sec. --.27, or Sec. --.28, or 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, or ptarmigan; however, 
you may not use the breast meat of grouse and ptarmigan as animal food 
or bait;
    (iv) Unclassified wildlife.
    (2) If you take wildlife for subsistence, you must 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 Units 5, 9B, 17, 18, portions of 19A and 19B, 
21D, 22, 23, 24, and 26A need not be salvaged;
    (iii) The hide and edible meat of a black bear;
    (iv) The hide or meat of squirrels, hares, marmots, beaver, 
muskrats, or unclassified wildlife.
    (3) You must salvage the edible meat of ungulates, bear, grouse, 
and ptarmigan.
    (4) You may not intentionally waste or destroy any subsistence-
caught fish or shellfish; however, you may use for bait or other 
purposes whitefish, herring, and species for which bag limits, seasons, 
or other regulatory methods and means are not provided in this section, 
as well as the head, tail, fins, and viscera of legally taken 
subsistence fish.
    (5) 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 fish, wildlife, or shellfish, 
unanticipated weather conditions, or unavoidable loss to another 
animal.
    (6) If you are a Federally qualified subsistence user, you may sell 
handicraft articles made from the skin, hide, pelt, or fur, including 
claws, of a black bear.
    (i) In Units 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, you may sell handicraft articles 
made from the skin, hide, pelt, fur, claws, bones, teeth, sinew, or 
skulls of a black bear taken from Units 1, 2, 3, or 5.
    (ii) [Reserved].
    (7) If you are a Federally qualified subsistence user, you may sell 
handicraft articles made from the skin, hide, pelt, or fur, including 
claws, of a brown bear taken from Units 1-5, 9A-C, 9E, 12, 17, 20, 23, 
24B (only that portion within Gates of the Arctic National Park), 25, 
or 26.
    (i) In Units 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, you may sell handicraft articles 
made from the skin, hide, pelt, fur, claws, bones, teeth, sinew, or 
skulls of a brown bear taken from Units 1, 4, or 5.
    (ii) [Reserved].
    (8) If you are a Federally qualified subsistence user, you may sell 
the raw fur or tanned pelt with or without claws attached from legally 
harvested furbearers.
    (9) If you are a Federally qualified subsistence user, you may sell 
handicraft articles made from the nonedible byproducts (including, but 
not limited to, skin, shell, fins, and bones) of subsistence-harvested 
fish or shellfish.
    (10) If you are a Federally qualified subsistence user, you may 
sell handicraft articles made from nonedible byproducts of wildlife 
harvested for subsistence uses (excluding bear), to include: Skin, 
hide, pelt, fur, claws, bones (except skulls of moose, caribou, elk, 
deer, sheep, goat and musk ox), teeth, sinew, antlers and/or horns (if 
not attached to any part of the skull or made to represent a big game 
trophy) and hooves.
    (11) The sale of handicrafts made from the nonedible byproducts of 
wildlife, when authorized in this part, may not constitute a 
significant commercial enterprise.
    (12) You may sell the horns and antlers not attached to any part of 
the skull from legally harvested caribou (except caribou harvested in 
Unit 23), deer, elk, goat, moose, musk ox, and sheep.
    (13) You may sell the raw/untanned and tanned hide or cape from a 
legally harvested caribou, deer, elk, goat, moose, musk ox, and sheep.

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    (k) The regulations found in this part do not apply to the 
subsistence taking and use of fish, wildlife, or shellfish regulated 
pursuant to the Fur Seal Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 1091, 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 to any amendments to these Acts. The taking and use of 
fish, wildlife, or shellfish, covered by these Acts, will conform to 
the specific provisions contained in these Acts, as amended, and any 
implementing regulations.
    (l) Rural residents, nonrural residents, and nonresidents not 
specifically prohibited by Federal regulations from fishing, hunting, 
or trapping on public lands in an area may fish, hunt, or trap on 
public lands in accordance with the appropriate State regulations.

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4. In subpart D of 36 CFR part 242 and 50 CFR part 100, Sec. --.26 is 
revised to read as follows:


Sec. --.26  Subsistence taking of wildlife.

    (a) You may take wildlife 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.
    (b) Except for special provisions found at paragraphs (n)(1) 
through (26) of this section, the following methods and means of taking 
wildlife for subsistence uses are prohibited:
    (1) Shooting from, on, or across a highway;
    (2) Using any poison;
    (3) 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;
    (4) 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;
    (5) Using a motorized vehicle to drive, herd, or molest wildlife;
    (6) Using or being aided by use of a machine gun, set gun, or a 
shotgun larger than 10 gauge;
    (7) 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--
    (i) An individual in possession of a valid trapping license may use 
a firearm that shoots rimfire cartridges to take wolves and wolverine;
    (ii) 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, elk, moose, musk ox, 
and mountain goat;
    (8) 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 9 
inches, or conibear style trap with a jaw spread over 11 inches;
    (9) 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;
    (10) Using a trap to take ungulates or bear;
    (11) Using hooks to physically snag, impale, or otherwise take 
wildlife; however, hooks may be used as a trap drag;
    (12) Using a crossbow to take ungulates, bear, wolf, or wolverine 
in any area restricted to hunting by bow and arrow only;
    (13) Taking of ungulates, bear, wolf, or wolverine with a bow, 
unless the bow is capable of casting an inch-wide broadhead-tipped 
arrow at least 175 yards horizontally, and the arrow and broadhead 
together weigh at least 1 ounce (437.5 grains);
    (14) Using bait for taking ungulates, bear, wolf, or wolverine; 
except, you may use bait to take wolves and wolverine with a trapping 
license, and you may use bait to take black bears with a hunting 
license as authorized in Unit-specific regulations at paragraphs (n)(1) 
through (26) of this section. Baiting of black bears is subject to the 
following restrictions:
    (i) Before establishing a black bear bait station, you must 
register the site with ADF&G
    (ii) When using bait, you must clearly mark the site with a sign 
reading ``black bear bait station'' that also displays your hunting 
license number and ADF&G-assigned number;
    (iii) You may use only biodegradable materials for bait; you may 
use only the head, bones, viscera, or skin of legally harvested fish 
and wildlife for bait;
    (iv) You may not use bait within \1/4\ mile of a publicly 
maintained road or trail;
    (v) You may not use bait within 1 mile of a house or other 
permanent dwelling, or within 1 mile of a developed campground or 
developed recreational facility;
    (vi) When using bait, you must remove litter and equipment from the 
bait station site when done hunting;
    (vii) You may not give or receive payment for the use of a bait 
station, including barter or exchange of goods;
    (viii) You may not have more than two bait stations with bait 
present at any one time;
    (15) Taking swimming ungulates, bears, wolves, or wolverine;
    (16) Taking or assisting in the taking of ungulates, bear, wolves, 
wolverine, or other furbearers before 3 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, the setting of snares or traps, or the 
removal of furbearers from traps or snares;
    (17) Taking a bear cub or a sow accompanied by cub(s).
    (c) Wildlife taken in defense of life or property is not a 
subsistence use; wildlife so taken is subject to State regulations.
    (d) 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) of 
this section:
    (1) Disturbing or destroying a den, except that you may disturb a 
muskrat pushup or feeding house in the course of trapping;
    (2) Disturbing or destroying any beaver house;
    (3) Taking beaver by any means other than a steel trap or snare, 
except that you may use firearms in certain Units with established 
seasons as identified in Unit-specific regulations found in this 
subpart;
    (4) Taking otter with a steel trap having a jaw spread of less than 
5\7/8\ inches during any closed mink and marten season in the same 
Unit;
    (5) Using a net or fish trap (except a blackfish or fyke trap);
    (6) 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.
    (e) Possession and transportation of wildlife. (1) Except as 
specified in paragraphs (e)(2) or (f)(1) of this section, or as 
otherwise provided, you may not take a species of wildlife in any unit, 
or portion of a unit, if your total take of that species already 
obtained anywhere in the State under Federal and State

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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. --.10(d)(5)(iii) 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.
    (f) Harvest limits. (1) 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 if you have 
taken a harvest limit for a particular species under a trapping season, 
you may take additional animals under the harvest limit specified for a 
hunting season or vice versa.
    (2) 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. You may not take more than one brown/
grizzly bear in a regulatory year.
    (3) The Assistant Regional Director for Subsistence Management, 
FWS, is authorized to open, close, or adjust Federal subsistence lynx 
seasons and to set harvest and possession limits for lynx in Units 6, 
7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20A, 20B, 20C east of the Teklanika River, 
20D, and 20E, with a maximum season of November 1-February 28. This 
delegation may be exercised only when it is necessary to conserve lynx 
populations or to continue subsistence uses, only within guidelines 
listed within the ADF&G Lynx Harvest Management Strategy, and only 
after staff analysis of the potential action, consultation with the 
appropriate Regional Council Chairs, and Interagency Staff Committee 
concurrence.
    (g) Evidence of sex and identity. (1) If subsistence take of Dall 
sheep is restricted to a ram, you may not possess or transport a 
harvested sheep unless both horns accompany the animal.
    (2) If the subsistence taking of an ungulate, except sheep, is 
restricted to one sex in the local area, you may not 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, except that in Units 1-5 antlers 
are also considered proof of sex for deer if the antlers are naturally 
attached to an entire carcass, with or without the viscera; and except 
in Units 11, 13, 19, 21, and 24, where you may possess either 
sufficient portions of the external sex organs (still attached to a 
portion of the carcass) or the head (with or without antlers attached; 
however, the antler stumps must remain attached) to indicate the sex of 
the harvested moose; however, this paragraph (g)(2) 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.
    (3) If a moose harvest limit requires an antlered bull, an antler 
size, or configuration restriction, you may not possess or transport 
the moose carcass or its parts unless both antlers accompany the 
carcass or its parts. If you possess a set of antlers with less than 
the required number of brow tines on one antler, you must leave the 
antlers naturally attached to the unbroken, uncut skull plate; however, 
this paragraph (g)(3) 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.
    (h) Removing harvest from the field. You must leave all edible meat 
on the bones of the front quarters and hind quarters of caribou and 
moose harvested in Units 9, 17, 18, and 19B prior to October 1 until 
you remove the meat from the field or process it for human consumption. 
You must leave all edible meat on the bones of the front quarters, hind 
quarters, and ribs of moose harvested in Unit 21 prior to October 1 
until you remove the meat from the field or process it for human 
consumption. You must leave all edible meat on the bones of the front 
quarters, hind quarters, and ribs of caribou and moose harvested in 
Unit 24 prior to October 1 until you remove the meat from the field or 
process it for human consumption. Meat of the front quarters, hind 
quarters, or ribs from a harvested moose or caribou may be processed 
for human consumption and consumed in the field; however, meat may not 
be removed from the bones for purposes of transport out of the field.
    (i) Returning of tags, marks, or collars. If you take an animal 
that has been marked or tagged for scientific studies, you 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. You also must 
retain any ear tag, collar, radio, tattoo, or other identification with 
the hide until it is sealed, if sealing is required; in all cases, you 
must return any identification equipment to the ADF&G or to an agency 
identified on such equipment.
    (j) Sealing of bear skins and skulls. (1) Sealing requirements for 
bear apply to brown bears taken in all Units, except as specified in 
this paragraph, and black bears of all color phases taken in Units 1-7, 
11-17, and 20.
    (2) You may not 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 Units 5, 9B, 9E, 17, 18, 19A and 19B 
downstream of and including the Aniak River drainage, 21D, 22, 23, 24, 
and 26A need not be sealed unless removed from the area.
    (3) You must keep a bear 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 does not apply to brown bears taken within Units 5, 9B, 9E, 
17, 18, 19A and 19B downstream of and including the Aniak River 
drainage, 21D, 22, 23, 24, and 26A and which are not removed from the 
Unit.
    (i) In areas where sealing is required by Federal regulations, you 
may not possess or transport the hide of a bear that 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 Units 9B, 17, 18, and 
19A and 19B downstream of and including the Aniak River drainage is 
removed from the area, you must first have it sealed by an ADF&G 
representative in Bethel, Dillingham, or McGrath; at the time of 
sealing, the ADF&G representative must remove and retain the skin of 
the skull and front claws of the bear.
    (iii) If you remove the skin or skull of a bear taken in Units 21D, 
22, 23, 24, and 26A from the area or present it for commercial tanning 
within the area, you must first have it sealed by an ADF&G 
representative in Barrow, Galena, Nome, or Kotzebue; at the time of 
sealing, the ADF&G representative must remove and retain the skin of 
the skull and front claws of the bear.
    (iv) If you remove the skin or skull of a bear taken in Unit 5 from 
the area, you must first have it sealed by an ADF&G representative in 
Yakutat.
    (v) If you remove the skin or skull of a bear taken in Unit 9E from 
Unit 9, you must first have it sealed by an authorized sealing 
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remove and retain the skin of the skull and front claws of the bear.
    (4) You may not falsify any information required on the sealing 
certificate or temporary sealing form provided by the ADF&G in 
accordance with State regulations.
    (k) Sealing of beaver, lynx, marten, otter, wolf, and wolverine. 
You may not possess or transport from Alaska the untanned skin of a 
marten taken in Units 1-5, 7, 13E, or 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 in accordance with State or Federal regulations.
    (1) In Unit 18, you must obtain an ADF&G seal for beaver skins only 
if they are to be sold or commercially tanned.
    (2) In Unit 2, you must seal any wolf taken on or before the 30th 
day after the date of taking.
    (l) If you take a species listed in paragraph (k) of this section 
but are unable to present the skin in person, you 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 (k) 
of this section.
    (m) You may take wildlife, outside of established season or harvest 
limits, for food in traditional religious ceremonies, that are part of 
a funerary or mortuary cycle, including memorial potlatches, under the 
following provisions:
    (1) The harvest does not violate recognized principles of wildlife 
conservation and uses the methods and means allowable for the 
particular species published in the applicable Federal regulations. The 
appropriate Federal land manager will establish the number, species, 
sex, or location of harvest, if necessary, for conservation purposes. 
Other regulations relating to ceremonial harvest may be found in the 
unit-specific regulations in Sec. --.26(n).
    (2) No permit or harvest ticket is required for harvesting under 
this section; however, the harvester must be a Federally qualified 
subsistence user with customary and traditional use in the area where 
the harvesting will occur.
    (3) In Units 1-26 (except for Koyukon/Gwich'in potlatch ceremonies 
in Units 20F, 21, 24, or 25):
    (i) A tribal chief, village or tribal council president, or the 
chief's or president's designee for the village in which the religious/
cultural ceremony will be held, or a Federally qualified subsistence 
user outside of a village or tribal-organized ceremony, must notify the 
nearest Federal land manager that a wildlife harvest will take place. 
The notification must include the species, harvest location, and number 
of animals expected to be taken.
    (ii) Immediately after the wildlife is taken, the tribal chief, 
village or tribal council president or designee, or other Federally 
qualified subsistence user must create a list of the successful hunters 
and maintain these records, including the name of the decedent for whom 
the ceremony will be held. If requested, this information must be 
available to an authorized representative of the Federal land manager.
    (iii) The tribal chief, village or tribal council president or 
designee, or other Federally qualified subsistence user outside of the 
village in which the religious/cultural ceremony will be held must 
report to the Federal land manager the harvest location, species, sex, 
and number of animals taken as soon as practicable, but not more than 
15 days after the wildlife is taken.
    (4) In Units 20F, 21, 24, and 25 (for Koyukon/Gwich'in potlatch 
ceremonies only):
    (i) Taking wildlife outside of established season and harvest 
limits is authorized if it is for food for the traditional Koyukon/
Gwich'in Potlatch Funerary or Mortuary ceremony and if it is consistent 
with conservation of healthy populations.
    (ii) Immediately after the wildlife is taken, the tribal chief, 
village or tribal council president, or the chief's or president's 
designee for the village in which the religious ceremony will be held 
must create a list of the successful hunters and maintain these 
records. The list must be made available, after the harvest is 
completed, to a Federal land manager upon request.
    (iii) As soon as practical, but not more than 15 days after the 
harvest, the tribal chief, village council president, or designee must 
notify the Federal land manager about the harvest location, species, 
sex, and number of animals taken.
    (n) Unit regulations. You may take for subsistence unclassified 
wildlife, all squirrel species, and marmots in all Units, without 
harvest limits, for the period of July 1-June 30. Unit-specific 
restrictions or allowances for subsistence taking of wildlife are 
identified at paragraphs (n)(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 1A 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 1B 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 1C 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 1D 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 1A--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 1B--the Anan Creek drainage within 1 mile of Anan Creek 
downstream from the mouth of Anan Lake, including the area within a 1-
mile radius from the mouth of Anan Creek Lagoon, is closed to the 
taking of bear;
    (D) Unit 1C:
    (1) You may not hunt within one-fourth mile of Mendenhall Lake, the 
U.S. Forest Service Mendenhall Glacier Visitor's Center, and the 
Center's parking area;
    (2) You may not take mountain goat in 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;
    (vi) You may not trap furbearers for subsistence uses in Unit 1C, 
Juneau area, on the following public lands:
    (A) A strip within one-quarter mile of the mainland coast between 
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    (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) You may hunt black bear with bait in Units 1A, 1B, and 1D 
between April 15 and June 15;
    (B) You may not shoot ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine from a 
boat, unless you are certified as disabled.

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             Harvest limits                         Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Hunting
 
Black Bear: 2 bears, no more than one     Sept. 1-June 30.
 may be a blue or glacier bear.
Brown Bear: 1 bear every four regulatory  Sept. 15-Dec. 31.
 years by State registration permit only. Mar. 15-May 31.
Deer:
    Unit 1A--4 antlered deer............  Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
    Unit 1B--2 antlered deer. The         Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
     Petersburg District Ranger is
     authorized to close the season
     based on conservation concerns, in
     consultation with ADF&G and the
     chair of the Southeast Alaska
     Subsistence Regional Advisory
     Council.
    Unit 1C--4 deer; however, antlerless  Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
     deer may be taken only from Sept.
     15-Dec. 31.
Goat:
    Unit 1A--Revillagigedo Island only..  No open season.
    Unit 1B--that portion north of        Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
     LeConte Bay--1 goat by State
     registration permit only; the
     taking of kids or nannies
     accompanied by kids is prohibited.
    Unit 1A and Unit 1B--that portion on  No open season.
     the Cleveland Peninsula south of
     the divide between Yes Bay and
     Santa Anna Inlet.
    Unit 1A and Unit 1B--remainder--2     Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
     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 1C--that portion draining into   Oct. 1-Nov. 31.
     Lynn Canal and Stephens Passage
     between Antler River and Eagle
     Glacier and River, and all
     drainages of the Chilkat Range
     south of the Endicott River--1 goat
     by State registration permit only.
    Unit 1C--that portion draining into   No open season.
     Stephens Passage and Taku Inlet
     between Eagle Glacier and River and
     Taku Glacier.
    Unit 1C--remainder--1 goat by State   Aug. 1-Nov. 30.
     registration permit only.
    Unit 1D--that portion lying north of  Sept. 15-Nov. 30.
     the Katzehin River and northeast of
     the Haines highway--1 goat by State
     registration permit only.
    Unit 1D--that portion lying between   No open season.
     Taiya Inlet and River and the White
     Pass and Yukon Railroad.
    Unit 1D--remainder--1 goat by State   Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
     registration permit only.
Moose:
    Unit 1A--1 antlered bull by Federal   Sept. 5-Oct. 15.
     registration permit.
    Unit 1B--1 antlered bull with spike-  Sept. 15-Oct. 15.
     fork or 50-inch antlers or 3 or
     more brow tines on either antler,
     by State registration permit only.
     The Petersburg District Ranger is
     authorized to close the season
     based on conservation concerns, in
     consultation with ADF&G and the
     Chair of the Southeast Alaska
     Subsistence Regional Advisory
     Council.
    Unit 1C--that portion south of Point  Sept. 15-Oct. 15.
     Hobart including all Port Houghton
     drainages--1 antlered bull with
     spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or 3
     or more brow tines on either
     antler, by State registration
     permit only.
    Unit 1C--remainder, excluding         Sept. 15-Oct. 15.
     drainages of Berners Bay--1
     antlered bull by State registration
     permit only.
    Unit 1C, Berners Bay................  No open season.
    Unit 1D.............................  No open season.
Coyote: 2 coyotes.......................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and     Nov. 1-Feb. 15.
 Silver Phases): 2 foxes.
Hare (Snowshoe): 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, and Ruffed): 5 per  Aug. 1-May 15.
 day, 10 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-       Aug. 1-May 15.
 tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession.
 
                Trapping
 
Beaver: Unit 1--No limit................  Dec. 1-May 15.
Coyote: No limit........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and     Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
 Silver Phases): No 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 westernmost point on Warren Island.
    (i) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
15;
    (B) You may not shoot ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine from a 
boat, unless you are certified as disabled.
    (ii) [Reserved]

------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Harvest limits                         Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Hunting
 
Black Bear: 2 bears, no more than one     Sept. 1-June 30.
 may be a blue or glacier bear.
Deer:
    5 deer; however, no more than one     July 24-Dec. 31.
     may be an antlerless deer.
     Antlerless deer may be taken only
     during the period Oct. 15--Federal/
     State harvest report. The Tongass
     National Forest Supervisor is
     authorized to reduce the harvest to
     4 deer based on conservation
     concerns, in consultation with
     ADF&G and the Chair of the
     Southeast Alaska Subsistence
     Regional Advisory Council.
    The Federal public lands on Prince
     of Wales Island, excluding the
     southeast portion (lands south of
     the West Arm of Cholmondeley Sound
     draining into Cholmondeley Sound or
     draining eastward into Clarence
     Strait), are closed to hunting of
     deer from Aug. 1 to Aug. 15, except
     by Federally qualified subsistence
     users hunting under these
     regulations.
Coyote: 2 coyotes.......................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and     Nov. 1-Feb. 15.
 Silver Phases): 2 foxes.
Hare (Snowshoe): 5 hares per day........  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Wolf: 5 wolves. The Tongass National      Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
 Forest Supervisor (or designee) may
 close the Federal hunting and trapping
 season in consultation with ADF&G and
 the Chair of the Southeast Alaska
 Subsistence Regional Advisory Council,
 when the combined Federal-State harvest
 quota is reached.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine..................  Nov. 10-Feb. 15.
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed): 5 per day,    Aug. 1-May 15.
 10 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-       Aug. 1-May 15.
 tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession.
 
                Trapping
 
Beaver: No limit........................  Dec. 1-May 15.
Coyote: No limit........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and     Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
 Silver Phases): No 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. The Tongass National      Nov. 15-Mar. 31.
 Forest Supervisor (or designee) may
 close the Federal hunting and trapping
 season in consultation with ADF&G and
 the Chair of the Southeast Alaska
 Subsistence Regional Advisory Council,
 when the combined Federal-State harvest
 quota is reached. Any wolf taken in
 Unit 2 must be sealed within 30 days of
 harvest.
Wolverine: No limit.....................  Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (3) Unit 3. (i) Unit 3 consists of all islands west of Unit 1B, 
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, Kashevaroff, 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, you may not take ungulates, bear, 
wolves, and wolverine along a strip one-fourth mile wide on each side 
of the Mitkof Highway from Milepost 0 to Crystal Lake campground;
    (B) You may not take black bears in the Petersburg Creek drainage 
on Kupreanof Island;
    (C) You may not hunt in the 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.
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
15;
    (B) You may not shoot ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine from a 
boat, unless you are certified as disabled.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Harvest limits                         Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Hunting
 
Black Bear: 2 bears, no more than one     Sept. 1-June 30.
 may be a blue or glacier bear.
Deer:
    Unit 3--Mitkof, Woewodski, and        Oct. 15-Oct. 31.
     Butterworth Islands--1 antlered
     deer. The Petersburg District
     Ranger is authorized to close the
     season based on conservation
     concerns, in consultation with
     ADF&G and the chair of the
     Southeast Alaska Subsistence
     Regional Advisory Council.
    Unit 3--remainder--2 antlered deer.   Aug. 1-Nov. 30.
     The Petersburg District Ranger is    Dec. 1-Dec. 31, season to be
     authorized to open the December       announced.
     season by announcement, or close
     any portion of the entire season
     based on conservation concerns, in
     consultation with ADF&G and the
     chair of the Southeast Alaska
     Subsistence Regional Advisory
     Council.
Moose:

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    1 antlered bull with spike-fork or    Sept. 15-Oct. 15.
     50-inch antlers or 3 or more brow
     tines on either antler by State
     registration permit only. The
     Petersburg District Ranger is
     authorized to close the season
     based on conservation concerns, in
     consultation with ADF&G and the
     Chair of the Southeast Alaska
     Subsistence Regional Advisory
     Council.
Coyote: 2 coyotes.......................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and     Nov. 1-Feb. 15.
 Silver Phases): 2 foxes.
Hare (Snowshoe): 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, and Ruffed): 5 per  Aug. 1-May 15.
 day, 10 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-       Aug. 1-May 15.
 tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession.
 
                Trapping
 
Beaver:
    Unit 3--Mitkof Island--No limit.....  Dec. 1-Apr. 15.
    Unit 3--except Mitkof Island--No      Dec. 1-May 15.
     limit.
Coyote: No limit........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and     Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
 Silver Phases): No 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.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (4) Unit 4. (i) Unit 4 consists of all islands south and west of 
Unit 1C 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) You may not take brown bears in 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;
    (B) You may not take brown bears in the Salt Lake Closed Area 
(Admiralty Island) including all lands within one-fourth mile of Salt 
Lake above Klutchman Rock at the head of Mitchell Bay;
    (C) You may not take brown bears in the Port Althorp Closed Area 
(Chichagof Island), that area within the Port Althorp watershed south 
of a line from Point Lucan to Salt Chuck Point (Trap Rock);
    (D) You may not use any motorized land vehicle for brown bear 
hunting in the 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.
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) You may shoot ungulates from a boat. You may not shoot bear, 
wolves, or wolverine from a boat, unless you are certified as disabled;
    (B) Five Federal registration permits will be issued by the Sitka 
or Hoonah District Ranger for the taking of brown bear for educational 
purposes associated with teaching customary and traditional subsistence 
harvest and use practices. Any bear taken under an educational permit 
does not count in an individual's one bear every four regulatory years 
limit.

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             Harvest limits                         Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Hunting
 
Brown Bear:
    Unit 4--Chichagof Island south and    Sept. 15-Dec. 31.
     west of a line that follows the      Mar. 15-May 31.
     crest of the island from Rock Point
     (58[deg] N. lat., 136[deg]21' W.
     long.) to Rodgers Point (57[deg]35'
     N. lat., 135[deg]33' W. long.)
     including Yakobi and other adjacent
     islands; Baranof Island south and
     west of a line which follows the
     crest of the island from Nismeni
     Point (57[deg]34' N. lat.,
     135[deg]25' W. long.) to the
     entrance of Gut Bay (56[deg]44' N.
     lat. 134[deg]38' W. long.)
     including the drainages into Gut
     Bay and including Kruzof and other
     adjacent islands--1 bear every four
     regulatory years by State
     registration permit only.
    Unit 4--remainder--1 bear every four  Sept. 15-Dec. 31.
     regulatory years by State            Mar. 15-May 20.
     registration permit only.
Deer: 6 deer; however, antlerless deer    Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
 may be taken only from Sept. 15-Jan. 31.
Goat: 1 goat by State registration        Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
 permit only.
Coyote: 2 coyotes.......................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and     Nov. 1-Feb. 15.
 Silver Phases): 2 foxes.
Hare (Snowshoe): 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, and Ruffed): 5 per  Aug. 1-May 15.
 day, 10 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-       Aug. 1-May 15.
 tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession.
 
                Trapping
 
Beaver: Unit 4--No limit................  Dec. 1-May 15.

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Coyote: No limit........................  Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and     Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
 Silver Phases): No 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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    (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 5A 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 5B consists of the remainder of Unit 5.
    (ii) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses on public lands 
within Glacier Bay National Park.
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
15;
    (B) You may not shoot ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine from a 
boat, unless you are certified as disabled;
    (C) You may hunt brown bear in Unit 5 with a Federal registration 
permit in lieu of a State metal locking tag; if you have obtained a 
Federal registration permit prior to hunting.

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             Harvest limits                         Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Hunting
 
Black Bear: 2 bears, no more than one     Sept. 1-June 30.
 may be a blue or glacier bear.
Brown Bear: 1 bear by Federal             Sept. 1-May 31.
 registration permit only.
Deer:
    Unit 5A--1 buck.....................  Nov. 1-Nov. 30.
    Unit 5B.............................  No open season.
Goat:
    Unit 5A--that area between the        Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
     Hubbard Glacier and the West
     Nunatak Glacier on the north and
     east sides of Nunatak Fjord--1 goat
     by Federal registration permit. The
     U.S. Forest Service Yakutat
     District Ranger and ADF&G will
     jointly announce the harvest quota
     prior to the season. A minimum of
     two goats in the harvest quota will
     be reserved for Federally qualified
     subsistence users. The season will
     be closed by local announcement
     from the U.S. Forest Service
     Yakutat District Ranger when the
     quota has been taken. The harvest
     quota and season announcements will
     be made in consultation with The
     National Park Service and local
     residents.
    Unit 5A--remainder--1 goat by         Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
     Federal registration permit. The
     U.S. Forest Service Yakutat
     District Ranger and ADF&G will
     jointly announce the harvest quota
     prior to the season. A minimum of
     four goats in the harvest quota
     will be reserved for Federally
     qualified subsistence users. The
     season will be closed by local
     announcement when the quota has
     been taken. The harvest quota and
     season announcements will be made
     in consultation with The National
     Park Service and local residents.
    Unit 5B--1 goat by Federal            Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
     registration permit only.
Moose:
    Unit 5A, Nunatak Bench--1 moose by    Nov. 15-Feb. 15.
     State registration permit only. The
     season will be closed when 5 moose
     have been taken from the Nunatak
     Bench.
    Unit 5A, except Nunatak Bench--1      Oct. 8-Nov. 15.
     bull by joint State/Federal
     registration permit only. The
     season will be closed when 60 bulls
     have been taken from the Unit. The
     season will be closed in that
     portion west of the Dangerous River
     when 30 bulls have been taken in
     that area. From Oct. 8-21, public
     lands will be closed to taking of
     moose, except by residents of Unit
     5A hunting under these regulations.
    Unit 5B--1 antlered bull by State     Sept. 1-Dec. 15.
     registration permit only. The
     season will be closed when 25
     antlered bulls have been taken from
     the entirety of Unit 5B.
Coyote: 2 coyotes.......................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      Nov. 1-Feb. 15.
 Silver Phases): 2 foxes.
Hare (Snowshoe): 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 and Ruffed): 5 per day,    Aug. 1-May 15.
 10 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-       Aug. 1-May 15.
 tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession.
 
                Trapping
 
Beaver: No limit........................  Nov. 10-May 15.
Coyote: No limit........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 15.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      Nov. 10-Feb. 15.
 Silver Phases): No 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 6A consists of Gulf of Alaska drainages east of Palm Point 
near Katalla including Kanak, Wingham, and Kayak Islands;
    (B) Unit 6B 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 6C 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 6D consists of the remainder of Unit 6.
    (ii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
15;
    (B) You may take coyotes in Units 6B and 6C with the aid of 
artificial lights;
    (C) One permit will be issued by the Cordova District Ranger to the 
Native Village of Eyak to take one bull moose from Federal lands in 
Units 6B or C for their annual Memorial/Sobriety Day potlatch;
    (D) A Federally qualified subsistence user (recipient) who is 
either blind, 65 years of age or older, at least 70 percent disabled, 
or temporarily disabled may designate another Federally qualified 
subsistence user to take any moose, deer, black bear, and beaver on his 
or her behalf in Unit 6, and goat in Unit 6D, 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 one harvest limit 
in his or her possession at any one time;
    (E) A hunter younger than 10 years old at the start of the hunt may 
not be issued a Federal subsistence permit to harvest black bear, deer, 
goat, moose, wolf, and wolverine;
    (F) A hunter younger than 10 years old may harvest black bear, 
deer, goat, moose, wolf, and wolverine under the direct, immediate 
supervision of a licensed adult, at least 18 years old. The animal 
taken is counted against the adult's harvest limit. The adult is 
responsible for ensuring that all legal requirements are met.
    (G) Up to five permits will be issued by the Cordova District 
Ranger to the Native Village of Chenega annually to harvest up to five 
deer total from Federal public lands in Unit 6D for their annual Old 
Chenega Memorial. Permits will have effective dates of July 1-June 30.
    (H) Up to five permits will be issued by the Cordova District 
Ranger to the Tatitlek IRA Council annually to harvest up to five deer 
total from Federal public lands in Unit 6D for their annual Cultural 
Heritage Week. Permits will have effective dates of July 1-June 30.

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             Harvest limits                         Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Hunting
 
Black Bear: 1 bear......................  Sept. 1-June 30.
Deer: 4 deer; however, antlerless deer    Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
 may be taken only from Oct. 1-Dec. 31.
Goats:
    Unit 6A and B--1 goat by State        Aug. 20-Jan. 31.
     registration permit only.
    Unit 6C.............................  No open season.
    Unit 6D (subareas RG242, RG243,       Aug. 20-Jan. 31.
     RG244, RG249, RG266 and RG252
     only)--1 goat by Federal
     registration permit only. In each
     of the Unit 6D subareas, goat
     seasons will be closed by the
     Cordova District Ranger when
     harvest limits for that subarea are
     reached. Harvest quotas are as
     follows: RG242--2 goats, RG243--4
     goats, RG244--2 goats, RG249--4
     goats, RG266--4 goats, RG252--1
     goat.
Moose:
    Unit 6C--1 antlerless moose by        Sept. 1-Oct. 31.
     Federal registration permit only.
    Unit 6C--1 bull by Federal            Sept. 1-Dec. 31.
     registration permit only.
    (In Unit 6C, only one moose permit    ..............................
     may be issued per household. A
     household receiving a State permit
     for Unit 6C moose may not receive a
     Federal permit. The annual harvest
     quota will be announced by the U.S.
     Forest Service, Cordova Office, in
     consultation with ADF&G. The
     Federal harvest allocation will be
     100% of the antlerless moose
     permits and 75% of the bull
     permits.).
    Unit 6--remainder...................  No open season.
Beaver: 1 beaver per day, 1 in            May 1-Oct. 31.
 possession.
Coyote:
    Unit 6A and D--2 coyotes............  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
    Unit 6B and 6C--No limit............  July 1-June 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      No open season.
 Silver Phases).
Hare (Snowshoe): No limit...............  July 1-June 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Wolf: 5 wolves..........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine..................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce): 5 per day, 10 in         Aug. 1-May 15.
 possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-       Aug. 1-May 15.
 tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession.
 
                Trapping
 
Beaver: No limit........................  Dec. 1-Apr. 30.
Coyote:
    Unit 6C--south of the Copper River    Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
     Highway and east of the Heney
     Range--No limit.
    Unit 6A, B, C remainder, and D--No    Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
     limit.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
 Silver Phases): No limit.
Marten: No limit........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel: No limit...............  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Muskrat: No limit.......................  Nov. 10-June 10.
Otter: No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31
Wolf: No limit..........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.

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Wolverine: No limit.....................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
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    (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) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses in the Kenai 
Fjords National Park;
    (B) You may not hunt in 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; however, you may hunt 
grouse, ptarmigan, hares, and squirrels with shotguns after September 
1.
    (C) You may not hunt moose in the Resurrection Creek Closed Area in 
Unit 7, which consists of the drainages of Resurrection Creek 
downstream from Rimrock and Highland Creeks including Palmer Creek.
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
15; except in the drainages of Resurrection Creek and its tributaries.
    (B) [Reserved]

------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Harvest limits                         Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Hunting
 
Black Bear: 3 bears.....................  July 1-June 30.
Moose:
    Unit 7--that portion draining into    No open season.
     Kings Bay-Public lands are closed
     to the taking of moose by all users.
    Unit 7, remainder--1 antlered bull    Aug. 10-Sept 20.
     with spike-fork or 50-inch antlers
     or with 3 or more brow tines on
     either antler, by Federal
     registration permit only.
Beaver: 1 beaver per day, 1 in            May 1-Oct. 10.
 possession.
Coyote: No limit........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      Nov. 1-Feb. 15.
 Silver Phases): 2 foxes.
Hare (Snowshoe): No limit...............  July 1-June 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Wolf:
    Unit 7--that portion within the       Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
     Kenai National Wildlife Refuge--2
     wolves.
    Unit 7, remainder--5 wolves.........  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine..................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce): 10 per day, 20 in        Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
 possession.
Grouse (Ruffed).........................  No open season.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-       Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
 tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession.
 
                Trapping
 
Beaver: 20 beaver per season............  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Coyote: No limit........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
 Silver Phases): No limit.
Lynx: No limit..........................  Jan. 1-Jan. 31.
Marten: No limit........................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Mink and Weasel: No limit...............  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Muskrat: No limit.......................  Nov. 10-May 15.
Otter: No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Wolf: No limit..........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolverine: No limit.....................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (8) Unit 8. Unit 8 consists of all islands southeast of the 
centerline of Shelikof Strait including Kodiak, Afognak, Whale, 
Raspberry, Shuyak, Spruce, Marmot, Sitkalidak, Amook, Uganik, and 
Chirikof Islands, the Trinity Islands, the Semidi Islands, and other 
adjacent islands.
    (i) If you have a trapping license, you may take beaver with a 
firearm in Unit 8 from Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
    (ii) [Reserved]

------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Harvest limits                         Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Hunting
 
Brown Bear: 1 bear by Federal             Dec. 1-Dec. 15.
 registration permit only. Up to 1        Apr. 1-May 15.
 permit may be issued in Akhiok; up to 1
 permit may be issued in Karluk; up to 3
 permits may be issued in Larsen Bay; up
 to 2 permits may be issued in Old
 Harbor; up to 2 permits may be issued
 in Ouzinkie; and up to 2 permits may be
 issued in Port Lions. Permits will be
 issued by the Kodiak Refuge Manager.
Deer: Unit 8--all lands within the        Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
 Kodiak Archipelago within the Kodiak
 National Wildlife Refuge, including
 lands on Kodiak, Ban, Uganik, and
 Afognak Islands--3 deer; however,
 antlerless deer may be taken only from
 Oct. 1-Jan. 31.
Elk: Kodiak, Ban, Uganik, and Afognak     Sept. 15-Nov. 30.
 Islands--1 elk per household by Federal
 registration permit only. The season
 will be closed by announcement of the
 Refuge Manager, Kodiak National
 Wildlife Refuge when the combined
 Federal/State harvest reaches 15% of
 the herd.

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Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      Sept. 1-Feb. 15.
 Silver Phases): 2 foxes.
Hare (Snowshoe): No limit...............  July 1-June 30.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-       Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
 tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession.
 
                Trapping
 
Beaver: 30 beaver per season............  Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
 Silver Phases): No 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.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (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 9A 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 9B consists of the Kvichak River drainage except those 
lands drained by the Kvichak River/Bay between the Alagnak River 
drainage and the Naknek River drainage;
    (C) Unit 9C consists of the Alagnak (Branch) River drainage, the 
Naknek River drainage, lands drained by the Kvichak River/Bay between 
the Alagnak River drainage and the Naknek River drainage, and all land 
and water within Katmai National Park and Preserve;
    (D) Unit 9D 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 9E 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) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses in Katmai 
National Park;
    (B) You may not use motorized vehicles, except aircraft, boats, or 
snowmobiles used for hunting and transporting a hunter or harvested 
animal parts from Aug. 1-Nov. 30 in the Naknek Controlled Use Area, 
which includes all of Unit 9C within the Naknek River drainage upstream 
from and including the King Salmon Creek drainage; however, you may use 
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.
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) If you have a trapping license, you may use a firearm to take 
beaver in Unit 9B from April 1-May 31 and in the remainder of Unit 9 
from April 1-30;
    (B) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu of 
a resident tag in Unit 9B, except that portion within the Lake Clark 
National Park and Preserve, if you have obtained a State registration 
permit prior to hunting.
    (C) In Unit 9B, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, residents of 
Iliamna, Newhalen, Nondalton, Pedro Bay, Port Alsworth, residents of 
that portion of the park resident zone in Unit 9B, and 13.440 permit 
holders, 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; however, 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. The 
permits will be issued and closure announcements made by the 
Superintendent Lake Clark National Park and Preserve;
    (D) Residents of Iliamna, Newhalen, Nondalton, Pedro Bay, and Port 
Alsworth may take up to a total of 10 bull moose in Unit 9B for 
ceremonial purposes, under the terms of a Federal registration permit 
from July 1-June 30. Permits will be issued 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;
    (E) For Units 9C and 9E only, a Federally qualified subsistence 
user (recipient) of Units 9C and 9E may designate another Federally 
qualified subsistence user of Units 9C and 9E to take bull caribou 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 and turn over all meat to the recipient. There is no restriction 
on the number of possession limits the designated hunter may have in 
his/her possession at any one time;
    (F) For Unit 9D, a Federally qualified subsistence user (recipient) 
may designate another Federally qualified subsistence user to take 
caribou 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 four harvest limits in his/her 
possession at any one time;
    (G) The communities of False Pass, King Cove, Cold Bay, Sand Point, 
and Nelson Lagoon annually may each take, from October 1-December 31 or 
May 10-25, one brown bear for ceremonial purposes, under the terms of a 
Federal registration permit. A permit will be issued to an individual 
only at the request of a local organization. The brown bear may be 
taken from either Unit 9D or Unit 10 (Unimak Island) only;
    (H) You may hunt brown bear in Unit 9E with a Federal registration 
permit in lieu of a State locking tag if you have obtained a Federal 
registration permit prior to hunting.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Harvest limits                         Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Hunting
 
Black Bear: 3 bears.....................  July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:

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    Unit 9B--Lake Clark National Park     July 1-June 30.
     and Preserve--Rural residents of
     Iliamna, Newhalen, Nondalton, Pedro
     Bay, Port Alsworth, residents of
     that portion of the park resident
     zone in Unit 9B; and 13.440 permit
     holders--1 bear by Federal
     registration permit only.
    The season will be closed by the
     Lake Clark National Park and
     Preserve Superintendent when four
     females or ten bear have been
     taken, whichever occurs first.
    Unit 9B, remainder--1 bear by State   Sept. 1-May 31.
     registration permit only.
    Unit 9C--1 bear by Federal            Oct. 1-May 31.
     registration permit only.
    The season will be closed by the
     Katmai National Park and Preserve
     Superintendent in consultation with
     BLM and FWS land managers and
     ADF&G, when six females or ten bear
     have been taken, whichever occurs
     first.
    Unit 9E--1 bear by Federal            Sept. 25-Dec. 31.
     registration permit.                 Apr. 15-May 25.
Caribou:
    Unit 9A--4 caribou; however, no more  Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
     than 2 caribou may be taken Aug. 10-
     Sept. 30 and no more than 1 caribou
     may be taken Oct. 1-Nov. 30.
    Unit 9B--3 caribou; however, no more  July 1-Apr. 15.
     than 1 caribou may be taken from
     July 1-Nov. 30.
    Unit 9C, that portion within the      Aug. 1-Mar. 31.
     Alagnak River drainage--1 caribou.
    Unit 9C, remainder--Federal public
     lands are closed to the taking of
     caribou.
    Unit 9D--Federal public lands are     No open season.
     closed to the taking of caribou.
    Unit 9E--Federal public lands are     No open season.
     closed to the taking of caribou.
Sheep:
    Unit 9B, that portion within Lake     Jan. 1-Apr. 1.
     Clark National Park and Preserve--1
     ram with 3/4 curl or larger horn by
     Federal registration permit only.
     By announcement of the Lake Clark
     National Park and Preserve
     Superintendent, the summer/fall
     season will be closed when up to 5
     sheep are taken and the winter
     season will be closed when up to 2
     sheep are taken.
    Unit 9B--remainder--1 ram with \7/8\  Aug. 10-Oct. 10.
     curl or larger horn by Federal
     registration permit only.
    Unit 9--remainder--1 ram with \7/8\   Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
     curl or larger horn.
Moose:
    Unit 9A-1 bull......................  Sept. 1-15.
    Unit 9B-1 bull......................  Aug. 20-Sept. 15.
                                          Dec. 1-Jan. 15.
    Unit 9C--that portion draining into   Sept. 1-15.
     the Naknek River from the north--1   Dec. 1-31.
     bull.
    Unit 9C--that portion draining into   Sept. 1-15.
     the Naknek River from the south--1   Dec. 1-31.
     bull by Federal registration permit
     only. Public lands are closed
     during December for the hunting of
     moose, except by Federally
     qualified subsistence users hunting
     under these regulations.
    Unit 9C--remainder--1 bull..........  Sept. 1-15.
                                          Dec. 15-Jan. 15.
    Unit 9D--1 bull by Federal            Dec. 15-Jan. 20.
     registration permit. Federal public
     lands will be closed by
     announcement of the Izembek Refuge
     Manager to the harvest of moose
     when a total of 10 bulls have been
     harvested between State and Federal
     hunts.
    Unit 9E--1 bull, however only         Aug. 20-Sept. 20.
     antlered bulls may be taken Dec. 1-  Dec. 1-Jan. 31.
     Jan. 31.
Beaver: Unit 9B and 9E--2 beaver per day  Apr. 15-May 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      Sept. 1-Feb. 15.
 Silver Phases): 2 foxes.
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit....  July 1-June 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Wolf: 10 wolves.........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine..................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce): 15 per day, 30 in        Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
 possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-       Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
 tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession.
 
                Trapping
 
Beaver:
    No limit............................  Oct. 10-Mar. 31.
    2 beaver per day; only firearms may   Apr. 15-May 31.
     be used.
Coyote: No limit........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White): No limit..  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
 Silver Phases): No 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.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (10) Unit 10. (i) Unit 10 consists of the Aleutian Islands, Unimak 
Island, and the Pribilof Islands.
    (ii) You may not take any wildlife species for subsistence uses on 
Otter Island in the Pribilof Islands.
    (iii) In Unit 10--Unimak Island only, a Federally qualified 
subsistence user (recipient) may designate another Federally qualified 
subsistence user to

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take caribou 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 four harvest limits in his/her 
possession at any one time.
    (iv) The communities of False Pass, King Cove, Cold Bay, Sand 
Point, and Nelson Lagoon annually may each take, from October 1-
December 31 or May 10-25, one brown bear for ceremonial purposes, under 
the terms of a Federal registration permit. A permit will be issued to 
an individual only at the request of a local organization. The brown 
bear may be taken from either Unit 9D or Unit 10 (Unimak Island) only.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Harvest limits                         Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Hunting
 
Caribou:
    Unit 10-Unimak Island only--2         Aug. 1-Sept. 30.
     caribou by Federal registration      Nov. 15-Mar. 31.
     permit only.
    Unit 10, remainder--No limit........  July 1-June 30.
Coyote: 2 coyotes.......................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No    July 1-June 30.
 limit.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      Sept. 1-Feb. 15.
 Silver Phases): 2 foxes.
Wolf: 5 wolves..........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine..................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow): 20 per day,  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
 40 in possession.
 
                Trapping
 
Coyote: 2 coyotes.......................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No    July 1-June 30.
 limit.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      Sept. 1-Feb. 28.
 Silver Phases): 2 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.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (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) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
15;
    (B) One moose without calf may be taken from June 20-July 31 in the 
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Unit 11 or 12 for the 
Batzulnetas Culture Camp. Two hunters from either Chistochina or 
Mentasta Village may be designated by the Mt. Sanford Tribal Consortium 
to receive the Federal subsistence harvest permit. The permit may be 
obtained from a Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve office.
    (C) The Assistant Regional Director for Subsistence Management, 
FWS, is authorized to align the Federal subsistence wolverine trapping 
season with the Federal subsistence lynx seasons in Unit 11.
    (ii) A joint permit may be issued to a pair of a minor and an elder 
to hunt sheep during the Sept. 21-Oct. 20 hunt. The following 
conditions apply:
    (A) The permittee must be a minor aged 8 to 15 years old and an 
accompanying adult 60 years of age or older;
    (B) Both the elder and the minor must be Federally qualified 
subsistence users with a positive customary and traditional use 
determination for the area they want to hunt;
    (C) The minor must hunt under the direct immediate supervision of 
the accompanying adult, who is responsible for ensuring that all legal 
requirements are met;
    (D) Only one animal may be harvested with this permit. The sheep 
harvested will count against the harvest limits of both the minor and 
accompanying adult.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Harvest limits                         Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Hunting
 
Black Bear: 3 bears.....................  July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear: 1 bear......................  Aug. 10-June 15.
Caribou.................................  No open season.
Sheep:
    1 sheep.............................  Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
    1 sheep by Federal registration       Sept. 21-Oct. 20.
     permit only by persons 60 years of
     age or older.
Goat:
    Unit 11--that portion within the      Aug. 25-Dec. 31.
     Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
     and Preserve that is bounded by the
     Chitina and Nizina rivers on the
     south, the Kennicott River and
     glacier on the southeast, and the
     Root Glacier on the east--1 goat by
     Federal registration permit only.
    Unit 11--the remainder of the         Aug. 10-Dec. 31.
     Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
     and Preserve--1 goat by Federal
     registration permit only.
    Unit 11--that portion outside of the  No open season.
     Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
     and Preserve.
    Federal public lands will be closed
     by announcement of the
     Superintendent, Wrangell-St. Elias
     National Park and Preserve to the
     harvest of goats when a total of 45
     goats has been harvested between
     Federal and State hunts.
Moose: 1 antlered bull by Federal         Aug 20-Sept. 20.
 registration permit only.

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Muskrat: No limit.......................  Sept. 20-Jun. 10.
Beaver: 1 beaver per day, 1 in            June 1-Oct. 10.
 possession.
Coyote: 10 coyotes......................  Aug. 10-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): No limit...............  July 1-June 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Wolf: 10 wolves.........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine..................  Sept. 1-Jan. 31.
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-        Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
 tailed): 15 per day, 30 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-       Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
 tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession.
 
                Trapping
 
Beaver: No limit........................  Sept. 25-May 31.
Coyote: No limit........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
 Silver Phases): No 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.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (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) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
30; you may use bait to hunt wolves on FWS and BLM lands;
    (B) You may not use a steel trap, or a snare using cable smaller 
than \3/32\ inch diameter to trap coyotes or wolves in Unit 12 during 
April and October;
    (C) One moose without calf may be taken from June 20-July 31 in the 
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Unit 11 or 12 for the 
Batzulnetas Culture Camp. Two hunters from either Chistochina or 
Mentasta Village may be designated by the Mt. Sanford Tribal Consortium 
to receive the Federal subsistence harvest permit. The permit may be 
obtained from a Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve office.
    (ii) A joint permit may be issued to a pair of a minor and an elder 
to hunt sheep during the Sept. 21-Oct. 20 hunt. The following 
conditions apply:
    (A) The permittees must be a minor aged 8 to 15 years old and an 
accompanying adult 60 years of age or older;
    (B) Both the elder and the minor must be Federally qualified 
subsistence users with a positive customary and traditional use 
determination for the area they want to hunt;
    (C) The minor must hunt under the direct immediate supervision of 
the accompanying adult, who is responsible for ensuring that all legal 
requirements are met;
    (D) Only one animal may be harvested with this permit. The sheep 
harvested will count against the harvest limits of both the minor and 
accompanying adult.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Harvest limits                         Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Hunting
 
Black Bear: 3 bears.....................  July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear: 1 bear......................  Aug. 10-June 30.
Caribou:
    Unit 12--that portion of the Nabesna  No open season.
     River drainage within the Wrangell-
     St. Elias National Park and
     Preserve and all Federal lands
     south of the Winter Trail running
     southeast from Pickerel Lake to the
     Canadian border--All hunting of
     caribou is prohibited on Federal
     public lands.
    Unit 12--remainder--1 bull..........  Sept. 1-20.
    Unit 12--remainder--1 caribou may be  Winter season to be announced.
     taken by a Federal registration
     permit during a winter season to be
     announced. Dates for a winter
     season to occur between Oct. 1 and
     Apr. 30 and sex of animal to be
     taken will be announced by Tetlin
     National Wildlife Refuge Manager in
     consultation with Wrangell-St.
     Elias National Park and Preserve
     Superintendent, Alaska Department
     of Fish and Game area biologists,
     and Chairs of the Eastern Interior
     Regional Advisory Council and Upper
     Tanana/Fortymile Fish and Game
     Advisory Committee.
Sheep:
    Unit 12--1 ram with full curl or      Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
     larger horn.
    Unit 12--that portion within          Sept. 21-Oct. 20.
     Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
     and Preserve--1 ram with full curl
     horn or larger by Federal
     registration permit only by persons
     60 years of age or older.
Moose:
    Unit 12--that portion within the      Aug. 24-28.
     Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge and  Sept. 8-17.
     those lands within the Wrangell-St.  Nov. 20-Dec. 10.
     Elias National Preserve north and
     east of a line formed by the
     Pickerel Lake Winter Trail from the
     Canadian border to Pickerel Lake--1
     antlered bull. The Nov.-Dec. season
     is open by Federal registration
     permit only.
    Unit 12--that portion east of the     Aug. 24-Sept. 30.
     Nabesna River and Nabesna Glacier,
     and south of the Winter Trail
     running southeast from Pickerel
     Lake to the Canadian border--1
     antlered bull.
    Unit 12--remainder--1 antlered bull   Aug. 15-23.
     with spike/fork antlers.

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    Unit 12--remainder--1 antlered bull.  Aug. 24-28.
                                          Sept. 1-17.
Beaver: Unit 12--Wrangell-Saint Elias     Sept. 20-May 15.
 National Park and Preserve--6 beaver
 per season. Meat from harvested beaver
 must be salvaged for human consumption.
Coyote: 10 coyotes......................  Aug. 10-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): No limit...............  July 1-June 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................  Nov. 1-Mar. 15.
Wolf: 10 wolves.........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine..................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-        Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
 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: 15 beaver per season. Only        Sept. 20-May 15.
 firearms may be used during Sept. 20-
 Oct. 31 and Apr. 16-May 15, to take up
 to 6 beaver. Only traps or snares may
 be used Nov. 1-Apr. 15. The total
 annual harvest limit for beaver is 15,
 of which no more than 6 may be taken by
 firearm under trapping or hunting
 regulations. Meat from beaver harvested
 by firearm must be salvaged for human
 consumption.
Coyote: No limit........................  Oct. 15-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
 Silver Phases): No limit.
Lynx: No limit; however, no more than 5   Nov. 1-Dec. 31.
 lynx may be taken between Nov. 1 and
 Nov. 30.
Marten: No limit........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel: No limit...............  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Muskrat: No limit.......................  Sept. 20-June 10.
Otter: No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf: No limit..........................  Oct. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: No limit.....................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (13) Unit 13. (i) Unit 13 consists of that area westerly of the 
east bank of the Copper River and drained by all tributaries into the 
west bank of the Copper River from Miles Glacier and including the 
Slana River drainages north of Suslota Creek; the drainages into the 
Delta River upstream from Falls Creek and Black Rapids Glacier; the 
drainages into the Nenana River upstream from the southeast corner of 
Denali National Park at Windy; the drainage into the Susitna River 
upstream from its junction with the Chulitna River; the drainage into 
the east bank of the Chulitna River upstream to its confluence with 
Tokositna River; the drainages of the Chulitna River (south of Denali 
National Park) upstream from its confluence with the Tokositna River; 
the drainages into the north bank of the Tokositna River upstream to 
the base of the Tokositna Glacier; the drainages into the Tokositna 
Glacier; the drainages into the east bank of the Susitna River between 
its confluences with the Talkeetna and Chulitna Rivers; the drainages 
into the north and east bank of the Talkeetna River including the 
Talkeetna River to its confluence with Clear Creek, the eastside 
drainages of a line going up the south bank of Clear Creek to the first 
unnamed creek on the south, then up that creek to lake 4408, along the 
northeast shore of lake 4408, then southeast in a straight line to the 
northern most fork of the Chickaloon River; the drainages into the east 
bank of the Chickaloon River below the line from lake 4408; the 
drainages of the Matanuska River above its confluence with the 
Chickaloon River:
    (A) Unit 13A 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 13B 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 13C consists of that portion of Unit 13 east of the Gakona 
River and Gakona Glacier;
    (D) Unit 13D consists of that portion of Unit 13 south of Unit 13A;
    (E) Unit 13E 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) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses on lands within 
Mount McKinley National Park as it existed prior to December 2, 1980. 
Subsistence uses as authorized by this paragraph (m)(13) are permitted 
in Denali National Preserve and lands added to Denali National Park on 
December 2, 1980;
    (B) You may not use motorized vehicles or pack animals for hunting 
from Aug. 5-25 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 benchmark Miller, then 
west to include all drainages of Augustana Creek and

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Black Rapids Glacier, then north and east to include all drainages of 
McGinnis Creek to its confluence with the Delta River, then east in a 
straight line across the Delta River to Mile 236.7 Richardson Highway, 
then north along the Richardson Highway to its junction with the Alaska 
Highway, then east along the Alaska Highway to the west bank of the 
Johnson River, then south along the west bank of the Johnson River and 
Johnson Glacier to the head of the Cantwell Glacier, then west along 
the north bank of the Cantwell Glacier and Miller Creek to the Delta 
River;
    (C) Except for access and transportation of harvested wildlife on 
Sourdough and Haggard Creeks, Middle Fork trails, or other trails 
designated by the Board, you may not use motorized vehicles for 
subsistence hunting in the Sourdough Controlled Use Area. The Sourdough 
Controlled Use Area consists of that portion of Unit 13B 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 Middle Fork 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;
    (D) You may not use any motorized vehicle or pack animal for 
hunting, including the transportation of hunters, their hunting gear, 
and/or parts of game from July 26-September 30 in the Tonsina 
Controlled Use Area. The Tonsina Controlled Use Area consists of that 
portion of Unit 13D bounded on the west by the Richardson Highway from 
the Tiekel River to the Tonsina River at Tonsina, on the north along 
the south bank of the Tonsina River to where the Edgerton Highway 
crosses the Tonsina River, then along the Edgerton Highway to Chitina, 
on the east by the Copper River from Chitina to the Tiekel River, and 
on the south by the north bank of the Tiekel River.
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
15;
    (B) Upon written request by the Camp Director to the Glennallen 
Field Office, 2 caribou, sex to be determined by the Glennallen Field 
Office Manager of the BLM, may be taken from Aug. 10-Sept. 30 or Oct. 
21-Mar. 31 by Federal registration permit for the Hudson Lake 
Residential Treatment Camp. Additionally, 1 bull moose may be taken 
Aug. 1-Sept. 20. The animals may be taken by any Federally qualified 
hunter designated by the Camp Director. The hunter must have in his/her 
possession the permit and a designated hunter permit during all periods 
that are being hunted;
    (C) Upon written request from the Ahtna Heritage Foundation to the 
Glennallen Field Office, either 1 bull moose or 2 caribou, sex to be 
determined by the Glennallen Field Office Manager of the Bureau of Land 
Management, may be taken from Aug. 1-Sept. 20 for 1 moose or Aug. 10-
Sept. 20 for 2 caribou by Federal registration permit for the Ahtna 
Heritage Foundation's culture camp. The permit will expire on September 
20 or when the camp closes, whichever comes first. No combination of 
caribou and moose is allowed. The animals may be taken by any Federally 
qualified hunter designated by the Camp Director. The hunter must have 
in his/her possession the permit and a designated hunter permit during 
all periods that are being hunted.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Harvest limits                         Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Hunting
 
Black Bear: 3 bears.....................  July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear: 1 bear. Bears taken within    Aug. 10-May 31.
 Denali National Park must be sealed
 within 5 days of harvest. That portion
 within Denali National Park will be
 closed by announcement of the
 Superintendent after 4 bears have been
 harvested.
Caribou:
    Unit 13A and 13B-2 caribou by         Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
     Federal registration permit only.    Oct. 21-Mar. 31.
     The sex of animals that may be
     taken will be announced by the
     Glennallen Field Office Manager of
     the Bureau of Land Management in
     consultation with the Alaska
     Department of Fish and Game area
     biologist and Chairs of the Eastern
     Interior Regional Advisory Council
     and the Southcentral Regional
     Advisory Council.
    Unit 13--remainder--2 bulls by        Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
     Federal registration permit only.    Oct. 21-Mar. 31.
    You may not hunt within the Trans-
     Alaska Oil Pipeline right-of-way.
     The right-of-way is 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 13D and    Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
 the Tok Management Area and Delta
 Controlled Use Area--1 ram with \7/8\
 curl or larger horn.
Moose:
    Unit 13E--1 antlered bull moose by    Aug. 1-Sept. 20.
     Federal registration permit only;
     only 1 permit will be issued per
     household.
    Unit 13--remainder--1 antlered bull   Aug. 1-Sept. 20.
     moose by Federal registration
     permit only.
Beaver: 1 beaver per day, 1 in            June 15-Sept. 10.
 possession.
Coyote: 10 coyotes......................  Aug. 10-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): No limit...............  July 1-June 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Wolf: 10 wolves.........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine..................  Sept. 1-Jan. 31.
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-        Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
 tailed): 15 per day, 30 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-       Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
 tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession.
 
                Trapping
 
Beaver: No limit........................  Sept. 25-May 31.
Coyote: No limit........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
 Silver Phases): No limit.
Lynx: No limit..........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Marten: Unit 13--No limit...............  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel: No limit...............  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Muskrat: No limit.......................  Sept. 25-June 10.

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Otter: No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolf: No limit..........................  Oct. 15-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: No limit.....................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (14) Unit 14. (i) Unit 14 consists of drainages into the north side 
of Turnagain Arm west of and excluding the Portage Creek drainage, 
drainages into Knik Arm excluding drainages of the Chickaloon and 
Matanuska Rivers in Unit 13, drainages into the north side of Cook 
Inlet east of the Susitna River, drainages into the east bank of the 
Susitna River downstream from the Talkeetna River, and drainages into 
the south and west bank of the Talkeetna River to its confluence with 
Clear Creek, the west side drainages of a line going up the south bank 
of Clear Creek to the first unnamed creek on the south, then up that 
creek to lake 4408, along the northeast shore of lake 4408, then 
southeast in a straight line to the northernmost fork of the Chickaloon 
River:
    (A) Unit 14A consists of drainages in Unit 14 bounded on the west 
by the east bank of the Susitna River, on the north by the north bank 
of Willow Creek and Peters Creek to its headwaters, then east along the 
hydrologic divide separating the Susitna River and Knik Arm drainages 
to the outlet creek at lake 4408, 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 14B consists of that portion of Unit 14 north of Unit 14A;
    (C) Unit 14C consists of that portion of Unit 14 south of Unit 14A.
    (ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
    (A) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses in the Fort 
Richardson and Elmendorf Air Force Base Management Areas, consisting of 
the Fort Richardson and Elmendorf Military Reservations;
    (B) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses in the Anchorage 
Management Area, consisting of all drainages south of Elmendorf and 
Fort Richardson military reservations and north of and including 
Rainbow Creek.
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Harvest limits                         Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Hunting
 
Black Bear: Unit 14C--1 bear............  Jul. 1-Jun. 30.
Beaver: Unit 14C--1 beaver per day, 1 in  May 15-Oct. 31.
 possession.
Coyote: Unit 14C--2 coyotes.............  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      Nov. 1-Feb. 15.
 Silver Phases): Unit 14C--2 foxes.
Hare (Snowshoe): Unit 14C--5 hares per    Sept. 8-Apr. 30.
 day.
Lynx: Unit 14C--2 lynx..................  Dec. 1-Jan. 31.
Wolf: Unit 14C--5 wolves................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: Unit 14C--1 wolverine........  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed): Unit 14C--5   Sept. 8-Mar. 31.
 per day, 10 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-       Sept. 8-Mar. 31.
 tailed): Unit 14C--10 per day, 20 in
 possession.
 
                Trapping
 
Beaver: Unit 14C--that portion within     Dec. 1-Apr. 15.
 the drainages of Glacier Creek, Kern
 Creek, Peterson Creek, the Twentymile
 River and the drainages of Knik River
 outside Chugach State Park--20 beaver
 per season.
Coyote: Unit 14C--No limit..............  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
 Silver Phases): Unit 14C--1 fox.
Lynx: Unit 14C--No limit................  Dec. 15-Jan. 31.
Marten: Unit 14C--No limit..............  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Mink and Weasel: Unit 14C--No limit.....  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Muskrat: Unit 14C--No limit.............  Nov. 10-May 15.
Otter: Unit 14C--No limit...............  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Wolf: Unit 14C--No limit................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Wolverine: Unit 14C--No limit...........  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (15) Unit 15. (i) Unit 15 consists of that portion of the Kenai 
Peninsula and adjacent islands draining into the Gulf of Alaska, Cook 
Inlet, and Turnagain Arm from Gore Point to the point where longitude 
line 150[deg]00' W. crosses the coastline of Chickaloon Bay in 
Turnagain Arm, including that area lying west of longitude line 
150[deg]00' W. to the mouth of the Russian River, then southerly along 
the Chugach National Forest boundary to the upper end of Upper Russian 
Lake; and including the drainages into Upper Russian Lake west of the 
Chugach National Forest boundary:
    (A) Unit 15A consists of that portion of Unit 15 north of the north 
bank of the Kenai River and the north shore of Skilak Lake;
    (B) Unit 15B consists of that portion of Unit 15 south of the north 
bank of the Kenai River and the north shore of Skilak Lake, and north 
of the north bank of the Kasilof River, the north shore of Tustumena 
Lake, Glacier Creek, and Tustumena Glacier;
    (C) Unit 15C consists of the remainder of Unit 15.
    (ii) You may not take wildlife, except for grouse, ptarmigan, and 
hares that may be taken only from October 1-March 1 by bow and arrow 
only, in the Skilak Loop Management Area, which consists of that 
portion of Unit 15A bounded by a line beginning at the easternmost 
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,

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then northerly along the Lower Skilak Lake Campground Road and the 
Skilak Loop Road to its westernmost junction with the Sterling Highway, 
then easterly along the Sterling Highway to the point of beginning.
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
15;
    (B) You may not trap furbearers for subsistence in the Skilak Loop 
Wildlife Management Area;
    (C) You may not trap marten in that portion of Unit 15B east of the 
Kenai River, Skilak Lake, Skilak River, and Skilak Glacier;
    (D) You may not take red fox in Unit 15 by any means other than a 
steel trap or snare.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Harvest limits                         Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Hunting
 
Black Bear: Units 15A and 15B--2 bears
 by Federal registration permit
    Unit 15C--3 bears...................  Jul. 1-Jun. 30.
Brown Bear: Unit 15C--1 bear every four   Oct. 1-Nov. 30, to be
 regulatory years by Federal               announced and Apr. 1-Jun. 15,
 registration permit. The season may be    to be announced.
 opened or closed by announcement from
 the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
 Manager after consultation with ADF&G
 and the Chair of the Southcentral
 Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory
 Council.
Moose:
    Unit 15A--Skilak Loop Wildlife        No open season.
     Management Area.
    Unit 15A--remainder, 15B, and 15C-1   Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
     antlered bull with spike-fork or 50-
     inch antlers or with 3 or more brow
     tines on either antler, by Federal
     registration permit only.
    Units 15B and 15C--1 antlered bull    Oct. 20-Nov. 10.
     with spike-fork or 50-inch antlers
     or with 3 or more brow tines on
     either antler, by Federal
     registration permit only. The Kenai
     NWR Refuge Manager is authorized to
     close the October/November season
     based on conservation concerns, in
     consultation with ADF&G and the
     Chair of the Southcentral Alaska
     Subsistence Regional Advisory
     Council.
Coyote: No limit........................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Hare (Snowshoe): No limit...............  July 1-Jun. 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Wolf: Unit 15--that portion within the    Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
 Kenai National Wildlife Refuge--2
 wolves
    Unit 15--remainder--5 wolves........  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine..................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce): 15 per day, 30 in        Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
 possession.
Grouse (Ruffed).........................  No open season.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-
 tailed):
    Unit 15A and 15B--20 per day, 40 in   Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
     possession.
    Unit 15C--20 per day, 40 in           Aug. 10-Dec. 31.
     possession.
    Unit 15C--5 per day, 10 in            Jan. 1-Mar. 31.
     possession.
 
                Trapping
 
Beaver: 20 Beaver per season............  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Coyote: No limit........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
 Silver Phases): 1 Fox.
Lynx: No limit..........................  Jan. 1-Jan. 31.
Marten: Unit 15B--that portion east of    No open season.
 the Kenai River, Skilak Lake, Skilak
 River, and Skilak Glacier.
Remainder of Unit 15--No limit..........  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Mink and Weasel: No limit...............  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Muskrat: No limit.......................  Nov. 10-May 15.
Otter: Unit 15--No limit................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Wolf: No limit..........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolverine: Unit 15B and C--No limit.....  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (16) Unit 16. (i) Unit 16 consists of the drainages into Cook Inlet 
between Redoubt Creek and the Susitna River, including Redoubt Creek 
drainage, Kalgin Island, and the drainages on the west side of the 
Susitna River (including the Susitna River) upstream to its confluence 
with the Chulitna River; the drainages into the west side of the 
Chulitna River (including the Chulitna River) upstream to the Tokositna 
River, and drainages into the south side of the Tokositna River 
upstream to the base of the Tokositna Glacier, including the drainage 
of the Kahiltna Glacier:
    (A) Unit 16A 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 16B consists of the remainder of Unit 16.
    (ii) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses in the Mount 
McKinley National Park, as it existed prior to December 2, 1980. 
Subsistence uses as authorized by this paragraph (m)(16) are permitted 
in Denali National Preserve and lands added to Denali National Park on 
December 2, 1980.
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
15.
    (B) [Reserved]

------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Harvest limits                         Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Hunting
 
Black Bear: 3 bears.....................  July 1-June 30.
Caribou: 1 caribou......................  Aug. 10-Oct. 31.
Moose:
    Unit 16B--Redoubt Bay Drainages       Sept. 1-15.
     south and west of, and including
     the Kustatan River drainage--1 bull.

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    Unit 16B--Denali National Preserve    Sept. 1-30.
     only--1 bull by Federal              Dec. 1-Feb. 28.
     registration permit. One Federal
     registration permit for moose
     issued per household.
    Unit 16B, remainder--1 bull.........  Sept. 1-30.
                                          Dec. 1-Feb. 28.
Coyote: 2 coyotes.......................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      Sept. 1-Feb. 15.
 Silver Phases): 2 foxes.
Hare (Snowshoe): No limit...............  July 1-Jun. 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................  Dec. 1-Jan. 31.
Wolf: 5 wolves..........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine..................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed): 15 per day,   Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
 30 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-       Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
 tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession.
 
                Trapping
 
Beaver: No limit........................  Oct. 10-May 15.
Coyote: No limit........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
 Silver Phases): No limit.
Lynx: No limit..........................  Dec. 15-Jan. 31.
Marten: No limit........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel: No limit...............  Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Muskrat: No limit.......................  Nov. 10-Jun. 10.
Otter: No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolf: No limit..........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolverine: No limit.....................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (17) Unit 17. (i) Unit 17 consists of drainages into Bristol Bay 
and the Bering Sea between Etolin Point and Cape Newenham, and all 
islands between these points including Hagemeister Island and the 
Walrus Islands:
    (A) Unit 17A consists of the drainages between Cape Newenham and 
Cape Constantine, and Hagemeister Island and the Walrus Islands;
    (B) Unit 17B consists of the Nushagak River drainage upstream from 
and including the Mulchatna River drainage and the Wood River drainage 
upstream from the outlet of Lake Beverley;
    (C) Unit 17C 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 legal hunting camps, you 
may not use any motorized vehicle for hunting ungulates, bears, wolves, 
and wolverine, including transportation of hunters and parts of 
ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine in the Upper Mulchatna Controlled 
Use Area consisting of Unit 17B, from Aug. 1-Nov. 1.
    (B) [Reserved]
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
15;
    (B) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu of 
a resident tag if you have obtained a State registration permit prior 
to hunting;
    (C) [Reserved]
    (D) If you have a trapping license, you may use a firearm to take 
beaver in Unit 17 from April 15-May 31. You may not take beaver with a 
firearm under a trapping license on National Park Service lands.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Harvest limits                         Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Hunting
 
Black Bear: 2 bears.....................  Aug. 1-May 31.
Brown Bear: Unit 17-1 bear by State       Sept. 1-May 31.
 registration permit only.
Caribou:
    Unit 17A--all drainages west of       Aug. 1-Mar. 31.
     Right Hand Point--3 caribou;
     however, no more than 1 caribou may
     be taken from Aug. 1-Nov. 30. The
     season may be closed and harvest
     limit reduced for the drainages
     between the Togiak River and Right
     Hand Point by announcement of the
     Togiak National Wildlife Refuge
     Manager.
    Unit 17A and 17C--that portion of     Aug. 1-Sept. 30.
     17A and 17C consisting of the        Dec. 1-Mar. 31.
     Nushagak Peninsula south of the
     Igushik River, Tuklung River and
     Tuklung Hills, west to Tvativak
     Bay--up to 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
     hunting under these regulations.
     The harvest objective, harvest
     limit, and the number of permits
     available will be announced by the
     Togiak National Wildlife Refuge
     Manager after consultation with the
     Alaska Department of Fish and Game
     and the Nushagak Peninsula Caribou
     Planning Committee. Successful
     hunters must report their harvest
     to the Togiak National Wildlife
     Refuge within 24 hours after
     returning from the field. The
     season may be closed by
     announcement of the Togiak National
     Wildlife Refuge Manager.
    Unit 17A--remainder and 17C--         Season to occur sometime
     remainder--selected drainages; a      within Aug. 1-Mar. 31
     harvest limit of up to 5 caribou      timeframe; season, harvest
     will be determined at the time the    limit, and hunt area to be
     season is announced.                  announced by the Togiak
                                           National Wildlife Refuge
                                           Manager.
    Unit 17B and 17C--that portion of     Aug. 1-Apr. 15.
     17C east of the Wood River and Wood
     River Lakes--3 caribou; however, no
     more than 1 caribou may be taken
     from Aug. 1-Nov. 30.

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Sheep: 1 ram with full curl or larger     Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
 horn.
Moose: Unit 17A--1 bull by State          Aug. 25-Sept. 20.
 registration permit.
    Unit 17A--that portion that includes  Winter season to be announced.
     the area east of the west shore of
     Nenevok Lake, east of the west bank
     of the Kemuk River, and east of the
     west bank of the Togiak River south
     from the confluence Togiak and
     Kemuk Rivers--1 antlered bull by
     State registration permit. Up to a
     14-day season during the period
     Dec. 1-Jan. 31 may be opened or
     closed by the Togiak National
     Wildlife Refuge Manager after
     consultation with ADF&G and local
     users.
    Unit 17B--that portion that includes  Aug. 20-Sept. 15.
     all the Mulchatna River drainage
     upstream from and including the
     Chilchitna River drainage--1 bull
     by State registration permit.
     During the period Sept. 1-15, a
     spike/fork bull or a bull with 50-
     inch antlers or with 3 or more brow
     tines on one side may be taken with
     a State harvest ticket.
    Unit 17C--that portion that includes  Aug. 20-Sept. 15.
     the Iowithla drainage and Sunshine
     Valley and all lands west of Wood
     River and south of Aleknagik Lake--
     1 bull by State registration
     permit. During the period Sept. 1-
     15, a spike/fork bull or a bull
     with 50-inch antlers or with 3 or
     more brow tines on one side may be
     taken with a State harvest ticket.
    Unit 17B--remainder and 17C--         Aug. 20-Sept. 15.
     remainder--1 bull by State           Dec. 1-31.
     registration permit. During the
     period Sept. 1-15, a spike/fork
     bull or a bull with 50-inch antlers
     or with 3 or more brow tines on one
     side may be taken with a State
     harvest ticket.
Coyote: 2 coyotes.......................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No    Dec. 1-Mar. 15.
 limit.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      Sept. 1-Feb. 15.
 Silver Phases): 2 foxes.
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit....  July 1-June 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Wolf: 10 wolves.........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine..................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed): 15 per day,   Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
 30 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow): 20 per day,  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
 40 in possession.
 
                Trapping
 
Beaver:
    Unit 17--No limit...................  Oct. 10-Mar. 31.
    Unit 17--2 beaver per day. Only       Apr. 15-May 31.
     firearms may be used.
Coyote: No limit........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No    Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
 limit.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
 Silver Phases): No limit.
Lynx: No limit..........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Marten: No limit........................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel: No limit...............  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Muskrat: 2 muskrats.....................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Otter: No limit.........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolf: No limit..........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolverine: No limit.....................  Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (18) Unit 18. (i) Unit 18 consists of that area draining into the 
Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers downstream from a straight line drawn 
between Lower Kalskag and Paimiut and the drainages flowing into the 
Bering Sea from Cape Newenham on the south to and including the 
Pastolik River drainage on the north; Nunivak, St. Matthew, and 
adjacent islands between Cape Newenham and the Pastolik River.
    (ii) In the 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, you are not allowed to use 
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.
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) If you have a trapping license, you may use a firearm to take 
beaver in Unit 18 from Apr. 1-Jun. 10;
    (B) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu of 
a resident tag if you have obtained a State registration permit prior 
to hunting;
    (C) You may take caribou from a boat moving under power in Unit 18.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Harvest limits                         Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Hunting
 
Black Bear: 3 bears.....................  July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear: 1 bear by State registration  Sept. 1-May 31.
 permit only.
Caribou: 3 caribou; however, no more      Aug. 1-Mar. 15.
 than 1 caribou may be taken from Aug. 1-
 Nov. 30.
Moose:
    Unit 18--that portion east of a line  No open season.
     running from the mouth of the
     Ishkowik River to the closest point
     of Dall Lake, then to the
     easternmost point of Takslesluk
     Lake, then along the Kuskokwim
     River drainage boundary to the Unit
     18 border, and then north of and
     including the Eek River drainage.
     Federal public lands are closed to
     the taking of moose by all users.
    Unit 18--south of and including the   No open season.
     Kanektok River drainages to the
     Goodnews River drainage. Federal
     public lands are closed to the
     taking of moose by all users.

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    Unit 18--Goodnews River drainage and  Aug. 25-Sept. 20.
     south to the Unit 18 boundary--1
     antlered bull by State registration
     permit. Any needed closures will be
     announced by the Togiak National
     Wildlife Refuge Manager after
     consultation with BLM, ADF&G, and
     the Chair of the Yukon-Kuskokwim
     Delta Subsistence Regional Advisory
     Council.
    Unit 18-that portion north and west   Aug 10-Sept. 30.
     of a line from Cape Romanzof to
     Kusilvak Mountain to Mountain
     Village and excluding all Yukon
     River drainages upriver from
     Mountain Village--1 antlered bull.
    Unit 18-that portion north and west   Dec. 20-Jan. 20.
     of a line from Cape Romanzof to
     Kusilvak Mountain to Mountain
     Village and excluding all Yukon
     River drainages upriver from
     Mountain Village--1 moose. The
     Yukon Delta NWR Manager may
     restrict the harvest to only
     antlered bulls after consultation
     with the ADF&G and the Yukon-
     Kuskokwim Delta Subsistence
     Regional Advisory Council chair.
    Unit 18, remainder--1 antlered bull.  Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
                                          Dec. 20-Jan. 10.
Beaver: No limit........................  July 1-June 30.
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............................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolf: 5 wolves..........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine..................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed): 15 per day,   Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
 30 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow): 20 per day,  Aug. 10-May 30.
 40 in possession.
 
                Trapping
 
Beaver: No limit........................  July 1-June 30.
Coyote: No limit........................  Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No    Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
 limit.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
 Silver Phases): No 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.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (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 19A 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 19B;
    (B) Unit 19B 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 19C consists of that portion of Unit 19 south and east of 
a line from Benchmark M1.26 (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 19D 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) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses on lands within 
Mount McKinley National Park as it existed prior to December 2, 1980. 
Subsistence uses as authorized by this paragraph (m)(19) are permitted 
in Denali National Preserve and lands added to Denali National Park on 
December 2, 1980;
    (B) In the Upper Kuskokwim Controlled Use Area, which consists of 
that portion of Unit 19D upstream from the mouth of the Selatna River, 
but excluding the Selatna and Black River drainages, to a line 
extending from Dyckman Mountain on the northern Unit 19D boundary 
southeast to the 1,610 foot crest of Munsatli Ridge, then south along 
Munsatli Ridge to the 2,981 foot peak of Telida Mountain, then 
northeast to the intersection of the western boundary of Denali 
National Preserve with the Minchumina-Telida winter trail, then south 
along the western boundary of Denali National Preserve to the southern 
boundary of Unit 19D, you may not use 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.
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
30;
    (B) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu of 
a resident tag in those portions of 19A and 19B downstream of and 
including the Aniak River drainage if you have obtained a State 
registration permit prior to hunting.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Harvest limits                         Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Hunting
 
Black Bear: 3 bears.....................  July 1-June 30.

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Brown Bear:
    Unit 19A and 19B--those portions      Aug. 10-June 30.
     which are downstream of and
     including the Aniak River drainage--
     1 bear by State registration permit.
    Unit 19A, remainder, 19B, remainder,  Aug. 10-June 30.
     and Unit 19D-1 bear.
Caribou:
    Unit 19A--north of Kuskokwim River--  Aug. 10-Sept. 30. Nov. 1-Feb.
     1 caribou.                            28.
    Unit 19A--south of the Kuskokwim      Aug. 1-Apr. 15.
     River and Unit 19B (excluding rural
     Alaska residents of Lime Village)--
     3 caribou; however, no more than 1
     caribou may be taken from Aug. 1-
     Nov. 30.
    Unit 19C--1 caribou.................  Aug. 10-Oct. 10.
    Unit 19D--south and east of the       Aug. 10-Sept. 30. Nov. 1-Jan.
     Kuskokwim River and North Fork of     31.
     the Kuskokwim River--1 caribou.
    Unit 19D, remainder--1 caribou......  Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
    Unit 19--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 horn or      Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
 larger.
Moose:
    Unit 19--Residents of Lime Village    July 1-June 30.
     only--no individual harvest limit,
     but a village harvest quota of 28
     bulls (including those taken under
     the State Tier II system).
     Reporting will be by a community
     reporting system.
    Unit 19A--North of the Kuskokwim      No open season.
     River, upstream from but excluding
     the George River drainage, and
     south of the Kuskokwim River
     upstream from and including the
     Downey Creek drainage, not
     including the Lime Village
     Management Area; Federal public
     lands are closed to the taking of
     moose.
    Unit 19A, remainder--1 antlered bull  Sept. 1-20.
     by Federal drawing permit or a
     State Tier II permit. Federal
     public lands are closed to the
     taking of moose except by residents
     of Tuluksak, Lower Kalskag, Upper
     Kalskag, Aniak, Chuathbaluk, and
     Crooked Creek hunting under these
     regulations. The Refuge Manager of
     the Yukon Delta NWR, in cooperation
     with the BLM Field Office Manager,
     will annually establish the harvest
     quota and number of permits to be
     issued in coordination with the
     State Tier II hunt. If the
     allowable harvest level is reached
     before the regular season closing
     date, the Refuge Manager, in
     consultation with the BLM Field
     Office Manager, will announce an
     early closure of Federal public
     lands to all moose hunting.
    Unit 19B--1 bull with spike-fork or   Sept. 1-20.
     50-inch antlers or antlers with 4
     or more brow tines on one side.
    Unit 19C--1 antlered bull...........  Sept. 1-20.
    Unit 19C--1 bull by State             Jan. 15-Feb. 15.
     registration permit.
    Unit 19D--that portion of the Upper   Sept. 1-30.
     Kuskokwim Controlled Use Area
     within the North Fork drainage
     upstream from the confluence of the
     South Fork to the mouth of the
     Swift Fork--1 antlered bull.
    Unit 19D--remainder of the Upper      Sept. 1-30.
     Kuskokwim Controlled Use Area--1     Dec. 1-Feb. 28.
     bull.
    Unit 19D, remainder--1 antlered bull  Sept. 1-30.
                                          Dec. 1-15.
Coyote: 10 coyotes......................  Aug. 10-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): No limit...............  July 1-June 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Wolf: Unit 19D--10 wolves per day         Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
    Unit 19, remainder--5 wolves........  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine..................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-        Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
 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-Jun. 10.
Coyote: No limit........................  Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
 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-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: No limit.....................  Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (20) Unit 20. (i) Unit 20 consists of the Yukon River drainage 
upstream from and including the Tozitna River drainage to and including 
the Hamlin Creek drainage, drainages into the south bank of the Yukon 
River upstream from and including the Charley River drainage, the Ladue 
River and Fortymile River drainages, and the Tanana River drainage 
north of Unit 13 and downstream from the east bank of the Robertson 
River:
    (A) Unit 20A 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 20B 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;

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    (C) Unit 20C 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 20D 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 20E 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 20F 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) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses on lands within 
Mount McKinley National Park as it existed prior to December 2, 1980. 
Subsistence uses as authorized by this paragraph (n)(20) are permitted 
in Denali National Preserve and lands added to Denali National Park on 
December 2, 1980;
    (B) You may not use motorized vehicles or pack animals for hunting 
from Aug. 5-25 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 benchmark 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 of the Richardson Highway, then 
north along the Richardson Highway to its junction with the Alaska 
Highway, then east along the Alaska Highway to the west bank of the 
Johnson River, then south along the west bank of the Johnson River and 
Johnson Glacier to the head of the Canwell Glacier, then west along the 
north bank of the Canwell Glacier and Miller Creek to the Delta River;
    (C) You may not use firearms, snowmobiles, licensed highway 
vehicles or motorized vehicles, except aircraft and boats, in the 
Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area, which consists of those 
portions of Units 20, 24, 25, and 26 extending 5 miles from each side 
of the Dalton Highway from the Yukon River to milepost 300 of the 
Dalton Highway, except as follows: Residents living within the Dalton 
Highway Corridor Management Area may use snowmobiles only for the 
subsistence taking of wildlife. You may use licensed highway vehicles 
only on designated roads within the Dalton Highway Corridor Management 
Area. The residents of Alatna, Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Bettles, 
Evansville, Stevens Village, and residents living within the Corridor 
may use firearms within the Corridor only for subsistence taking of 
wildlife;
    (D) You may not use any motorized vehicle for hunting from August 
5-September 20 in the Glacier Mountain Controlled Use Area, which 
consists of that portion of Unit 20E 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; 
however, this does not prohibit motorized access via, or transportation 
of harvested wildlife on, the Taylor Highway or any airport;
    (E) You may by permit hunt moose on 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 3 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;
    (F) You may only hunt moose by bow and arrow in the Fairbanks 
Management Area. The Area consists of that portion of Unit 20B bounded 
by a line from the confluence of Rosie Creek and the Tanana River, 
northerly along Rosie Creek to Isberg Road, then northeasterly on 
Isberg Road to Cripple Creek Road, then northeasterly on Cripple Creek 
Road to the Parks Highway, then north on the Parks Highway to Alder 
Creek, then westerly to the middle fork of Rosie Creek through section 
26 to the Parks Highway, then east along the Parks Highway to Alder 
Creek, then upstream along Alder Creek to its confluence with Emma 
Creek, then upstream along Emma Creek to its headwaters, then northerly 
along the hydrographic divide between Goldstream Creek drainages and 
Cripple Creek drainages to the summit of Ester Dome, then down Sheep 
Creek to its confluence with Goldstream Creek, then easterly along 
Goldstream Creek to Sheep Creek Road, then north on Sheep Creek Road to 
Murphy Dome Road, then west on Murphy Dome Road to Old Murphy Dome 
Road, then east on Old Murphy Dome Road to the Elliot Highway, then 
south on the Elliot Highway to Goldstream Creek, then easterly along 
Goldstream Creek to its confluence with First Chance Creek, Davidson 
Ditch, then southeasterly along the Davidson Ditch to its confluence 
with the tributary to Goldstream Creek in Section 29, then downstream 
along the tributary to its confluence with Goldstream Creek, then in a 
straight line to First Chance Creek, then up First Chance Creek to 
Tungsten Hill, then southerly along Steele Creek to its confluence with 
Ruby Creek, then upstream along Ruby Creek to Esro Road, then south on 
Esro Road to Chena Hot Springs Road, then east on Chena Hot Springs 
Road to Nordale Road, then south on Nordale Road to the Chena River, to 
its intersection with the Trans-Alaska Pipeline right of way, then 
southeasterly along the easterly edge of the Trans-Alaska 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 the 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.
    (iii) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) You may use bait to hunt black bear from April 15-June 30; you 
may use bait to hunt wolves on FWS and BLM lands;
    (B) You may not use a steel trap, or a snare using cable smaller 
than \3/32\ inch diameter to trap coyotes or wolves in Unit 20E during 
April and October;
    (C) Residents of Units 20 and 21 may take up to three moose per 
regulatory year for the celebration known as the Nuchalawoyya Potlatch, 
under the terms of a Federal registration permit. Permits will be 
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the request of the Native Village of Tanana only. This three-moose 
limit is not cumulative with that permitted by the State.

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             Harvest limits                         Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Hunting
 
Black Bear: 3 bears.....................  July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
    Unit 20A-1 bear.....................  Sept. 1-May 31.
    Unit 20E-1 bear.....................  Aug. 10-June 30.
    Unit 20, remainder--1 bear..........  Sept. 1-May 31.
Caribou:
    Unit 20E--1 caribou by joint State/   Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
     Federal registration permit only.    Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
     Up to 900 caribou may be taken
     under a State/Federal harvest
     quota. During the winter season,
     area closures or hunt restrictions
     may be announced when Nelchina
     caribou are present in a mix of
     more than 1 Nelchina caribou to 15
     Fortymile caribou, except when the
     number of caribou present is low
     enough that less than 50 Nelchina
     caribou will be harvested
     regardless of the mixing ratio for
     the two herds. The season closures
     will be announced by the Eastern
     Interior Field Office Manager,
     Bureau of Land Management, after
     consultation with the National Park
     Service and Alaska Department of
     Fish and Game.
    Unit 20F--north of the Yukon River--  Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
     1 caribou.
    Unit 20F--east of the Dalton Highway  Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
     and south of the Yukon River--1      Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
     caribou; however, cow caribou may
     be taken only from Nov. 1-March 31.
     During the November 1-March 31
     season, a State registration permit
     is required.
Moose:
    Unit 20A-1 antlered bull............  Sept. 1-20.
    Unit 20B--that portion within the     Sept. 1-20.
     Minto Flats Management Area--1 bull  Jan. 10-Feb. 28.
     by Federal registration permit only.
    Unit 20B, remainder--1 antlered bull  Sept. 1-20.
    Unit 20C--that portion within Denali  Sept. 1-30.
     National Park and Preserve west of   Nov. 15-Dec. 15.
     the Toklat River, excluding lands
     within Mount McKinley National Park
     as it existed prior to December 2,
     1980--1 antlered bull; however,
     white-phased or partial albino
     (more than 50 percent white) moose
     may not be taken.
    Unit 20C, remainder--1 antlered       Sept. 1-30.
     bull; however, white-phased or
     partial albino (more than 50
     percent white) moose may not be
     taken.
    Unit 20E--that portion within Yukon-- Aug. 20-Sept. 30.
     Charley National Preserve--1 bull.
    Unit 20E--that portion drained by     Aug. 24-28.
     the Forty-mile River (all forks)     Sept. 1-15.
     from Mile 9\1/2\ to Mile 145 Taylor
     Highway, including the Boundary
     Cutoff Road--1 bull.
    Unit 20F--that portion within the     Sept. 1-25.
     Dalton Highway Corridor Management
     Area--1 antlered bull by Federal
     registration permit only.
    Unit 20F, remainder--1 antlered bull  Sept. 1-25.
                                          Dec. 1-10.
Beaver: Unit 20E--Yukon-Charley Rivers    Sept. 20-May 15.
 National Preserve--6 beaver per season.
 Meat from harvested beaver must be
 salvaged for human consumption.
Coyote: 10 coyotes......................  Aug. 10-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): No limit...............  July 1-June 30.
Lynx:
    Unit 20A, 20B, and that portion of    Dec. 1-Jan. 31.
     20C east of the Teklanika River--2
     lynx.
    Unit 20E--2 lynx....................  Nov. 1-Jan. 31.
    Unit 20, remainder--2 lynx..........  Dec. 1-Jan. 31.
Muskrat:
    Unit 20E, that portion within Yukon-  Sept. 20-June 10.
     Charley Rivers National Preserve--
     No limit.
    Unit 20, remainder..................  No open season.
Wolf: 10 wolves.........................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine..................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-        Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
 tailed): Units 20A, 20B, 20C, 20E, and
 20F--15 per day, 30 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow):
    Unit 20--those portions within 5      Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
     miles of Alaska Route 5 (Taylor
     Highway, both to Eagle and the
     Alaska-Canada boundary) and that
     portion of Alaska Route 4
     (Richardson Highway) south of Delta
     Junction--20 per day, 40 in
     possession.
    Unit 20, remainder--20 per day, 40    Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
     in possession.
 
                Trapping
 
Beaver:
    Units 20A, 20B, 20C, and 20F--No      Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
     limit.
    Unit 20E--25 beaver per season. Only  Sept. 20-May 15.
     firearms may be used during Sept.
     20-Oct. 31 and Apr. 16-May 15, to
     take up to 6 beaver. Only traps or
     snares may be used Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
     The total annual harvest limit for
     beaver is 25, of which no more than
     6 may be taken by firearm under
     trapping or hunting regulations.
     Meat from beaver harvested by
     firearm must be salvaged for human
     consumption.
Coyote:
    Unit 20E--No limit..................  Oct. 15-Apr. 30.
    Unit 20, remainder--No limit........  Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
 Silver Phases): No limit.
Lynx:
    Unit 20A, 20B, and 20C east of the    Dec. 15-Feb. 15.
     Teklanika River--No limit.
    Unit 20E--No limit; however, no more  Nov. 1-Dec. 31.
     than 5 lynx may be taken between
     Nov. 1 and Nov. 30.

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    Unit 20F and 20C--remainder--No       Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
     limit.
Marten: No limit........................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel: No limit...............  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Muskrat:
    Unit 20E--No limit..................  Sept. 20-June 10.
    Unit 20, remainder--No limit........  Nov. 1-June 10.
Otter: No limit.........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf:
    Unit 20A, 20B, 20C, & 20F--No limit.  Nov. 1-Apr. 30.
    Unit 20E--No limit..................  Oct. 1-Apr. 30.
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 drainage 
upstream from the Dulbi River drainage:
    (A) Unit 21A consists of the Innoko River drainage upstream from 
and including the Iditarod River drainage;
    (B) Unit 21B 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 
Melozitna River drainage upstream from Grayling Creek;
    (C) Unit 21C 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 21D 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 21E consists of the Yukon River drainage from Paimiut 
upstream to, but not including, the Blackburn Creek drainage, and the 
Innoko River drainage downstream from the Iditarod River drainage.
    (ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
    (A) The Koyukuk Controlled Use Area, which consists of those 
portions of Unit 21 and 24 bounded by a line from the north bank of the 
Yukon River at Koyukuk at 64[deg]52.58' N. lat., 157[deg]43.10' W. 
long., then northerly to the confluences of the Honhosa and Kateel 
Rivers at 65[deg]28.42' N. lat., 157[deg]44.89' W. long., then 
northeasterly to the confluences of Billy Hawk Creek and the Huslia 
River (65[deg]57' N. lat., 156[deg]41' W. long.) at 65[deg]56.66' N. 
lat., 156[deg]40.81' W. long., then easterly to the confluence of the 
forks of the Dakli River at 66[deg]02.56' N. lat., 156[deg]12.71' W. 
long., then easterly to the confluence of McLanes Creek and the Hogatza 
River at 66[deg]00.31' N. lat., 155[deg]18.57' W. long., then 
southwesterly to the crest of Hochandochtla Mountain at 65[deg]31.87' 
N. lat., 154[deg]52.18' W. long., then southwest to the mouth of 
Cottonwood Creek at 65[deg]13.00' N. lat., 156[deg]06.43' W. long., 
then southwest to Bishop Rock (Yistletaw) at 64[deg]49.35' N. lat., 
157[deg]21.73' W. long., 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) In Unit 21D, you may hunt brown bear by State registration 
permit in lieu of a resident tag if you have obtained a State 
registration permit prior to hunting. Aircraft may not be used 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.
    (iv) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
30; and in the Koyukuk Controlled Use Area, you may also use bait to 
hunt black bear between September 1 and September 25;
    (B) If you have a trapping license, you may use a firearm to take 
beaver in Unit 21(E) from Nov. 1-June 10;
    (C) The residents of Units 20 and 21 may take up to three moose per 
regulatory year 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 residents of Unit 21 may take up to three moose per 
regulatory year for the celebration known as the Kaltag/Nulato 
Stickdance, under the terms of a Federal registration permit. Permits 
will be issued to individuals only at the request of the Native Village 
of Kaltag or Nulato. This three moose limit is not cumulative with that 
permitted by the State.

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             Harvest limits                         Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Hunting
 
Black Bear: 3 bears.....................  July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
    Unit 21D--1 bear by State             Aug. 10-June 30.
     registration permit only.
    Unit 21, remainder--1 bear..........  Aug. 10-June 30.
Caribou:
    Unit 21A--1 caribou.................  Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
                                          Dec. 10-Dec. 20.
    Unit 21B--that portion north of the   No open season.
     Yukon River and downstream from
     Ukawutni Creek.
    Unit 21C--the Dulbi and Melozitna     No open season.
     River drainages downstream from Big
     Creek.
    Unit 21B remainder, 21C remainder,    Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
     and 21E--1 caribou.
    Unit 21D--north of the Yukon River    Winter season to be announced.
     and east of the Koyukuk River-
     caribou may be taken during a
     winter season to be announced by
     the Refuge Manager of the Koyukuk/
     Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge
     Manager and the BLM Central Yukon
     Field Office Manager, in
     consultation with ADF&G and the
     Chairs of the Western Interior
     Subsistence Regional Advisory
     Council, and the Middle Yukon and
     Ruby Fish and Game Advisory
     Committees.
    Unit 21D, remainder--5 caribou per    July 1-June 30.
     day; however, cow caribou may not
     be taken May 16-June 30.
Moose:
    Unit 21B--that part of the Nowitna    Sept. 5-Oct. 1.
     River drainage downstream from and
     including the Little Mud River
     drainage-1 bull. A State
     registration permit is required
     from Sept. 5-25. A Federal
     registration permit is required
     from Sept. 26-Oct. 1.
    Unit 21B--that part of the Nowitna    Five-day season to be
     River drainage downstream from and    announced between Dec. 1 and
     including the Little Mud River        March 31.
     drainage-1 antlered bull. A Federal
     registration permit is required
     during the 5-day season and will be
     limited to one per household. The 5-
     day season may be announced by the
     Koyukuk/Nowitna National Wildlife
     Refuge Manager after consultation
     with the ADF&G and the Chairs of
     the Western Interior Regional
     Advisory Council and the Ruby Fish
     and Game Advisory Committee.
    Unit 21A and 21B, remainder--1 bull.  Aug. 20-Sept. 25.
                                          Nov. 1-30.
    Unit 21C--1 antlered bull...........  Sept. 5-25.
    Unit 21D--Koyukuk Controlled Use      Aug. 27-Sept. 20.
     Area-1 moose; however, antlerless    Mar. 1-5 season to be
     moose may be taken only during Aug.   announced.
     27-31 and the Mar. 1-5 season if
     authorized by announcement by the
     Koyukuk/Nowitna National Wildlife
     Refuge Manager. Harvest of cow
     moose accompanied by calves is
     prohibited. During the Aug. 27-
     Sept. 20 season a State
     registration permit is required.
     During the Mar. 1-5 season a
     Federal registration permit is
     required. Announcement for the
     antlerless moose seasons and cow
     quotas will be made after
     consultation with the ADF&G area
     biologist and the Chairs of the
     Western Interior Regional Advisory
     Council and Middle Yukon Fish and
     Game Advisory Committee.
    Unit 21D, remainder--1 moose;         Aug. 22-31.
     however, antlerless moose may be     Sept. 5-25.
     taken only during Sept. 21-25 and    Mar. 1-5 season to be
     the Mar. 1-5 season if authorized     announced.
     jointly by the Koyukuk/Nowitna
     National Wildlife Refuge Manager
     and the Central Yukon Field Office
     Manager, Bureau of Land Management.
     Harvest of cow moose accompanied by
     calves is prohibited. During the
     Aug. 22-31 and Sept. 5-25 seasons,
     a State registration permit is
     required. During the Mar. 1-5
     season a Federal registration
     permit is required. Announcement
     for the antlerless moose seasons
     and cow quotas will be made after
     consultation with the ADF&G area
     biologist and the Chairs of the
     Western Interior Regional Advisory
     Council and the Middle Yukon Fish
     and Game Advisory Committee.
    Unit 21E--1 moose; however, only      Aug. 20-Sept. 25.
     bulls may be taken from Aug. 20-     Feb. 1-10.
     Sept. 25; moose may not be taken
     within one-half mile of the Innoko
     or Yukon River during the February
     season.
Beaver:
    Unit 21E--No limit..................  Nov. 1-June 10.
    Unit 21, remainder..................  No open season.
Coyote: 10 coyotes......................  Aug. 10-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, Ruffed, and Sharp-        Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
 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-June 10.
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-Apr. 30.
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

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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 22A 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 22B consists of Norton Sound drainages from, but 
excluding, the Ungalik River drainage to, and including, the Topkok 
Creek drainage;
    (C) Unit 22C 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 22D 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 22E 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) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu 
of a resident tag if you have obtained a State registration permit 
prior to hunting. Aircraft may not be used 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) If you have a trapping license, you may use a firearm to take 
beaver 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;
    (C) A snowmachine may be used to position a hunter to select 
individual caribou for harvest provided that the animals are not shot 
from a moving snowmachine;
    (D) The taking of one bull moose and one musk ox by the community 
of Wales is allowed for the celebration of the Kingikmiut Dance 
Festival under the terms of a Federal registration permit. Permits will 
be issued to individuals only at the request of the Native Village of 
Wales. The harvest may only occur between January 1 and March 15 in 
Unit 22E for a bull moose and in Unit 22E for a musk ox. The harvest 
will count against any established quota for the area;
    (E) A Federally qualified subsistence user (recipient) may 
designate another Federally qualified subsistence user to take musk 
oxen on his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a 
community operating under a community harvest system. The designated 
hunter must get a designated hunter permit and must return a completed 
harvest report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number of 
recipients in the course of a season, but have no more than two harvest 
limits in his/her possession at any one time, except in Unit 22E where 
a resident of Wales or Shishmaref acting as a designated hunter may 
hunt for any number of recipients, but have no more than four harvest 
limits in his/her possession at any one time.

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             Harvest limits                         Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Hunting
 
Black Bear:
    Unit 22A and 22B--3 bears...........  Jul. 1-Jun. 30.
    Unit 22, remainder..................  No open season.
Brown Bear:
    Unit 22A, 22B, 22D, and 22E--1 bear   Aug. 1-May 31.
     by State registration permit only.
    Unit 22C--1 bear by State             Aug. 1-Oct. 31.
     registration permit only.            May 10-25.
Caribou:
    Unit 22B west of Golovin Bay and      Oct. 1-Apr. 30.
     west of a line along the west bank   May 1-Sept. 30, a season may
     of the Fish and Niukluk Rivers and    be opened by announcement by
     excluding the Libby River drainage--  the Anchorage Field Office
     5 caribou per day.                    Manager of the BLM, in
                                           consultation with ADF&G.
    Units 22A, 22B remainder, that        July 1-June 30.
     portion of Unit 22D in the
     Kougaruk, Kuzitrin (excluding the
     Pilgrim River drainage), American,
     and Agiapuk River Drainages, and
     Unit 22E, that portion east of and
     including the Sanaguich River
     drainage--5 caribou per day;
     however, cow caribou may not be
     taken May 16-June 30.
Moose:
    Unit 22A--that portion north of and   Aug. 1-Sept. 30.
     including the Tagoomenik and
     Shaktoolik River drainages--1 bull.
     Federal public lands are closed to
     hunting except by residents of Unit
     22A hunting under these regulations.
    Unit 22A--that portion in the         Aug. 15-Sept. 14.
     Unalakleet drainage and all
     drainages flowing into Norton Sound
     north of the Golsovia River
     drainage and south of the
     Tagoomenik and Shaktoolik River
     drainages--Federal public lands are
     closed to the taking of moose,
     except that residents of
     Unalakleet, hunting under these
     regulations, may take 1 bull by
     Federal registration permit,
     administered by the BLM Anchorage
     Field Office with the authority to
     close the season in consultation
     with ADF&G.
    Unit 22A, remainder--1 bull.          Aug. 1-Sept. 30.
     However, during the period Jan. 1-   Jan. 1-31.
     31, only an antlered bull may be
     taken. Federal public lands are
     closed to the taking of moose
     except by residents of Unit 22A
     hunting under these regulations.
    Unit 22B--west of the Darby           Sept. 1-14.
     Mountains--1 bull by State
     registration permit. Quotas and any
     needed closures will be announced
     by the Anchorage Field Office
     Manager of the BLM, in consultation
     with NPS and ADF&G. Federal public
     lands are closed to the taking of
     moose except by Federally qualified
     subsistence users hunting under
     these regulations.
    Unit 22B--west of the Darby           Jan. 1-31.
     Mountains--1 bull by either Federal
     or State registration permit.
     Quotas and any needed season
     closures will be announced by the
     Anchorage Field Office Manager of
     the BLM, in consultation with NPS,
     and ADF&G. Federal public lands are
     closed to the taking of moose
     except by residents of White
     Mountain and Golovin hunting under
     these regulations.

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    Unit 22B, remainder--1 bull.........  Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
    Unit 22C--1 antlered bull...........  Sept. 1-14.
    Unit 22D--that portion within the     Sept. 1-14.
     Kougarok, Kuzitrin, and Pilgrim
     River drainages--1 bull by State
     registration permit. Quotas and any
     needed closures will be announced
     by the Anchorage Field Office
     Manager of the BLM, in consultation
     with NPS and ADF&G. Federal public
     lands are closed to the taking of
     moose except by residents of Units
     22D and 22C hunting under these
     regulations.
    Unit 22D--that portion west of the    Sept. 1-14.
     Tisuk River drainage and Canyon
     Creek--1 bull by State registration
     permit. Quotas and any needed
     closures will be announced by the
     Anchorage Field Office Manager of
     the BLM, in consultation with NPS
     and ADF&G.
    Unit 22D--that portion west of the    Dec. 1-31.
     Tisuk River drainage and Canyon
     Creek--1 bull by Federal
     registration permit. Quotas and any
     needed closures will be announced
     by the Anchorage Field Office
     Manager of the BLM, in consultation
     with NPS and ADF&G. Federal public
     lands are closed to the taking of
     moose except by residents of Units
     22D and 22C hunting under these
     regulations.
    Unit 22D, remainder--1 bull.........  Aug. 10-Sept. 14.
                                          Oct. 1-Nov. 30.
    Unit 22D, remainder--1 moose;         Dec. 1-31.
     however, no person may take a calf
     or a cow accompanied by a calf.
    Unit 22D, remainder--1 antlered bull  Jan. 1-31.
    Unit 22E--1 bull. Federal public      Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
     lands are closed to the taking of
     moose except by Federally qualified
     subsistence users hunting under
     these regulations.
Musk ox:
    Unit 22B--1 bull by Federal permit    Aug.1-Mar. 15.
     or State Tier II permit. Federal
     public lands are closed to the
     taking of musk ox except by
     Federally qualified subsistence
     users hunting under these
     regulations. Annual harvest quotas
     and any needed closures will be
     announced by the Superintendent of
     the Western Arctic National
     Parklands, in consultation with
     ADF&G and the BLM Field Office
     Manager.
    Unit 22D--that portion west of the    Sept.1-Mar. 15.
     Tisuk River drainage and Canyon
     Creek--1 musk ox by Federal permit
     or State Tier II permit; however,
     cows may only be taken during the
     period Jan. 1-Mar. 15. Federal
     public lands are closed to the
     taking of musk ox except by
     Federally qualified subsistence
     users hunting under these
     regulations. Annual harvest quotas
     and any needed closures will be
     announced by the Superintendent of
     the Western Arctic National
     Parklands, in consultation with
     ADF&G and BLM.
    Unit 22D, remainder--1 musk ox by     Aug.1-Mar. 15.
     Federal permit or State Tier II
     permit; however, cows may only be
     taken during the period Jan. 1-Mar.
     15. Federal public lands are closed
     to the taking of musk ox except by
     Federally qualified subsistence
     users hunting under these
     regulations. Annual harvest quotas
     and any needed closures will be
     announced by the Superintendent of
     the Western Arctic National
     Parklands, in consultation with
     ADF&G and BLM.
    Unit 22E--1 musk ox by Federal        Aug. 1-Mar. 15.
     permit or State permit; however,
     cows may only be taken during the
     period Jan. 1-Mar. 15. Federal
     public lands are closed to the
     taking of musk ox except by
     Federally qualified subsistence
     users hunting under these
     regulations. Annual harvest quotas
     and any needed closures will be
     announced by the Superintendent of
     the Western Arctic National
     Parklands, in consultation with
     ADF&G and BLM.
    Unit 22, remainder..................  No open season.
Beaver:
    Unit 22A, 22B, 22D, and 22E-50        Nov. 1-June 10.
     beaver.
    Unit 22, remainder..................  No open season.
Coyote: Federal public lands are closed   No open season.
 to all taking of coyotes.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): 2     Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
 foxes.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
 Silver Phases): 10 foxes.
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit....  Sept. 1-Apr. 15.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Marten:
    Unit 22A and 22B--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: 3 wolverines.................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce): 15 per day, 30 in        Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
 possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow):
    Unit 22A and 22B east of and          Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
     including the Niukluk River
     drainage--40 per day, 80 in
     possession.
    Unit 22E--20 per day, 40 in           July 15-May 15.
     possession.
    Unit 22, remainder--20 per day, 40    Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
     in possession.
 
                Trapping
Beaver:
    Unit 22A, 22B, 22D, and 22E--50       Nov. 1-June 10.
     beaver.
    Unit 22C............................  No open season.
Coyote: Federal public lands are closed   No open season.
 to all taking of coyotes.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No    Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
 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.
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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) You may not use aircraft in any manner either for hunting of 
ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine, or for transportation of hunters 
or harvested species in the Noatak Controlled Use Area for the period 
August 25-September 15. The Area 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. This closure 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) [Reserved]
    (iii) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu 
of a resident tag if you have obtained a State registration permit 
prior to hunting. Aircraft may not be used 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.
    (iv) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) You may take caribou from a boat moving under power in Unit 23;
    (B) In addition to other restrictions on method of take found in 
this Sec.  --.26, you may also take swimming caribou with a firearm 
using rimfire cartridges;
    (C) If you have a trapping license, you may take beaver with a 
firearm in all of Unit 23 from Nov. 1-Jun. 10;
    (D) For the Baird and DeLong Mountain sheep hunts--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 only one recipient in the course of a season and 
may have both his and the recipients' harvest limits in his/her 
possession at the same time;
    (E) A snowmachine may be used to position a hunter to select 
individual caribou for harvest provided that the animals are not shot 
from a moving snowmachine;
    (F) A Federally qualified subsistence user (recipient) may 
designate another Federally qualified subsistence user to take musk 
oxen on his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a 
community operating under a community harvest system. The designated 
hunter must get a designated hunter permit and must return a completed 
harvest report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number of 
recipients, but 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.
Brown Bear: Unit 23--1 bear by State      Aug. 1-May 31.
 registration permit.
Caribou: 15 caribou per day; however,     July 1-June 30.
 cow caribou may not be taken May 16-
 June 30.
Sheep:
    Unit 23--south of Rabbit Creek, Kyak  Aug. 10-April 30. If the
     Creek, and the Noatak River, and      allowable harvest levels are
     west of the Cutler and Redstone       reached before the regular
     Rivers (Baird Mountains)--1 sheep     season closing date, the
     by Federal registration permit. The   Superintendent of the Western
     total allowable harvest of sheep is   Arctic National Parklands
     21, of which 15 may be rams and 6     will announce an early
     may be ewes. Federal public lands     closure.
     are closed to the taking of sheep
     except by Federally qualified
     subsistence users hunting under
     these regulations.
    Unit 23--north of Rabbit Creek, Kyak  Aug. 10-April 30. If the
     Creek, and the Noatak River, and      allowable harvest levels are
     west of the Aniuk River (DeLong       reached before the regular
     Mountains)--1 sheep by Federal        season closing date, the
     registration permit. The total        Superintendent of the Western
     allowable harvest of sheep for the    Arctic National Parklands
     DeLong Mountains is 8, of which 5     will announce an early
     may be rams and 3 may be ewes.        closure.
    Unit 23, remainder (Schwatka          Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
     Mountains)--1 ram with \7/8\ curl
     or larger horn.
    Unit 23, remainder (Schwatka          Oct. 1-Apr. 30.
     Mountains)--1 sheep.
Moose:
    Unit 23--that portion north and west  July 1-Mar. 31.
     of and including the Singoalik
     River drainage, and all lands
     draining into the Kukpuk and Ipewik
     Rivers--1 moose; no person may take
     a calf or a cow accompanied by a
     calf.
    Unit 23--that portion lying within    Aug. 1-Mar. 31.
     the Noatak River drainage--1 moose;
     however, antlerless moose may be
     taken only from Nov. 1-Mar. 31; no
     person may take a calf or a cow
     accompanied by a calf.
    Unit 23, remainder--1 moose; no       Aug. 1-Mar. 31.
     person may take a calf or a cow
     accompanied by a calf.
Musk ox:
    Unit 23--south of Kotzebue Sound and  Aug. 1-Mar. 15.
     west of and including the Buckland
     River drainage--1 musk ox by
     Federal permit or State Tier II
     permit; however, cows may only be
     taken during the period Jan. 1-Mar.
     15. Federal public lands are closed
     to the taking of musk ox except by
     Federally qualified subsistence
     users hunting under these
     regulations. Annual harvest quotas
     and any needed closures will be
     announced by the Superintendent of
     the Western Arctic National
     Parklands, in consultation with
     ADF&G and BLM.

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    Unit 23--Cape Krusenstern National    Aug. 1-Mar. 15.
     Monument--1 bull by Federal permit.
     Annual harvest quotas and any
     needed closures will be announced
     by the Superintendent of Western
     Arctic National Parklands. Cape
     Krusenstern National Monument is
     closed to the taking of musk oxen
     except by resident zone community
     members with permanent residence
     within the Monument or the
     immediately adjacent Napaktuktuk
     Mountain area, south of latitude
     67[deg]05[min] N and west of
     longitude 162[deg]30[min] W hunting
     under these regulations.
    Unit 23, remainder..................  No open season.
Beaver: No limit........................  July 1-June 30.
Coyote: 2 coyotes.......................  Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No    Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
 limit.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and      Sept. 1- Mar.15.
 Silver Phases): No limit.
Hare: (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit...  July 1-June 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf: 15 wolves.........................  Oct. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine..................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Muskrat: No limit.......................  July 1-June 30
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed): 15 per day,   Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
 30 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-       Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
 tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession.
 
                Trapping
 
Beaver:
    Unit 23--the Kobuk and Selawik River  July 1-June 30.
     drainages--50 beaver.
    Unit 23, remainder--30 beaver.......  July 1-June 30.
Coyote: No limit........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No    Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
 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.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (24) Unit 24. (i) Unit 24 consists of the Koyukuk River drainage 
upstream from but not including the Dulbi River drainage:
    (A) Unit 24A consists of the Middle Fork of the Koyukuk River 
drainage upstream from but not including the Harriet Creek and North 
Fork Koyukuk River drainages, to the South Fork of the Koyukuk River 
drainage upstream from Squaw Creek, the Jim River Drainage, the Fish 
Creek drainage upstream from and including the Bonanza Creek drainage, 
to the 1,410 ft. peak of the hydrologic divide with the northern fork 
of the Kanuti Chalatna River at N. Lat.66[deg]33.303' W. Long. 
151[deg]03.637' and following the unnamed northern fork of the Kanuti 
Chalatna Creek to the confluence of the southern fork of the Kanuti 
Chalatna River at N. Lat 66[deg]27.090' W. Long. 151[deg]23.841', 4.2 
miles SSW (194 degrees true) of Clawanmenka Lake and following the 
unnamed southern fork of the Kanuti Chalatna Creek to the hydrologic 
divide with the Kanuti River drainage at N. Lat.66[deg]19.789' W. Long. 
151[deg]10.102', 3.0 miles ENE (79 degrees true) from the 2,055 ft. 
peak on that divide, and the Kanuti River drainage upstream from the 
confluence of an unnamed creek at N. Lat. 66[deg]13.050' W. Long. 
151[deg]05.864', 0.9 miles SSE (155 degrees true) of a 1,980 ft. peak 
on that divide, and following that unnamed creek to the Unit 24 
boundary on the hydrologic divide to the Ray River drainage at N. Lat. 
66[deg]03.827' W. Long. 150[deg]49.988' at the 2,920 ft. peak of that 
divide;
    (B) Unit 24B consists of the Koyukuk River Drainage upstream from 
Dog Island to the Subunit 24A boundary;
    (C) Unit 24C consists of the Hogatza River Drainage, the Koyukuk 
River Drainage upstream from Batza River on the north side of the 
Koyukuk River and upstream from and including the Indian River Drainage 
on the south side of the Koyukuk River to the Subunit 24B boundary;
    (D) Unit 24D consists of the remainder of Unit 24.
    (ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence 
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
    (A) You may not use firearms, snowmobiles, licensed highway 
vehicles, or motorized vehicles, except aircraft and boats, in the 
Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area, which consists of those 
portions of Units 20, 24, 25, and 26 extending 5 miles from each side 
of the Dalton Highway from the Yukon River to milepost 300 of the 
Dalton Highway, except as follows: Residents living within the Dalton 
Highway Corridor Management Area may use snowmobiles only for the 
subsistence taking of wildlife. You may use licensed highway vehicles 
only on designated roads within the Dalton Highway Corridor Management 
Area. The residents of Alatna, Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Bettles, 
Evansville, and Stevens Village, and residents living within the 
Corridor may use firearms within the Corridor only for subsistence 
taking of wildlife;
    (B) You may not use aircraft for hunting moose, including 
transportation of any moose hunter or moose part in 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; 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) You may not use aircraft for hunting moose, including 
transportation of any moose hunter or moose part in the Koyukuk 
Controlled Use Area, which consists of those portions of Unit 21s and 
24 bounded by a line from the north bank of the Yukon River at

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Koyukuk at 64[deg]52.58' N. lat., 157[deg]43.10' W. long., then 
northerly to the confluences of the Honhosa and Kateel Rivers at 
65[deg]28.42' N. lat., 157[deg]44.89' W. long., then northeasterly to 
the confluences of Billy Hawk Creek and the Huslia River (65[deg]57' N. 
lat., 156[deg]41' W. long.) at 65[deg]56.66' N. lat., 156[deg]40.81' W. 
long., then easterly to the confluence of the forks of the Dakli River 
at 66[deg]02.56' N. lat., 156[deg]12.71' W. long., then easterly to the 
confluence of McLanes Creek and the Hogatza River at 66[deg]00.31' N. 
lat., 155[deg]18.57' W. long., then southwesterly to the crest of 
Hochandochtla Mountain at 65[deg]31.87' N. lat., 154[deg]52.18' W. 
long., then southwest to the mouth of Cottonwood Creek at 65[deg]13.00' 
N. lat., 156[deg]06.43' W. long., then southwest to Bishop Rock 
(Yistletaw) at 64[deg]49.35' N. lat., 157[deg]21.73' W. long., then 
westerly along the north bank of the Yukon River (including Koyukuk 
Island) to the point of beginning; 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.
    (iii) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu 
of a resident tag if you have obtained a State registration permit 
prior to hunting. You may not use aircraft 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 prohibition 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.
    (iv) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
30; and in the Koyukuk Controlled Use Area, you may also use bait to 
hunt black bear between September 1 and September 25;
    (B) Arctic fox, incidentally taken with a trap or snare intended 
for red fox, may be used for subsistence purposes.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Harvest limits                         Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Hunting
 
Black Bear: 3 bears.....................  July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear: Unit 24--1 bear by State      Aug. 10-June 30.
 registration permit.
Caribou:
    Unit 24--that portion south of the    Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
     south bank of the Kanuti River,
     upstream from and including that
     portion of the Kanuti-Kilolitna
     River drainage, bounded by the
     southeast bank of the Kodosin-
     Nolitna Creek, then downstream
     along the east bank of the Kanuti-
     Kilolitna River to its confluence
     with the Kanuti River--1 caribou.
    Unit 24, remainder--5 caribou per     July 1-June 30.
     day; however, cow caribou may not
     be taken May 16-June 30.
Sheep:
    Unit 24A and 24B--(Anaktuvuk Pass     July 15-Dec. 31.
     residents only)--that portion
     within the Gates of the Arctic
     National Park--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 24A and 24B--(excluding          Aug. 1-Apr. 30.
     Anaktuvuk Pass residents)--that
     portion within the Gates of the
     Arctic National Park--3 sheep.
    Unit 24A--except that portion within  Aug. 20-Sept. 30.
     the Gates of the Arctic National
     Park--1 ram with \7/8\ curl or
     larger horn by Federal registration
     permit only.
    Unit 24, remainder--1 ram with \7/8\  Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
     curl or larger horn..
Moose:
    Unit 24A--1 antlered bull by Federal  Aug. 25-Oct. 1.
     registration permit.
    Unit 24B--that portion within the     Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
     John River Drainage--1 moose.
    Unit 24B--all drainages to the north  Aug. 25-Oct. 1.
     of the Koyukuk River, except the     Mar. 1-5 season to be
     John River drainage--1 moose;         announced.
     however, antlerless moose may be
     taken only during the periods Sept.
     27-Oct. 1 and Mar. 1-5, if
     authorized jointly by the Kanuti
     National Wildlife Refuge Manager,
     the BLM Field Office Manager, and
     Gates of the Arctic National Park
     Superintendent. A Federal
     registration permit is required for
     the Sept. 26-Oct. 1 and Mar. 1-5
     seasons. Harvest of cows
     accompanied by calves is
     prohibited. The announcement will
     be made after consultation with the
     ADF&G Area Biologist and Chairs of
     the Western Interior Alaska
     Subsistence Regional Advisory
     Council, the Gates of the Arctic
     Subsistence Resource Commission,
     and the Koyukuk River Fish and Game
     Advisory Committee. Federal public
     lands in the Kanuti Controlled Use
     Area are closed to taking of moose,
     except by Federally qualified
     subsistence users of Unit 24,
     Koyukuk, and Galena hunting under
     these regulations.
    Unit 24B, remainder 1 antlered bull.  Aug. 25-Oct. 1.
     A Federal registration permit is
     required for the Sept. 26-Oct. 1
     season. Federal public lands in the
     Kanuti Controlled Use Area are
     closed to taking of moose, except
     by Federally qualified subsistence
     users of Unit 24, Koyukuk, and
     Galena hunting under these
     regulations.
    Unit 24C and 24D--that portion        Aug. 27-Sept. 20.
     within the Koyukuk Controlled Use    Mar. 1-5 to be announced.
     Area and Koyukuk National Wildlife
     Refuge--1 moose; however,
     antlerless moose may be taken only
     during Aug. 27-31 and the Mar. 1-5
     season, if authorized by
     announcement by the Koyukuk/Nowitna
     National Wildlife Refuge Manager
     and BLM Field Office Manager
     Central Yukon Field Office Manager.
     Harvest of cow moose accompanied by
     calves is prohibited. During the
     Aug. 27-Sept. 20 season, a State
     registration permit is required.
     During the Mar. 1-5 season, a
     Federal registration permit is
     required. Announcement for the
     antlerless moose seasons and cow
     quotas will be made after
     consultation with the ADF&G Area
     Biologist and the Chairs of the
     Western Interior Alaska Subsistence
     Regional Advisory Council, and the
     Middle Yukon and Koyukuk River Fish
     and Game Advisory Committees.
    Unit 24C, remainder and Unit 24D,     Aug. 25-Oct. 1.
     remainder--1 antlered bull. During
     the Sept. 5-Sept. 25 season, a
     State registration permit is
     required.
Coyote: 10 coyotes                        Aug. 10-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): No limit...............  July 1-June 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Wolf: 15 wolves; however, no more than 5  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
 wolves may be taken prior to Nov. 1.

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Wolverine: 5 wolverine; however, no more  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
 than 1 wolverine may be taken prior to
 Nov. 1.
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-        Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
 tailed): 15 per day, 30 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow): 20 per day,  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
 40 in possession.
 
                Trapping
 
Beaver: No limit........................  Nov. 1-June 10.
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-Apr. 30.
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 25A 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 25B 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 25C consists of drainages into the south bank of the Yukon 
River upstream from Circle to the Subunit 20E 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 25D 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) You may not use firearms, snowmobiles, licensed highway 
vehicles or motorized vehicles, except aircraft and boats in the Dalton 
Highway Corridor Management Area, which consists of those portions of 
Units 20, 24, 25, and 26 extending 5 miles from each side of the Dalton 
Highway from the Yukon River to milepost 300 of the Dalton Highway, 
except as follows: Residents living within the Dalton Highway Corridor 
Management Area may use snowmobiles only for the subsistence taking of 
wildlife. You may use licensed highway vehicles only on designated 
roads within the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area. The residents 
of Alatna, Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Bettles, Evansville, Stevens 
Village, and residents living within the Corridor may use firearms 
within the Corridor only for subsistence taking of wildlife;
    (B) The Arctic Village Sheep Management Area consists of that 
portion of Unit 25A 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 2 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) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 
30 and between August 1 and September 25; you may use bait to hunt 
wolves on FWS and BLM lands;
    (B) You may take caribou and moose from a boat moving under power 
in Unit 25;
    (C) The taking of bull moose outside the seasons provided in this 
part for food in memorial potlatches and traditional cultural events is 
authorized in Unit 25D west provided that:
    (1) The person organizing the religious ceremony or cultural event 
contact the Refuge Manager, Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge prior 
to taking or attempting to take bull moose and provide to the Refuge 
Manager the name of the decedent, the nature of the ceremony or 
cultural event, number to be taken, the general area in which the 
taking will occur;
    (2) Each person who takes a bull moose under this section must 
submit a written report to the Refuge Manager, Yukon Flats National 
Wildlife Refuge not more than 15 days after the harvest specifying the 
harvester's name and address, and the date(s) and location(s) of the 
taking(s);
    (3) 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 Unit 25D west;
    (4) Any moose taken under this provision counts against the annual 
quota of 60 bulls.

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             Harvest limits                         Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Hunting
 
Black Bear:
    3 bears.............................  July 1-June 30.
    or 3 bears by State community         July 1-June 30.
     harvest permit.
Brown Bear:
    Units 25A and 25B--1 bear...........  Aug. 10-June 30.
    Unit 25C--1 bear....................  Sept. 1-May 31.
    Unit 25D--1 bear....................  July 1-June 30.
Caribou:
    Unit 25C--that portion west of the    Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
     east bank of the mainstem of         Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
     Preacher Creek to its confluence
     with American Creek, then west of
     the east bank of American Creek--1
     caribou; however, cow caribou may
     be taken only from Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
     However, during the November 1-
     March 31 season, a State
     registration permit is required.
    Unit 25C, remainder--1 caribou by     Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
     joint State/Federal registration     Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
     permit only. Up to 600 caribou may
     be taken under a State/Federal
     harvest quota. The season closures
     will be announced by the Eastern
     Interior Field Office Manager,
     Bureau of Land Management, after
     consultation with the National Park
     Service and Alaska Department of
     Fish and Game.
    Unit 25D--that portion of Unit 25D    Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
     drained by the west fork of the      Dec. 1-31.
     Dall River west of 150[deg] W.
     long.--1 bull.
    Unit 25A, 25B, and Unit 25D,          July 1-Apr. 30.
     remainder--10 caribou.
Sheep:
    Unit 25A--that portion within the     No open season.
     Dalton Highway Corridor Management
     Area.
    Units 25A--Arctic Village Sheep       Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
     Management Area--2 rams by Federal
     registration permit only. Federal
     public lands, except the drainages
     of Red Sheep Creek and Cane Creek
     during the period of Aug. 10-Sept.
     20, are closed to the taking of
     sheep except by rural Alaska
     residents of Arctic Village,
     Venetie, Fort Yukon, Kaktovik, and
     Chalkyitsik hunting under these
     regulations.
    Unit 25A, remainder--3 sheep by       Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
     Federal registration permit only.
Moose:
    Unit 25A--1 antlered bull...........  Aug. 25-Sept. 25.
                                          Dec. 1-10.
    Unit 25B--that portion within Yukon-  Aug. 20-Sept. 30.
     Charley National Preserve--1 bull.
    Unit 25B--that portion within the     Aug. 25-Sept. 30.
     Porcupine River drainage upstream    Dec. 1-10.
     from, but excluding the Coleen
     River drainage--1 antlered bull.
    Unit 25B--that portion, other than    Sept. 5-30.
     Yukon-Charley National Preserve,     Dec. 1-15.
     draining into the north bank of the
     Yukon River upstream from and
     including the Kandik River
     drainage, including the islands in
     the Yukon River--1 antlered bull.
    Unit 25B, remainder--1 antlered bull  Aug. 25-Sept. 25.
                                          Dec. 1-15.
    Unit 25C--1 antlered bull...........  Sept. 1-15.
    Unit 25D (west)--that portion lying   Aug. 25-Feb. 28.
     west of a line extending from the
     Unit 25D boundary on Preacher
     Creek, then downstream along
     Preacher Creek, Birch Creek and
     Lower Mouth of Birch Creek to the
     Yukon River, then downstream along
     the north bank of the Yukon River
     (including islands) to the
     confluence of the Hadweenzic River,
     then upstream along the west bank
     of the Hadweenzic 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 25D
     boundary--1 bull by a Federal
     registration permit. Permits will
     be available in the following
     villages: Beaver (25 permits),
     Birch Creek (10 permits), and
     Stevens Village (25 permits).
     Permits for residents of 25D (west)
     who do not live in one of the three
     villages will be available by
     contacting the Yukon Flats National
     Wildlife Refuge Office in Fairbanks
     or a local Refuge Information
     Technician. Moose hunting on public
     land in Unit 25D (west) is closed
     at all times except for residents
     of Unit 25D (west) hunting under
     these regulations. The moose season
     will be closed by announcement of
     the Refuge Manager Yukon Flats NWR
     when 60 moose have been harvested
     in the entirety (from Federal and
     non-Federal lands) of Unit 25D
     (west).
    Unit 25D, remainder--1 antlered       Aug. 25-Sept. 25.
     moose.                               Dec. 1-20.
Beaver:
    Unit 25A, 25B, and 25D--1 beaver per  Apr. 16-Oct. 31.
     day; 1 in possession.
    Unit 25C............................  No open season.
Coyote: 10 coyotes......................  Aug. 10-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): No limit...............  July 1-June 30.
Lynx:
    Unit 25C--2 lynx....................  Dec. 1-Jan. 31.
    Unit 25, remainder--2 lynx..........  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Muskrat:
    Unit 25B and 25C, that portion        Nov. 1-June 10.
     within Yukon-Charley Rivers
     National Preserve--No limit.
    Unit 25, remainder..................  No open season.
Wolf:
    Unit 25A--No limit..................  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
    Unit 25, remainder--10 wolves.......  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine..................  Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-
 tailed):
    Unit 25C--15 per day, 30 in           Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
     possession.
    Unit 25, remainder--15 per day, 30    Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
     in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow):

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    Unit 25C--those portions within 5     Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
     miles of Route 6 (Steese Highway)--
     20 per day, 40 in possession.
    Unit 25, remainder--20 per day, 40    Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
     in possession.
 
                Trapping
 
Beaver:
    Unit 25C--No limit..................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
    Unit 25--remainder--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-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
    Unit 25C--No limit..................  Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
    Unit 25, remainder--No limit........  Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (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 26A 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 26B consists of that portion of Unit 26 east of Unit 26A, 
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 26C 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) You may not use aircraft in any manner for moose hunting, 
including transportation of moose hunters or parts of moose during the 
periods July 1-Sept. 14 and Jan. 1-Mar. 31 in Unit 26A; however, this 
does not apply to transportation of moose hunters, their gear, or moose 
parts by aircraft between publicly owned airports;
    (B) You may not use firearms, snowmobiles, licensed highway 
vehicles or motorized vehicles, except aircraft and boats, in the 
Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area, which consists of those 
portions of Units 20, 24, 25, and 26 extending 5 miles from each side 
of the Dalton Highway from the Yukon River to milepost 300 of the 
Dalton Highway, except as follows: Residents living within the Dalton 
Highway Corridor Management Area may use snowmobiles only for the 
subsistence taking of wildlife. You may use licensed highway vehicles 
only on designated roads within the Dalton Highway Corridor Management 
Area. The residents of Alatna, Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Bettles, 
Evansville, Stevens Village, and residents living within the Corridor 
may use firearms within the Corridor only for subsistence taking of 
wildlife.
    (iii) You may hunt brown bear in Unit 26A by State registration 
permit in lieu of a resident tag if you have obtained a State 
registration permit prior to hunting. You may not use aircraft 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.
    (iv) Unit-specific regulations:
    (A) You may take caribou from a boat moving under power in Unit 26;
    (B) In addition to other restrictions on method of take found in 
this Sec.  ----.26, you may also take swimming caribou 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 or musk ox 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;
    (D) For the DeLong Mountain sheep hunts--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 only one recipient in the course of a season and 
may have both his and the recipient's harvest limits in his/her 
possession at the same time.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Harvest limits                         Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Hunting
 
Black Bear: 3 bears.....................  July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
    Unit 26A--1 bear by State             July 1-May 31.
     registration permit.
    Unit 26B--1 bear....................  Sept. 1-May 31.
    Unit 26 C--1 bear...................  Aug. 10-June 30.
Caribou:
    Unit 26A--10 caribou per day;         July 1-June 30.
     however, cow caribou may not be
     taken May 16--June 30.
    Unit 26B--10 caribou per day;         July 1-June 30.
     however, cow caribou may be taken
     only from Oct. 1-Apr. 30.
    Unit 26C--10 caribou per day........  July 1-Apr. 30.

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    (You may not transport more than 5
     caribou per regulatory year from
     Unit 26 except to the community of
     Anaktuvuk Pass.).
Sheep:
    Unit 26A and 26B--(Anaktuvuk Pass     July 15-Dec. 31.
     residents only)--that portion
     within the Gates of the Arctic
     National Park--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 26A--(excluding Anaktuvuk Pass   Aug. 1-Apr. 30.
     residents)--those portions within
     the Gates of the Arctic National
     Park--3 sheep.
    Unit 26A--that portion west of        Aug. 10-April 30.
     Howard Pass and the Etivluk River    If the allowable harvest
     (DeLong Mountains)--1 sheep by        levels are reached before the
     Federal registration permit. The      regular season closing date,
     total allowable harvest of sheep      the Superintendent of the
     for the DeLong Mountains is 8, of     Western Arctic National
     which 5 may be rams and 3 may be      Parklands will announce an
     ewes.                                 early closure.
    Unit 26B--that portion within the     Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
     Dalton Highway Corridor Management
     Area--1 ram with \7/8\ curl or
     larger horn by Federal registration
     permit only.
    Unit 26A, remainder and 26B,          Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
     remainder--including the Gates of
     the Arctic National Preserve--1 ram
     with \7/8\ curl or larger horn.
    Unit 26C-3 sheep per regulatory       Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
     year; the Aug. 10-Sept. 20 season    Oct. 1-Apr. 30.
     is restricted to 1 ram with \7/8\
     curl or larger horn. A Federal
     registration permit is required for
     the Oct. 1-Apr. 30 season.
Moose:
    Unit 26A--that portion of the         Aug. 1-Sept. 14.
     Colville River drainage upstream
     from and including the Anaktuvuk
     River drainage--1 bull.
    Unit 26A--that portion of the         Feb. 15-Apr. 15.
     Colville River drainage upstream
     from and including the Anaktuvuk
     River drainage--1 moose; however,
     you may not take a calf or a cow
     accompanied by a calf.
    Unit 26A--that portion west of        July 1-Sept. 14.
     156[deg]00' W. longitude excluding
     the Colville River drainage. 1
     moose, however, you may not take a
     calf or a cow accompanied by a calf.
    Unit 26A, remainder--1 bul..........  Aug. 1-Sept. 14.
    Unit 26B, excluding the Canning       Sept. 1-14.
     River drainage--1 bull.
    Units 26B, remainder and 26C-1 moose  July 1-Mar. 31.
     by Federal registration permit by
     residents of Kaktovik only. The
     harvest quota is 3 moose (2
     antlered bulls and 1 of either
     sex), provided that no more than 2
     antlered bulls may be harvested
     from Unit 26C and cows may not be
     harvested from Unit 26C. You may
     not take a cow accompanied by a
     calf in Unit 26B. Only 3 Federal
     registration permits will be
     issued. Federal public lands are
     closed to the taking of moose
     except by a Kaktovik resident
     holding a Federal registration
     permit and hunting under these
     regulations.
Musk ox:
    Unit 26C--1 bull by Federal           Jul. 15-Mar. 31.
     registration permit only. The
     number of permits that may be
     issued only to the residents of the
     village of Kaktovik will not exceed
     three percent (3%) of the number of
     musk oxen counted in Unit 26C
     during a pre-calving census. Public
     lands are closed to the taking of
     musk ox, except by rural Alaska
     residents of the village of
     Kaktovik hunting under these
     regulations.
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
 Silver Phases):.
    Units 26A and 26B--10 foxes;          Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
     however, no more than 2 foxes may
     be taken prior to Oct. 1.
    Unit 26C--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.
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow): 20 per day,  Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
 40 in possession.
 
                Trapping
 
Coyote: No limit........................  Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No    Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
 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.
------------------------------------------------------------------------


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    Dated: May 28, 2008.
Peter J. Probasco,
Acting Chair, Federal Subsistence Board.
    Dated: May 28, 2008.
Steve Kessler,
Subsistence Program Leader, USDA-Forest Service.
[FR Doc. E8-13585 Filed 6-23-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-11-P, 4310-55-P