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Part II
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36 CFR Part 242 and 50 CFR Part 100
Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska, Subpart
C and Subpart D--2001-2002; Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife
Regulations; Final Rule
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
36 CFR Part 242
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 100
RIN 1018-AG55
Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska,
Subpart C and Subpart D--2001-2002; Subsistence Taking of Fish and
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 2001-2002 regulatory year. The
rulemaking is necessary because the regulations governing the
subsistence harvest of wildlife in Alaska are subject to an annual
public review cycle. This rulemaking replaces the wildlife regulations
that expire on June 30, 2001. This rule also amends the regulations
that establish which Alaska residents are eligible to take specific
species for subsistence uses.
DATES: Sections ____.24(a)(1) and ____.25 are effective July 1, 2001.
Section ____.26 is effective July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2002.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chair, Federal Subsistence Board, c/o
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Attention: Thomas H. Boyd, Office of
Subsistence Management; (907) 786-3888. For questions specific to
National Forest System lands, contact Ken Thompson, Regional
Subsistence Program Manager, USDA, Forest Service, Alaska Region, (907)
786-3888.
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
public lands 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 the subsistence statute and,
therefore, negated State compliance with ANILCA. The Court stayed the
effect of the decision until July 1, 1990. As a result of the McDowell
decision, the Department of the Interior and the Department of
Agriculture (Departments) assumed, on July 1, 1990, responsibility for
implementation of Title VIII of ANILCA on public lands. On June 29,
1990, the Temporary Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands
in Alaska were published in the Federal Register (55 FR 27114-27170).
As a result of this joint process between Interior and Agriculture,
these regulations can be found both in titles 36, ``Parks, Forests, and
Public Property,'' and 50, ``Wildlife and Fisheries,'' of the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR), at 36 CFR 242.1-28 and 50 CFR 100.1-28. 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.
Consistent with Subparts A, B, and C of these regulations, as
revised January 8, 1999, (64 FR 1276), 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, USDA Forest Service. Through the Board, these
agencies participated in the development of regulations for Subparts A,
B, and C, and the annual Subpart D regulations.
Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils
Pursuant to the Record of Decision, Subsistence Management
Regulations for Federal Public Lands in Alaska, April 6, 1992, and the
Subsistence Management Regulations for Federal Public Lands in Alaska,
36 CFR 242.11 (1999) and 50 CFR 100.11 (1999), and for the purposes
identified therein, we divide Alaska into ten subsistence resource
regions, each of which is represented by a Federal Subsistence Regional
Advisory Council (Regional Council). The Regional Councils provide a
forum for rural residents, with personal knowledge of local conditions
and resource requirements, to have a meaningful role in the subsistence
management of fish and wildlife on Alaska public lands. The Regional
Council members represent varied geographical, cultural, and user
diversity within each region.
Current Rule
Because the Subpart D regulations, which establish seasons and
harvest limits and methods and means, are subject to an annual cycle,
they require development of an entire new rule each year. Customary and
traditional use determinations (Subpart C) are also subject to an
annual review process providing for modification each year. Section
____.24 (Customary and traditional use determinations) was originally
published in the Federal Register (57 FR 22940) on May 29, 1992. 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 (59
FR 27462, published May 27, 1994; 59 FR 51855, published October 13,
1994; 60 FR 10317, published February 24, 1995; 61 FR 39698, published
July 30, 1996; 62 FR 29016, published May 29, 1997; 63 FR 35332,
published June 29, 1998; 63 FR 46148, published August 28, 1998; 64 FR
35776, published July 1, 1999; and 65 FR 40730, published June 30,
2000). During its May 9-10, 2001, meeting, the Board made
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additional customary and traditional use determinations in addition to
various annual season and harvest limit changes.
The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture published a
proposed rule on August 24, 2000 (65 FR 51648), to amend Subparts C and
D of 36 CFR 242 and 50 CFR 100. The proposed rule opened a 60-day
comment period, which closed on October 27, 2000. The Departments
advertised the proposed rule by mail, radio, and newspaper. During that
period, the Regional Councils met and, in addition to other Regional
Council business, received suggestions for proposals from the public.
The Board received a total of 50 proposals for changes to Subparts C
and D. Subsequent to the 60-day review period, the Board prepared a
booklet describing the proposals and distributed it to the public. The
public had an additional 30 days in which to comment on the proposals
for changes to the regulations. The 10 Regional Councils met again,
received public comments, and formulated their recommendations to the
Board on proposals for their respective regions. Three of the proposals
were withdrawn from consideration by their originators. The Regional
Councils had a substantial role in reviewing the proposed rule and
making recommendations for the final rule. Moreover, the Council
Chairs, or their designated representatives, presented their Council's
recommendations at the Board meeting of May 9-10, 2001. 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. Additional details on
the recent Board modifications are contained below in Analysis of
Proposals Adopted by the Board.
Applicability of Subparts A, B, and C
Subparts A, B, and C (unless otherwise amended) of the Subsistence
Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska, 50 CFR 100.1 to
100.23 and 36 CFR 242.1 to 242.23, remain effective and apply to this
rule. Therefore, all definitions located at 50 CFR 100.4 and 36 CFR
242.4 apply to regulations found in this subpart.
Analysis of Proposals Rejected by the Board
The Board rejected 12 proposals and part of 1 other. All but one of
these rejections were based on recommendations from the respective
Regional Council and additional factors. In the case of the one
rejection contrary to the Regional Council recommendation, the proposal
was viewed as a predator control measure for wolves not within the
Board's jurisdiction.
The Board rejected one proposal requesting that customary and
traditional use determinations be revised for sheep. In this case, the
cultural resource use information compiled during proposal analysis and
the public comments did not substantiate the request.
Two proposals requested establishing or expanding subsistence
hunting seasons for moose. These proposals were rejected for
conservation reasons.
One proposal requested revising subsistence hunting seasons and
harvest limits for caribou. This proposal was rejected because
modifications had already been made in a similar proposal.
One proposal requested restricting harvest limits for deer. This
proposal was rejected because the deer population in the area could
support both subsistence and non-subsistence harvest.
Four proposals requested closing Federal lands to the use of
aircraft for access for the taking of moose or restricting the number
of sport hunters. These proposals were rejected because the moose
populations in the area could support both subsistence and non-
subsistence harvest and such an access restriction would needlessly
restrict subsistence users.
One proposal requested, in part, establishing a subsistence hunting
season for muskox. This part of the proposal was rejected for
conservation reasons.
One proposal requested closing the subsistence hunting and trapping
seasons in an area for wolves. This proposal was rejected because it
would be detrimental to subsistence users and because there was no
conservation concern in the area.
One proposal requested removing the buffer area restrictions for
moose along the Yukon River . This proposal was rejected as contrary to
conservation management principles.
The Board deferred action on three proposals and part of one other
proposal in order to allow communities or Regional Councils additional
time to review the issues and provide additional information or to
await the outcome of Alaska Board of Game deliberations. The Board also
deferred action on two proposals until it has completed review of a
Request for Reconsideration on the rural/non-rural nature of
communities on the Kenai Peninsula. Three of the originally-submitted
proposals were withdrawn from consideration by their originators.
Analysis of Proposals Adopted by the Board
The Board adopted 29 proposals. Some of these proposals were
adopted as submitted and others were adopted with modifications
suggested by the respective Regional Council, developed during the
analysis process, or during the Board's public deliberations.
All of the adopted proposals were recommended for adoption by at
least one of the Regional Councils and were based on meeting customary
and traditional uses, harvest practices, or protecting wildlife
populations. Detailed information relating to justification for the
action on each proposal may be found in the Board meeting transcripts,
available for review at the Office of Subsistence Management, 3601 C
Street, Suite 1030, Anchorage, Alaska or on the Office of Subsistence
Management website
(http://www.r7.fws.gov/asm/home.html). Additional technical
clarifications and reorganization of the regulations have been made,
which result in a more readable document.
Multiple Regions
The Board adopted two proposals establishing definitions placed in
the regulations found in Sec. ____.25, which affects residents of all
Regions.
Established four new definitions in order to reduce
confusion within the regulations.
Southeast Region
The Board adopted two proposals affecting residents of the
Southeast Region resulting in the following change to the regulations
found in Sec. ____.26.
Revised the wolf season dates in Unit 2.
Extended the marten, mink, and weasel season dates in Unit
4.
Southcentral Region
The Board adopted three proposals affecting residents in the
Southcentral Region resulting in the following changes to the
regulations found in Sec. ____.26.
Revised the harvest limit for caribou in Unit 13.
Revised the season for moose in Unit 15(A).
Revised the seasons for lynx in Units 6, 7, 11, 13, and
15.
Additionally, the Board delegated to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Office of Subsistence Management, authority to adjust the lynx
seasons and harvests limits consistent with the ADF&G Lynx Harvest
Management
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Strategy. The Office of Subsistence Management, in June 2001, exercised
this authority and adjusted the lynx seasons in Units 11 and 13.
Kodiak/Aleutians Region
The Board adopted two proposals affecting residents in the Kodiak/
Aleutians Region resulting in the following changes to the regulations
found in Sec. ____.26.
Established a season and limit for the ceremonial harvest
of brown bear in parts of Units 9 and 10.
Revised season and harvest limit and deleted the access
restrictions for elk in Unit 8.
Bristol Bay Region
The Board adopted four proposals affecting residents in the Bristol
Bay Region resulting in the following changes to the regulations found
in Sec. ____.24 and Sec. ____.26.
Revised the season for brown bear in part of Unit 9.
Established a designated hunter system for caribou in part
of Unit 17.
Revised the customary and traditional use determination
for sheep in part of Unit 9.
Established a season and harvest limit for moose in part
of Unit 17.
Western Interior Region
The Board adopted six proposals affecting residents of the Western
Interior Region resulting in the following change to the regulations
found in Sec. ____.26.
Revised the baiting provisions for black bear in Units 21
and 24.
Revised the seasons and harvest limits for brown bear in
Units 19 and 24.
Revised the evidence of sex requirements for moose in
Units 19, 21, and 24.
Revised the harvest limits for wolf in Unit 19.
Established a beaver hunting season in part of Unit 21.
Seward Peninsula Region
The Board adopted one proposal affecting residents of the Seward
Peninsula Region resulting in the following change to the regulations
found in Sec. ____.26.
Established a hunt and revised the seasons and harvest
limits for muskox in Unit 22.
Eastern Interior Region
The Board adopted eight proposals affecting residents of the
Eastern Interior Region resulting in the following changes to the
regulations found in Sec. ____.26.
Established a customary and traditional use determination
and a hunt for brown bear in Unit 25.
Revised the seasons and harvest limits for caribou in
parts of Units 20 and 25.
Revised the seasons for moose in Unit 12.
Revised a Management Area description for moose in Unit
20.
Provided for additional harvest opportunity for moose by
residents in a portion of Unit 25.
Revised the seasons and harvest limits for lynx in Unit 12
and part of Unit 20.
North Slope Region
The Board adopted one proposal affecting residents of the North
Slope Region resulting in the following changes to the regulations
found in Sec. ____.26.
Revised the seasons for muskox in a portion of Unit 26.
Additionally, in order to streamline the regulations in Subpart D,
those portions relating to both wildlife and fisheries were
consolidated into a single section (Sec. ____.25) and the regulations
relating only to wildlife were placed in Sec. ____.26.
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
relates to public lands managed by an agency or agencies in both the
Departments of Agriculture and the Interior, identical text would be
incorporated into 36 CFR part 242 and 50 CFR part 100.
Administrative Procedure Act Compliance
The Board finds that additional public notice under the
Administrative Procedure Act (APA) for this final rule is unnecessary,
and contrary to the public interest. The Board has provided extensive
opportunity for public input and involvement in excess of standard APA
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. Over the ten years the Program has been
operating, no benefit to the public has been demonstrated by delaying
the effective date of the regulations. A lapse in regulatory control
could seriously affect the continued viability of wildlife populations,
adversely impact 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) to
make this rule effective less than 30 days after publication.
Conformance With Statutory and Regulatory Authorities
National Environmental Policy Act Compliance--A Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (DEIS) that described four alternatives for developing
a Federal Subsistence Management Program was distributed for public
comment on October 7, 1991. That document described the major issues
associated with Federal subsistence management as identified through
public meetings, written comments and staff analysis and examined the
environmental consequences of the four alternatives. Proposed
regulations (Subparts A, B, and C) that would implement the preferred
alternative were included in the DEIS as an appendix. The DEIS and the
proposed administrative regulations presented a framework for an annual
regulatory cycle regarding subsistence hunting and fishing regulations
(Subpart D). The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) was
published on February 28, 1992.
Based on the public comment received, the analysis contained in the
FEIS, and the recommendations of the Federal Subsistence Board and the
Department of the Interior's Subsistence Policy Group, it was the
decision of the Secretary of the Interior, with the concurrence of the
Secretary of Agriculture, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture-
Forest Service, to implement Alternative IV as identified in the DEIS
and FEIS (Record of Decision on Subsistence Management for Federal
Public Lands in Alaska (ROD), signed April 6, 1992). The DEIS and the
selected alternative in the FEIS defined the administrative framework
of an annual regulatory cycle for subsistence hunting and fishing
regulations. The final rule for Subsistence Management Regulations for
Public Lands in Alaska, Subparts A, B, and C (57 FR 22940-22964,
published May 29, 1992) implemented the Federal Subsistence Management
Program and included a framework for an annual cycle for subsistence
hunting and fishing regulations.
An environmental assessment has been prepared on the expansion of
Federal jurisdiction over fisheries and is
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available by contacting the office listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. The Secretary of the Interior with the concurrence of the
Secretary of Agriculture has determined that the expansion of Federal
jurisdiction does not constitute a major Federal action, significantly
effecting the human environment and has, therefore, signed a Finding of
No Significant Impact.
Compliance with Section 810 of ANILCA--A Section 810 analysis was
completed as part of the FEIS process on the Federal Subsistence
Management Program. 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. The final Section 810 analysis determination
appeared in the April 6, 1992, ROD which concluded that the Federal
Subsistence Management Program, under Alternative IV with an annual
process for setting hunting and fishing regulations, may have some
local impacts on subsistence uses, but it does not appear that the
program may significantly restrict subsistence uses.
During the environmental assessment process, an evaluation of the
effects of this rule was also conducted in accordance with Section 810.
This evaluation supports the Secretaries' determination that the Final
Rule will not reach the ``may significantly restrict'' threshold for
notice and hearings under ANILCA Section 810(a) for any subsistence
resources or uses.
Paperwork Reduction Act--This rule contains information collection
requirements subject to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. It applies to the use of
public lands in Alaska. The information collection requirements are
approved by OMB under 44 U.S.C. 3501 and have been assigned clearance
number 1018-0075, which expires July 31, 2003. Federal agencies may not
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it displays a current valid OMB
control number.
Currently, information is being collected by the use of a Federal
Subsistence Registration Permit and Designated Hunter Application. The
information collected on these two permits establishes whether an
applicant qualifies to participate in a Federal subsistence hunt on
public land in Alaska and provides a report of harvest and the location
of harvest. The collected information is necessary to determine harvest
success, harvest location, and population health in order to make
management decisions relative to the conservation of healthy wildlife
populations. Additional harvest information is obtained from harvest
reports submitted to the State of Alaska. The recordkeeping burden for
this aspect of the program is negligible (1 hour or less). This
information is accessed via computer data base.
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Estimated Completion Estimated Estimated
Form number of time for each annual annual burden Hourly cost Financial burden on
respondents form (hour) response (hours) for respondent respondents
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Federal Subsistence Registration Permit 5,000 \1/4\ 5,000 1,250 $20.00 $5.00 each or $25,000 total.
Designated Hunter Application.......... 2,000 \1/4\ 2,000 500 20.00 $5.00 each or $10,000 total.
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You may direct comments on the burden estimate or any other aspect
of this form to: Information Collection Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 1849 C Street, NW, MS 224 ARLSQ, Washington, D.C. 20240; and
the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project
(Subsistence), Washington, D.C. 20503. Additional information
collection requirements may be imposed if local advisory committees
subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act are established under
subpart B. Such requirements will be submitted to OMB for approval
prior to their implementation.
Economic Effects--This rule is not a significant rule subject to
OMB review under Executive Order 12866.
This rulemaking will impose no significant costs on small entities;
this rule does not restrict any existing sport or commercial fishery on
the public lands and subsistence fisheries will continue at essentially
the same levels as they presently occur. The exact number of businesses
and the amount of trade that will result from this Federal land-related
activity is unknown. The aggregate effect is an insignificant positive
economic effect on a number of small entities, such as ammunition,
snowmachine, and gasoline dealers. The number of small entities
affected is unknown; but, the fact that the positive effects will be
seasonal in nature and will, in most cases, merely continue preexisting
uses of public lands indicates that they will not be significant.
In general, the resources to be harvested under this rule are
already being harvested and consumed by the local harvester and do not
result in an additional dollar benefit to the economy. However, we
estimate that 2 million pounds of meat are harvested by subsistence
users annually and, if given an estimated dollar value of $3.00 per
pound, would equate to about $6 million in food value state-wide.
The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)
requires preparation of flexibility analyses for rules that will have a
significant effect on a substantial number of small entities, which
include small businesses, organizations or governmental jurisdictions.
The Departments certify based on the above figures that this rulemaking
will not have a significant economic effect on a substantial number of
small entities within the meaning of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
Under the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et
seq.), this rule is not a major rule. It does not have an effect on the
economy of $100 million or more, will not cause a major increase in
costs or prices for consumers, and does not have significant adverse
effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity,
innovation, or the ability of U.S.-based enterprises to compete with
foreign-based enterprises.
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 takings of private property implications
as defined by Executive Order 12630.
The Secretaries have determined and certify 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
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governments or private entities. The implementation of this rule is by
Federal agencies and there is no cost imposed on any state or local
entities or tribal governments.
The Secretaries have determined that these final regulations meet
the applicable standards provided in Sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of
Executive Order 12988, regarding civil justice reform.
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 it meets certain requirements.
In accordance with the President's memorandum of April 29, 1994,
``Government-to-Government Relations with Native American Tribal
Governments'' (59 FR 22951), Executive Order 13175, and 512 DM 2, we
have evaluated possible effects on Federally recognized Indian tribes
and have determined that there are no effects. The Bureau of Indian
Affairs is a participating agency in this rulemaking.
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 final rule is
not expected to significantly affect energy supply, distribution, or
use, this action is not a significant energy action and no Statement of
Energy Effects is required.
Drafting Information--William Knauer drafted these regulations
under the guidance of Thomas H. Boyd, of the Office of Subsistence
Management, Alaska Regional Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Anchorage, Alaska. Taylor Brelsford, Alaska State Office, Bureau of
Land Management; Sandy Rabinowitch, Alaska Regional Office, National
Park Service; Ida Hildebrand, Alaska Regional Office, Bureau of Indian
Affairs; Greg Bos, Alaska Regional Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service; and Ken Thompson, USDA-Forest Service provided additional
guidance.
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.
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
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
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.
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Area Species Determination
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Unit 1(C)..................... Black Bear....... Residents of Unit
1(C), 1(D), 3, and
residents of Hoonah,
Pelican, Point
Baker, Sitka, and
Tenakee Springs.
1(A).......................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit
1(A) except no
subsistence for
residents of Hyder.
1(B).......................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit
1(A), Petersburg,
and Wrangell, except
no subsistence for
residents of Hyder.
1(C).......................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit
1(C), Haines,
Hoonah, Kake,
Klukwan, Skagway,
and Wrangell, except
no subsistence for
residents of
Gustavus.
1(D).......................... Brown Bear....... Residents of 1(D).
1(A).......................... Deer............. Residents of 1(A) and
2.
1(B).......................... Deer............. Residents of Unit
1(A), residents of
1(B), 2 and 3.
1(C).......................... Deer............. Residents of 1(C) and
(D), and residents
of Hoonah, Kake, and
Petersburg.
1(D).......................... Deer............. No Federal
subsistence
priority.
1(B).......................... Goat............. Residents of Units
1(B) and 3.
1(C).......................... Goat............. Residents of Haines,
Kake, Klukwan,
Petersburg, and
Hoonah.
1(B).......................... Moose............ Residents of Units 1,
2, 3, and 4.
1(C) Berner's Bay............. Moose............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
1(D).......................... Moose............ Residents of Unit
1(D).
Unit 2........................ Brown Bear....... No Federal
subsistence
priority.
2............................. Deer............. Residents of Unit
1(A) and residents
of Units 2 and 3.
Unit 3........................ Deer............. Residents of Unit
1(B) and 3, and
residents of Port
Alexander, Port
Protection, Pt.
Baker, and Meyer's
Chuck.
3, Wrangell................... Moose............ Residents of Units
1(B), 2, and 3. and
Mitkof Islands
Unit 4........................ Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 4
and Kake.
4............................. Deer............. Residents of Unit 4
and residents of
Kake, Gustavus,
Haines, Petersburg,
Pt. Baker, Klukwan,
Port Protection,
Wrangell, and
Yakutat.
4............................. Goat............. Residents of Sitka,
Hoonah, Tenakee,
Pelican, Funter Bay,
Angoon, Port
Alexander, and Elfin
Cove.
Unit 5........................ Black Bear....... Residents of Unit
5(A).
5............................. Brown Bear....... Residents of Yakutat.
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5............................. Deer............. Residents of Yakutat.
5............................. Goat............. Residents of Unit
5(A).
5............................. Moose............ Residents of Unit
5(A).
5............................. Wolf............. Residents of Unit
5(A).
Unit 6(A)..................... Black Bear....... Residents of Yakutat
and residents of
6(C) and 6(D),
except no
subsistence for
Whittier.
6, remainder.................. Black Bear....... Residents of Unit
6(C) and 6(D),
except no
subsistence for
Whittier.
6............................. Brown Bear....... No Federal
subsistence
priority.
6(A).......................... Goat............. Residents of Unit
5(A), 6(C), Chenega
Bay and Tatitlek.
6(C) and (D).................. Goat............. Residents of Unit
6(C) and (D).
6(A).......................... Moose............ Unit 6(A)--Residents
of Units 5(A), 6(A),
6(B) and 6(C).
6(B) and (C).................. Moose............ Residents of Units
6(A), 6(B) and 6(C).
6(D).......................... Moose............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
6(A).......................... Wolf............. Residents of Units
5(A), 6, 9, 10
(Unimak Island 6(D)
only), 11-13 and the
residents of
Chickaloon, and 16-
26.
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.
7............................. Caribou.......... No Federal
subsistence
priority.
7, Brown Mountain hunt area... Goat............. Residents of Port
Graham and English
Bay.
7, that portion draining into Moose............ Residents of Chenega
Kings Bay. Bay and Tatitlek.
7, remainder.................. Moose............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
7............................. Sheep............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 8........................ Brown Bear....... Residents of Old
Harbor, Akhiok,
Larsen Bay, Karluk,
Ouzinkie, and Port
Lions.
8............................. Deer............. Residents of Unit 8.
8............................. Elk.............. Residents of Unit 8.
8............................. Goat............. No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 9(D)..................... Bison............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
9(A) and (B).................. Black Bear....... Residents of Units
9(A) and (B), and
17(A), (B), and (C).
9(A).......................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Pedro
Bay.
9(B).......................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit
9(B).
9(C).......................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit
9(C).
9(D).......................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Units
9(D) and 10 (Unimak
Island).
9(E).......................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Chignik,
Chignik Lagoon,
Chignik Lake,
Egegik, Ivanof Bay,
Perryville, Pilot
Point, Ugashik, and
Port Heiden/Meshik.
9(A) and (B).................. Caribou.......... Residents of Units
9(B), 9(C), 17.
9(C).......................... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
9(B), 9(C), 17 and
residents of Egegik.
9(D).......................... Caribou.......... Residents of Unit
9(D), and residents
of Akutan, False
Pass.
9(E).......................... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
9(B), (C), (E), 17,
and residents of
Nelson Lagoon and
Sand Point.
9(A), (B), (C) and (E)........ Moose............ Residents of Unit
9(A), (B), (C) and
(E).
9(D).......................... Moose............ Residents of Cold
Bay, False Pass,
King Cove, Nelson
Lagoon, and Sand
Point.
9(B).......................... Sheep............ Residents of Iliamna,
Newhalen, Nondalton,
Pedro Bay, Port
Alsworth, and
residents of Lake
Clark National Park
and Preserve within
Unit 9(B).
9, remainder.................. Sheep............ No determination.
9............................. Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13 and the
residents of
Chickaloon and 16-
26.
9(A), (B), (C) and (E)........ Beaveer.......... Residents of Units
9(A), (B), (C), (E),
and 17.
Unit 10 Unimak Island......... Brown Bear....... Residents of Units
9(D) and 10 (Unimak
Island).
Unit 10 Unimak Island......... Caribou.......... Residents of Akutan,
False Pass, King
Cove, and Sand
Point.
10, remainder................. Caribou.......... No determination.
10............................ Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13 and the
residents of
Chickaloon 10, and
16-26.
Unit 11....................... Bison............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
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.
11, remainder................. Black Bear....... Residents of
Chistochina,
Chitina, Copper
Center, Gakona,
Glennallen, Gulkana,
Kenny Lake, Mentasta
Lake, Slana,
Tazlina, Tonsina,
and Unit 11.
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.
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11, remainder................. Brown Bear....... Residents of
Chistochina,
Chitina, Copper
Center, Gakona,
Glennallen, Gulkana,
Kenny Lake, Mentasta
Lake, Slana,
Tazlina, Tonsina,
and Unit 11.
11, north of the Sanford River Caribou.......... Residents of Units
11, 12, and 13 (A)-
(D) and the
residents of
Chickaloon, Healy
Lake, and Dot Lake.
11, remainder................. Caribou.......... Residents of Units 11
and 13(A)-(D) and
the residents of
Chickaloon.
11............................ Goat............. Residents of Unit 11
and the residents of
Chitina,
Chistochina, Copper
Center, Gakona,
Glennallen, Gulkana,
Mentasta Lake,
Slana, Tazlina,
Tonsina, and Dot
Lake.
11, north of the Sanford River Moose............ Residents of Units
11, 12, and 13 (A)-
(D) and the
residents of
Chickaloon, Healy
Lake, and Dot Lake.
11, remainder................. Moose............ Residents of Units
11, 13(A)-(D), and
residents of
Chickaloon.
11, north of the Sanford River Sheep............ Residents of Unit 12
and the communities
and the areas of
Chistochina,
Chitina, Copper
Center, Dot Lake,
Gakona, Glennallen,
Gulkana, Healy Lake,
Kenny Lake, Mentasta
Lake, Slana,
McCarthy/South
Wrangell/South Park,
Tazlina and Tonsina;
residents along the
Nabesna Road--
Milepost 0-46
(Nabesna Road), and
residents along the
McCarthy Road--
Milepost 0-62
(McCarthy Road).
11, remainder................. Sheep............ Residents of the
communities and
areas of Chisana,
Chistochina,
Chitina, Copper
Center, Gakona,
Glennallen, Gulkana,
Kenny Lake, Mentasta
Lake, Slana,
McCarthy/South
Wrangell/South Park,
Tazlina and 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).
11............................ Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13 and the
residents of
Chickaloon and 16-
26.
11............................ Grouse, (Spruce, Residents of Units
Blue, Ruffed and 11, 12, 13 and the
Sharp-tailed). residents of
Chickaloon, 15, 16,
20(D), 22 and 23.
11............................ Ptarmigan (Rock, Residents of Units
Willow and White- 11, 12, 13 and the
tailed). residents of
Chickaloon, 15, 16,
20(D), 22 and 23.
Unit 12....................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 12
and Dot Lake,
Chistochina, Gakona,
Mentasta Lake, and
Slana.
12............................ Caribou.......... Residents of Unit 12
and residents of Dot
Lake, Healy Lake,
and Mentasta Lake.
12, south of a line from Noyes Moose............ Residents of Unit 11
Mountain, southeast of the north of 62nd
confluence of Tatschunda parallel, residents
Creek to Nabesna River. of Units 12, 13(A)-
(D) and the
residents of
Chickaloon, Dot
Lake, and Healy
Lake.
12, east of the Nabesna River Moose............ Residents of Unit 12
and Nabesna Glacier, south of and Healy Lake.
the Winter Trail from
Pickerel Lake to the Canadian
Border.
12, remainder................. Moose............ Residents of Unit 12
and residents of Dot
Lake, Healy Lake,
and Mentasta Lake.
12............................ Sheep............ Residents of Unit 12
and residents of
Chistochina, Dot
Lake, Healy Lake,
and Mentasta Lake.
12............................ Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13 and the
residents of
Chickaloon and 16-
26.
Unit 13....................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 13
and Slana.
13(B)......................... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
11, 12 (along the
Nabesna Road), 13,
residents of Unit
20(D) except Fort
Greely, and the
residents of
Chickaloon.
13(C)......................... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
11, 12 (along the
Nabesna Road), 13,
and the residents of
Chickaloon, Dot Lake
and Healy Lake.
13(A) & (D)................... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
11, 12 (along the
Nabesna Road), 13,
and the residents of
Chickaloon.
13(E)......................... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
11, 12 (along the
Nabesna Road), 13,
and the residents of
Chickaloon, McKinley
Village, and the
area along the Parks
Highway between
milepost 216 and 239
(except no
subsistence for
residents of Denali
National Park
headquarters).
13(D)......................... Goat............. No Federal
subsistence
priority.
13(A) and (D)................. Moose............ Residents of Unit 13
and the residents of
Chickaloon and
Slana.
13(B)......................... Moose............ Residents of Units
13, 20(D) except
Fort Greely, and the
residents of
Chickaloon and Moose
Slana.
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13(C)......................... Moose............ Residents of Units
12, 13 and the
residents of
Chickaloon, Healy
Lake, Dot Lake and
Slana.
13(E)......................... Moose............ Residents of Unit 13
and the residents of
Chickaloon McKinley
Village, Slana, and
the area along the
Parks Highway
between milepost 216
and 239 (except no
subsistence for
residents of Denali
National Park
headquarters).
13(D)......................... Sheep............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
13............................ Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13 and the
residents of
Chickaloon, and 16-
26.
13............................ Grouse (Spruce, Residents of Units
Blue, Ruffed & 11, 13 and the
Sharp-tailed). residents of
Chickaloon, 15, 16,
20(D), 22 & 23.
13............................ Ptarmigan (Rock, Residents of Units
Willow and White- 11, 13 and the
tailed). residents of
Chickaloon, 15, 16,
20(D), 22 & 23.
Unit 14(B) and (C)............ Brown Bear....... No Federal
subsistence
priority.
14............................ Goat............. No Federal
subsistence
priority.
14............................ Moose............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
14(A) and (C)................. Sheep............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 15(C).................... Black Bear....... Residents of Port
Graham and Nanwalek
only.
15, remainder................. Black Bear....... No Federal
subsistence
priority.
15............................ Brown Bear....... No Federal
subsistence
priority.
15(C), Port Graham and English Goat............. Residents of Port
Bay hunt areas. Graham and Nanwalek.
15(C), Seldovia hunt area..... Goat............. Residents Seldovia
area.
15............................ Moose............ Residents of
Ninilchik, Nanwalek,
Port Graham, and
Seldovia.
15............................ Sheep............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
15............................ Ptarmigan (Rock, Residents of Unit 15.
Willow and White-
tailed).
15............................ Grouse (Spruce).. Residents of Unit 15.
15............................ Grouse (Ruffed).. No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 16(B).................... Black Bear....... Residents of Unit
16(B).
16............................ Brown Bear....... No Federal
subsistence
priority.
16(A)......................... Moose............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
16(B)......................... Moose............ Residents of Unit
16(B).
16............................ Sheep............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
16............................ Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13 and the
residents of
Chickaloon, and 16-
26.
16............................ Grouse (Spruce Residents of Units
and Ruffed). 11, 13 and the
residents of
Chickaloon, 15, 16,
20(D), 22 and 23.
16............................ Ptarmigan (Rock, Residents of Units
Willow and White- 11, 13 and the
tailed). residents of
Chickaloon, 15, 16,
20(D), 22 and 23.
Unit 17(A) and that portion Black Bear....... Residents of Units
of 17(B) draining into 9(A) and (B), 17,
Nuyakuk Lake and Tikchik Lake. and that residents
of Akiak and
Akiachak.
17, remainder................ Black Bear....... Residents of Units
9(A) and (B), and
17.
17A.......................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 17,
and residents of
Akiak, Akiachak,
Goodnews Bay and
Platinum.
17(A) and (B), those portions Brown Bear....... Residents of
north and west of a line Kwethluk.
beginning from the Unit 18
boundary at the northwest end
of Nenevok Lake, to the
southern point of upper
Togiak lake, and northeast to
the northern point of Nuyakuk
Lake, northeast to the point
where the Unit 17 boundary
intersects the Shotgun Hills.
17(B), that portion draining Brown Bear....... Residents of Akiak
into Nuyakuk Lake and Tikchik and Akiachak.
Lake.
17(B) and (C)................ Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 17.
17........................... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
9(B), 17 and
residents of Line
Village and Stony
River.
Unit 17(A), that portion west Caribou.......... Residents of Goodnews
of the Izavieknik River, Bay, Platinum,
Upper Togiak Lake, Togiak Quinhagak, Eek,
Lake, and the main course of Tuntutuliak, and
the Togiak River. Napakiak.
Unit 17(A)--That portion Caribou.......... Residents of Akiak,
north of Togiak Lake that Akiachak, and
includes Izavieknik River Tuluksak.
drainages.
17(A) and (B), those portions Caribou.......... Residents of
north and west of a line Kwethluk.
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 17(B), that portion of Caribou.......... Residents of Bethel,
Togiak National Wildlife Goodnews Bay,
Refuge within Unit 17(B). Platinum, Quinhagak,
Eek, Akiak,
Akiachak, and
Tuluksak,
Tuntutuliak, and
Napakiak.
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17(A) and (B), those portions Moose............ Residents of
north and west of a line Kwethluk.
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
interests the Shotgun Hills.
17(A)......................... Moose............ Residents of Unit 17
and residents of
Goodnews Bay and
Platinum; however,
no subsistence for
residents of
Akiachak, Akiak and
Quinhagak.
Unit 17(A)--That portion north Moose............ Residents of Akiak,
of Togiak Lake that includes Akiachak.
Izavieknik River drainages.
Unit 17(B)--That portion Moose............ Residents of Akiak,
within the Togiak National Akiachak.
Wildlife Refuge.
17(B) and (C)................. Moose............ Residents of Unit 17,
and residents of
Nondalton, Levelock,
Goodnews Bay, and
Platinum.
17............................ Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13 and the
residents of
Chickaloon, and 16-
26.
17............................ Beaver........... Residents of Units
9(A), (B), (C), (E),
and 17.
Unit 18....................... Black Bear....... Residents of Unit 18,
residents of Unit
19(A) living
downstream of the
Holokuk River, and
residents of Holy
Cross, Stebbins, St.
Michael, Twin Hills,
and Togiak.
18............................ Brown Bear....... Residents of
Akiachak, Akiak,
Eek, Goodnews Bay,
Kwethluk, Mt.
Village, Napaskiak,
Platinum, Quinhagak,
St. Mary's, and
Tuluksak.
18............................ Caribou (Kilbuck INTERIM DETERMINATION
caribou herd BY FEDERAL
only). SUBSISTENCE BOARD
(12/18/91):
residents of
Tuluksak, Akiak,
Akiachak, Kwethluk,
Bethel, Oscarville,
Napaskiak, Napakiak,
Kasigluk,
Atmanthluak,
Nunapitchuk,
Tuntutuliak, Eek,
Quinhagak, Goodnews
Bay, Platinum,
Togiak, and Twin
Hills.
18, north of the Yukon River.. Caribou (except Residents of
Kilbuck caribou Alakanuk,
herd). Andreafsky, Chevak,
Emmonak, Hooper Bay,
Kotlik, Kwethluk,
Marshall, Mountain
Village, Pilot
Station, Pitka's
Point, Russian
Mission, St. Marys,
St. Michael, Scammon
Bay, Nunam Iqua, and
Stebbins.
18, remainder................. Caribou (except Residents of
Kilbuck caribou Kwethluk.
herd).
18, that portion of the Yukon Moose............ Residents of Unit 18
River drainage upstream of and residents of
Russian Mission and that Upper Kalskag, Lower
portion of the Kuskokwim Kalskag, Aniak, and
River drainage upstream of, Chuathbaluk.
but not including the
Tuluksak River drainage.
18, remainder................. Moose............ Residents of Unit 18
and residents of
Upper Kalskag and
Lower Kalskag.
18............................ Muskox........... No Federal
subsistence
priority.
18............................ Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13 and the
residents of
Chickaloon and 16-
26.
Unit 19(C), (D)............... Bison............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
19(A) and (B)................. Brown Bear....... Residents of Units 19
and 18 within the
Kuskokwim River
drainage upstream
from, and including,
the Johnson River.
19(C)......................... Brown Bear....... No Federal
subsistence
priority.
19(D)......................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Units
19(A) and (D), and
residents of Tulusak
and Lower Kalskag.
19(A) and (B)................. Caribou.......... Residents of Units
19(A) and 19(B),
residents of Unit 18
within the Kuskokwim
River drainage
upstream from, and
including, the
Johnson River, and
residents of St.
Marys, Marshall,
Pilot Station,
Russian Mission.
19(C)......................... Caribou.......... Residents of Unit
19(C), and residents
of Lime Village,
McGrath, Nikolai,
and Telida.
19(D)......................... Caribou.......... Residents of Unit
19(D), and residents
of Lime Village,
Sleetmute, and Stony
River.
19(A) and (B)................. Moose............ Residents of Unit 18
within Kuskokwim
River drainage
upstream from and
including the
Johnson River, and
Unit 19.
Unit 19(B), west of the Moose........... Residents of Eek and
Kogrukluk River. Quinhagak.
19(C)......................... Moose............ Residents of Unit 19.
19(D)......................... Moose............ Residents of Unit 19
and residents of
Lake Minchumina.
19............................ Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13 and the
residents of
Chickaloon and 16-
26.
Unit 20(D).................... Bison............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
20(F)......................... Black Bear....... Residents of Unit
20(F) and residents
of Stevens Village
and Manley.
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20(E)......................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 12
and Dot Lake.
20(F)......................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit
20(F) and residents
of Stevens Village
and Manley.
20(A)......................... Caribou.......... Residents of
Cantwell, Nenana,
and those domiciled
between milepost 216
and 239 of the Parks
Highway. No
subsistence priority
for residents of
households of the
Denali National Park
Headquarters.
20(B)......................... Caribou.......... Residents of Unit
20(B), Nenana, and
Tanana.
20(C)......................... Caribou.......... Residents of Unit
20(C) living east of
the Teklanika River,
residents of
Cantwell, Lake
Minchumina, Manley
Hot Springs, Minto,
Nenena, Nikolai,
Tanana, Talida, and
those domiciled
between milepost 216
and 239 of the Parks
Highway and between
milepost 300 and
309. No subsistence
priority for
residents of 20(D)
and Caribou
households of the
Denali National Park
Headquarters.
20(D) and (E)................. Caribou.......... Residents of 20(D),
20(E), and Unit 12
north of 20(F) the
Wrangell-St. Elias
National Park and
Preserve.
20(F)......................... Caribou.......... Residents of 20(F),
25(D), and Manley.
20(A)......................... Moose............ Residents of
Cantwell, Minto, and
Nenana, McKinley
Village, the area
along the Parks
Highway between
mileposts 216 and
239,except no
subsistence for
residents of
households of the
Denali National Park
Headquarters.
20(B)......................... Moose............ Minto Flats
Management Area--
residents of Minto
and Nenana.
20(B)......................... Moose............ Remainder--residents
of Unit 20(B), and
residents of Nenana
and Tanana.
20(C)......................... Moose............ Residents of Unit
20(C) (except that
portion within
Denali National Park
and Preserve and
that portion east of
the Teklanika
River), and
residents of
Cantwell, Manley,
Minto, Nenana, the
Parks Highway from
milepost 300-309,
Nikolai, Tanana,
Telida, McKinley
Village, and the
area along the Parks
Highway between
mileposts 216 and
239. No subsistence
for residents of
households of the
Denali National Park
Headquarters.
20(D)......................... Moose............ Residents of Unit
20(D) and residents
of Tanacross.
20(F)......................... Moose............ Residents of Unit
20(F), Manley,
Minto, and Stevens
Village.
20(F)......................... Wolf............. Residents of Unit
20(F) and residents
of Stevens Village
and Manley.
20, remainder................. Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13 and the
residents of
Chickaloon and 16-
26.
20(D)......................... Grouse, (Spruce, Residents of Units
Ruffed and Sharp- 11, 13 and the
tailed). residents of
Chickaloon, 15, 16,
20(D), 22, and 23.
20(D)......................... Ptarmigan (Rock Residents of Units
and Willow). 11, 13 and the
residents of
Chickaloon, 15, 16,
20(D), 22, and 23.
Unit 21....................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Units 21
and 23.
21(A)......................... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
21(A), 21(D), 21(E),
Aniak, Chuathbaluk,
Crooked Creek,
McGrath, and
Takotna.
21(B) & (C)................... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
21(B), 21(C), 21(D),
and Tanana.
21(D)......................... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
21(B), 21(C), 21(D),
and Huslia.
21(E)......................... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
21(A), 21(E) and
Aniak, Chuathbaluk,
Crooked Creek,
McGrath, and
Takotna.
21(A)......................... Moose............ Residents of Units
21(A), (E), Takotna,
McGrath, Aniak, and
Crooked Creek.
21(B) and (C)................. Moose............ Residents of Units
21(B) and (C),
Tanana, Ruby, and
Galena.
21(D)......................... Moose............ Residents of Units
21(D), Huslia, and
Ruby.
21(E)......................... Moose............ Residents of Unit
21(E) and residents
of Russian Mission.
21............................ Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13 and the
residents of
Chickaloon, and 16-
26.
Unit 22(A).................... Black Bear....... Residents of Unit
22(A) and Koyuk.
22(B)......................... Black Bear....... Residents of Unit
22(B).
22(C), (D), and (E)........... Black Bear....... No Federal
subsistence
priority.
22............................ Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 22.
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22(A)......................... Caribou.......... Residents of Unit
21(D) west of the
Koyukuk and Yukon
Rivers, and
residents of Units
22 (except residents
of St. Lawrence
Island), 23, 24, and
residents of Kotlik,
Emmonak, Hooper Bay,
Scammon Bay, Chevak,
Marshall, Mountain
Village, Pilot
Station, Pitka's
Point, Russian
Mission, St. Marys,
Nunam Iqua, and
Alakanuk.
22, remainder................. Caribou.......... Residents of Unit
21(D) west of the
Koyukuk and Yukon
Rivers, and
residents of Units
22 (except residents
of St. Lawrence
Island), 23, 24.
22............................ Moose............ Residents of Unit 22.
22(B)......................... Muskox........... Residents of Unit
22(B).
22(C)......................... Muskox........... Residents of Unit
22(C).
22(D)......................... Muskox........... Residents of Unit
22(D) excluding St.
Lawrence Island.
22(E)......................... Muskox........... Residents of Unit
22(E) excluding
Little Diomede
Island.
22............................ Wolf............. Residents of Units
23, 22, 21(D) north
and west of the
Yukon River, and
residents of Kotlik.
22............................ Grouse (Spruce).. Residents of Units
11, 13 and the
residents of
Chickaloon, 15, 16,
20(D), 22, and 23.
22............................ Ptarmigan (Rock Residents of Units
and Willow). 11, 13 and the
residents of
Chickaloon, 15, 16,
20(D), 22, and 23.
Unit 23....................... Black Bear....... Residents of Unit 23,
Alatna, Allakaket,
Bettles, Evansville,
Galena, Hughes,
Huslia, and Koyukuk.
23............................ Brown Bear....... Residents of Units 21
and 23.
23............................ Caribou.......... Residents of Unit
21(D) west of the
Koyukuk and Yukon
Rivers, residents of
Galena, and
residents of Units
22, 23, 24 including
residents of Wiseman
but not including
other residents of
the Dalton Highway
Corridor Management
Area, and 26(A).
23............................ Moose............ Residents of Unit 23.
23, south of Kotzebue Sound Muskox........... Residents of Unit 23
and west of and including the South of Kotzebue
Buckland River drainage. Sound and west of
and including the
Buckland River
drainage.
23, remainder................. Muskox........... Residents of Unit 23
east and north of
the Buckland River
drainage.
23............................ Sheep............ Residents of Point
Lay and Unit 23
north of the Arctic
Circle.
23............................ Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13 and the
residents of
Chickaloon, and 16-
26.
23............................ Grouse (Spruce Residents of Units
and Ruffed). 11, 13 and the
residents of
Chickaloon, 15, 16,
20(D), 22, and 23.
23............................ Ptarmigan (Rock, Residents of Units
Willow and White- 11, 13 and the
tailed). residents of
Chickaloon, 15, 16,
20(D), 22, and 23.
Unit 24, that portion south of Black Bear....... Residents of Stevens
Caribou Mountain, and within Village and
the public lands composing or residents of Unit 24
immediately adjacent to the and Wiseman, but not
Dalton Highway Corridor including any other
Management Area. residents of the
Dalton Highway
Corridor Management
Area.
24, remainder................. Black Bear....... Residents of Unit 24
and Wiseman, but not
including any other
residents of the
Dalton Highway
Corridor Management
Area.
24, that portion south of Brown Bear....... Residents of Stevens
Caribou Mountain, and within Village and
the public lands composing or residents of Unit 24
immediately adjacent to the and Wiseman, but not
Dalton Highway Corridor including any other
Management Area. residents of the
Dalton Highway
Corridor Management
Area.
24, remainder................. Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 24
including Wiseman,
but not including
any other residents
of the Dalton
Highway Corridor
Management Area.
24............................ Caribou.......... Residents of Unit 24,
Galena, Kobuk,
Koyukuk, Stevens
Village, and Tanana.
24............................ Moose............ Residents of Unit 24,
Koyukuk, and Galena.
24............................ Sheep............ Residents of Unit 24
residing north of
the Arctic Circle
and residents of
Allakaket, Alatna,
Hughes, and Huslia.
24............................ Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13 and the
residents of
Chickaloon and 16-
26.
Unit 25(D).................... Black Bear....... Residents of Unit
25(D).
25(D)......................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit
25(D).
25, remainder................. Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 25
and Eagle.
25(D)......................... Caribou.......... Residents of 20(F),
25(D), and Manley.
25(A)......................... Moose............ Residents of Units
25(A) and 25(D).
25(D) West.................... Moose............ Residents of Unit
25(D) west.
25(D), remainder.............. Moose............ Residents of
remainder of Unit
25.
25(A)......................... Sheep............ Residents of Arctic
Village, Chalkytsik,
Fort Yukon,
Kaktovik, and
Venetie.
25(B) and (C)................. Sheep............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
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25(D)......................... Wolf............. Residents of Unit
25(D).
25, remainder................. Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13 and the
residents of
Chickaloon and 16-
26.
Unit 26....................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 26
(except the Prudhoe
Bay-Deadhorse
Industrial Complex)
and residents of
Anaktuvuk Pass and
Point Hope.
26(A)......................... Caribou.......... Residents of Unit 26,
Anaktuvuk Pass and
Point Hope.
26(B)......................... Caribou.......... Residents of Unit 26,
Anaktuvuk Pass,
Point Hope, and
Wiseman.
26(C)......................... Caribou.......... Residents of Unit 26,
Anaktuvuk Pass and
Point Hope.
26............................ Moose............ Residents of Unit 26,
(except the Prudhoe
Bay-Deadhorse
Industrial Complex),
and residents of
Point Hope and
Anaktuvuk Pass.
26(A)......................... Muskox........... Residents of
Anaktuvuk Pass,
Atqasuk, Barrow,
Nuiqsut, Point Hope,
Point Lay, and
Wainwright.
26(B)......................... Muskox........... Residents of
Anaktuvuk Pass,
Nuiqsut, and
Kaktovik.
26(C)......................... Muskox........... Residents of
Kaktovik.
26(A)......................... Sheep............ Residents of Unit 26,
Anaktuvuk Pass, and
Point Hope.
26(B)......................... Sheep............ Residents of Unit 26,
Anaktuvuk Pass,
Point Hope, and
Wiseman.
26(C)......................... Sheep............ Residents of Unit 26,
Anaktuvuk Pass,
Arctic Village,
Chalkytsik, Fort
Yukon, Point Hope,
and Venetie.
26............................ Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13 and the
residents of
Chickaloon and 16-
26.
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Subpart D--Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife
3. In Subpart D of 36 CFR part 242 and 50 CFR part 100,
Sec. ____.25 is added to read as follows:
Sec. ____.25 Subsistence taking of fish, wildlife, and shellfish;
general regulations.
(a) Definitions. The following definitions shall 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, 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.
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.
Bow means a longbow, recurve bow, or compound bow, excluding a
crossbow, or any bow equipped with a mechanical device that holds
arrows at full draw.
Broadhead means an arrowhead that is not barbed and has two or more
steel cutting edges having a minimum cutting diameter of not less than
seven-eighths inch.
Brow tine means a tine on the front portion of a moose antler,
typically projecting forward from the base of the antler toward the
nose.
Buck means any male deer.
Bull means any male moose, caribou, elk, or musk oxen.
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); 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,
licensed hunter or fisherman who may take all or a portion of another
Federally qualified, licensed 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.
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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.
Fifty-inch (50-inch) moose means a bull moose with an antler spread
of 50 inches or more.
Fishwheel 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.
Freshwater of streams and rivers means the line at which freshwater
is separated from saltwater at the mouth of streams and rivers by a
line drawn 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.
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 driveable 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 fishwheel, 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 the
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.
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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
applications are received and/or are based on priorities as determined
by 50 CFR 100.17 and 36 CFR 242.17.
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 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; excluding bear. The skin, hide, fur, or
pelt of a bear shall mean the entire external covering with claws
attached.
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, shall be an
integral part of the net, as hung, and measured perpendicular to the
selvages; measurements shall 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 permit issued by the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game, unless specifically identified otherwise.
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.
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 means one of the 26 geographical areas in the State of Alaska
known as Game Management Units, or GMU, and collectively listed in this
section as Units.
Wildlife means any hare (rabbit), ptarmigan, grouse, ungulate,
bear, furbearer, or unclassified species and includes any part,
product, egg, or offspring thereof, or carcass or part thereof.
(b) Taking fish, wildlife or shellfish for subsistence uses by a
prohibited method is a violation of this part.
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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 Secs. ____.26 through ____.28. Unit/Area-specific restrictions or
allowances for subsistence taking of fish, wildlife, or shellfish are
identified at Secs. ____.26 through ____.28.
(c) Harvest limits. (1) Harvest limits, including those related to
ceremonial uses, 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 shall furnish, upon a request made by a
Federal or State agent, a signed statement describing the following:
Names and addresses of persons who gave and received 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 shall 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
must return a completed harvest report. The 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. (1) As allowed by
Sec. ____.26, if you are a Federally-qualified subsistence user, you
(beneficiary) may designate another Federally-qualified subsistence
user to take wildlife on your behalf unless you are a member of a
community operating under a community harvest system.
(2) The designated hunter must obtain a designated hunter permit
and must return a completed harvest report.
(3) You may not designate more than one person to take or attempt
to take fish on your behalf at one time.
(4) 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 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), shall promptly deliver the
fish, wildlife, or shellfish to that rural Alaska resident.
(g) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Subsistence
Management may issue a permit to harvest fish, wildlife, or shellfish
for a qualifying cultural/educational program to an organization that
has been granted a Federal subsistence permit for a similar event
within the previous five years. A qualifying program must have
instructors, enrolled students, minimum attendance requirements, and
standards for successful completion of the course. Applications must be
submitted to the Office of Subsistence Management 60 days prior to the
earliest desired date of harvest. Permits will be issued for no more
than one large mammal per culture/education camp. Large mammal species
allowed to be harvested are limited to deer, moose, caribou, black
bear, and mountain goat. Permits will be issued for no more than 25
fish per culture/education camp. Any animals harvested will count
against any established Federal harvest quota for the area in which
harvested. Appeal of a rejected request can be made to the Federal
Subsistence Board. Application for an initial permit for a qualifying
cultural/educational program, for a permit when the circumstances have
changed significantly, when no permit has been issued within the
previous five years, or when there is a request for harvest in excess
of that provided in this paragraph (g), will be considered by the
Federal Subsistence Board.
(h) 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 shall 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 calendar
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 thereunder.
(j) Utilization of fish, wildlife, or shellfish. (1) You may not
use wildlife as food for a dog or furbearer, or as bait, except for the
following:
(i) The hide, skin, viscera, head, or bones of wildlife;
(ii) The skinned carcass of a furbearer;
(iii) Squirrels, hares (rabbits), grouse, and ptarmigan; however,
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:
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(i) The hide of a wolf, wolverine, coyote, fox, lynx, marten, mink,
weasel, or otter;
(ii) The hide and edible meat of a brown bear, except that the hide
of brown bears taken in the Western and Northwestern Alaska Brown Bear
Management Areas and Units 5 and 9(B) need not be salvaged;
(iii) The hide and edible meat of a black bear;
(iv) The hide or meat of squirrels, hares (rabbits), marmots,
beaver, muskrats, or unclassified wildlife.
(3) 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.
(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 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.
4. In Subpart D of 36 CFR part 242 and 50 CFR part 100,
Sec. ____.26 is added effective July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2002, 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 (m)(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 oxen
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
nine 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 a \7/8\ inch wide broadhead-tipped
arrow at least 175 yards horizontally, and the arrow and broadhead
together weigh at least one ounce (437.5 grains);
(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 (m)(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 one-quarter mile of a publicly
maintained road or trail;
(v) You may not use bait within one mile of a house or other
permanent dwelling, or within one 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 3:00 a.m. following the day in
which airborne travel occurred (except for flights in regularly
scheduled commercial aircraft); however, this restriction does not
apply to subsistence taking of deer, 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
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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
five and seven-eighths 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 beaver in the Minto Flats Management Area with the use
of an aircraft for ground transportation, or by landing within one mile
of a beaver trap or set used by the transported person;
(7) 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 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; an individual may not take more than one brown/
grizzly bear in a regulatory year.
(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 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 includes 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) You must leave all edible meat from caribou and moose harvested
in Units 9(B), 17, and 19(B) prior to October 1 on the bones of the
front quarters and hind quarters until you remove the meat from the
field or process it for human consumption.
(i) 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 shall 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 the Western Alaska Brown Bear Management Area,
the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area, Unit 5, or Unit 9(B)
need not be sealed unless removed from the area.
(3) 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 shall not apply to brown bears taken within the Western
Alaska Brown Bear Management Area, the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear
Management Area, Unit 5, or Unit 9(B) which are not removed from the
Management Area or Unit.
(i) In areas where sealing is required by Federal regulations, you
may not possess or transport the hide of a bear which does not have the
penis sheath or vaginal orifice naturally attached to indicate
conclusively the sex of the bear.
(ii) If the skin or skull of a bear taken in the Western Alaska
Brown Bear Management Area is removed from the area, 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 shall 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 the
Northwestern Alaska Brown Bear Management Area from the area or present
it for commercial tanning within the Management Area, you must first
have it sealed by an ADF&G representative in Barrow, Fairbanks, Galena,
Nome, or Kotzebue; at the time of sealing, the ADF&G representative
shall remove and retain the skin of the skull and front claws of the
bear.
(iv) If 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; at the time of sealing, the ADF&G representative shall remove
and retain the skin of the skull and front claws of the bear.
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(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, 13(E), and 14-16 or the untanned skin of
a beaver, lynx, otter, wolf, or wolverine, whether taken inside or
outside the State, unless the skin has been sealed by an authorized
representative of ADF&G in accordance with State regulations. In Unit
18, you must obtain an ADF&G seal for beaver skins only if they are to
be sold or commercially sold.
(1) You must seal any wolf taken in Unit 2 on or before the 30th
day after the date of taking.
(2) You must leave the radius and ulna of the left foreleg
naturally attached to the hide of any wolf taken in Units 1-5 until the
hide is sealed.
(l) A person who takes a species listed in paragraph (k) of this
section but who is unable to present the skin in person, must complete
and sign a temporary sealing form and ensure that the completed
temporary sealing form and skin are presented to an authorized
representative of ADF&G for sealing consistent with requirements listed
in paragraph (k) of this section.
(m) 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 (m)(1) through (26) of this section.
(1) Unit 1. Unit 1 consists of all mainland drainages from Dixon
Entrance to Cape Fairweather, and those islands east of the center line
of Clarence Strait from Dixon Entrance to Caamano Point, and all
islands in Stephens Passage and Lynn Canal north of Taku Inlet:
(i) Unit 1(A) consists of all drainages south of the latitude of
Lemesurier Point including all drainages into Behm Canal, excluding all
drainages of Ernest Sound;
(ii) Unit 1(B) consists of all drainages between the latitude of
Lemesurier Point and the latitude of Cape Fanshaw including all
drainages of Ernest Sound and Farragut Bay, and including the islands
east of the center lines of Frederick Sound, Dry Strait (between
Sergief and Kadin Islands), Eastern Passage, Blake Channel (excluding
Blake Island), Ernest Sound, and Seward Passage;
(iii) Unit 1(C) consists of that portion of Unit 1 draining into
Stephens Passage and Lynn Canal north of Cape Fanshaw and south of the
latitude of Eldred Rock including Berners Bay, Sullivan Island, and all
mainland portions north of Chichagof Island and south of the latitude
of Eldred Rock, excluding drainages into Farragut Bay;
(iv) Unit 1(D) consists of that portion of Unit 1 north of the
latitude of Eldred Rock, excluding Sullivan Island and the drainages of
Berners Bay;
(v) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) Public lands within Glacier Bay National Park are closed to all
taking of wildlife for subsistence uses;
(B) Unit 1(A)--in the Hyder area, the Salmon River drainage
downstream from the Riverside Mine, excluding the Thumb Creek drainage,
is closed to the taking of bear;
(C) Unit 1(B)--the Anan Creek drainage within one mile of Anan
Creek downstream from the mouth of Anan Lake, including the area within
a one mile radius from the mouth of Anan Creek Lagoon, is closed to the
taking of black bear and brown bear;
(D) Unit 1(C):
(1) 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 1(C),
Juneau area, on the following public lands:
(A) A strip within one-quarter mile of the mainland coast between
the end of Thane Road and the end of Glacier Highway at Echo Cove;
(B) That area of the Mendenhall Valley bounded on the south by the
Glacier Highway, on the west by the Mendenhall Loop Road and Montana
Creek Road and Spur Road to Mendenhall Lake, on the north by Mendenhall
Lake, and on the east by the Mendenhall Loop Road and Forest Service
Glacier Spur Road to the Forest Service Visitor Center;
(C) That area within the U.S. Forest Service Mendenhall Glacier
Recreation Area;
(D) A strip within one-quarter mile of the following trails as
designated on U.S. Geological Survey maps: Herbert Glacier Trail,
Windfall Lake Trail, Peterson Lake Trail, Spaulding Meadows Trail
(including the loop trail), Nugget Creek Trail, Outer Point Trail, Dan
Moller Trail, Perseverance Trail, Granite Creek Trail, Mt. Roberts
Trail and Nelson Water Supply Trail, Sheep Creek Trail, and Point
Bishop Trail;
(vii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may hunt black bear with bait in Units 1(A), 1(B), and 1(D)
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 take wildlife outside the seasons or harvest limits
provided in this part for food in traditional religious ceremonies
which are part of a funerary or mortuary cycle, including memorial
potlatches, if:
(1) The person organizing the religious ceremony, or designee,
contacts the appropriate Federal land management agency prior to taking
or attempting to take game and provides to the appropriate Federal land
managing agency the name of the decedent, the nature of the ceremony,
the species and number to be taken, and the Unit(s) in which the taking
will occur;
(2) The taking does not violate recognized principles of fish and
wildlife conservation;
(3) Each person who takes wildlife under this section must, as soon
as practicable, and not more than 15 days after the harvest, submit a
written report to the appropriate Federal land managing agency,
specifying the harvester's name and address, the number, sex and
species of wildlife taken, the date and locations of the taking, and
the name of the decedent for whom the ceremony was held;
(4) No permit or harvest ticket is required for taking under this
section; however, the harvester must be an Alaska rural resident with
customary and traditional use in that area where the harvesting will
occur;
(D) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may
designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take deer on
his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a community
operating under a community harvest system. The designated hunter must
obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest
report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but
may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any
one time.
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Harvest limits Open season
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HUNTING
Black Bear: 2 bears, no more than one may be a blue or glacier bear... Sept. 1-June 30.
Brown Bear: 1 bear every four regulatory years by State registration Sept. 15-Dec. 31.
permit only. Mar. 15-May 31.
Deer:
Unit 1(A)--4 antlered deer........................................ Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
Unit 1(B)--2 antlered deer........................................ Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
Unit 1(C)--4 deer; however, antlerless deer may be taken only from Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
Sept. 15-Dec. 31.
Goat:
Unit 1(A)--Revillagigedo Island only.............................. No open season.
Unit 1(B)--that portion north of LeConte Bay. 1 goat by State Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
registration permit only; the taking of kids or nannies
accompanied by kids is prohibited.
Unit 1(B)--that portion between LeConte Bay and the North Fork of Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
Bradfield River/Canal. 2 goats; a State registration permit will
be required for the taking of the first goat and a Federal
registration permit for the taking of a second goat; the taking
of kids or nannies accompanied by kids is prohibited.
Unit 1(A) and Unit 1(B)--remainder--2 goats by State registration Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
permit only.
Unit 1(C)--that portion draining into Lynn Canal and Stephens Oct. 1-Nov. 30.
Passage between Antler River and Eagle Glacier and River, and all
drainages of the Chilkat Range south of the Endicott River--1
goat by State registration permit only.
Unit 1(C)--that portion draining into Stephens Passage and Taku No open season.
Inlet between Eagle Glacier and River and Taku Glacier.
Unit 1(C)--remainder--1 goat by State registration permit only.... Aug. 1-Nov. 30.
Unit 1(D)--that portion lying north of the Katzehin River and Sept. 15-Nov. 30.
northeast of the Haines highway--1 goat by State registration
permit only.
Unit 1(D)--that portion lying between Taiya Inlet and River and No open season.
the White Pass and Yukon Railroad.
Unit 1(D)--remainder--1 goat by State registration permit only.... Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
Moose:
Unit 1(A)--1 antlered bull........................................ Sept. 15-Oct. 15.
Unit 1(B)--1 antlered bull with spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or 3 Sept. 15-Oct. 15.
or more brow tines on either antler, by State registration permit
only.
Unit 1(C), that portion south of Point Hobart including all Port Sept. 15-Oct. 15.
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 1(C)--remainder, excluding drainages of Berners Bay--1 Sept. 15-Oct. 15.
antlered bull by State registration permit only.
Unit 1(D)......................................................... No open season.
Coyote: 2 coyotes..................................................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases): 2 foxes......... Nov. 1-Feb. 15.
Hare (Snowshoe): 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 day, 10 in possession........ Aug. 1-May 15.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in Aug. 1-May 15.
possession.
TRAPPING
Beaver: Unit 1(A), (B), and (C)--No limit............................. Dec. 1-May 15.
Coyote: No limit...................................................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases): No limit........ Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Lynx: No limit........................................................ Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Marten: No limit...................................................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Mink and Weasel: No limit............................................. Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Muskrat: No limit..................................................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Otter: No limit....................................................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Wolf: No limit........................................................ Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: No limit................................................... Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
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(2) Unit 2. Unit 2 consists of Prince of Wales Island and all
islands west of the center lines of Clarence Strait and Kashevarof
Passage, south and east of the center lines of Sumner Strait, and east
of the longitude of the western most point on Warren Island.
(i) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) 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 take wildlife outside the seasons or harvest limits
provided in this part for food in traditional religious ceremonies
which are part of a funerary or mortuary cycle, including memorial
potlatches, if:
(1) The person organizing the religious ceremony, or designee,
contacts the appropriate Federal land management agency prior to taking
or attempting to take game and provides to the appropriate Federal land
managing agency the name of the decedent, the nature of the ceremony,
the species and number to be taken, and the Unit(s) in which the taking
will occur;
(2) The taking does not violate recognized principles of fish and
wildlife conservation;
(3) Each person who takes wildlife under this section must, as soon
as practicable, and not more than 15 days after the harvest, submit a
written report to the appropriate Federal land managing agency,
specifying the harvester's name and address, the number, sex and
species of wildlife taken, the date and locations of the taking, and
the name of the decedent for whom the ceremony was held;
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(4) No permit or harvest ticket is required for taking under this
section; however, the harvester must be an Alaska rural resident with
customary and traditional use in that area where the harvesting will
occur;
(D) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may
designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take deer on
his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a community
operating under a community harvest system. The designated hunter must
obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest
report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but
may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any
one time.
(ii) [Reserved]
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HUNTING
Black Bear: 2 bears, no more than one may be a blue or glacier bear... Sept. 1-June 30.
Deer: 4 deer; however, no more than one may be an antlerless deer. Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
Antlerless deer may be taken only during the period Oct. 15-Dec. 31
by Federal registration permit only.
Coyote: 2 coyotes..................................................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases): 2 foxes......... Nov. 1-Feb. 15.
Hare (Snowshoe): 5 hares per day...................................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx.......................................................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Wolf: 5 wolves........................................................ Nov. 15-Mar. 15.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine................................................ Nov. 10-Feb. 15.
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed): 5 per day, 10 in possession............... Aug. 1-May 15.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in Aug. 1-May 15.
possession.
TRAPPING
Beaver: No limit...................................................... Dec. 1-May 15.
Coyote: No limit...................................................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases): No limit........ Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Lynx: No limit........................................................ Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Marten: No limit...................................................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Mink and Weasel: No limit............................................. Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Muskrat: No limit..................................................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Otter: No limit....................................................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Wolf: No limit........................................................ Nov. 15-Mar. 15.
Wolverine: No limit................................................... Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
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(3) Unit 3. (i) Unit 3 consists of all islands west of Unit 1(B),
north of Unit 2, south of the center line of Frederick Sound, and east
of the center line of Chatham Strait including Coronation, Kuiu,
Kupreanof, Mitkof, Zarembo, Kashevarof, Woronkofski, Etolin, Wrangell,
and Deer Islands.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) In the Petersburg vicinity, 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;
(C) You may take wildlife outside the seasons or harvest limits
provided in this part for food in traditional religious ceremonies
which are part of a funerary or mortuary cycle, including memorial
potlatches, if:
(1) The person organizing the religious ceremony, or designee,
contact the appropriate Federal land management agency prior to taking
or attempting to take game and provides to the appropriate Federal land
managing agency the name of the decedent, the nature of the ceremony,
the species and number to be taken, and the Unit(s) in which the taking
will occur;
(2) The taking does not violate recognized principles of fish and
wildlife conservation;
(3) Each person who takes wildlife under this section must, as soon
as practicable, and not more than 15 days after the harvest, submit a
written report to the appropriate Federal land managing agency,
specifying the harvester's name and address, the number, sex and
species of wildlife taken, the date and locations of the taking, and
the name of the decedent for whom the ceremony was held;
(4) No permit or harvest ticket is required for taking under this
section; however, the harvester must be an Alaska rural resident with
customary and traditional use in that area where the harvesting will
occur;
(D) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may
designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take deer on
his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a community
operating under a community harvest system. The designated hunter must
obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest
report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but
may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any
one time.
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HUNTING
Black Bear: 2 bears, no more than one may be a blue or glacier bear... Sept. 1-June 30.
Deer:
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Unit 3--Mitkof Island, Woewodski Island, Butterworth Islands, and Oct. 15-Oct. 31.
that portion of Kupreanof Island which includes Lindenburg
Peninsula east of the Portage Bay/Duncan Canal Portage--1
antlered deer by State registration permit only; however, the
city limits of Petersburg and Kupreanof are closed to hunting.
Unit 3--remainder--2 antlered deer................................ Aug. 1-Nov. 30.
Moose: 1 antlered bull with spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or 3 or more Sept. 15-Oct. 15.
brow tines on either antler by State registration permit only.
Coyote: 2 coyotes..................................................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases): 2 foxes......... Nov. 1-Feb. 15.
Hare (Snowshoe): 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, 10 in possession............... Aug. 1-May 15.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in Aug. 1-May 15.
possession.
TRAPPING
Beaver:
Unit 3--Mitkof Island--No limit................................... Dec. 1-Apr. 15.
Unit 3--except Mitkof Island--No limit............................ Dec. 1-May 15.
Coyote: No limit...................................................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases): No limit........ Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Lynx: No limit........................................................ Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Marten: No limit...................................................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Mink and Weasel: No limit............................................. Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Muskrat: No limit..................................................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Otter: No limit....................................................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Wolf: No limit........................................................ Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: No limit................................................... Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
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(4) Unit 4. (i) Unit 4 consists of all islands south and west of
Unit 1(C) and north of Unit 3 including Admiralty, Baranof, Chichagof,
Yakobi, Inian, Lemesurier, and Pleasant Islands.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) You may not take 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 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;
(E) You may not use any motorized land vehicle for the taking of
marten, mink, and weasel on Chichagof Island.
(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) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may
designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take deer on
his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a community
operating under a community harvest system. The designated hunter must
obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest
report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but
may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any
one time;
(C) You may take wildlife outside the seasons or harvest limits
provided in this part for food in traditional religious ceremonies
which are part of a funerary or mortuary cycle, including memorial
potlatches, if:
(1) The person organizing the religious ceremony, or designee,
contacts the appropriate Federal land management agency prior to taking
or attempting to take game and provides to the appropriate Federal land
managing agency the name of the decedent, the nature of the ceremony,
the species and number to be taken, and the Unit(s) in which the taking
will occur;
(2) The taking does not violate recognized principles of fish and
wildlife conservation;
(3) Each person who takes wildlife under this section must, as soon
as practicable, and not more than 15 days after the harvest, submit a
written report to the appropriate Federal land managing agency,
specifying the harvester's name and address, the number, sex and
species of wildlife taken, the date and locations of the taking, and
the name of the decedent for whom the ceremony was held;
(4) No permit or harvest ticket is required for taking under this
section; however, the harvester must be an Alaska rural resident with
customary and traditional use in that area where the harvesting will
occur;
(D) Five Federal registration permits will be issued 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 would count in an individual's
one bear every four regulatory years limit.
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HUNTING
Brown Bear:
Unit 4--Chichagof Island south and west of a line that follows Sept. 15-Dec. 31.
the crest of the island from Rock Point (58 deg. N. lat., 136 Mar. 15-May 31.
deg.21' W. long.) to Rodgers Point (57 deg.35' N. lat. 135
deg.33' W. long.) including Yakobi and other adjacent 31.
islands; Baranof Island south and west of a line which follows
the crest of the island from Nismeni Point (57 deg.34' N. lat.,
135 deg.25' W. long.) to the entrance of Gut Bay (56 deg.44' N.
lat. 134 deg.38' W. long.) including the drainages into Gut Bay
and including Kruzof and other adjacent islands--1 bear every
four regulatory years by State registration permit only.
Unit 4--that portion in the Northeast Chichagof Controlled Use Mar. 15-May 20.
Area--1 bear every four regulatory years by State registration
permit only.
Unit 4--remainder--1 bear every four regulatory years by State Sept. 15-Dec. 31.
registration permit only. Mar. 15-May 20
Deer: 6 deer; however, antlerless deer may be taken only from Sept. 15- Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
Jan. 31.
Goat: 1 goat by State registration permit only........................ Aug. 1-Dec. 31
Coyote: 2 coyotes..................................................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases): 2 foxes......... Nov. 1-Feb. 15.
Hare (Snowshoe): 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 day, 10 in possession........ Aug. 1-May 15.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in Aug. 1.-May 15.
possession.
TRAPPING
Beaver:
Unit 4--that portion east of Chatham Strait--No limit............. Dec. 1-May 15.
Remainder of Unit 4............................................... No open season.
Coyote: No limit...................................................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases): No limit........ Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Lynx: No limit........................................................ Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Marten: No limit...................................................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Mink and Weasel: No limit............................................. Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Muskrat: No limit..................................................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Otter: No limit....................................................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Wolf: No limit........................................................ Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: No limit................................................... Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
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(5) Unit 5. (i) Unit 5 consists of all Gulf of Alaska drainages and
islands between Cape Fairweather and the center line of Icy Bay,
including the Guyot Hills:
(A) Unit 5(A) consists of all drainages east of Yakutat Bay,
Disenchantment Bay, and the eastern edge of Hubbard Glacier, and
includes the islands of Yakutat and Disenchantment Bays;
(B) Unit 5(B) consists of the remainder of Unit 5.
(ii) 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;
(D) You may take wildlife outside the seasons or harvest limits
provided in this part for food in traditional religious ceremonies
which are part of a funerary or mortuary cycle, including memorial
potlatches, if:
(1) The person organizing the religious ceremony, or designee,
contacts the appropriate Federal land management agency prior to taking
or attempting to take game and provides to the appropriate Federal land
managing agency the name of the decedent, the nature of the ceremony,
the species and number to be taken, and the Unit(s) in which the taking
will occur;
(2) The taking does not violate recognized principles of fish and
wildlife conservation;
(3) Each person who takes wildlife under this section must, as soon
as practicable, and not more than 15 days after the harvest, submit a
written report to the appropriate Federal land managing agency,
specifying the harvester's name and address, the number, sex and
species of wildlife taken, the date and locations of the taking, and
the name of the decedent for whom the ceremony was held;
(4) No permit or harvest ticket is required for taking under this
section; however, the harvester must be an Alaska rural resident with
customary and traditional use in that area where the harvesting will
occur;
(E) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may
designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take deer or
moose on his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a
community operating under a community harvest system. The designated
hunter must obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a
completed harvest report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number
of recipients but may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her
possession at any one time.
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HUNTING
Black Bear: 2 bears, no more than one may be a blue or glacier bear... Sept. 1-June 30.
Brown Bear: 1 bear by Federal registration permit only................ Sept. 1-May 31.
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Deer:
Unit 5(A)-1 buck.................................................. Nov. 1-Nov. 30.
Unit 5(B)......................................................... No open season.
Goat: 1 goat by Federal registration permit only...................... Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
Moose:
Unit 5(A), Nunatak Bench-1 moose by State registration permit Nov. 15-Feb. 15.
only. The season will be closed when 5 moose have been taken from
the Nunatak Bench.
Unit 5(A), except Nunatak Bench-1 antlered bull by Federal Oct. 8-Nov. 15.
registration permit only. The season will be closed when 60
antlered bulls have been taken from the Unit. The season will be
closed in that portion west of the Dangerous River when 30
antlered bulls have been taken in that area. From Oct. 8-Oct. 21,
public lands will be closed to taking of moose, except by
residents of Unit 5(A).
Unit 5(B)-1 antlered bull by State registration permit only. The Sept. 1-Dec. 15.
season will be closed when 25 antlered bulls have been taken from
the entirety of Unit 5(B).
Coyote: 2 coyotes..................................................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 2 foxes.......... Nov. 1-Feb. 15.
Hare (Snowshoe): 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, 10 in possession............... Aug. 1-May 15.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in Aug. 1-May 15.
possession.
TRAPPING
Beaver: No limit...................................................... Nov. 10-May 15.
Coyote: No limit...................................................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit......... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Lynx: No limit........................................................ Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Marten: No limit...................................................... Nov. 10-Feb. 15.
Mink and Weasel: No limit............................................. Nov. 10-Feb. 15.
Muskrat: No limit..................................................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Otter: No limit....................................................... Nov. 10-Feb. 15.
Wolf: No limit........................................................ Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: No limit................................................... Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
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(6) Unit 6. (i) Unit 6 consists of all Gulf of Alaska and Prince
William Sound drainages from the center line of Icy Bay (excluding the
Guyot Hills) to Cape Fairfield including Kayak, Hinchinbrook, Montague,
and adjacent islands, and Middleton Island, but excluding the Copper
River drainage upstream from Miles Glacier, and excluding the Nellie
Juan and Kings River drainages:
(A) Unit 6(A) consists of Gulf of Alaska drainages east of Palm
Point near Katalla including Kanak, Wingham, and Kayak Islands;
(B) Unit 6(B) consists of Gulf of Alaska and Copper River Basin
drainages west of Palm Point near Katalla, east of the west bank of the
Copper River, and east of a line from Flag Point to Cottonwood Point;
(C) Unit 6(C) consists of drainages west of the west bank of the
Copper River, and west of a line from Flag Point to Cottonwood Point,
and drainages east of the east bank of Rude River and drainages into
the eastern shore of Nelson Bay and Orca Inlet;
(D) Unit 6(D) consists of the remainder of Unit 6.
(ii) For the following areas, the taking of wildlife for
subsistence uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) You may not take mountain goat in the Goat Mountain goat
observation area, which consists of that portion of Unit 6(B) bounded
on the north by Miles Lake and Miles Glacier, on the south and east by
Pleasant Valley River and Pleasant Glacier, and on the west by the
Copper River;
(B) You may not take mountain goat in the Heney Range goat
observation area, which consists of that portion of Unit 6(C) south of
the Copper River Highway and west of the Eyak River.
(iii) 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 6(B) and 6(C) with the aid of
artificial lights;
(C) One permit will be issued to the Native Village of Eyak to take
one bull moose from Federal lands in Units 6(B) or (C) for their annual
Memorial/Sobriety Day potlatch.
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HUNTING
Black Bear: 1 bear.................................................... Sept. 1-June 30.
Deer: 4 deer; however, antlerless deer may be taken only from Oct. 1- Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
Dec. 31.
Goats:
Unit 6(A), (B)--1 goat by State registration permit only.......... Aug. 20-Jan. 31.
Unit 6(C)......................................................... No open season.
Unit 6(D) (subareas RG242, RG243, RG244, RG249, RG266 and RG252 Aug. 20-Jan. 31.
only)--1 goat by Federal registration permit only.
In each of the Unit 6(D) subareas, goat seasons will be closed
when harvest limits for that subarea are reached. Harvest quotas
are as follows: RG242--2 goats, RG243--4 goats, RG244--2 goats,
RG249--4 goats, RG266--4 goats, RG252--1 goat
Unit 6(D) (subarea RG245)--The taking of goats is prohibited on No open season.
all public lands.
Moose:
Unit 6(C)--1 cow by Federal registration permit only (Five permits Aug. 15-Dec. 31.
will be issued.).
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Unit 6--remainder................................................. No open season.
Beaver: 1 beaver per day, 1 in possession............................. May 1-Oct. 31.
Coyote:
Unit 6(A) and (D)--2 coyotes...................................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Unit 6(B) and 6(C)--No limit...................................... July 1-June 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases)................... No open season.
Hare (Snowshoe): No limit............................................. July 1-June 30.
Lynx.................................................................. No open season.
Wolf: 5 wolves........................................................ Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine................................................ Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce): 5 per day, 10 in possession.......................... Aug. 1-May 15.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in Aug. 1-May 15.
possession.
TRAPPING
Beaver: No limit...................................................... Dec. 1-Apr. 30.
Coyote:
Unit 6(C)--south of the Copper River Highway and east of the Heney Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
Range--No limit.
Unit 6(A), (B), (C)--remainder, and (D)--No limit................. Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit......... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Lynx: No limit........................................................ Jan. 15-Feb. 15.
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.
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.
(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]
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HUNTING
Black Bear: Unit 7--3 bears............................................. July 1-June 30.
Moose:
Unit 7--that portion draining into Kings Bay--1 bull with spike-fork No open season.
or 50-inch antlers or 3 or more brow tines on either antler may be
taken by the community of Chenega Bay and also by the community of
Tatitlek. Public lands are closed to the taking of moose except by
eligible rural residents.
Unit 7--remainder................................................... No open season.
Beaver: 1 beaver per day, 1 in possession............................... May 1-Oct. 10.
Coyote: No limit........................................................ Sept.-1 Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 2 foxes............ Nov. 1-Feb. 15.
Hare (Snowshoe): No limit............................................... July 1-June 30.
Wolf:
Unit 7--that portion within the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge--2 Aug.10-Apr. 30.
wolves.
Unit 7--Remainder--5 wolves......................................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine.................................................. Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed): 15 per day, 30 in possession................ Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
TRAPPING
Beaver: 20 beaver per season............................................ Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Coyote: No limit........................................................ Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit........... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Lynx: No limit.......................................................... Jan. 15-Feb. 15.
Marten: No limit........................................................ Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Mink and Weasel: No limit............................................... Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Muskrat: No limit....................................................... Nov. 10-May 15.
Otter: No limit......................................................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Wolf: No limit.......................................................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolverine: No limit..................................................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
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(8) Unit 8. Unit 8 consists of all islands southeast of the
centerline of Shelikof Strait including Kodiak, Afognak, Whale,
Raspberry, Shuyak, Spruce, Marmot, Sitkalidak, Amook, Uganik, and
Chirikof Islands, the Trinity Islands, the Semidi Islands, and other
adjacent islands.
(i) If you have a trapping license, you may take beaver with a
firearm in Unit 8 from Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
(ii) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may
designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take deer on
his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a community
operating under a community harvest system. The designated hunter must
obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest
report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but
may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any
one time.
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HUNTING
Brown Bear: 1 bear by Federal registration permit only. Up to 1 permit Dec. 1-Dec. 15.
may be issued in Akiok; up to 1 permit may be issued in Karluk; up to Apr. 1-May 15.
3 permits may be issued in Larsen Bay; up to 2 permits may be issued
in Old Harbor; up to 2 permits may be issued in Ouzinkie; and up to 2
permits may be issued in Port Lions.
Deer:
Unit 8--that portion of Kodiak Island and adjacent islands south Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
and west of a line from the head of Terror Bay to the head of the
south-western most arm of Ugak Bay--3 deer; however, antlerless
deer may be taken only from Oct. 1-Jan. 31.
Unit 8--remainder--3 deer; however, antlerless deer may be taken Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
only from Oct. 1-Jan. 31; no more than 1 antlerless deer may be
taken from Oct. 1-Nov. 30.
Elk: Kodiak, Ban, Uganik, and Afognak Islands--1 elk per household by Sept. 15-Nov. 30.
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.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 2 foxes.......... Sept. 1-Feb. 15.
Hare (Snowshoe): No limit............................................. July 1-June 30.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
possession.
TRAPPING
Beaver: 30 beaver per season.......................................... Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit......... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Marten: No limit...................................................... Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Mink and Weasel: No limit............................................. Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Muskrat: No limit..................................................... Nov. 10-June 10.
Otter: No limit....................................................... Nov. 10-Jan. 31
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(9) Unit 9. (i) Unit 9 consists of the Alaska Peninsula and
adjacent islands including drainages east of False Pass, Pacific Ocean
drainages west of and excluding the Redoubt Creek drainage; drainages
into the south side of Bristol Bay, drainages into the north side of
Bristol Bay east of Etolin Point, and including the Sanak and Shumagin
Islands:
(A) Unit 9(A) consists of that portion of Unit 9 draining into
Shelikof Strait and Cook Inlet between the southern boundary of Unit 16
(Redoubt Creek) and the northern boundary of Katmai National Park and
Preserve;
(B) Unit 9(B) consists of the Kvichak River drainage;
(C) Unit 9(C) consists of the Alagnak (Branch) River drainage, the
Naknek River drainage, and all land and water within Katmai National
Park and Preserve;
(D) Unit 9(D) consists of all Alaska Peninsula drainages west of a
line from the southernmost head of Port Moller to the head of American
Bay including the Shumagin Islands and other islands of Unit 9 west of
the Shumagin Islands;
(E) Unit 9(E) consists of the remainder of Unit 9.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) 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 9(C) 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 9(B) from April 1-May 31 and in the remainder of Unit 9
from April 1-April 30;
(B) In Unit 9(B), Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, residents
of Nondalton, Iliamna, Newhalen, Pedro Bay, and Port Alsworth, may hunt
brown bear by Federal registration permit in lieu of a resident tag;
ten permits will be available with at least one permit issued in each
community but no more than five permits will be issued in a single
community; the season will be closed when four females or ten bears
have been taken, whichever occurs first;
(C) Residents of Newhalen, Nondalton, Iliamna, Pedro Bay, and Port
Alsworth may take up to a total of 10 bull moose in Unit 9(B) for
ceremonial purposes, under the terms of a Federal registration permit
from July 1 through 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;
(D) For Units 9(C) and (E) only, a Federally-qualified subsistence
user (recipient) of Units 9(C) and (E) may designate another Federally-
qualified subsistence user of Units 9(C) and (E) 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;
(E) For Unit 9(D), a Federally-qualified subsistence user
(recipient) may designate another Federally-
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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;
(F) The communities of False Pass, King Cove, Cold Bay, Sand Point,
and Nelson Lagoon annually may each take, from October 1 through
December 31 or May 10 through May 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 9(D) or Unit
10 (Unimak Island) only.
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HUNTING
Black Bear: 3 bears................................................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
Unit 9(B)--Lake Clark National Park and Preserve--Rural residents July 1-June 30.
of Nondalton, Iliamna, Newhalen, Pedro Bay, and Port Alsworth
only--1 bear by Federal registration permits only.
Unit 9(B), remainder--1 bear by State reigstration permit only.... Sept. 1-May 31.
Unit 9(E)--1 bear by Federal registration permit.................. Sept. 25-Dec. 31.
Apr. 15-May 25.
Caribou:
Unit 9(A)--4 caribou; however, no more than 2 caribou may be taken Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
Aug. 10-Sept. 30 and no more than 1 caribou may be taken Oct. 1--
Nov. 30.
Unit 9(C), that portion within the Alagnak River drainage--1 Aug. 1-Mar. 31.
caribou.
Unit 9(C), remainder--1 bull by Federal registration permit or Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
State Tier II permit. Federal public lands are closed to the Nov. 15-Feb. 28.
taking of caribou except by residents of Units 9(C) and (E).
Unit 9(B)--5 caribou; however, no more than 2 bulls may be taken Aug. 1-Apr. 15.
from Oct. 1-Nov. 30.
Unit 9(D)--1 caribou by Federal registration permit............... Aug. 1-Sept. 25.
Nov. 15-Mar. 31.
Unit 9(E)--1 bull by Federal registration permit or State Tier II Aug. 10-Sept. 20
permit. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of caribou Nov. 1-Apr. 30.
except by residents of Units 9(C) and (E).
Sheep:
Unit 9(B)--Residents of Iliamna, Newhalen, Nondalton, Pedro Bay, Aug. 10-Oct. 10.
Port Alsworth, and residents of Lake Clark National Park and
Preserve within Unit 9(B).--1 ram with \7/8\ curl horn by Federal
registratin permit only.
Remainder of Unit 9--1 ram with \7/8\ curl horn................... Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
Moose:
Unit 9(A)--1 bull................................................. Sept. 1-Sept. 15.
Unit 9(B)--1 bull................................................. Aug. 20-Sept. 15.
Dec. 1-Jan. 15.
Unit 9(C)--that portion draining into the Naknek River from the Sept. 1-Sept. 15.
north--1 bull. Dec. 1-Dec. 31.
Unit 9(C)--that portion draining into the Naknek River from the Aug. 20-Sept. 15.
south--1 bull. However, during the period Aug. 20-Aug. 31, bull Dec. 1-Dec. 31.
moose may be taken by Federal registration permit only. During
the December hunt, antlerless moose may be taken by Federal
registration permit only. The antlerless season will be closed
when 5 antlerless moose have been taken. Public lands are closed
during December for the hunting of moose, except by eligible
rural Alaska residents.
Unit 9(C)--remainder--1 moose; however, antlerless moose may be Sept. 1-Sept. 15.
taken only from Dec. 1-Dec. 31. Dec. 1-Dec. 31.
Unit 9(E)--1 bull................................................. Aug. 20-Sept. 20.
Dec. 1-Jan. 20.
Coyote: 2 coyotes..................................................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White): No limit................................ Dec. 1-Mar. 15.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 2 foxes.......... Sept. 1-Feb. 15.
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit.................................. July 1-June 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx.......................................................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Wolf: 5 wolves........................................................ Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine................................................ Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce): 15 per day, 30 in possession......................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
possession.
TRAPPING
Beaver:
Unit 9(B), (C), and (E)--40 beaver per season; however, no more Nov. 10-May 31.
than 20 may be taken between Apr. 1-May 31.
Unit 9--remainder--40 beaver per season; however, no more than 20 Jan. 1-Apr. 30.
may be taken between Apr. 1-Apr. 30.
Coyote: No limit...................................................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White): No limit................................ Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit......... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Lynx: No limit........................................................ Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Marten: No limit...................................................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel: No limit............................................. Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Muskrat: No limit..................................................... Nov. 10-June 10.
Otter: No limit....................................................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolf: No limit........................................................ Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolverine: No limit................................................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
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(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 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 through
December 31 or May 10 through May 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 9(D) or Unit
10 (Unimak Island) only.
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Harvest limits Open season
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HUNTING
Caribou:
Unit 10--Unimak Island only--2 Aug. 1-Sept. 25.
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.
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(11) Unit 11. Unit 11 consists of that area draining into the
headwaters of the Copper River south of Suslota Creek and the area
drained by all tributaries into the east bank of the Copper River
between the confluence of Suslota Creek with the Slana River and Miles
Glacier.
(i) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
15;
(B) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may
designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take caribou
and moose on his or her behalf. The designated hunter must obtain a
designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest report.
The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but may
have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any one
time.
(ii) [Reserved]
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HUNTING
Black Bear: 3 bears.................................. July 1-June 30.............................
Brown Bear: Unit 11--1 bear.......................... Sept. 1-May 31.............................
Caribou: Unit 11..................................... No open season.............................
Sheep:
1 sheep.......................................... Aug. 10-Sept 20............................
1 sheep by Federal registration permit only by Sept. 21-Oct. 20...........................
persons 60 years of age or older.
Goat: Unit 11--that portion within the Wrangell-St. Aug. 25-Dec. 31............................
Elias National Park and Preserve--1 goat by Federal
registration permit only. Federal public lands will
be closed to the harvest of goats when a total of 45
goats have been harvested between Federal and State
hunts.
Moose: 1 antlered bull by Federal registration permit Aug. 20-Sept. 20...........................
only.
Beaver: 1 beaver per day, 1 in possession............ June 1-Oct. 10.............................
Coyote: 10 coyotes................................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30............................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): Sept. 1-Feb. 15............................
2 foxes.
Hare (Snowshoe): No limit............................ July 1-June 30.............................
Lynx: 2 lynx......................................... Dec. 15-Jan. 15............................
Wolf: 10 wolves...................................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30............................
Wolverine: 1 wolverine............................... Sept. 1-Jan. 31............................
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 15 per Aug. 10-Mar. 31............................
day, 30 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per Aug. 10-Mar. 31............................
day, 40 in possession.
TRAPPING
Beaver: 30 beaver per season......................... Nov. 10-Apr. 30............................
Coyote: No limit..................................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31............................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): Nov. 10-Feb. 28............................
No limit.
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Lynx: No limit....................................... Dec. 1-Jan. 31.............................
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-Jan. 31............................
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(12) Unit 12. Unit 12 consists of the Tanana River drainage
upstream from the Robertson River, including all drainages into the
east bank of the Robertson River, and the White River drainage in
Alaska, but excluding the Ladue River drainage.
(i) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
30;
(B) You may not use a steel trap, or a snare using cable smaller
than 3/32 inch diameter to trap wolves in Unit 12 during April and
October;
(C) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may
designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take caribou
and moose on his or her behalf. The designated hunter must obtain a
designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest report.
The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but may
have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any one
time.
(ii) [Reserved]
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Harvest limits Open season
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HUNTING
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--The taking of
caribou is prohibited on Federal
public lands.
Unit 12--remainder--1 bull.......... Sept. 1-Sept. 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: 1 ram with full curl horn or Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
larger.
Moose:
Unit 12--that portion within the Aug. 24-Aug. 28.
Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge and Sept. 8-Sept. 17.
those lands within the Wrangell-St. Nov. 20-Nov. 30.
Elias National Preserve north and
east of a line formed by the
Pickerel Lake Winter Trail from the
Canadian border to the southern
boundary of the Tetlin National
Wildlife Refuge--1 antlered bull.
The November season is open by
Federal registration permit only.
Unit 12--that portion lying east of Aug. 15-Aug. 28.
the Nabesna River and Nabesna Sept. 1-Sept. 30.
Glacier and south of the Winter
Trail running southeast from
Pickerel Lake to the Canadian
border--1 antlered bull; however
during the Aug. 15-Aug. 28 season
only bulls with spike/fork antlers
may be taken.
Unit 12--remainder--1 antlered bull; Aug. 15-Aug. 28.
however during the Aug. 15-Aug. 28 Sept. 1-Sept. 15.
season only bulls with spike/fork
antlers may be taken.
Coyote: 10 coyotes; however, no more Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
than 2 coyotes may be taken before
October 1.
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............ Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Coyote: No limit........................ Oct. 15-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Silver Phases): No limit.
Lynx:
5 lynx.............................. Nov. 1-30.
No limit............................ Dec. 1-Mar. 15.
Marten: No limit........................ Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel: No limit............... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Muskrat: No limit....................... Sept. 20-June 10.
Otter: No limit......................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf: No limit.......................... Oct. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: No limit..................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
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(13) Unit 13. (i) Unit 13 consists of that area westerly of the
east bank of the Copper River and drained by all tributaries into the
west bank of the Copper River from Miles Glacier and including the
Slana River drainages north of Suslota Creek; the drainages into the
Delta River upstream from Falls Creek and Black Rapids Glacier; the
drainages into the Nenana River upstream from the southeast corner of
Denali National Park at Windy; the drainage into the Susitna River
upstream from its junction with the Chulitna River; the drainage into
the east bank of the Chulitna River upstream to its confluence with
Tokositna River; the drainages of the Chulitna River (south of Denali
National Park) upstream from its confluence with the Tokositna River;
the drainages into the north bank of the Tokositna River upstream to
the base of the Tokositna Glacier; the drainages into the Tokositna
Glacier; the drainages into the east bank of the Susitna River between
its confluences with the Talkeetna and Chulitna Rivers; the drainages
into the north bank of the Talkeetna River; the drainages into the east
bank of the Chickaloon River; the drainages of the Matanuska River
above its confluence with the Chickaloon River:
(A) Unit 13(A) consists of that portion of Unit 13 bounded by a
line beginning at the Chickaloon River bridge at Mile 77.7 on the Glenn
Highway, then along the Glenn Highway to its junction with the
Richardson Highway, then south along the Richardson Highway to the foot
of Simpson Hill at Mile 111.5, then east to the east bank of the Copper
River, then northerly along the east bank of the Copper River to its
junction with the Gulkana River, then northerly along the west bank of
the Gulkana River to its junction with the West Fork of the Gulkana
River, then westerly along the west bank of the West Fork of the
Gulkana River to its source, an unnamed lake, then across the divide
into the Tyone River drainage, down an unnamed stream into the Tyone
River, then down the Tyone River to the Susitna River, then down the
southern bank of the Susitna River to the mouth of Kosina Creek, then
up Kosina Creek to its headwaters, then across the divide and down
Aspen Creek to the Talkeetna River, then southerly along the boundary
of Unit 13 to the Chickaloon River bridge, the point of beginning;
(B) Unit 13(B) consists of that portion of Unit 13 bounded by a
line beginning at the confluence of the Copper River and the Gulkana
River, then up the east bank of the Copper River to the Gakona River,
then up the Gakona River and Gakona Glacier to the boundary of Unit 13,
then westerly along the boundary of Unit 13 to the Susitna Glacier,
then southerly along the west bank of the Susitna Glacier and the
Susitna River to the Tyone River, then up the Tyone River and across
the divide to the headwaters of the West Fork of the Gulkana River,
then down the West Fork of the Gulkana River to the confluence of the
Gulkana River and the Copper River, the point of beginning;
(C) Unit 13(C) consists of that portion of Unit 13 east of the
Gakona River and Gakona Glacier;
(D) Unit 13(D) consists of that portion of Unit 13 south of Unit
13(A);
(E) Unit 13(E) consists of the remainder of Unit 13.
(ii) Within the following areas, the taking of wildlife for
subsistence uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) 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-Aug. 25 in the Delta Controlled Use Area, the boundary of
which is defined as: A line beginning at the confluence of Miller Creek
and the Delta River, then west to vertical angle bench mark Miller,
then west to include all drainages of Augustana Creek and Black Rapids
Glacier, then north and east to include all drainages of McGinnis Creek
to its confluence with the Delta River, then east in a straight line
across the Delta River to Mile 236.7 Richardson Highway, then north
along the Richardson Highway to its junction with the Alaska Highway,
then east along the Alaska Highway to the west bank of the Johnson
River, then south along the west bank of the Johnson River and Johnson
Glacier to the head of the Cantwell Glacier, then west along the north
bank of the Canwell Glacier and Miller Creek to the Delta River;
(C) Except for access and transportation of harvested wildlife on
Sourdough and Haggard Creeks, Meiers Lake trails, or other trails
designated by the Board, you may not use motorized vehicles for
subsistence hunting, is prohibited in the Sourdough Controlled Use
Area. The Sourdough Controlled Use Area consists of that portion of
Unit 13(B) bounded by a line beginning at the confluence of Sourdough
Creek and the Gulkana River, then northerly along Sourdough Creek to
the Richardson Highway at approximately Mile 148, then northerly along
the Richardson Highway to the Meiers Creek Trail at approximately Mile
170, then westerly along the trail to the Gulkana River, then southerly
along the east bank of the Gulkana River to its confluence with
Sourdough Creek, the point of beginning.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
15;
(B) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may
designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take caribou
and moose on his or her behalf. The designated hunter must obtain a
designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest report.
The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but may
have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any one
time.
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Harvest limits Open season
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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: 2 bulls by Federal registration Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
permit only. Hunting within the Trans- Oct. 21-Mar. 31.
Alaska Oil Pipeline right-of-way is
prohibited. The right-of-way is
identified as the area occupied by the
Sept. pipeline (buried or above ground)
and the cleared area 25 feet on either
side of the pipeline.
Sheep: Unit 13--excluding Unit 13(D) and Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
the Tok Management Area and Delta
Controlled Use Area--1 ram with 7/8
curl horn.
Moose:
Unit 13(E)--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.
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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-June 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................ Dec. 15-Jan. 15.
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........................ 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. 1-Jan. 31.
Marten:
Unit 13(A-D)--No limit.............. Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Unit 13--remainder--No limit........ Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
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.......................... Oct. 15-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: No limit..................... Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
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(14) Unit 14. (i) Unit 14 consists of drainages into the north side
of Turnagain Arm west of and excluding the Portage Creek drainage,
drainages into Knik Arm excluding drainages of the Chickaloon and
Matanuska Rivers in Unit 13, drainages into the north side of Cook
Inlet east of the Susitna River, drainages into the east bank of the
Susitna River downstream from the Talkeetna River, and drainages into
the south bank of the Talkeetna River:
(A) Unit 14(A) consists of drainages in Unit 14 bounded on the west
by the Susitna River, on the north by Willow Creek, Peters Creek, and
by a line from the head of Peters Creek to the head of the Chickaloon
River, on the east by the eastern boundary of Unit 14, and on the south
by Cook Inlet, Knik Arm, the south bank of the Knik River from its
mouth to its junction with Knik Glacier, across the face of Knik
Glacier and along the north side of Knik Glacier to the Unit 6
boundary;
(B) Unit 14(B) consists of that portion of Unit 14 north of Unit
14(A);
(C) Unit 14(C) consists of that portion of Unit 14 south of Unit
14(A).
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) 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 Reservation;
(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:
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Harvest limits Open season
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HUNTING
Black Bear: Unit 14(C)--1 bear............ July 1-June 30.
Beaver: Unit 14(C)--1 beaver per day, 1 in May 15-Oct. 31.
possession.
Coyote: Unit 14(C)--2 coyotes............. Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Nov. 1-Feb. 15.
Silver Phases): Unit 14(C)--2 foxes.
Hare (Snowshoe): Unit 14(C)--5 hares per Sept. 8-Apr. 30.
day.
Lynx: Unit 14(C)--2 lynx.................. Dec. 15-Jan. 15.
Wolf: Unit 14(C)--5 wolves................ Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: Unit 14(C)--1 wolverine........ Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed): Unit 14(C)--5 Sept. 8-Mar. 31.
per day, 10 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White- Sept. 8-Mar. 31.
tailed): Unit 14(C)--10 per day, 20 in
possession.
TRAPPING
Beaver: Unit 14(C)--that portion within Dec. 1-Apr. 15.
the drainages of Glacier Creek, Kern
Creek, Peterson Creek, the Twentymile
River and the drainages of Knik River
outside Chugach State Park--20 beaver per
season.
Coyote: Unit 14(C)--No limit.............. Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Silver Phases): Unit 14(C)--1 fox.
Lynx: Unit 14(C)--No limit................ Dec. 15-Jan. 15.
Marten: Unit 14(C)--No limit.............. Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Mink and Weasel: Unit 14(C)--No limit..... Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Muskrat: Unit 14(C)--No limit............. Nov. 10-May 15.
Otter: Unit 14(C)--No limit............... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Wolf: Unit 14(C)--No limit................ Nov. 10-Feb. 28
Wolverine: Unit 14(C)--No limit........... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
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(15) Unit 15. (i) Unit 15 consists of that portion of the Kenai
Peninsula and adjacent islands draining into the Gulf of Alaska, Cook
Inlet, and Turnagain Arm from Gore Point to the point where longitude
line 150 deg.00' W. crosses the coastline of Chickaloon Bay in
Turnagain Arm, including that area lying west of longitude line
150 deg.00' W. to the mouth of the Russian River, then southerly along
the Chugach National Forest boundary to the upper end of Upper Russian
Lake; and including the drainages into Upper Russian Lake west of the
Chugach National Forest boundary:
(A) Unit 15(A) consists of that portion of Unit 15 north of the
Kenai River and Skilak Lake;
(B) Unit 15(B) consists of that portion of Unit 15 south of the
Kenai River and Skilak Lake, and north of the Kasilof River, Tustumena
Lake, Glacier Creek, and Tustumena Glacier;
(C) Unit 15(C) consists of the remainder of Unit 15.
(ii) 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 15(A) bounded by a line beginning at the eastern most
junction of the Sterling Highway and the Skilak Loop (milepost 76.3),
then due south to the south bank of the Kenai River, then southerly
along the south bank of the Kenai River to its confluence with Skilak
Lake, then westerly along the north shore of Skilak Lake to Lower
Skilak Lake Campground, then northerly along the Lower Skilak Lake
Campground Road and the Skilak Loop Road to its western most junction
with the Sterling Highway, then easterly along the Sterling Highway to
the point of beginning.
(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 15(B) 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;
(E) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may
designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take moose on
his or her behalf. The designated hunter must obtain a designated
hunter permit and must return a completed harvest report. The
designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but may have no
more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any one time.
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Harvest limits Open season
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HUNTING
Black Bear:
Unit 15(C)--3 bears................. July 1-June 30.
Unit 15--remainder.................. No open season.
Moose:
Unit 15(A)--Skilak Loop Wildlife No open season.
Management Area.
Unit 15(A)--remainder, Unit 15(B), Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
and (C)--1 antlered bull with spike-
fork or 50-inch antlers or with 3
or more brow tines on either
antler, by Federal registration
permit only.
Coyote: No limit........................ Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Hare (Snowshoe): No limit............... July 1-June 30.
Wolf:
Unit 15--that portion within the Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge--2
wolves.
Unit 15--remainder--5 wolves........ Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 Wolverine.................. Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce): 15 per day, 30 in Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
possession.
Grouse (Ruffed)......................... No open season.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-
tailed):
Unit 15(A) and (B)--20 per day, 40 Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
in possession.
Unit 15(C)--20 per day, 40 in Aug. 10-Dec. 31.
possession.
Unit 15(C)--5 per day, 10 in Jan. 1-Mar. 31.
possession.
TRAPPING
Beaver: 20 Beaver per season............ 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. 15-Feb. 15.
Marten:
Unit 15(B)--that portion east of the No open season.
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 15(B) and (C)--No limit. Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
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(16) Unit 16. (i) Unit 16 consists of the drainages into Cook Inlet
between Redoubt Creek and the Susitna River, including Redoubt Creek
drainage, Kalgin Island, and the drainages on the west side of the
Susitna River (including the Susitna River) upstream to its confluence
with the Chulitna River; the drainages into the west side of the
Chulitna River (including the Chulitna River) upstream to the Tokositna
River, and drainages into the south side of the Tokositna River
upstream to the base of the Tokositna Glacier, including the drainage
of the Kahiltna Glacier:
(A) Unit 16(A) consists of that portion of Unit 16 east of the east
bank of the Yentna River from its mouth upstream to the Kahiltna River,
east of the east bank of the Kahiltna River, and east of the Kahiltna
Glacier;
(B) Unit 16(B) consists of the remainder of Unit 16.
(ii) 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
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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]
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Harvest limits Open season
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HUNTING
Black Bear: 3 bears..................... July 1-June 30.
Caribou: 1 caribou...................... Aug. 10-Oct. 31.
Moose:
Unit 16(B)--Redoubt Bay Drainages Sept. 1-Sept. 15.
south and west of, and including
the Kustatan River drainage--1
antlered bull.
Unit 16(B)--remainder--1 moose; Sept. 1-Sept. 30.
however, antlerless moose may be Dec. 1-Feb. 28.
taken only from Sept. 25-Sept. 30
and from Dec. 1-Feb. 28 by Federal
registration permit only.
Coyote: 2 coyotes....................... Sept 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Sept. 1-Feb. 15.
Silver Phases): 2 foxes.
Hare (Snowshoe): No limit............... July 1-June 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................ Dec. 15-Jan. 15.
Wolf: 5 wolves.......................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine.................. Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce 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. 15.
Marten: No limit........................ Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Mink and Weasel: No limit............... Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Muskrat: No limit....................... Nov. 10-June 10.
Otter: No limit......................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolf: No limit.......................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolverine: No limit..................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
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(17) Unit 17. (i) Unit 17 consists of drainages into Bristol Bay
and the Bering Sea between Etolin Point and Cape Newenham, and all
islands between these points including Hagemeister Island and the
Walrus Islands:
(A) Unit 17(A) consists of the drainages between Cape Newenham and
Cape Constantine, and Hagemeister Island and the Walrus Islands;
(B) Unit 17(B) consists of the Nushagak River drainage upstream
from, and including the Mulchatna River drainage, and the Wood River
drainage upstream from the outlet of Lake Beverley;
(C) Unit 17(C) consists of the remainder of Unit 17.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) Except for aircraft and boats and in 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 17(B), from Aug. 1-Nov. 1;
(B) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu of
a resident tag in the Western Alaska Brown Bear Management Area which
consists of Unit 17(A), that portion of 17(B) draining into Nuyakuk
Lake and Tikchik Lake, Unit 18, and that portion of Unit 19(A) and (B)
downstream of and including the Aniak River drainage, if you have
obtained a State registration permit prior to hunting.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
15;
(B) For Federal registration permit caribou hunts for Unit 17(A)
and (C), that portion consisting of the Nushagak Peninsula south of the
Igushik River, Tuklung River and Tuklung Hills, west to Tvativak Bay, a
Federally-qualified subsistence user may designate another Federally-
qualified subsistence user to harvest caribou on his or her behalf. The
designated hunter must obtain a designated hunter permit and must
return a completed harvest report. The designated hunter may hunt for
any number of recipients but may have no more than two harvest limits
in his/her possession at any one time.
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Harvest limits Open season
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HUNTING
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 17(A) and (C)--that portion of Aug. 1-Sept. 30.
17(A) and (C) consisting of the Dec. 1-Mar. 31.
Nushagak Peninsula south of the
Igushik River, Tuklung River and
Tuklung Hills, west to Tvativak
Bay--2 caribou by Federal
registration permit. Public lands
are closed to the taking of caribou
except by the residents of Togiak,
Twin Hills, Manokotak, Aleknagik,
Dillingham, Clark's Point, and Ekuk
during seasons identified above.
Unit 17(B) and (C)--that portion of Aug. 1-Apr. 15.
17(C) east of the Wood River and
Wood River Lakes--5 caribou;
however, no more than 2 bulls may
be taken from Oct. 1-Nov. 30.
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Unit 17(A)--remainder and 17(C)-- Season to occur between Aug. 1-
remainder--selected drainages; a Mar. 31, harvest limit, and
harvest limit of up to 5 caribou hunt area to be announced by
will be determined at the time the the Togiak National Wildlife
season is announced. Refuge Manager.
Sheep: 1 ram with full curl horn or Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
larger.
Moose:
Unit 17(A)--1 bull by State Aug. 25-Sept. 20.
registration permit.
Unit 17(B)--that portion that Aug. 20-Sept. 15.
includes all the Mulchatna River
drainage upstream from and
including the Chilchitna River
drainage--1 bull by State
registration permit only during the
period Aug. 20-Aug. 31. During the
period Sept. 1-Sept. 15 only a
spike/fork bull or a bull with 50-
inch antlers or with 3 or more brow
tines on one side may be taken with
a State harvest ticket.
Unit 17(C)--that portion that Aug. 20-Sept. 15.
includes the Iowithla drainage and
Sunshine Valley and all lands west
of Wood River and south of
Aleknagik Lake--1 bull by State
registration permit only during the
period Aug. 20-Aug. 31. During the
period Sept. 1-Sept. 15 only a
spike/fork bull or a bull with 50-
inch antlers or with 3 or more brow
tines on one side may be taken with
a State harvest ticket.
Unit 17(B)--remainder and 17(C)-- Aug. 20-Sept. 15.
remainder--1 bull by State Dec. 1-Dec. 31.
registration permit only during the
periods Aug. 20-Aug. 31 and Dec. 1-
Dec. 31. During the period Sept. 1-
Sept. 15 only a spike/fork bull or
a bull with 50-inch antlers or with
3 or more brow tines on one side
may be taken with a State harvest
ticket.
Coyote: 2 coyotes....................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No 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: 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-Apr. 30.
40 in possession.
TRAPPING
Beaver: Unit 17--40 beaver per season... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
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.
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(18) Unit 18. (i) Unit 18 consists of that area draining into the
Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers downstream from a straight line drawn
between Lower Kalskag and Paimiut and the drainages flowing into the
Bering Sea from Cape Newenham on the south to and including the
Pastolik River drainage on the north; Nunivak, St. Matthew, and
adjacent islands between Cape Newenham and the Pastolik River.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) 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 may not 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;
(B) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu of
a resident tag in the Western Alaska Brown Bear Management Area which
consists of Unit 17(A), that portion of 17(B) draining into Nuyakuk
Lake and Tikchik Lake, Unit 18, and that portion of Unit 19(A) and (B)
downstream of and including the Aniak River drainage, if you have
obtained a State registration permit prior to hunting.
(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) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may
designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take caribou
south of the Yukon River on his or her behalf. The designated hunter
must obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a completed
harvest report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number of
recipients but may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her
possession at any one time;
(C) You may take caribou from a boat moving under power in Unit 18.
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Harvest limits Open season
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HUNTING
Black Bear: 3 bears..................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear: 1 bear by State registration Sept. 1-May 31.
permit only.
Caribou:
Unit 18--that portion south of the Season to occur between Aug.
Yukon River--A harvest limit of up 25 and Mar. 31 to be
to 5 caribou will be determined at announced by the Yukon Delta
the time the season is announced National Wildlife Refuge
and will be based on the management Manager.
objectives in the ``Qavilnguut
(Kilbuck) Caribou Herd Cooperative
Management Plan.'' The season will
be closed when the total harvest
reaches guidelines as described in
the approved ``Qavilnguut (Kilbuck)
Caribou Herd Cooperative Management
Plan''.
Unit 18--that portion north of the Aug. 1-Mar. 31.
Yukon River--5 caribou per day.
Moose:
Unit 18--that portion north and west Sept. 5-Sept. 25.
of a line from Cape Romanzof to
Kuzilvak Mountain, and then to
Mountain Village, and west of, but
not including, the Andreafsky River
drainage--1 antlered bull.
Unit 18--south of and including the No open season.
Kanektok River drainages.
Unit 18--Kuskokwim River drainage--1 Aug. 25-Sept. 25.
antlered bull. A 10-day hunt to Winter season to be announced.
occur between Dec. 1 and Feb. 28 (1
bull, evidence of sex required)
will be opened by announcement.
Unit 18--remainder--1 antlered bull. Sept. 1-Sept. 30.
A 10-day hunt to occur between Dec.
1 and Feb. 28 (1 bull, evidence of
sex required) will be opened by
announcement. Winter season to be
announced.
Public lands in Unit 18 are closed ..............................
to the hunting of moose, except by
Federally-qualified rural Alaska
residents during seasons identified
above.
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.
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.
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(19) Unit 19. (i) Unit 19 consists of the Kuskokwim River drainage
upstream from a straight line drawn between Lower Kalskag and Piamiut:
(A) Unit 19(A) consists of the Kuskokwim River drainage downstream
from and including the Moose Creek drainage on the north bank and
downstream from and including the Stony River drainage on the south
bank, excluding Unit 19(B);
(B) Unit 19(B) consists of the Aniak River drainage upstream from
and including the Salmon River drainage, the Holitna River drainage
upstream from and including the Bakbuk Creek drainage, that area south
of a line from the mouth of Bakbuk Creek to the radar dome at
Sparrevohn Air Force Base, including the Hoholitna River drainage
upstream from that line, and the Stony River drainage upstream from and
including the Can Creek drainage;
(C) Unit 19(C) consists of that portion of Unit 19 south and east
of a line from Benchmark M#1.26 (approximately 1.26 miles south of the
northwest corner of the original Mt. McKinley National Park boundary)
to the peak of Lone Mountain, then due west to Big River, including the
Big River drainage upstream from that line, and including the Swift
River drainage upstream from and including the North Fork drainage;
(D) Unit 19(D) consists of the remainder of Unit 19.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) 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 19(D) upstream from the mouth of Big River
including the drainages of the Big River, Middle Fork, South Fork, East
Fork, and Tonzona River, and bounded by a line following the west bank
of the Swift Fork (McKinley Fork) of the Kuskokwim River to
152 deg.50'W. long., then north to the boundary of Denali National
Preserve, then following the western boundary of Denali National
Preserve north to its intersection with the Minchumina-Telida winter
trail, then west to the crest of Telida Mountain, then north along the
crest of Munsatli Ridge to elevation 1,610, then northwest to Dyckman
Mountain and following the
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crest of the divide between the Kuskokwim River and the Nowitna
drainage, and the divide between the Kuskokwim River and the Nixon Fork
River to Loaf benchmark on Halfway Mountain, then south to the west
side of Big River drainage, the point of beginning, 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;
(C) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu of
a resident tag in the Western Alaska Brown Bear Management Area, which
consists of Unit 17(A), that portion of 17(B) draining into Nuyakuk
Lake and Tikchik Lake, Unit 18, and that portion of Unit 19(A) and (B)
downstream of and including the Aniak River drainage, if you have
obtained a State registration permit prior to hunting.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
30.
(B) [Reserved]
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Harvest limits Open season
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HUNTING
Black Bear: 3 bears....................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
Unit 19(A) and (B)--those portions Sept. 1-May 31.
which are downstream of and including
the Aniak River drainage--1 bear by
State registration permit.
Unit 19(A)--remainder, 19(B)-- Sept. 1-May 31.
remainder, and Unit 19(D)--1 bear.
Caribou:
Unit 19(A)--north of Kuskokwim River-- Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
1 caribou. Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Unit 19(A)--south of the Kuskokwim Aug. 1-Apr. 15.
River and Unit 19(B) (excluding rural
Alaska residents of Lime Village)--5
caribou.
Unit 19(C)--1 caribou................. Aug. 10-Oct. 10.
Unit 19(D)--south and east of the Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
Kuskokwim River and North Fork of the Nov. 1-Jan. 31.
Kuskokwim River--1 caribou.
Unit 19(D)--remainder--1 caribou...... Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
Unit 19--rural Alaska residents July 1-June 30.
domiciled in Lime Village only--no
individual harvest limit but a
village harvest quota of 200 caribou;
cows and calves may not be taken from
Apr. 1-Aug. 9. Reporting will be by a
community reporting system.
Sheep: 1 ram with \7/8\ curl horn or Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
larger.
Moose:
Unit 19--Rural Alaska residents of July 1-June 30.
Lime Village only--no individual
harvest limit, but a village harvest
quota of 40 moose (including those
taken under the State Tier II
system); either sex. Reporting will
be by a community reporting system.
Unit 19(A)--that portion north of the Sept. 1-Sept. 20.
Kuskokwim River upstream from, but Nov. 20-Nov. 30.
not including, the Kolmakof River Jan. 1-Jan. 10.
drainage and south of the Kuskokwim Feb. 1-Feb. 10.
River upstream from, but not
including, the Holokuk River
drainage--1 moose; however,
antlerless moose may be taken only
during the Feb. 1-Feb. 10 season.
Unit 19(A)--remainder--1 bull......... Sept. 1-Sept. 20.
Nov. 20-Nov. 30.
Jan. 1-Jan. 10.
Feb. 1-Feb. 10.
Unit 19(B)--1 antlered bull........... Sept. 1-Sept. 30.
Unit 19(C)--1 antlered bull........... Sept. 1-Oct. 10.
Unit 19(C)--1 bull by State Jan. 15-Feb. 15.
registration permit.
Unit 19(D)--that portion of the Upper Sept. 1-Sept. 30.
Kuskokwim Controlled Use Area within
the North Fork drainage upstream from
the confluence of the South Fork to
the mouth of the Swift Fork--1
antlered bull.
Unit 19(D)--remainder of the Upper Sept. 1-Sept. 30.
Kuskokwim Controlled Use Area--1 bull. Dec. 1-Feb. 28.
Unit 19(D)--remainder--1 antlered bull Sept. 1-Sept. 30.
Dec. 1-Dec. 15.
Coyote: 10 coyotes; however, no more than Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
2 coyotes may be taken before October 1.
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 19(D)--10 wolves per day......... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Unit 19--remainder--5 wolves.......... Apr. 10-Apr 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine.................... Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
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.
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Wolf: No limit............................ Nov. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: No limit....................... Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
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(20) Unit 20. (i) Unit 20 consists of the Yukon River drainage
upstream from and including the Tozitna River drainage to and including
the Hamlin Creek drainage, drainages into the south bank of the Yukon
River upstream from and including the Charley River drainage, the Ladue
River and Fortymile River drainages, and the Tanana River drainage
north of Unit 13 and downstream from the east bank of the Robertson
River:
(A) Unit 20(A) consists of that portion of Unit 20 bounded on the
south by the Unit 13 boundary, bounded on the east by the west bank of
the Delta River, bounded on the north by the north bank of the Tanana
River from its confluence with the Delta River downstream to its
confluence with the Nenana River, and bounded on the west by the east
bank of the Nenana River;
(B) Unit 20(B) consists of drainages into the north bank of the
Tanana River from and including Hot Springs Slough upstream to and
including the Banner Creek drainage;
(C) Unit 20(C) consists of that portion of Unit 20 bounded on the
east by the east bank of the Nenana River and on the north by the north
bank of the Tanana River downstream from the Nenana River;
(D) Unit 20(D) consists of that portion of Unit 20 bounded on the
east by the east bank of the Robertson River and on the west by the
west bank of the Delta River, and drainages into the north bank of the
Tanana River from its confluence with the Robertson River downstream
to, but excluding the Banner Creek drainage;
(E) Unit 20(E) consists of drainages into the south bank of the
Yukon River upstream from and including the Charley River drainage, and
the Ladue River drainage;
(F) Unit 20(F) consists of the remainder of Unit 20.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) 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)(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-Aug. 25 in the Delta Controlled Use Area, the boundary of
which is defined as: A line beginning at the confluence of Miller Creek
and the Delta River, then west to vertical angle bench mark Miller,
then west to include all drainages of Augustana Creek and Black Rapids
Glacier, then north and east to include all drainages of McGinnis Creek
to its confluence with the Delta River, then east in a straight line
across the Delta River to Mile 236.7 Richardson Highway, then north
along the Richardson Highway to its junction with the Alaska Highway,
then east along the Alaska Highway to the west bank of the Johnson
River, then south along the west bank of the Johnson River and Johnson
Glacier to the head of the Canwell Glacier, then west along the north
bank of the Canwell Glacier and Miller Creek to the Delta River;
(C) 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 20(E) bounded by a line beginning at
Mile 140 of the Taylor Highway, then north along the highway to Eagle,
then west along the cat trail from Eagle to Crooked Creek, then from
Crooked Creek southwest along the west bank of Mogul Creek to its
headwaters on North Peak, then west across North Peak to the headwaters
of Independence Creek, then southwest along the west bank of
Independence Creek to its confluence with the North Fork of the
Fortymile River, then easterly along the south bank of the North Fork
of the Fortymile River to its confluence with Champion Creek, then
across the North Fork of the Fortymile River to the south bank of
Champion Creek and easterly along the south bank of Champion Creek to
its confluence with Little Champion Creek, then northeast along the
east bank of Little Champion Creek to its headwaters, then
northeasterly in a direct line to Mile 140 on the Taylor Highway;
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 only 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 three miles above Old Minto, then along the north bank of the
Tanana River (including all channels and sloughs except Swan Neck
Slough), to the confluence of the Tanana and Tolovana Rivers and then
northerly to the point of beginning;
(F) You may hunt moose by bow and arrow only in the Fairbanks
Management Area, which consists of that portion of Unit 20(B) bounded
by a line from the confluence of Rosie Creek and the Tanana River,
northerly along Rosie Creek to 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 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
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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, 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 between April 15 and June
30;
(B) You may not use a steel trap, or a snare using cable smaller
than \3/32\ inch diameter to trap wolves in Unit 20(E) during April and
October;
(C) Residents of Unit 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.
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Harvest limits Open season
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HUNTING
Black Bear: 3 bear...................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
Unit 20(E)--1 bear.................. Aug. 10-June 30.
Unit 20--remainder--1 bear every Sept. 1-May 31.
four regulatory years.
Caribou:
Unit 20(E)--1 caribou by joint State/ Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
Federal registration permit only. Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
The fall season will close when a
combined State/Federal harvest of
320 caribou has been reached. The
Sept. winter season will close when
the combined quota of 210 caribou
for Units 20(E) and 25(C) Remainder
has been reached. The season
closures will be announced by the
Northern Field Office Manager,
Bureau of Land Management after
consultation with the National Park
Service and Alaska Department of
Fish and Game.
Unit 20(F)--north of the Yukon Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
River--1 caribou.
Unit 20(F)--east of the Dalton Aug. 10-Sept. 20
Highway and south of the Yukon Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
River--1 caribou. However, during
the November 1-March 31 season a
State registration permit is
required.
Moose:
Unit 20(A)--1 antlered bull......... Sept. 1-Sept. 20.
Unit 20(B)--that portion within the Sept. 1-Sept. 20.
Minto Flats Management Area--1 bull Jan. 10-Feb. 28.
by Federal registration permit only.
Unit 20(B)--remainder--1 antlered Sept. 1-Sept. 20.
bull.
Unit 20(C)--that portion within Sept. 1-Sept. 30.
Denali National Park and Preserve Nov. 15-Dec. 15.
west of the Toklat River, excluding
lands within Mount McKinley
National Park as it existed prior
to December 2, 1980--1 antlered
bull; however, white-phased or
partial 10 albino (more than 50
percent white) moose may not be
taken..
Unit 20(C)--remainder--1 antlered Sept. 1-Sept. 30.
bull; however, white-phased or
partial albino (more than 50
percent white) moose may not be
taken.
Unit 20(E)--that portion within Aug. 20-Sept. 30.
Yukon Charley National Preserve--1
bull.
Unit 20(E)--that portion drained by Aug. 20-Aug. 28.
the Forty-mile River (all forks) Sept. 1-Sept. 15.
from Mile 9\1/2\ to Mile 145 Taylor
Highway, including the Boundary
Cutoff Road--1 antlered bull;
however during the period Aug. 20-
Aug. 28 only a bull with Spike/fork
antlers may be taken.
Unit 20(F)--that portion within the Sept. 1-Sept. 25.
Dalton Highway Corridor Management
Area--1 antlered bull by Federal
registration permit only.
Unit 20(F)--remainder--1 antlered Sept. 1-Sept. 25
bull.
Coyote: 2 coyotes....................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
Silver Phases): 10 foxes; however, no
more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to
Oct. 1.
Hare (Snowshoe): No limit............... July 1-June 30.
Lynx:
Unit 20(E)--2 lynx.................. Nov. 1-Jan. 31.
Unit 20--remainder--2 lynx.......... Dec. 1-Jan. 31.
Wolf: Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-
tailed):
Unit 20(D)--that portion south of Aug. 25-Mar. 31.
the Tanana River and west of the
Johnson River--15 per day, 30 in
possession, provided that not more
than 5 per day and 10 in possession
grouse.
Unit 20--remainder--15 per day, 30 Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow):
Unit 20--those portions within five 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 20(A), 20(B), Unit 20(C), and Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
20(F)--No limit.
Units 20(D) and (E)--25 beaver...... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Coyote:
Unit 20(E)--No limit................ Oct. 15-Apr. 30.
Remainder Unit 20--No limit......... Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Silver Phases): No limit.
Lynx:
Unit 20(A), (B), (D), and (C) east Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
of the Teklanika River-- No limit..
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Unit 20(E)--5 lynx.................. Nov. 1-Nov. 30.
--No limit...................... Dec. 1-Mar. 15.
Unit 20(F) and the remainder of Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
20(C)--No limit.
Marten: No limit........................ Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel: No limit............... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Muskrat:
Unit 20(E)--No limit................ Sept. 20-June 10.
Unit 20--remainder--No limit........ Nov. 1-June 10.
Otter: No limit......................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf:
Unit 20(A, B, C, & F)--No limit..... Nov. 1-Apr. 30.
Unit 20(D)--No limit................ Oct. 15-Apr. 30.
Unit 20(E)--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 21(A) consists of the Innoko River drainage upstream from
and including the Iditarod River drainage, and the Nowitna River
drainage upstream from the Little Mud River;
(B) Unit 21(B) consists of the Yukon River drainage upstream from
Ruby and east of the Ruby-Poorman Road, downstream from and excluding
the Tozitna River and Tanana River drainages, and excluding the Nowitna
River drainage upstream from the Little Mud River, and excluding the
Melozitna River drainage upstream from Grayling Creek;
(C) Unit 21(C) consists of the Melozitna River drainage upstream
from Grayling Creek, and the Dulbi River drainage upstream from and
including the Cottonwood Creek drainage;
(D) Unit 21(D) consists of the Yukon River drainage from and
including the Blackburn Creek drainage upstream to Ruby, including the
area west of the Ruby-Poorman Road, excluding the Koyukuk River
drainage upstream from the Dulbi River drainage, and excluding the
Dulbi River drainage upstream from Cottonwood Creek;
(E) Unit 21(E) consists of the Yukon River drainage from Paimiut
upstream to, but not including the Blackburn Creek drainage, and the
Innoko River drainage downstream from the Iditarod River drainage.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) The Koyukuk Controlled Use Area, which consists of those
portions of Units 21 and 24 bounded by a line from the north bank of
the Yukon River at Koyukuk, then northerly to the confluences of the
Honhosa and Kateel Rivers, then northeasterly to the confluences of
Billy Hawk Creek and the Huslia River (65 deg.57' N. lat., 156 deg.41'
W. long.), then easterly to the south end of Solsmunket Lake, then east
to Hughes, then south to Little Indian River, then southwesterly to the
crest of Hochandochtla Mountain, then southwest to the mouth of
Cottonwood Creek then southwest to Bishop Rock, then westerly along the
north bank of the Yukon River (including Koyukuk Island) to the point
of beginning, is closed during moose-hunting seasons to the use of
aircraft for hunting moose, including transportation of any moose
hunter or moose part; however, this does not apply to transportation of
a 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) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu
of a resident tag in the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area,
which consists of Unit 21(D), Unit 22, except 22(C), those portions of
Unit 23, except the Baldwin Peninsula north of the Arctic Circle, Unit
24, and Unit 26(A), if you have obtained a State registration permit
prior to hunting. Aircraft may not be used in the Northwest Alaska
Brown Bear Management Area in any manner for brown bear hunting under
the authority of a brown bear State registration permit, including
transportation of hunters, bears, or parts of bears; however, this does
not apply to transportation of bear hunters or bear parts by regularly
scheduled flights to and between communities by carriers that normally
provide scheduled service to this area, nor does it apply to
transportation of aircraft to or between publicly owned airports.
(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) 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
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for the celebration known as the Kaltag/Nulato Stickdance, under the
terms of a Federal registration permit. Permits will be issued to
individuals only at the request of the Native Village of Kaltag or
Nulato. This three moose limit is not cumulative with that permitted by
the State.
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Harvest limits Open season
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HUNTING
Black Bear: 3 bears..................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
Unit 21(D)--1 bear by State Sept. 1-June 15.
registration permit only.
Unit 21--remainder--1 bear every Sept. 1-May 31.
four regulatory years.
Caribou:
Unit 21(A)--1 caribou............... Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
Dec. 10-Dec. 20.
Unit 21(B), (C), and (E)--1 caribou. Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
Unit 21(D)--north of the Yukon River Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
and east of the Koyukuk River 1 Winter season to be announced.
caribou; however, 2 additional
caribou may be taken during a
winter season to be announced.
Unit 21(D)--remainder--5 caribou per July 1-June 30.
day; however, cow caribou may not
be taken May 16-June 30.
Moose:
Unit 21(A)--1 bull.................. Aug. 20-Sept. 25.
Nov. 1-Nov. 30.
Unit 21(B) and (C)--1 antlered bull. Sept. 5-Sept. 25.
Unit 21(D)--Koyukuk Controlled Use Aug. 27-Sept. 20.
Area--1 moose; however, antlerless Winter season to be announced.
moose may be taken only during Aug.
27-31 and the February season.
During the Aug. 27-Sept. 20 season
a State registration permit is
required. Moose may not be taken
within one-half mile of the
mainstem Yukon River during the
February season. A 10-day winter
hunt to occur between Feb. 1 and
Feb. 28 will season to be opened by
announcement of the Koyukuk/Nowitna
National Wildlife Refuge Manager
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 21(D)--remainder--1 moose; Sept. 5-Sept. 25.
however, antlerless moose may be Winter season to be announced.
taken only during Sept. 21-25 and
the February season. Moose may not
be taken within one-half mile of
the mainstem Yukon River during the
February season. A 10-day winter
hunt to occur between Feb. 1 and
Feb. 28 will be opened by
announcement of the Koyukuk/Nowitna
National Wildlife Refuge Manager
after consultation with the ADF&G
area biologist and the Winter
Chairs of the Western Interior
Regional Advisory Councilseason to
and Middle Yukon Fish and Game
Advisory Committee.
Unit 21(E)--1 moose; however, only Aug. 20-Sept. 25.
bulls may be taken from Aug. 20- Feb. 1-Feb. 10.
Sept. 25; moose may not be taken
within one-half mile of the Innoko
or Yukon River during the February
season.
Beaver:
Unit 21(E)--No limit................ Nov. 1-June 10.
Unit 21--remainder.................. No open season.
Coyote: 10 coyotes; however, no more Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
than 2 coyotes may be taken before
October 1.
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 Goodhope River drainage in Southern Kotzebue Sound,
and all adjacent islands in the Bering Sea between the mouths of the
Goodhope and Pastolik Rivers:
(A) Unit 22(A) consists of Norton Sound drainages from, but
excluding, the Pastolik River drainage to, and including, the Ungalik
River drainage, and Stuart and Besboro Islands;
(B) Unit 22(B) consists of Norton Sound drainages from, but
excluding, the Ungalik River drainage to, and including, the Topkok
Creek drainage;
(C) Unit 22(C) consists of Norton Sound and Bering Sea drainages
from, but excluding, the Topkok Creek drainage to, and including, the
Tisuk River drainage, and King and Sledge Islands;
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(D) Unit 22(D) consists of that portion of Unit 22 draining into
the Bering Sea north of, but not including, the Tisuk River to and
including Cape York, and St. Lawrence Island;
(E) Unit 22(E) consists of Bering Sea, Bering Strait, Chukchi Sea,
and Kotzebue Sound drainages from Cape York to, but excluding, the
Goodhope River drainage, and including Little Diomede Island and
Fairway Rock.
(ii) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu
of a resident tag in the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area,
which consists of Unit 22, except 22(C), those portions of Unit 23,
except the Baldwin Peninsula north of the Arctic Circle, Unit 24, and
Unit 26(A), if you have obtained a State registration permit prior to
hunting. Aircraft may not be used in the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear
Management Area in any manner for brown bear hunting under the
authority of a brown bear State registration permit, including
transportation of hunters, bears, or parts of bears; however, this does
not apply to transportation of bear hunters or bear parts by regularly
scheduled flights to and between communities by carriers that normally
provide scheduled service to this area, nor does it apply to
transportation of aircraft to or between publicly owned airports.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) 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.
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Harvest limits Open season
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HUNTING
Black Bear: 3 bears....................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
Unit 22(A)--1 bear by State Sept. 1-May 31.
registration permit by residents of
Unit 22(A) only.
Unit 22(B)--1 bear by State Sept. 1-May 31.
registration permit by residents of
Unit 22(B) only.
Unit 22(C)............................ No open season.
Unit 22(E)--1 bear by State Aug. 1-May 31.
registration permit only.
Unit 22--remainder--1 bear by State Sept. 1-May 31.
registration permit.
Caribou: Unit 22(A) and (B)--5 caribou per July 1-June 30.
day; however, cow caribou may not be
taken May 16-June 30.
Moose:
Unit 22(A)--1 bull; however, the Aug. 1-Sept. 30.
period of Dec. 1-Jan. 31 is closed to Dec. 1-Jan. 31.
hunting except by residents of Unit
22(A) only.
Unit 22(B)--1 bull.................... Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
Unit 22(C)--1 antlered bull........... Sept. 1-Sept. 14.
Unit 22(D)--that portion within the Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
Kuzitrin River drainage--1 antlered
bull.
Unit 22(D)--remainder--1 moose; Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
however, antlerless moose may be
taken only from Dec. 1-Dec. 31; no
person may take a cow accompanied by
a calf.
Unit 22(E)--1 moose; no person may Aug. 1-Mar. 31.
take a cow accompanied by a calf.
Muskox:
Unit 22(B)--1 bull by Federal permit Aug. 1-Mar. 15.
or State Tier II permit. Federal
public lands are closed to the taking
of muskox except by Federally-
qualified subsistence users. The
total combined harvest may not exceed
8 bulls.
Unit 22(D)--That portion west of the Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
Tisuk River drainage and Canyon
Creek--1 muskox 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 muskox
except by Federally-qualified
subsistence users. Not more than 3
cows may be taken, and the total
combined harvest may not exceed 7
animals.
Remainder of Unit 22(D)--1 muskox 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 muskox except by
Federally-qualified Subsistence
users. Not more than 13 cows may be
taken, and the total combined harvest
may not exceed 32 animals.
Unit 22(E)--1 muskox by Federal permit Aug. 1-Mar. 15.
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
muskox except by Federally-qualified
subsistence users. Not more than 14
cows may be taken, and the total
combined harvest may not exceed 23
animals.
Unit 22--remainder.................... No open season.
Beaver:
Unit 22(A), (B), (D), and(E)--50 Nov. 1-June 10.
beaver.
Unit 22--remainder.................... No open season.
Coyote: Federal public lands are closed to No open season.
the taking of No open 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 22(A) 22(B)--No limit............ Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Unit 22--remainder.................... No open season.
Mink and Weasel: No limit................. Nov. 1-Jan. 31.
Otter: No limit........................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf: No limit............................ Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolverine: 3 wolverine.................... Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce): 15 per day, 30 in Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow):
Unit 22(A) and 22(B) east of and Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
including the Niukluk River drainage--
40 per day, 80 in possession.
Unit 22 (E)--20 per day, 40 in July 15-May 15.
possession.
Unit 22 Remainder--20 per day, 40 in Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
possession.
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TRAPPING
Beaver:
Unit 22(A), (B), (D), and (E)--50 Nov. 1-June 10.
beaver.
Unit 22(C)............................ No open season.
Coyote: Federal public lands are closed to No open season.
the 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, which consists
of that portion of Unit 23 in a corridor extending five miles on either
side of the Noatak River beginning at the mouth of the Noatak River,
and extending upstream to the mouth of Sapun Creek, is closed for the
period August 25-September 15. This does not apply to the
transportation of hunters or parts of ungulates, bear, wolves, or
wolverine by regularly scheduled flights to communities by carriers
that normally provide scheduled air service;
(B) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu of
a resident tag in the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area,
which consists of Unit 22, except 22(C), those portions of Unit 23,
except the Baldwin Peninsula north of the Arctic Circle, Unit 24, and
Unit 26(A); if you have obtained a State registration permit prior to
hunting. Aircraft may not be used in the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear
Management Area in any manner for brown bear hunting under the
authority of a brown bear State registration permit, including
transportation of hunters, bears or parts of bears; however, this does
not apply to transportation of bear hunters or bear parts by regularly
scheduled flights to and between communities by carriers that normally
provide scheduled service to this area, nor does it apply to
transportation of aircraft to or between publicly owned airports.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) 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 any number of recipients but may have no more than
two harvest limits in his/her possession at any one 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.
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Harvest limits Open season
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HUNTING
Black Bear: 3 bears..................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
Unit 23--except the Baldwin Sept. 1-May 31.
Peninsula north of the Arctic
Circle--1 bear by State
registration permit.
Unit 23--remainder--1 bear every Sept. 1-Oct. 10.
four regulatory years. Apr. 15-May 25.
Caribou:
15 caribou per day; however, cow July 1-June 30.
caribou may not be taken May 16-
June 30.
Sheep:
Unit 23--south of Rabbit Creek, Kyak Aug. 1-Sept. 30.
Creek and the Noatak River, and The season will be closed when
west of the Cutler and Redstone half of the quota has been
Rivers (Baird Mountains)--1 ram harvested.
with full curl or larger horns by
Federal registration permit. The
Superintendent of the Western
Arctic National Parklands may issue
permits for the harvest of up to 20
full curl rams, based on a quota to
be announced locally after the
annual sheep of the population
survey is completed. Federal public
lands are closed to the taking of
sheep except by Federally-qualified
subsistence users.
Unit 23--south of Rabbit Creek, Kyak Oct. 1-Apr. 1.
Creek and the Noatak River, and The season will be closed when
west of the Cutler and Redstone the total quota of sheep has
Rivers (Baird Mountains)--1 ram been harvested including
with full curl or larger horns by those harvested during the
Federal registration permit. The Aug. 1-Sept. 30 season.
Superintendent of the Western
Arctic National Parklands may issue
permits for the harvest of up to 20
full curl rams, based on a quota to
be announced locally after the
annual sheep population survey is
completed. Federal public lands are
closed to the taking of sheep
except by Federally-qualified
subsistence users.
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Unit 23--north of Rabbit Creek, Kyak Aug. 1-Sept. 30.
Creek and the Noatak River, and The season will be closed when
west of the Aniuk River (DeLong half of the quota has been
Mountains)--1 ram with full curl or harvested in the DeLong
larger horns by Federal Mountains
registration permit. The
Superintendent of the Western
Arctic National Parklands may issue
permits for the harvest of up to 10
full curl rams in the DeLong
Mountains, Units 23 and 26(A),
based on a quota to be announced
locally after the annual sheep
population survey is completed.
Unit 23--north of Rabbit Creek, Kyak Oct. 1-Apr. 1.
Creek and the Noatak River, and The season will be closed when
west of the Aniuk River (DeLong the total quota of sheep has
Mountains)--1 ram with full curl or been harvested in the DeLong
larger horns by Federal Mountains including those
registration permit. The harvested during the Aug. 1-
Superintendent of the Western Sept. 30 season.
Arctic National Parklands may issue
permits for the harvest of up to 10
full curl rams in the DeLong
Mountains, Units 23 and 26(A),
based on a quota to be announced
locally after the annual sheep
population survey is completed.
Unit 23, remainder (Schwatka Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
Mountains)--1 ram with \7/8\ curl
horn or larger.
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 cow accompanied by a calf.
Unit 23--that portion lying within Aug. 1-Sept. 15.
the Noatak River drainage--1 moose; Oct. 1-Mar. 31.
however, antlerless moose may be
taken only from Nov. 1-Mar. 31; no
person may take a cow accompanied
by a calf.
Unit 23--remainder--1 moose; no Aug. 1-Mar. 31.
person may take a cow accompanied
by a calf.
Muskox:
Unit 23--south of Kotzebue Sound and Aug. 1-Mar. 15.
west of and including the Buckland
River drainage--1 muskox 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 muskox except by
Federally-qualified subsistence
users. Not more than 8 cows may be
taken, and the total combined
harvest may not exceed 13 animals.
Unit 23--remainder.................. No open season.
Coyote: 2 coyotes....................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): 2 Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
foxes.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
Silver Phases): 10 foxes; however, no
more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to
Oct. 1.
Hare: (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit... July 1-June 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................ Dec. 1-Jan. 15.
Wolf: 5 wolves.......................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine.................. Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
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: 3 lynx............................ Dec. 1-Jan. 15.
Marten: No limit........................ Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Mink and Weasel: No limit............... Nov. 1-Jan. 31.
Muskrat: No limit....................... Nov. 1-June 10.
Otter: No limit......................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf: No limit.......................... Nov. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
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(24) Unit 24. (i) Unit 24 consists of the Koyukuk River drainage
upstream from but not including the Dulbi River drainage.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) 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) 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
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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 Units 21 and
24 bounded by a line from the north bank of the Yukon River at Koyukuk,
then northerly to the confluences of the Honhosa and Kateel Rivers,
then northeasterly to the confluences of Billy Hawk Creek and the
Huslia River (65 deg.'57' N. lat., 156 deg.41' W. long.), then easterly
to the south end of Solsmunket Lake, then east to Hughes, then south to
Little Indian River, then southwesterly to the crest of Hochandochtla
Mountain, then southwest to the mouth of Cottonwood Creek, then
southwest to Bishop Rock, then westerly along the north bank of the
Yukon River (including Koyukuk Island) to the point of beginning;
however, this does not apply to transportation of a moose hunter or
moose part by aircraft between publicly owned airports in the
controlled use area or between a publicly owned airport within the area
and points outside the area; all hunters on the Koyukuk River passing
the ADF&G operated check station at Ella's Cabin (15 miles upstream
from the Yukon on the Koyukuk River) are required to stop and report to
ADF&G personnel at the check station;
(D) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu of
a resident tag in the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area,
which consists of Unit 22, except 22(C), those portions of Unit 23,
except the Baldwin Peninsula north of the Arctic Circle, Unit 24, and
Unit 26(A), if you have obtained a State registration permit prior to
hunting. You may not use aircraft in the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear
Management Area in any manner for brown bear hunting under the
authority of a brown bear State registration permit, including
transportation of hunters, bears or parts of bears. However, this does
not apply to transportation of bear hunters or bear parts by regularly
scheduled flights to and between communities by carriers that normally
provide scheduled service to this area, nor does it apply to
transportation of aircraft to or between publicly owned airports.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) 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.
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Harvest limits Open season
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HUNTING
Black Bear: 3 bears....................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear: Unit 24--1 bear by State Sept. 1-June 15.
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
Mar. 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.
Remainder of Unit 24--5 caribou per July 1-June 30.
day; however, cow caribou may not be
taken May 16-June 30.
Sheep:
Unit 24--(Anaktuvuk Pass residents July 15-Dec. 41.
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 24--(excluding Anaktuvuk Pass Aug. 1-Apr. 30.
residents)--that portion within the
Gates of the Arctic National Park--3
sheep.
Unit 24--that portion within the Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
Dalton Highway Corridor Management
Area; except, Gates of the Arctic
National Park--1 ram with \7/8\ curl
horn or larger by Federal
registration permit only.
Unit 24--remainder--1 ram with \7/8\ Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
curl horn or large.
Moose:
Unit 24--that portion within the Aug. 27-Sept. 20
Koyukuk Controlled Use Area--1 moose; Dec. 1-Dec. 10.
however, antlerless moose may only be Mar. 1-Mar. 10.
taken during the periods of Aug. 27-
31, Dec. 1-Dec. 10, and Mar. 1-Mar.
10. During Aug. 27-Sept. 20, a State
20. registration permit is required.
Unit 24--that portion that includes Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
the John River drainage within the
Gates of the Arctic National Park--1
moose.
Unit 24--the Alatna River drainage Aug. 5-Dec. 31.
within the Gates of the Arctic Mar. 1-Mar. 10.
National Park--1 moose; however,
antlerless moose may be taken only
from Sept. 21-Sept. 25 and Mar. 1-
Mar. 10.
Unit 24--all drainages to the north of Aug. 25-Sept. 25.
the Koyukuk River upstream from and Mar. 1-Mar. 10.
including the Alatna River to and
including the North Fork of the
Koyukuk River, except those portions
of the John River and the Alatna
River drainages within the Gates of
the Arctic National Park--1 moose;
however, antlerless moose may be
taken only from Sept. 21-Sept. 25 and
Mar. 1-Mar. 10.
Unit 24--that portion within the Aug. 25-Sept. 25.
Dalton Highway Corridor--Management
Area; except, Gates of the Arctic
National Park--1 antlered bull by
Federal registration permit only.
Unit 24--remainder--1 antlered bull. Aug. 25-Sept. 25.
Public lands in the Kanuti Controlled
Use Area are closed to taking of
moose, except by eligible rural
Alaska residents.
Coyote: 10 coyotes; however, no more than Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
2 coyotes may be taken before October 1.
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: 5 wolves............................ Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine.................... Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
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.
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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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(25) Unit 25. (i) Unit 25 consists of the Yukon River drainage
upstream from but not including the Hamlin Creek drainage, and
excluding drainages into the south bank of the Yukon River upstream
from the Charley River:
(A) Unit 25(A) consists of the Hodzana River drainage upstream from
the Narrows, the Chandalar River drainage upstream from and including
the East Fork drainage, the Christian River drainage upstream from
Christian, the Sheenjek River drainage upstream from and including the
Thluichohnjik Creek, the Coleen River drainage, and the Old Crow River
drainage;
(B) Unit 25(B) consists of the Little Black River drainage upstream
from but not including the Big Creek drainage, the Black River drainage
upstream from and including the Salmon Fork drainage, the Porcupine
River drainage upstream from the confluence of the Coleen and Porcupine
Rivers, and drainages into the north bank of the Yukon River upstream
from Circle, including the islands in the Yukon River;
(C) Unit 25(C) consists of drainages into the south bank of the
Yukon River upstream from Circle to the Subunit 20(E) boundary, the
Birch Creek drainage upstream from the Steese Highway bridge (milepost
147), the Preacher Creek drainage upstream from and including the Rock
Creek drainage, and the Beaver Creek drainage upstream from and
including the Moose Creek drainage;
(D) Unit 25(D) consists of the remainder of Unit 25.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) 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 25(A) north and west of Arctic Village, which is
bounded on the east by the East Fork Chandalar River beginning at the
confluence of Red Sheep Creek and proceeding southwesterly downstream
past Arctic Village to the confluence with Crow Nest Creek, continuing
up Crow Nest Creek, through Portage Lake, to its confluence with the
Junjik River; then down the Junjik River past Timber Lake and a larger
tributary, to a major, unnamed tributary, northwesterly, for
approximately 6 miles where the stream forks into 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;
(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 25(D) 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 25(D) west;
(4) Any moose taken under this provision counts against the annual
quota of 60 bulls.
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Harvest limits Open season
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HUNTING
Black Bear: 3 bears..................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
Unit 25(D)--1 bear.................. July 1-June 30.
Unit 25--remainder--1 bear.......... Sept. 1-May 31.
Caribou:
Unit 25(C)--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 by Federal registration
permit only. The winter season will
close when the winter State/Federal
harvest quota of 30 caribou has
been reached. The season closures
will be announced by the Northern
Field Office Manager, Bureau of
Land Management.
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25(C)--remainder--1 caribou by joint Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
State/Federal registration permit Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
only. The fall season will close
when a combined State/Federal
harvest of 225 caribou has been
reached. The winter season will
close when the combined quota of
210 caribou for Units 20(E) and
25(C) Remainder has been reached.
The season closures will be
announced by the Northern Field
Office Manager, Bureau of Land
Management after consultation with
the National Park Service and
Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Unit 25 (D)--that portion of Unit Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
25(D) drained by the west fork of Dec. 1-Dec. 31.
the Dall River west of 150 deg. W.
long.--1 bull.
Unit 25(A), (B), and the remainder July 1-Apr. 30.
of Unit 25(D)--10 caribou.
Sheep:
Unit 25(A)--that portion within the No open season.
Dalton Highway Corridor Management
Area.
Units 25(A)--Arctic Village Sheep Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Management Area--2 rams by Federal
registration permit only. Public
lands are closed to the taking of
sheep except by rural Alaska
residents of Arctic Village,
Venetie, Fort Yukon, Kaktovik, and
Chalkytsik during seasons
identified above..
Unit 25(A)--remainder--3 sheep by Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Federal registration permit only.
Moose:
Unit 25(A)--1 antlered bull......... Aug. 25-Sept. 25.
Dec. 1-Dec. 10.
Unit 25(B)--that portion within Aug. 20-Sept. 30.
Yukon Charley National Preserve--1
bull.
Unit 25(B)--that portion within the Aug. 25-Sept. 30.
Porcupine River drainage upstream Dec. 1-Dec. 10.
from, but excluding the Coleen
River drainage--1 antlered bull.
Unit 25(B)--that portion, other than Sept. 5-Sept. 30.
Yukon Charley National Preserve, Dec. 1-Dec. 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--1antlered bull.
Unit 25(B)--remainder--1 antlered Aug. 25-Sept. 25.
bull. Dec. 1-Dec. 15.
Unit 25(C)--1 antlered bull......... Sept. 1-Sept. 15.
Unit 25(D)(West)--that portion lying Aug. 25-Feb. 28.
west of a line extending from the
Unit 25(D) boundary on Preacher
Creek, then downstream along
Preacher Creek, Birch Creek and
Lower Mouth Birch Creek to the
Yukon River, then downstream along-
the north bank of the Yukon River
(including islands) to the
confluence of the Hadweenzik River,
then upstream along the west bank
of the Hadweenzik River to the
confluence of Forty and One-Half
Mile Creek, then upstream along
Forty and One-Half Mile Creek to
Nelson Mountain on the Unit 25(D)
boundary--1 bull by a Federal
registration permit. Alternate
permits allowing for designated
hunters are available to qualified
applicants who reside in Subunit
25(D) West. Permits will be
available in the following
villages: Beaver (25 permits),
Birch Creek (10 permits), and
Stevens Village (25 permits).
Additional permits for residents of
25(D) 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 25(D) (West) is closed at all
times except for residents of Unit
25(D) West during seasons
identified above. The moose season
will be closed when 60 moose have
been harvested in the entirety
(from Federal and non-Federal
lands) of Unit 25(D)(West).
Unit 25(D)--remainder--1 antlered Aug. 25-Sept. 25.
moose. Dec. 1-Dec. 20.
Beaver:
Unit 25, excluding Unit 25(C)--1 Apr. 16-Oct. 31.
beaver per day; 1 in possession.
Unit 25(C).......................... No Federal open season.
Coyote: 2 coyotes....................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
Silver Phases): 10 foxes; however, no
more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to
Oct. 1.
Hare (Snowshoe): No limit............... July 1-June 30.
Lynx:
Unit 25(C)--2 lynx.................. Dec. 1-Jan. 31.
Unit 25--remainder--2 lynx.......... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Wolf:
Unit 25(A)--No limit................ Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Remainder of Unit 25--10 wolves..... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine.................. Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-
tailed):
Unit 25(C)--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):
Unit 25(C)--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 25(C)--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.
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Wolf: No limit.......................... Nov. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
Unit 25(C)--No limit................ Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Unit 25--remainder--No limit........ Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
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(26) Unit 26. (i) Unit 26 consists of Arctic Ocean drainages
between Cape Lisburne and the Alaska-Canada border including the Firth
River drainage within Alaska:
(A) Unit 26(A) consists of that portion of Unit 26 lying west of
the Itkillik River drainage and west of the east bank of the Colville
River between the mouth of the Itkillik River and the Arctic Ocean;
(B) Unit 26(B) consists of that portion of Unit 26 east of Unit
26(A), west of the west bank of the Canning River and west of the west
bank of the Marsh Fork of the Canning River;
(C) Unit 26(C) consists of the remainder of Unit 26.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) You may not use aircraft in any manner for moose hunting,
including transportation of moose hunters or parts of moose from Aug.
1-Aug. 31 and from Jan. 1-Mar. 31 in Unit 26(A). No hunter may take or
transport a moose, or part of a moose in Unit 26(A) after having been
transported by aircraft into the unit. However, this does not apply to
transportation of moose hunters or moose parts by regularly scheduled
flights to and between villages by carriers that normally provide
scheduled service to this area, nor does it apply to transportation by
aircraft to or between publicly owned airports;
(B) 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;
(C) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu of
a resident tag in the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area,
which consists of Unit 22, except 22(C), those portions of Unit 23,
except the Baldwin Peninsula north of the Arctic Circle, Unit 24, and
Unit 26(A), if you have obtained a State registration permit prior to
hunting. You may not use aircraft in the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear
Management Area in any manner for brown bear hunting under the
authority of a brown bear State registration permit, including
transportation of hunters, bears or parts of bears. However, this does
not apply to transportation of bear hunters or bear parts by regularly
scheduled flights to and between communities by carriers that normally
provide scheduled service to this area, nor does it apply to
transportation of aircraft to or between publicly owned airports.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) 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 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 any number of recipients but may have no more than
two harvest limits in his/her possession at any one time.
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Harvest limits Open season
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HUNTING
Black Bear: 3 bears..................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
Unit 26(A)--1 bear by State Sept. 1-May 31.
registration permit.
Unit 26(B) and (C)--1 bear.......... Sept. 1-May 31.
Caribou:
Unit 26(A)--10 caribou per day; July 1--June 30.
however, cow caribou may not be
taken May 16--June 30. Federal
lands south of the Colville River
and east of the Killik River are
closed to the taking of caribou by
non-Federally qualified subsistence
users from Aug. 1-Sept. 30.
Unit 26(B)--10 caribou per day; July 1-June 30.
however, cow caribou may be taken
only from Oct. 1-Apr. 30.
Unit 26(C)--10 caribou per day...... July 1-Apr. 30.
You may not transport more than 5
caribou per regulatory year from
Unit 26 except to the community of
Anaktuvuk Pass
Sheep:
Unit 26(A) and (B)--(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 26(A)--(excluding Anaktuvuk Aug. 1-Apr. 30.
Pass residents)--those portions
within the Gates of the Arctic
National Park--3 sheep.
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Unit 26(A)--that portion west of Aug. 1-Sept. 30.
Howard Pass and the Etivluk River The season will be closed when
(DeLong Mountains)--1 ram with full half of the quota has been
curl or larger horns by Federal harvested in the DeLong
registration permit. The Mountains.
Superintendent of the Western
Arctic National Parklands may issue
permits for the harvest of up to 10
full curl rams in the DeLong
Mountains, Units 23 and 26(A),
based on a quota to be announced
locally after the annual sheep
population survey is completed.
Unit 26(A)--that portion west of ..............................
Howard Pass and the Etivluk River
(DeLong Mountains)--1 ram with full
curl or larger horns by Federal
registration permit. The
Superintendent of the Western
Arctic National Parklands may issue
permits for the harvest of up to 10
full curl rams in the DeLong
Mountains, Units 23 and 26(A),
based on a quota to be announced
locally after the annual sheep
population survey is completed.
The season will be closed when the
total quota of sheep has been
harvested in the DeLong Mountains
including those harvested during
the Aug. 1-Sept. 30 season.
Oct. 1-Apr. 1.......................
Unit 26(B)--that portion within the Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
Dalton Highway Corridor Management
Area--1 ram with \7/8\ curl horn or
larger by Federal registration
permit only.
Unit 26(A)--remainder and 26(B)-- Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
remainder--including the Gates of
the Arctic National Preserve--1 ram
with \7/8\ curl horn or larger.
Unit 26(C)--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 horn or larger. A Federal
registration permit is in the
required for the Oct. 1-Apr. 30
season.
Moose:
Unit 26(A)--that portion of the Aug. 1-31.
Colville River drainage downstream
from the mouth of the Anaktuvuk
River--1 bull. Federal public lands
are closed to the taking of moose
by non-Federally qualified
subsistence users.
Unit 26--remainder.................. No open season.
Muskox: Unit 26(C)--1 muskox by Federal July 15-Mar. 31.
registration permit only; 12 permits
for bulls and 3 permits for cows may be
issued to rural Alaska residents of the
village of Kaktovik only. However, cows
may be taken only from September 15-
March 31. Public lands are closed to
the taking of muskox, except by rural
Alaska residents of the village of
Kaktovik during open seasons.
Coyote: 2 coyotes....................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
2 foxes.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and
Silver Phases):
Unit 26(A) and (B)--10 foxes; Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
however, no more than 2 foxes may
be taken prior to Oct. 1.
Unit 26(C)--10 foxes................ Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit.... July 1-June 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................ Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf: 15 wolves......................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 5 wolverine.................. Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
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 30, 2001.
Kenneth E. Thompson,
Subsistence Program Manager, USDA-Forest Service.
Thomas H. Boyd,
Acting Chair, Federal Subsistence Board.
[FR Doc. 01-15283 Filed 6-22-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-11-P; 4310-55-P
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