Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska, Subpart C and Subpart D-2001-2002 Subsistence Taking of Wildlife

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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 Wildlife

AGENCIES:

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

ACTION:

Proposed rule.

SUMMARY:

This proposed rule would establish regulations for hunting and trapping seasons, harvest limits, methods, and means related to taking of wildlife for subsistence uses during the 2001-2002 regulatory year. The rulemaking is necessary because Subpart D is subject to an annual public review cycle. When final, this rulemaking would replace the wildlife regulations included in the “Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska, Subpart D—2000-2001 Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife Regulations,” which expire on June 30, 2001. This rule would also amend the Customary and Traditional Use Determinations of the Federal Subsistence Board.

DATES:

The Federal Subsistence Board must receive your written public comments and proposals to change this proposed rule no later than October 27, 2000. Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils (Regional Councils) will hold public meetings to receive proposals to change this proposed rule September 12, 2000—October 13, 2000. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

for additional information on the public meetings.

ADDRESSES:

You may submit written comments and proposals to the Office of Subsistence Management, 3601 C Street, Suite 1030, Anchorage, Alaska 99503. The public meetings will be held at various locations in Alaska. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

for additional information on locations of the public meetings.

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) 786-3592.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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

The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) will hold meetings on this proposed rule at the following locations in Alaska:

North Slope Regional Council, Barrow, September 12, 2000

Southcentral Regional Council, Mentasta Lake Village, September 20, 2000

Northwest Arctic Regional Council, Kotzebue, September 21, 2000

Seward Peninsula Regional Council, Nome, September 26, 2000

Kodiak/Aleutians Regional Council, Nelson Lagoon, October 1, 2000

Western Interior Regional Council, Nulato, October 4, 2000

Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Regional Council, Kotlik, October 9, 2000

Eastern Interior Regional Council, Tanana, October 11, 2000

Southeast Regional Council, Hydaburg, October 11, 2000

Bristol Bay Regional Council, Naknek, October 13, 2000

We will publish notice of specific dates, times, and meeting locations in local and statewide newspapers prior to the meetings. We may need to change locations and dates based on weather or local circumstances. The amount of work on each Regional Council's agenda will determine the length of the Regional Council meetings.

We will compile and distribute for additional public review during early November 2000 the written proposals to change the Subpart D hunting and trapping regulations and customary and the traditional use determinations in Subpart C. A 30-day public comment period will follow distribution of the compiled proposal packet. We will accept written public comments on distributed proposals during the public comment period, which is presently scheduled to end on January 14, 2001.

We will hold a second series of Regional Council meetings in February and March 2001, to assist the Regional Councils in developing recommendations to the Board. You may also present comments on published proposals to change hunting and trapping and customary and traditional use determination regulations to the Regional Councils at those winter meetings.

The Board will discuss and evaluate proposed changes to this rule during a public meeting scheduled to be held in Anchorage in May 2001. You may provide additional oral testimony on specific proposals before the Board at that time. The Board will then deliberate and take final action on proposals received that request changes to this proposed rule at that public meeting.

Please note: The Board will not consider proposals for changes relating to fish or shellfish regulations at this time. The Board will be calling for proposed changes to those regulations in January 2001.

By providing the following information, you will facilitate the Board's review of your comments and wildlife proposals: (a) Your name, address, and telephone number; (b) the section and/or paragraph of the proposed rule for which your change is being suggested; (c) a statement explaining why the change is necessary; (d) the proposed wording change; and (e) any additional information you believe will help the Board in evaluating your proposal. Proposals that fail to include the above information or that are beyond the scope of authorities in § ___.24, Subpart C, and § ___.25, Subpart D, may be rejected. The Board may defer review and action on some proposals if workload exceeds work capacity of staff, Regional Councils, or Board. These deferrals will be based on recommendations of the affected Regional Council staff members and on the basis of least harm to the subsistence user and the resource involved. Proposals should be specific to customary and traditional use determinations or to subsistence hunting and trapping seasons, harvest limits, and/or methods and means.

Background

Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) (16 U.S.C. 3111-3126) requires that the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretaries) implement a joint program to grant a preference for subsistence uses of fish and wildlife resources on public lands, unless the State of Alaska enacts and implements laws of general applicability 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

State of Alaska

that the rural preference in the State subsistence statute violated the Alaska Constitution. The Court's ruling in

McDowell

required the State to

delete the rural preference from the subsistence statute and, therefore, negated State compliance with ANILCA. The Court stayed the effect of the decision until July 1, 1990.

As a result of the

McDowell

decision, the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (Departments) assumed, on July 1, 1990, responsibility for implementation of Title VIII of ANILCA on public lands. On June 29, 1990, the Temporary Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska were published in the

Federal Register

(55 FR 27114-27170). Consistent with Subparts A, B, and C of these regulations, 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 participate in the development of regulations for Subparts A, B, and C, and the annual Subpart D regulations.

All Board members have reviewed this rule and agree with its substance. Because this rule relates to public lands managed by an agency or agencies in both the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior, identical text would be incorporated into 36 CFR part 242 and 50 CFR part 100.

Applicability of Subparts A, B, and C

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

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 10 subsistence resource regions, each of which is represented by a Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Council (Regional Council). The Regional Councils provide a forum for rural residents with personal knowledge of local conditions and resource requirements to have a meaningful role in the subsistence management of fish and wildlife on Alaska public lands. The Regional Council members represent varied geographical, cultural, and user diversity within each region.

The Regional Councils have a substantial role in reviewing the proposed rule and making recommendations for the final rule. Moreover, the Council Chairs, or their designated representatives, will present their Council's recommendations at the Board meeting in May 2001.

Proposed Changes From 2000-2001 Seasons and Bag Limit Regulations

Subpart D regulations are subject to an annual cycle and require development of an entire new rule each year. Customary and traditional use determinations (§ ___.24 of subpart C) are also subject to an annual review process providing for modification each year. The text of the 2000-2001 Subparts C and D final rule, with no modifications, served as the foundation for the 2001-2002 Subparts C and D proposed rule. The regulations contained in this proposed rule will take effect on July 1, 2001, unless elements are changed by subsequent Board action following the public review process outlined herein.

Conformance With Statutory and Regulatory Authorities

National Environmental Policy Act Compliance

A Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for developing a Federal Subsistence Management Program was distributed for public comment on October 7, 1991. That document described the major issues associated with Federal subsistence management as identified through public meetings, written comments, and staff analysis and examined the environmental consequences of four alternatives. Proposed regulations (Subparts A, B, and C) that would implement the preferred alternative were included in the DEIS as an appendix. The DEIS and the proposed administrative regulations presented a framework for 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, the Secretary of the Interior, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Agriculture, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Forest Service, implemented Alternative IV as identified in the DEIS and FEIS (Record of Decision on Subsistence Management for Federal Public Lands in Alaska (ROD), signed April 6, 1992). The DEIS and the selected alternative in the FEIS defined the administrative framework of 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, and amended January 8, 1999, 64 FR 1276) implemented the Federal Subsistence Management Program and included a framework for an annual cycle for subsistence hunting and fishing regulations.

Compliance With Section 810 of ANILCA

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

Paperwork Reduction Act

These rules contain information collection requirements subject to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. They apply to the use of public lands in Alaska. The information collection requirements described below were approved by OMB under 44 U.S.C. 3501 and were assigned clearance number 1018-0075, which expires July 31, 2003. The information collection requirements described below will be submitted to OMB for approval beyond that date, if needed. We will not conduct or sponsor, and you are not required to respond to, a collection of

information request unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

The collection of information will be achieved through the use of the Federal Subsistence Hunt Permit Application. This collection of information will establish whether the applicant qualifies to participate in a Federal subsistence hunt on public lands in Alaska and will provide a report of harvest and location of harvest.

The likely respondents to this collection of information are rural Alaska residents who wish to participate in specific subsistence hunts on Federal land. The collected information is necessary to determine harvest success and harvest location in order to make management decisions relative to the conservation of healthy wildlife populations. The annual burden of reporting and recordkeeping is estimated to average 0.25 hours per response, including time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. The estimated number of likely respondents under this rule is less than 6,000, yielding a total annual reporting and recordkeeping burden of 1,500 hours or less.

Direct comments on the burden estimate or any other aspect of this form to: Information Collection Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1849 C Street, NW, MS 222 ARLSQ, Washington, DC 20240. Additional information collection requirements may be imposed if Local Advisory Committees subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act are established under Subpart B. We will submit for OMB approval any changes or additional information collection requirements not included in 1018-0075.

Other Requirements

This rule was not subject to OMB review under Executive Order 12866.

The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601

et seq.

) requires preparation of flexibility analyses for rules that will have a significant effect on a substantial number of small entities, which include small businesses, organizations, or governmental jurisdictions. The Departments have determined that this rulemaking will not have a significant economic effect on a substantial number of small entities within the meaning of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

This rulemaking will impose no significant costs on small entities; the exact number of businesses and the amount of trade that will result from this Federal land-related activity is unknown. The aggregate effect is an insignificant positive economic effect on a number of small entities, such as ammunition, snowmachine, and gasoline dealers. The number of small entities affected is unknown; but, the fact that the positive effects will be seasonal in nature and will, in most cases, merely continue preexisting uses of public lands indicates that they will not be significant.

In general, the resources harvested under this rule will be consumed by the local harvester and do not result in a dollar benefit to the economy. However, we estimate that 2 million pounds of meat are harvested by the local subsistence users annually and, if given a dollar value of $3.00 per pound, would equate to $6 million Statewide.

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

The Service has determined and certifies pursuant to the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, 2 U.S.C. 1502

et seq.

, that this rulemaking will not impose a cost of $100 million or more in any given year on local or State governments or private entities. The implementation of this rule is by Federal agencies, and no cost is involved to any State or local entities or Tribal governments.

The Service has determined that these final regulations meet the applicable standards provided in Sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of Executive Order 12988 on 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 management authority over wildlife resources on Federal lands.

In accordance with the President's memorandum of April 29, 1994, “Government-to-Government Relations with Native American Tribal Governments” (59 FR 22951) 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.

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. Curt Wilson, Alaska State Office, Bureau of Land Management; Greg Bos, Alaska Regional Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Sandy Rabinowitch, Alaska Regional Office, National Park Service; Ida Hildebrand, Alaska Regional Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs; 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 proposes to amend 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. We propose to revise Subpart C of 36 CFR part 242 and 50 CFR part 100, § ___.24(a)(1) to read as follows:

§ ___.24

Customary and traditional use determinations.

(a) * * *

(1) Wildlife determinations.

Area

Species

Determination

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.

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 and Mitkof Islands

Moose

Residents of Units 1(B), 2, and 3.

Unit 4

Brown Bear

Residents of Unit 4 and Kake.

Deer

Residents of Unit 4 and residents of Kake, Gustavus, Haines, Petersburg, Pt. Baker, Klukwan, Port Protection, Wrangell, and Yakutat.

Goat

Residents of Sitka, Hoonah, Tenakee, Pelican, Funter Bay, Angoon, Port Alexander, and Elfin Cove.

Unit 5

Black Bear

Residents of Unit 5(A).

Brown Bear

Residents of Yakutat.

Deer

Residents of Yakutat.

Goat

Residents of Unit 5(A)

Moose

Residents of Unit 5(A).

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.

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 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.

Caribou

No Federal subsistence priority.

7, Brown Mountain hunt area

Goat

Residents of Port Graham and English Bay.

7, that portion draining into Kings Bay

Moose

Residents of Chenega Bay and Tatitlek.

7, remainder

Moose

No Federal subsistence priority.

Sheep

No Federal subsistence priority.

Unit 8

Brown Bear

Residents of Old Harbor, Akhiok, Larsen Bay, Karluk, Ouzinkie, and Port Lions.

Deer

Residents of Unit 8.

Elk

Residents of Unit 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), and 9(C) and 17.

9(C)

Caribou

Residents of Unit 9(B), 9(C), 17 and residents of Egegik.

9(D)

Caribou

Residents of Unit 9(D), and residents of 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, and Port Alsworth.

9, remainder

Sheep

No determination.

Wolf

Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon and 16-26.

9(A), (B), (C), & (E)

Beaver

Residents of Units 9(A), (B), (C), (E), and 17.

Unit 10 Unimak Island

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.

Wolf

Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon and 16-26.

Unit 11

Bison

No Federal subsistence priority.

11, north of the Sanford River

Black Bear

Residents of Chistochina, Chitina, Copper Center, Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana, Kenny Lake, Mentasta Lake, Tazlina, Tonsina, and Units 11 and 12.

11, remainder

Black Bear

Residents of Chistochina, Chitina, Copper Center, Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana, Kenny Lake, Mentasta Lake, 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, Tazlina, Tonsina, and Units 11 and 12.

11, remainder

Brown Bear

Residents of Chistochina, Chitina, Copper Center, Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana, Kenny Lake, Mentasta Lake, 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.

Goat

Residents of Unit 11 and the residents of Chitina, Chistochina, Copper Center, Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana, Mentasta Lake, Tazlina, Tonsina, and Dot Lake.

11, north of the Sanford River

Moose

Residents of Units 11, 12, and 13(A)-(D) and the residents of Chickaloon, 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 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).

Wolf

Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon and 16-26.

Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed and Sharp-tailed)

Residents of Units 11, 12, 13 and the residents of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22 and 23.

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow and White-tailed)

Residents of Units 11, 12, 13 and the 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.

Caribou

Residents of Unit 12 and residents of Dot Lake, Healy Lake, and Mentasta Lake.

12, south of a line from Noyes Mountain, southeast of the confluence of Tatschunda Creek to Nabesna River

Moose

Residents of Unit 11 north of 62nd parallel (excluding North Slana Homestead and South Slana Homestead); and residents of Unit 12, 13(A)-(D) and the residents of Chickaloon, Dot Lake, and Healy Lake.

12, east of the Nabesna River and Nabesna Glacier, south of the Winter Trail from Pickerel Lake to the Canadian Border

Moose

Residents of Unit 12 and Healy Lake.

12, remainder

Moose

Residents of Unit 12 and residents of Dot Lake, Healy Lake, and Mentasta Lake.

Sheep

Residents of Unit 12 and residents of Chistochina, Dot Lake, Healy Lake, and Mentasta Lake.

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.

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.

13(B)

Moose

Residents of Units 13, 20(D) except Fort Greely, and the residents of Chickaloon.

13(C)

Moose

Residents of Units 12, 13 and the residents of Chickaloon, Healy Lake, and Dot Lake.

13(E)

Moose

Residents of Unit 13 and the residents of Chickaloon and of McKinley Village, and the area along the Parks Highway between milepost 216 and 239 (except no subsistence for residents of Denali National Park headquarters).

13(D)

Sheep

No Federal subsistence priority.

Wolf

Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon, and 16-26.

Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed & Sharp-tailed)

Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22 & 23.

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow and White-tailed)

Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22 & 23.

Unit 14(B) and (C)

Brown Bear

No Federal subsistence priority.

Goat

No Federal subsistence priority.

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.

Brown Bear

No Federal subsistence priority.

15(C), Port Graham and English Bay hunt areas

Goat

Residents of Port Graham and Nanwalek.

15(C), Seldovia hunt area

Goat

Residents Seldovia area.

Moose

Residents of Ninilchik, Nanwalek, Port Graham, and Seldovia.

Sheep

No Federal subsistence priority.

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow and White-tailed)

Residents of Unit 15.

Grouse (Spruce)

Residents of Unit 15.

Grouse (Ruffed)

No Federal subsistence priority.

Unit 16(B)

Black Bear

Residents of Unit 16(B).

Brown Bear

No Federal subsistence priority.

16(A)

Moose

No Federal subsistence priority.

16(B)

Moose

Residents of Unit 16(B).

Sheep

No Federal subsistence priority.

Wolf

Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon, and 16-26.

Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed and Sharp-tailed)

Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22 and 23.

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow and White-tailed)

Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22 and 23.

Unit 17(A) and that portion of 17(B) draining into Nuyakuk Lake and Tikchik Lake

Black Bear

Residents of Units 9(A) and (B), 17, and residents of Akiak and Akiachak.

17, remainder

Black Bear

Residents of Units 9(A) and (B), and 17.

17(A)

Brown Bear

Residents of Unit 17, and residents of Akiak, Akiachak, Goodnews Bay and Platinum.

17(A) and (B), those portions north and west of a line beginning from the Unit 18 boundary at the northwest end of Nenevok Lake, to the southern point of upper Togiak Lake, and northeast to the northern point of Nuyakuk Lake, northeast to the point where the Unit 17 boundary intersects the Shotgun Hills

Brown Bear

Residents of Kwethluk.

17(B), that portion draining into Nuyakuk Lake and Tikchik Lake

Brown Bear

Residents of Akiak and Akiachak.

17(B) and (C)

Brown Bear

Residents of Unit 17.

Caribou

Residents of Units 9(B), 17 and residents of Lime Village and Stony River.

Unit 17(A, that portion west of the Izavieknik River, Upper Togiak Lake, Togiak Lake, and the main course of the Togiak River

Caribou

Residents of Goodnews Bay, Platinum, Quinhagak, Eek, Tuntutuliak, and Napakiak.

Unit 17(A)—That portion north of Togiak Lake that includes Izavieknik River drainages

Caribou

Residents of Akiak, Akiachak, and Tuluksak.

Caribou

Residents of Kwethluk.

Unit 17(B), that portion of Togiak National Wildlife Refuge within Unit 17(B)

Caribou

Residents of Bethel, Goodnews Bay, Platinum, Quinhagak, Eek, Akiak, Akiachak, and Tuluksak, Tuntutuliak, and Napakiak.

Moose

Residents of Kwethluk.

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 of Togiak Lake that includes Izavieknik River drainages

Moose

Residents of Akiak, Akiachak.

Unit 17(B)—That portion within the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge

Moose

Residents of Akiak, Akiachak.

17(B) and (C)

Moose

Residents of Unit 17, and residents of Nondalton, Levelock, Goodnews Bay, and Platinum.

Wolf

Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon, and 16-26.

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.

Brown Bear

Residents of Akiachak, Akiak, Eek, Goodnews Bay, Kwethluk, Mt. Village, Napaskiak, Platinum, Quinhagak, St. Mary's, and Tuluksak.

Caribou (Kilbuck caribou herd only)

INTERIM DETERMINATION BY FEDERAL 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 Kilbuck caribou herd)

Residents of Alakanuk, Andreafsky, Chevak, Emmonak, Hooper Bay, Kotlik, Kwethluk, Marshall, Mountain Village, Pilot Station, Pitka's Point, Russian Mission, St. Marys, St. Michael, Scammon Bay, Sheldon Point, and Stebbins.

18, remainder

Caribou (except Kilbuck caribou herd)

Residents of Kwethluk.

18, that portion of the Yukon River drainage upstream of Russian Mission and that portion of the Kuskokwim River drainage upstream of, but not including the Tuluksak River drainage

Moose

Residents of Unit 18 and residents of Upper Kalskag, Lower Kalskag, Aniak, and Chuathbaluk.

18, remainder

Moose

Residents of Unit 18 and residents of Upper Kalskag and Lower Kalskag.

Muskox

No Federal subsistence priority.

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 Kogrukluk River

Moose

Residents of Eek and Quinhagak.

19(C)

Moose

Residents of Unit 19.

19(D)

Moose

Residents of Unit 19 and residents of Lake Minchumina.

Wolf

Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon and 16-26.

Unit 20(D)

Bison

No Federal subsistence priority.

20(F)

Black Bear

Residents of Unit 20(F) and residents of Stevens Village and Manley.

20(E)

Brown Bear

Residents of Unit 12 and Dot Lake.

20(F)

Brown Bear

Residents of Unit 20(F) and residents of Stevens Village and Manley.

20(A)

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 households of the Denali National Park Headquarters.

20(D) and (E)

Caribou

Residents of 20(D), 20(E), and Unit 12 north of 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, Blue, Ruffed and Sharp-tailed)

Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22, and 23.

20(D)

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow and White-tailed)

Residents of Units 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.

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.

Brown Bear

Residents of Unit 22.

22(A)

Caribou

Residents of Unit 21(D) west of the Koyukuk and Yukon Rivers, and residents of Units 22 (except residents of St. Lawrence Island), 23, 24 and residents of Kotlik, Emmonak, Hooper Bay, Scammon Bay, Chevak, Marshall, Mountain Village, Pilot Station, Pitka's Point, Russian Mission, St. Marys, Sheldon Point, and Alakanuk.

22, remainder

Caribou

Reidents of Unit 21(D) west of the Koyukuk and Yukon Rivers, and residents of Units 22 (except residents of St. Lawrence Island), 23, 24.

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.

Wolf

Residents of Units 23, 22, 21(D) north and west of the Yukon River, and residents of Kotlik.

Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed and Sharp-tailed)

Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22, and 23.

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow and White-tailed)

Residents of Units 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.

Brown Bear

Residents of Units 21 and 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).

Moose

Residents of Unit 23.

23, south of Kotzebue Sound and west of and including the Buckland River drainage

Muskox

Residents of Unit 23 South of Kotzebue 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.

Sheep

Residents of Point Lay and Unit 23 north of the Arctic Circle.

Wolf

Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon, and 16-26

Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed and Sharp-tailed)

Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22, and 23.

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow and White-tailed)

Residents of Units 11, 13 and the residents of Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20(D), 22, and 23.

Unit 24, that portion south of Caribou Mountain, and within the public lands composing or immediately adjacent to the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area

Black Bear

Residents of Stevens Village and residents of Unit 24 and Wiseman, but not including any other 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 Caribou Mountain, and within the public lands composing or immediately adjacent to the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area

Brown Bear

Residents of Stevens Village and residents of Unit 24 and Wiseman, but no including any other 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.

Caribou

Residents of Unit 24, Galena, Kobuk, Koyukuk, Stevens Village, and Tanana.

Moose

Residents of Unit 24, Koyukuk, and Galena.

Sheep

Residents of Unit 24 residing north of the Arctic Circle and residents of Allakaket, Alatna, Hughes, and Huslia.

Wolf

Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon and 16-26.

Unit 25(D)

Black Bear

Residents of Unit 25(D).

25(D)

Brown Bear

Residents of Unit 25(D).

25, remainder

Brown Bear

No Federal subsistence priority.

25(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 Beaver, Birch Creek, and Stevens Village.

25(D), remainder

Moose

Residents of Remainder of Unit 25.

25(A)

Sheep

Residents of Arctic Village, Chalkytsik, Fort Yukon, Kaktovik, and Venetie.

25(B) and (C)

Sheep

No Federal subsistence priority.

25(D)

Wolf

Residents of Unit 25(D).

25, remainder

Wolf

Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon and 16-26.

Unit 26

Brown Bear

Residents of Unit 26 (except the Prudhoe Bay-Deadhorse Industrial Complex) and residents of Anaktuvuk Pass and Point Hope.

26(A)

Caribou

Residents of Unit 26, 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.

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.

Wolf

Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11-13 and the residents of Chickaloon and 16-26.

Subpart D—Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife

3. We propose to revise Subpart D of 36 CFR part 242 and 50 CFR part 100, § ___.25 effective July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2002, to read as follows:

§ ___.25

Subsistence taking of wildlife.

(a) Definitions. The following definitions shall apply to all regulations contained in this section:

ADF&G

means the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

Aircraft

means any kind of airplane, glider, or other device used to transport people or equipment through the air, excluding helicopters.

Airport

means an airport listed in the Federal Aviation Administration, Alaska Airman's Guide and chart supplement.

Animal

means those species with a vertebral column (backbone).

Antler

means one or more solid, horn-like appendages protruding from the head of a caribou, deer, 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.

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.

Closed season

means the time when wildlife may not be taken.

Cub bear

means a brown or grizzly bear in its first or second year of life, or a black bear (including cinnamon and blue phases) in its first year of life.

Designated hunter

means a Federally qualified, licensed hunter who may take all or a portion of another Federally qualified, licensed hunter's harvest limit(s) only under situations approved by the Board.

Edible meat

means the breast meat of ptarmigan and grouse, and, those parts of 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 above does not include: Meat of the head, meat that has been damaged and made inedible by the method of taking, bones, sinew, and incidental meat reasonably lost as a result of boning or close trimming of the bones, or viscera. 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.

Full curl horn

means the horn of a Dall sheep ram; the tip of which has grown through 360 degrees of a circle described by the outer surface of the horn, as viewed from the side, or that both horns are broken, or that the sheep is at least 8 years of age as determined by horn growth annuli.

Furbearer

means a beaver, coyote, arctic fox, red fox, lynx, marten, mink, weasel, muskrat, river (land) otter, red squirrel, flying squirrel, ground squirrel, marmot, wolf, or wolverine.

Grouse

collectively refers to all species found in Alaska, including spruce grouse, ruffed grouse, blue grouse, and sharp-tailed grouse.

Hare or hares

collectively refers to all species of hares (commonly called rabbits) in Alaska and includes snowshoe hare and tundra hare.

Harvest limit

means the number of any one species permitted to be taken by any one person in a Unit or portion of a Unit in which the taking occurs.

Highway

means the driveable surface of any constructed road.

Household

means that group of people residing in the same residence.

Hunting

means the taking of wildlife within established hunting seasons with archery equipment or firearms, and as authorized by a required hunting license.

Marmot

collectively refers to all species of marmot that occur in Alaska including the hoary marmot, Alaska marmot, and the woodchuck.

Motorized vehicle

means a motor-driven land, air, or water conveyance.

Open season

means the time when wildlife may be taken by hunting or trapping; an open season includes the first and last days of the prescribed season period.

Otter

means river or land otter only, excluding sea otter.

Permit hunt

means a hunt for which State or Federal permits are issued by registration or other means.

Poison

means any substance 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.

Ptarmigan

collectively refers to all species found in Alaska, including white-tailed ptarmigan, rock ptarmigan, and willow ptarmigan.

Ram

means a male Dall sheep.

Registration permit

means a permit 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.

Sealing

means placing a mark or tag on a portion of a harvested animal by an authorized representative of the ADF&G;

sealing

includes collecting and recording information about the conditions under which the animal was harvested, and measurements of the specimen submitted for sealing or surrendering a specific portion of the animal for biological information.

Seven-eighths curl horn

means the horn of a male Dall sheep, the tip of which has grown through seven-eights (315 degrees) of a circle, described by the outer surface of the horn, as viewed from the side, or with both horns broken.

Skin, hide, pelt, or fur

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.

Spike-fork moose

means a bull moose with only one or two tines on either antler; male calves are not spike-fork bulls.

Take

Taking

means to pursue, hunt, shoot, trap, net, capture, collect, kill, harm, or attempt to engage in any such conduct.

Tine

antler point

refers to any point on an antler, the length of which is greater than its width and is at least one inch.

Transportation

means to ship, convey, carry, or transport by any means whatever and deliver or receive for such shipment, conveyance, carriage, or transportation.

Trapping

means the taking of furbearers within established trapping seasons and with a required trapping license.

Unclassified wildlife or unclassified species

means all species of animals not otherwise classified by the definitions in this paragraph (a), or regulated under other Federal law as listed in paragraph (i) of this section.

Ungulate

means any species of hoofed mammal, including deer, caribou, 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) Hunters 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.

(1) Except for special provisions found at paragraphs (k)(1) through (26) of this section, the following methods and means of taking wildlife for subsistence uses are prohibited:

(i) Shooting from, on, or across a highway;

(ii) Using any poison;

(iii) Using a helicopter in any manner, including transportation of individuals, equipment, or wildlife; however, this prohibition does not apply to transportation of an individual, gear, or wildlife during an emergency rescue operation in a life-threatening situation;

(iv) Taking wildlife from a motorized land or air vehicle, when that vehicle is in motion or from a motor-driven boat when the boat's progress from the motor's power has not ceased;

(v) Using a motorized vehicle to drive, herd, or molest wildlife;

(vi) Using or being aided by use of a machine gun, set gun, or a shotgun larger than 10 gauge;

(vii) Using a firearm other than a shotgun, muzzle-loaded rifle, rifle or pistol using center-firing cartridges, for the taking of ungulates, bear, wolves or wolverine, except that—

(A) An individual in possession of a valid trapping license may use a firearm that shoots rimfire cartridges to take wolves and wolverine;

(B) Only a muzzle-loading rifle of .54-caliber or larger, or a .45-caliber muzzle-loading rifle with a 250-grain, or larger, elongated slug may be used to take brown bear, black bear, elk, moose, musk oxen and mountain goat;

(viii) Using or being aided by use of a pit, fire, artificial light, radio communication, artificial salt lick, explosive, barbed arrow, bomb, smoke, chemical, conventional steel trap with a jaw spread over nine inches, or conibear style trap with a jaw spread over 11 inches;

(ix) Using a snare, except that an individual in possession of a valid hunting license may use nets and snares to take unclassified wildlife, ptarmigan, grouse, or hares; and, individuals in possession of a valid trapping license may use snares to take furbearers;

(x) Using a trap to take ungulates or bear;

(xi) Using hooks to physically snag, impale, or otherwise take wildlife; however, hooks may be used as a trap drag;

(xii) Using a crossbow to take ungulates, bear, wolf, or wolverine in any area restricted to hunting by bow and arrow only;

(xiii) Taking of ungulates, bear, wolf, or wolverine with a bow, unless the bow is capable of casting a

7/8

-inch wide broadhead-tipped arrow at least 175 yards horizontally, and the arrow and broadhead together weigh at least one ounce (437.5 grains);

(xiv) Using bait for taking ungulates, bear, wolf, or wolverine; except, 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 (k)(1) through (26) of this section. Baiting of black bears is subject to the following restrictions:

(A) Before establishing a black bear bait station, you must register the site with ADF&G;

(B) 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;

(C) 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;

(D) You may not use bait within one-quarter mile of a publicly maintained road or trail;

(E) 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;

(F) When using bait, you must remove litter and equipment from the bait station site when done hunting;

(G) You may not give or receive payment for the use of a bait station, including barter or exchange of goods;

(H) You may not have more than two bait stations with bait present at any one time;

(xv) Taking swimming ungulates, bears, wolves or wolverine;

(xvi) Taking or assisting in the taking of ungulates, bear, wolves, wolverine, or other furbearers before 3:00 a.m. following the day in which airborne travel occurred (except for flights in regularly scheduled commercial aircraft); however, this restriction does not apply to subsistence taking of deer;

(xvii) Taking a bear cub or a sow accompanied by cub(s).

(2) Wildlife taken in defense of life or property is not a subsistence use; wildlife so taken is subject to State regulations.

(3) The following methods and means of trapping furbearers, for subsistence uses pursuant to the requirements of a trapping license are prohibited, in addition to the prohibitions listed at paragraph (b)(1) of this section:

(i) Disturbing or destroying a den, except that you may disturb a muskrat pushup or feeding house in the course of trapping;

(ii) Disturbing or destroying any beaver house;

(iii) Taking beaver by any means other than a steel trap or snare, except that you may use firearms in certain Units with established seasons as identified in Unit-specific regulations found in this subpart;

(iv) Taking otter with a steel trap having a jaw spread of less than five and seven-eighths inches during any closed mink and marten season in the same Unit;

(v) Using a net, or fish trap (except a blackfish or fyke trap);

(vi) Taking beaver in the Minto Flats Management Area with the use of an aircraft for ground transportation, or by landing within one mile of a beaver trap or set used by the transported person;

(vii) Taking or assisting in the taking of furbearers by firearm before 3:00 a.m. on the day following the day on which airborne travel occurred; however, this does not apply to a trapper using a firearm to dispatch furbearers caught in a trap or snare.

(c) Possession and transportation of wildlife. (1) Except as specified in paragraph (c)(3)(ii) or (c)(4) 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 § ___.6(f)(3) or as otherwise provided for by this part, an animal taken as part of a community harvest limit counts toward every community member's harvest limit for that species taken under Federal or State of Alaska regulations.

(3) Harvest limits. (i) Harvest limits, including those related to ceremonial uses, authorized by this section and harvest limits established in State regulations may not be accumulated.

(ii) Wildlife taken by a designated hunter for another person pursuant to § ___.6(f)(2), counts toward the individual harvest limit of the person for whom the wildlife is taken.

(4) The harvest limit specified for a trapping season for a species and the harvest limit set for a hunting season for the same species are separate and distinct. This means that 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.

(5) A brown/grizzly bear taken in a Unit or portion of a Unit having a harvest limit of one brown/grizzly bear per year counts against a one brown/grizzly bear every four regulatory years harvest limit in other Units; an individual may not take more than one brown/grizzly bear in a regulatory year.

(6) A harvest limit applies to the number of animals that can be taken during a regulatory year; however, harvest limits for grouse, ptarmigan, and caribou (in some Units) are regulated by the number that may be taken per day.

Harvest limits of grouse and ptarmigan are also regulated by the number that can be held in possession.

(7) Unless otherwise provided, any person who gives or receives wildlife shall furnish, upon a request made by a Federal or State agent, a signed statement describing the following: names and addresses of persons who gave and received wildlife, the time and place that the wildlife was taken, and identification of species transferred. Where a qualified subsistence user has designated another qualified subsistence user to take wildlife on his or her behalf in accordance with § ___.6, the permit shall be furnished in place of a signed statement.

(8) A rural Alaska resident who has been designated to take wildlife on behalf of another rural Alaska resident in accordance with § ___.6, shall promptly deliver the wildlife to that rural Alaska resident.

(9) You may not possess, transport, give, receive, or barter wildlife that was taken in violation of Federal or State statutes or a regulation promulgated thereunder.

(10) Evidence of sex and identity. (i) If subsistence take of Dall sheep is restricted to a ram, you may not possess or transport a harvested sheep unless both horns accompany the animal.

(ii) If the subsistence taking of an ungulate, except sheep, is restricted to one sex in the local area, 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 and 13 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 (c)(10)(ii) does not apply to the carcass of an ungulate that has been butchered and placed in storage or otherwise prepared for consumption upon arrival at the location where it is to be consumed.

(iii) If a moose harvest limit includes an antler size or configuration restriction, 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 (c)(10)(iii) does not apply to a moose carcass or its parts that have been butchered and placed in storage or otherwise prepared for consumption after arrival at the place where it is to be stored or consumed.

(11) 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.

(d) 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.

(e) Sealing of bear skins and skulls. (1) Sealing requirements for bear shall apply to brown bears taken in all Units, except as specified in this paragraph, 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.

(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.

(f) 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.

(g) A person who takes a species listed in paragraph (f) of this section but who is unable to present the skin in person, must complete and sign a temporary sealing form and ensure that the completed temporary sealing form and skin are presented to an authorized representative of ADF&G for sealing consistent with requirements listed in paragraph (f) of this section.

(h) Utilization of wildlife. (1) 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:

(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) Failure to salvage the edible meat may not be a violation if such failure is caused by circumstances beyond the control of a person, including theft of the harvested wildlife, unanticipated weather conditions, or unavoidable loss to another animal.

(i) The regulations found in this section do not apply to the subsistence taking and use of wildlife regulated pursuant to the Fur Seal Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 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 wildlife, covered by these Acts, will conform to the specific provisions contained in these Acts, as amended, and any implementing regulations.

(j) Rural residents, nonrural residents, and nonresidents not specifically prohibited by Federal regulations from hunting or trapping on public lands in an area, may hunt or trap on public lands in accordance with the appropriate State regulations.

(k) Unit regulations. 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. You may not take for subsistence wildlife outside established Unit seasons, or in excess of the established Unit harvest limits, unless otherwise provided for by the Board. You may take wildlife under State regulations on public lands, except as otherwise restricted at paragraphs (k)(1) through (26) of this section. Additional Unit-specific restrictions or allowances for subsistence taking of wildlife are identified at paragraphs (k)(1) through (26) of this section.

(1)

Unit 1.

Unit 1 consists of all mainland drainages from Dixon Entrance to Cape Fairweather, and those islands east of the center line of Clarence Strait from Dixon Entrance to Caamano Point, and all islands in Stephens Passage and Lynn Canal north of Taku Inlet:

(i) Unit 1(A) consists of all drainages south of the latitude of Lemesurier Point including all drainages into Behm Canal, excluding all drainages of Ernest Sound;

(ii) Unit 1(B) consists of all drainages between the latitude of Lemesurier Point and the latitude of Cape Fanshaw including all drainages of Ernest Sound and Farragut Bay, and including the islands east of the center lines of Frederick Sound, Dry Strait (between Sergief and Kadin Islands), Eastern Passage, Blake Channel (excluding Blake Island), Ernest Sound, and Seward Passage;

(iii) Unit 1(C) consists of that portion of Unit 1 draining into Stephens Passage and Lynn Canal north of Cape Fanshaw and south of the latitude of Eldred Rock including Berners Bay, Sullivan Island, and all mainland portions north of Chichagof Island and south of the latitude of Eldred Rock, excluding drainages into Farragut Bay;

(iv) Unit 1(D) consists of that portion of Unit 1 north of the latitude of Eldred Rock, excluding Sullivan Island and the drainages of Berners Bay;

(v) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:

(A) Public lands within Glacier Bay National Park are closed to all taking of wildlife for subsistence uses;

(B) Unit 1(A)—in the Hyder area, the Salmon River drainage downstream from the Riverside Mine, excluding the Thumb Creek drainage, is closed to the taking of bear;

(C) Unit 1(B)—the Anan Creek drainage within one mile of Anan Creek downstream from the mouth of Anan Lake, including the area within a one mile radius from the mouth of Anan Creek Lagoon, is closed to the taking of black bear and brown bear;

(D) Unit 1(C):

(

) 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;

(

) 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;

(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 use boats to take ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine, 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:

(

) 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;

(

) The taking does not violate recognized principles of fish and wildlife conservation;

(

) 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;

(

) 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.

Harvest limits

Open season

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 permit only

Sept. 15-Dec. 31.

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 Sept. 15-Dec. 31

Aug. 1-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 registration permit only; the taking of kids or nannies accompanied by kids is prohibited

Aug. 1-Dec. 31.

Unit 1(B)—that portion between LeConte Bay and the North Fork of Bradfield River/Canal. 2 goats; a State registration permit will be required for the taking of the first goat and a Federal registration permit for the taking of a second goat; the taking of kids or nannies accompanied by kids is prohibited

Aug. 1-Dec. 31.

Unit 1(A) and Unit 1(B)—remainder—2 goats by State registration permit only

Aug. 1-Dec. 31.

Unit 1(C)—that portion draining into Lynn Canal and Stephens Passage between Antler River and Eagle Glacier and River, and all drainages of the Chilkat Range south of the Endicott River—1 goat by State registration permit only

Oct. 1-Nov. 30.

Unit 1(C)—that portion draining into Stephens Passage and Taku Inlet between Eagle Glacier and River and Taku Glacier

No open season.

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 northeast of the Haines highway—1 goat by State registration permit only

Sept. 15-Nov. 30.

Unit 1(D)—that portion lying between Taiya Inlet and River and the White Pass and Yukon Railroad

No open season.

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 or more brow tines on either antler, by State registration permit only

Sept. 15-Oct. 15.

Unit 1(C)—that portion south of Point Hobart including all Port Houghton drainages—1 antlered bull with spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or 3 or more brow tines on either antler, by State registration permit only

Sept. 15-Oct. 15.

Unit 1(C)—remainder, excluding drainages of Berners Bay—1 antlered bull by State registration permit only

Sept. 15-Oct. 15.

Unit 1(D)

No open season.

Coyote: 2 coyotes

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases): 2 foxes

Nov. 1-Feb. 15.

Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): 5 hares per day

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Lynx: 2 lynx

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Wolf: 5 wolves

Aug. 1-Apr. 30.

Wolverine: 1 wolverine

Nov. 10-Feb. 15.

Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 5 per day, 10 in possession

Aug. 1-May 15.

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession

Aug. 1-May 15.

TRAPPING

Beaver: Unit 1(A), (B), and (C)—No limit

Dec. 1-May 15.

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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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 use boats to take ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine, unless you are certified as disabled;

(

) The taking does not violate recognized principles of fish and wildlife conservation;

(

(ii) [Reserved]

Harvest limits

Open season

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.

Antlerless deer may be taken only during the period Oct. 15-Dec. 31 by Federal registration permit only.

Aug. 1-Dec. 31.

Coyote: 2 coyotes

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases): 2 foxes

Nov. 1-Feb. 15.

Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): 5 hares per day

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Lynx: 2 lynx

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Wolf: 5 wolves

Dec. 1-Mar. 31.

Wolverine: 1 wolverine

Nov. 10-Feb. 15.

Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 5 per day, 10 in possession

Aug. 1-May 15.

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession

Aug. 1-May 15.

TRAPPING

Beaver: No limit

Dec. 1-May 15.

Coyote: No limit

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases): No limit.

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Lynx: No limit

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Marten: No limit

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Mink and Weasel: No limit

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Muskrat: No limit

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Otter: No limit

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Wolf: No limit

Dec. 1-Mar. 31.

Wolverine: No limit

Nov. 10-Apr. 30.

(3)

Unit 3.

(i) Unit 3 consists of all islands west of Unit 1(B), north of Unit 2, south of the center line of Frederick Sound, and east of the center line of Chatham Strait including Coronation, Kuiu, Kupreanof, Mitkof, Zarembo, Kashevarof, Woronkofski, Etolin, Wrangell, and Deer Islands.

(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:

(A) In the Petersburg vicinity, 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 use boats to take ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine, unless you are certified as disabled;

(

) 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;

(

) The taking does not violate recognized principles of fish and wildlife conservation;

(

system. The designated hunter must obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any one time.

Harvest limits

Open season

HUNTING

Black Bear: 2 bears, no more than one may be a blue or glacier bear

Sept. 1-June 30.

Deer:

Unit 3—Mitkof Island, Woewodski Island, Butterworth Islands, and that portion of Kupreanof Island which includes Lindenburg Peninsula east of the Portage Bay/Duncan Canal Portage—1 antlered deer by State registration permit only; however, the city limits of Petersburg and Kupreanof are closed to hunting

Oct. 15-Oct. 31.

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 brow tines on either antler by State registration permit only

Sept. 15-Oct. 15.

Coyote: 2 coyotes

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases): 2 foxes

Nov. 1-Feb. 15.

Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): 5 hares per day

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Lynx: 2 lynx

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Wolf: 5 wolves

Aug. 1-Apr. 30.

Wolverine: 1 wolverine

Nov. 10-Feb. 15.

Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 5 per day, 10 in possession

Aug. 1-May 15.

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession

Aug. 1-May 15.

TRAPPING

Beaver:

Unit 3—Mitkof Island—No limit

Dec. 1-Apr. 15.

Unit 3—except Mitkof Island—No limit

Dec. 1-May 15.

Coyote: No limit

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases): No limit

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Lynx: No limit

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Marten: No limit

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Mink and Weasel: No limit

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Muskrat: No limit

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Otter: No limit

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Wolf: No limit

Nov. 10-Apr. 30.

Wolverine: No limit

Nov. 10-Apr. 30.

(4)

Unit 4.

(i) Unit 4 consists of all islands south and west of Unit 1(C) and north of Unit 3 including Admiralty, Baranof, Chichagof, Yakobi, Inian, Lemesurier, and Pleasant Islands.

(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:

(A) 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 take ungulates from a boat. You may not use a boat to take bear, wolves, or wolverine, 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 of wildlife outside the seasons or harvest limits provided in this part for food in traditional religious ceremonies which are part of a funerary or mortuary cycle, including memorial potlatches, if:

(

) The taking does not violate recognized principles of fish and wildlife conservation;

(

(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.

Harvest limits

Open season

HUNTING

Brown Bear:

Unit 4—Chichagof Island south and west of a line that follows the crest of the island from Rock Point (58° N. lat., 136° 21′ W. long.) to Rodgers Point (57° 35′ N. lat., 135° 33′ W. long.) including Yakobi and other adjacent islands; Baranof Island south and west of a line which follows the crest of the island from Nismeni Point (57° 34′ N. lat., 135° 25′ W. long.) to the entrance of Gut Bay (56° 44′ N. lat. 134° 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

Sept. 15-Dec. 31.

Mar. 15-May 31.

Unit 4—that portion in the Northeast Chichagof Controlled Use Area—1 bear every four regulatory years by State registration permit only

Mar. 15-May 20.

Unit 4—remainder—1 bear every four regulatory years by State registration permit only

Sept. 15-Dec. 31.

Mar. 15-May 20.

Deer: 6 deer; however, antlerless deer may be taken only from Sept. 15-Jan. 31

Aug. 1-Jan. 31.

Goat: 1 goat by State registration permit only

Aug. 1-Dec. 31.

Coyote: 2 coyotes

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases): 2 foxes

Nov. 1-Feb. 15.

Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): 5 hares per day

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Lynx: 2 lynx

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Wolf: 5 wolves

Aug. 1-Apr. 30.

Wolverine: 1 wolverine

Nov. 10-Feb. 15.

Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 5 per day, 10 in possession

Aug. 1-May 15.

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession

Aug. 1.-May 15.

TRAPPING

Beaver:

Unit 4—that portion east of Chatham 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:

Unit 4—Chichagof Island east of Idaho Inlet and north of Trail River and Tenakee Inlet and north of a line from the headwaters of Trail River to the head of Tenakee Inlet.—No limit

Dec. 1-Dec. 31.

Remainder of Unit 4—No limit

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Mink and Weasel:

Unit 4—Chichagof Island—No limit

Dec. 1-Dec. 31.

Remainder of Unit 4—No limit

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Muskrat: No limit

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Otter: No limit

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Wolf: No limit

Nov. 10-Apr. 30.

Wolverine: No limit

Nov. 10-Apr. 30.

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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 use boats to take ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine, except for persons 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:

(

) The taking does not violate recognized principles of fish and wildlife conservation;

(

(E) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take deer or moose on his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a community operating under a community harvest system. The designated hunter must obtain a

designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any one time.

Harvest limits

Open season

HUNTING

Black Bear: 2 bears, no more than one may be a blue or glacier bear

Sept. 1-June 30.

Brown Bear: 1 bear by Federal registration permit only

Sept. 1-May 31.

Deer:

Unit 5(A)—1 buck

Nov. 1-Nov. 30.

Unit 5(B)

No open season.

Goat: 1 goat by Federal registration permit only

Aug. 1-Jan. 31.

Moose:

Unit 5(A), Nunatak Bench—1 moose by State registration permit only. The season will be closed when 5 moose have been taken from the Nunatak Bench

Nov. 15-Feb. 15.

Unit 5(A), except Nunatak Bench—1 antlered bull by Federal registration permit only. The season will be closed when 60 antlered bulls have been taken from the Unit. The season will be closed in that portion west of the Dangerous River when 30 antlered bulls have been taken in that area. From Oct. 8-Oct. 21, public lands will be closed to taking of moose, except by residents of Unit 5(A)

Oct. 8-Nov. 15.

Unit 5(B)—1 antlered bull by State registration permit only. The season will be closed when 25 antlered bulls have been taken from the entirety of Unit 5(B)

Sept. 1-Dec. 15.

Coyote: 2 coyotes

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 2 foxes

Nov. 1-Feb. 15.

Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): 5 hares per day

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Lynx: 2 lynx

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Wolf: 5 wolves

Aug. 1-Apr. 30.

Wolverine: 1 wolverine

Nov. 10-Feb. 15.

Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 5 per day, 10 in possession

Aug. 1-May 15.

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession

Aug. 1-May 15.

TRAPPING

Beaver: No limit

Nov. 10-May 15.

Coyote: No limit

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Lynx: No limit

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Marten: No limit

Nov. 10-Feb. 15.

Mink and Weasel: No limit

Nov. 10-Feb. 15.

Muskrat: No limit

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Otter: No limit

Nov. 10-Feb. 15.

Wolf: No limit

Nov. 10-Apr. 30.

Wolverine: No limit

Nov. 10-Apr. 30.

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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.

Harvest limits

Open season

HUNTING

Black Bear: 1 bear

Sept. 1-June 30.

Deer: 4 deer; however, antlerless deer may be taken only from Oct. 1-Dec. 31

Aug. 1-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 only)—1 goat by Federal registration permit only

Aug. 20-Jan. 31.

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 all public lands

No open season.

Moose:

Unit 6(C)—1 cow by Federal registration permit only. (Five permits will be issued.)

Aug. 15-Dec. 31.

Unit 6—remainder—No Federal 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)—No limit

July 1-June 30.

Unit 6(C)—south of the Copper River Highway and east of the Heney Range—No limit

July 1-June 30.

Unit 6(C)—remainder—No limit

July 1-June 30.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases)

No open season.

Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit

July 1-June 30.

Lynx

No open season.

Wolf: 5 wolves

Aug. 10-Apr. 30.

Wolverine: 1 wolverine

Sept. 1-Mar. 31.

Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 5 per day, 10 in possession

Aug. 1-May 15.

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession

Aug. 1-May 15.

TRAPPING

Beaver: No limit

Dec. 1-Apr. 30.

Coyote:

Unit 6(A), (B), and (D)—No limit

Nov. 10-Mar. 31.

Unit 6(C)—south of the Copper River Highway and east of the Heney Range—No limit

Nov. 10-Apr. 30.

Unit 6(C)—remainder—No limit

Nov. 10-Mar. 31.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit

Nov. 10-Feb. 28.

Lynx: No limit

Jan. 1-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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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° W. long., and all Kenai Peninsula drainages east of 150° 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]

Harvest limits

Open season

HUNTING

Black Bear: Unit 7—3 bears

July 1-June 30.

Moose:

Unit 7—that portion draining into Kings Bay—1 bull with spikefork 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

Aug. 10-Sept. 20.

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 and Tundra): No limit

July 1-June 30.

Wolf:

Unit 7—that portion within the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge—2 wolves

Aug. 10-Apr. 30.

Unit 7—Remainder—5 wolves

Aug. 10-Apr. 30.

Wolverine: 1 wolverine

Sept. 1-Mar. 31.

Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 15 per day, 30 in possession

Aug. 10-Mar. 31.

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession

Aug. 10-Mar. 31.

TRAPPING

Beaver: 20 beaver per season

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. 1-Feb. 15.

Marten: No limit

Nov. 10-Jan. 31.

Mink and Weasel: No limit

Nov. 10-Jan. 31.

Muskrat: No limit

Nov. 10-May 15.

Otter: No limit

Nov. 10-Feb. 28.

Wolf: No limit

Nov. 10-Mar. 31.

Wolverine: No limit

Nov. 10-Feb. 28

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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.

Harvest limits

Open season

HUNTING

Brown Bear: 1 bear by Federal registration permit only. Up to 1 permit may be issued in Akiok; up to 1 permit may be issued in Karluk; up to 3 permits may be issued in Larsen Bay; up to 2 permits may be issued in Old Harbor; up to 2 permits may be issued in Ouzinkie; and up to 2 permits may be issued in Port Lions

Dec. 1-Dec. 15.

Apr. 1-May 15.

Deer:

Unit 8—that portion of Kodiak Island north of a line from the head of Settlers Cove to Crescent Lake (57° 52′ N. lat., 152° 58′ W. long.), and east of a line from the outlet of Crescent Lake to Mount Ellison Peak and from Mount Ellison Peak to Pokati Point at Whale Passage, and that portion of Kodiak Island east of a line from the mouth of Saltery Creek to the mouth at Elbow Creek, and adjacent small islands in Chiniak Bay—1 deer; however, antlerless deer may be taken only from Oct. 25-Oct. 31

Aug. 1-Oct. 31.

Unit 8—that portion of Kodiak Island and adjacent islands south and west of a line from the head of Terror Bay to the head of the south-western most arm of Ugak Bay—5 deer; however, antlerless deer may be taken only from Oct. 1-Jan. 31

Aug. 1-Jan. 31.

Unit 8—remainder—5 deer; however, antlerless deer may be taken only from Oct. 1-Jan. 31; no more than 1 antlerless deer may be taken from Oct. 1-Nov. 30

Aug. 1-Jan. 31.

Elk: Afognak Island above mean high tide—1 elk per household by Federal registration permit only; only 1 elk in possession for each two hunters in a party. 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

Sept. 1-Nov. 30.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 2 foxes

Sept. 1-Feb. 15.

Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit

July 1-June 30.

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession

Aug. 10-Apr. 30.

TRAPPING

Beaver: 30 beaver per season

Nov. 10-Apr. 30.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit

Nov. 10-Mar. 31.

Marten: No limit

Nov. 10-Jan. 31.

Mink and Weasel: No limit

Nov. 10-Jan. 31.

Muskrat: No limit

Nov. 10-June 10.

Otter: No limit

Nov. 10-Jan. 31.

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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-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.

Harvest limits

Open season

HUNTING

Black Bear: 3 bears

July 1-June 30.

Brown Bear:

Unit 9(B)—Lake Clark National Park and Preserve—Rural residents of Nondalton, Iliamna, Newhalen, Pedro Bay, and Port Alsworth only—1 bear by Federal registration permit only

July 1-June 30.

Unit 9(B), remainder—1 bear by State registration permit only

Sept. 1-May 31.

Unit 9(E)—1 bear by Federal registration permit

Oct. 1-Dec. 31.

May 10-May 25.

Caribou:

Unit 9(A)—4 caribou; however, no more than 2 caribou may be taken Aug. 10-Sept. 30 and no more than 1 caribou may be taken Oct. 1-Nov. 30

Aug. 10-Mar. 31.

Unit 9(C), that portion within the Alagnak River drainage—1 caribou

Aug. 1-Mar. 31.

Unit 9(C), remainder—1 bull by Federal registration permit or State Tier II permit. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of caribou except by residents of Units 9(C) and (E)

Aug. 10-Sept. 20.

Nov. 15-Feb. 28.

Unit 9(B)—5 caribou; however, no more than 2 bulls may be taken from Oct. 1-Nov. 30.

Aug. 1-Apr. 15.

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 permit. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of caribou except by residents of Units 9(C) and (E)

>Aug. 10-Sept. 20.

Nov. 1-Apr. 30.

Sheep:

Unit 9(B)—Residents of Iliamna, Newhalen, Nondalton, Pedro Bay, and Port Alsworth only—1 ram with 7/8 curl horn by Federal registration permit only

Aug. 10-Oct. 10.

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 north—1 bull

Sept. 1-Sept. 15.

Dec. 1-Dec. 31.

Unit 9(C)—that portion draining into the Naknek River from the south—1 bull. However, during the period Aug. 20—Aug. 31, bull moose may be taken by Federal registration permit only. During the December hunt, antlerless moose may be taken by Federal registration permit only. The antlerless season will be closed when 5 antlerless moose have been taken. Public lands are closed during December for the hunting of moose, except by eligible rural Alaska residents

Aug. 20-Sept. 15.

Dec. 1-Dec. 31.

Unit 9(C)—remainder—1 moose; however, antlerless moose may be taken only from Dec. 1-Dec. 31

Sept. 1-Sept. 15.

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, Blue, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 15 per day, 30 in possession

Aug. 10-Apr. 30.

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession

Aug. 10-Apr. 30.

TRAPPING

Beaver:

Unit 9(B), (C), and (E)—40 beaver per season; however, no more than 20 may be taken between Apr. 1-May 31

Nov. 10-May 31.

Unit 9—remainder—40 beaver per season; however, no more than 20 may be taken between Apr. 1-Apr. 30

Jan. 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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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.

Harvest limits

Open season

HUNTING

Caribou:

Unit 10—Unimak Island only—2 caribou by Federal registration permit only

Aug. 1-Sept. 25.

Nov. 15-Mar. 31.

Unit 10—remainder—No limit

July 1-June 30.

Coyote: 2 coyotes

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No limit

July 1-June 30.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 2 foxes

Sept. 1-Feb. 15.

Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit

July 1-June 30

Wolf: 5 wolves

Aug. 10-Apr. 30

Wolverine: 1 wolverine

Sept. 1-Mar. 31.

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession

Aug. 10-Apr. 30.

TRAPPING

Coyote: 2 coyotes

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No limit

July 1-June 30.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 2 foxes

Sept. 1-Feb. 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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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]

Harvest limits

Open season

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 persons 60 years of age or older

Sept. 21-Oct. 20.

Goat: Unit 11—that portion within the Wrangell-St. 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

Aug. 25-Dec. 31.

Moose: 1 antlered bull by Federal registration permit only

Aug. 20-Sept. 20.

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): 2 foxes

Sept. 1-Feb. 15.

Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): 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, Blue, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 15 per day, 30 in possession

Aug. 10-Mar. 31.

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession

Aug. 10-Mar. 31.

TRAPPING

Beaver: 30 beaver per season

Nov. 10-Apr. 30.

Coyote: No limit

Nov. 10-Mar. 31.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit

Nov. 10-Feb. 28.

Lynx: No limit

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

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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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]

Harvest limits

Open season

HUNTING

Black Bear: 3 bears

July 1-June 30.

Brown Bear: 1 bear

Aug. 10-June 30.

Caribou:

Unit 12—that portion of the Nabesna 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

No open season.

Unit 12—remainder—1 bull

Sept. 1-Sept. 20.

Unit 12—remainder—1 caribou may be 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

Winter season to be announced.

Sheep: 1 ram with full curl horn or larger

Aug. 10-Sept. 20.

Moose:

Unit 12—that portion within the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge and those lands within the Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve north and east of a line formed by the Pickerel Lake Winter Trail from the Canadian border to the southern boundary of the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge—1 antlered bull; however during the Aug. 15-Aug. 28 season only bulls with spike/fork antlers may be taken. The November season is open by Federal registration permit only

Aug. 15-Aug. 28.

Sept. 1-Sept. 15.

Nov. 20-Nov. 30.

Unit 12—that portion lying east of the Nabesna River and Nabesna 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

Aug. 15-Aug. 28.

Sept. 1-Sept. 30.

Unit 12—remainder—1 antlered bull; however during the Aug. 15-Aug. 28 season only bulls with spike/fork antlers may be taken

Aug. 15-Aug. 28.

Sept. 1-Sept. 15.

Coyote: 10 coyotes; however, no more than 2 coyotes may be taken before October 1

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to Oct. 1

Sept. 1-Mar. 15.

Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): 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, Blue, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 15 per day, 30 in possession

Aug. 10-Mar. 31.

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession

Aug. 10-Apr. 30.

TRAPPING

Beaver: 15 beaver per season

Nov. 1-Apr. 15.

Coyote: No limit

Oct. 15-Apr. 30.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit

Nov. 1-Feb. 28.

Lynx: No limit

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Marten: No limit

Nov. 1-Feb. 28.

Mink and Weasel: No limit

Nov. 1-Feb. 28.

Muskrat: No limit

Sept. 20-June 10.

Otter: No limit

Nov. 1-Apr. 15.

Wolf: No limit

Oct. 1-Apr. 30.

Wolverine: No limit

Nov. 1-Feb. 28.

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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;

(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 (k)(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;

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

Harvest limits

Open season

HUNTING

Black Bear: 3 bears

July 1-June 30.

Brown Bear: 1 bear. Bears taken within 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

Aug. 10-May 31.

Caribou: 2 caribou by Federal registration permit only. Hunting within the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline right-of-way is prohibited. The right-of-way is identified as the area occupied by the pipeline (buried or above ground) and the cleared area 25 feet on either side of the pipeline

Aug. 10-Sept. 30.

Oct. 21-Mar. 31

Sheep: Unit 13—excluding Unit 13(D) and the Tok Management Area and Delta Controlled Use Area—1 ram with 7/8 curl horn

Aug. 10-Sept. 20.

Moose:

Unit 13(E)-1 antlered bull moose by Federal registration permit only; only 1 permit will be issued per household

Aug. 1-Sept. 20.

Unit 13—remainder—1 antlered bull moose by Federal registration permit only

Aug. 1-Sept. 20.

Beaver: 1 beaver per day, 1 in possession

June 15-Sept. 10.

Coyote: 2 coyotes

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 2 foxes

Sept. 1-Feb. 15.

Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit

July 1-June 30.

Lynx: 2 lynx

Dec. 15-Jan. 15.

Wolf: 10 wolves

Aug. 10-Apr. 30.

Wolverine: 1 wolverine

Sept. 1-Jan. 31.

Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 15 per day, 30 in possession

Aug. 10-Mar. 31.

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession

Aug. 10-Mar. 31.

TRAPPING

Beaver: No limit

Oct. 10-May 15.

Coyote: No limit

Nov. 10-Mar. 31.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit

Nov. 10-Feb. 28.

Lynx: No limit

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

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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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);

(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:

Harvest limits

Open season

HUNTING

Black Bear: Unit 14(C)—1 bear

July 1-June 30.

Beaver: Unit 14(C)—1 beaver per day, 1 in possession

May 15-Oct. 31.

Coyote: Unit 14(C)—2 coyotes

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): Unit 14(C)—2 foxes

Nov. 1-Feb. 15.

Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): Unit 14(C)—5 hares per day

Sept. 8-Apr. 30.

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, Blue, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): Unit 14(C)—5 per day, 10 in possession

Sept. 8-Mar. 31.

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): Unit 14(C)—10 per day, 20 in possession

Sept. 8-Mar. 31.

TRAPPING

Beaver: Unit 14(C)—that portion within 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

Dec. 1-Apr. 15.

Coyote: Unit 14(C)—No limit

Nov. 10-Feb. 28.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): Unit 14(C)—1 fox

Nov. 10-Feb. 28.

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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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° 00′ W. crosses the coastline of Chickaloon Bay in Turnagain Arm, including that area lying west of longitude line 150° 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;

(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.

Harvest limits

Open season

HUNTING

Black Bear:

Unit 15(C)—3 bears

July 1-June 30.

Unit 15—remainder

No open season.

Moose:

Unit 15(A)—excluding the Skilak Loop Wildlife Management Area.—1 antlered bull with spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or with 3 or more brow tines on either antler, by Federal registration permit only

Aug. 18-Sept. 20.

Unit 15(A)—Skilak Loop Wildlife Management Area

No open season.

Unit 15(B) 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

Aug. 10-Sept. 20.

Coyote: No limit

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit

July 1-June 30.

Wolf:

Unit 15—that portion within the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge—2 Wolves

Aug. 10-Apr. 30.

Unit 15—remainder—5 wolves

Aug. 10-Apr. 30.

Wolverine: 1 Wolverine

Sept. 1-Mar. 31.

Grouse (Spruce): 15 per day, 30 in possession

Aug. 10-Mar. 31.

Grouse (Ruffed)

No open season.

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):

Unit 15(A) and (B)—20 per day, 40 in possession

Aug. 10-Mar. 31.

Unit 15(C)—20 per day, 40 in possession

Aug. 10-Dec. 31.

Unit 15(C)—5 per day, 10 in possession

Jan. 1-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): 1 Fox

Nov. 10-Feb. 28.

Lynx: No limit

Jan. 1-Feb. 15.

Marten:

Unit 15(B)—that portion east of the Kenai River, Skilak Lake, Skilak River, and Skilak Glacier

No open season.

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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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 authorized by this paragraph (k)(16) are permitted in Denali National Preserve and lands added to Denali National Park on December 2, 1980.

(iii) Unit-specific regulations:

(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 15.

(B) [Reserved]

Harvest limits

Open season

HUNTING

Black Bear: 3 bears

July 1-June 30.

Caribou: 1 caribou

Aug. 10-Oct. 31.

Moose:

Unit 16(B)—Redoubt Bay Drainages south and west of, and including the Kustatan River drainage—1 antlered bull

Sept. 1-Sept. 15.

Unit 16(B)—remainder—1 moose; however, antlerless moose may be taken only from Sept. 25-Sept. 30 and from Dec. 1-Feb. 28 by Federal registration permit only

Sept. 1-Sept. 30.

Dec. 1-Feb. 28.

Coyote: 2 coyotes

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 2 foxes

Sept. 1-Feb. 15.

Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit

July 1-June 30.

Lynx: 2 lynx

Dec. 15-Jan. 15.

Wolf: 5 wolves

Aug. 10-Apr. 30.

Wolverine: 1 wolverine

Sept. 1-Mar. 31.

Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 15 per day, 30 in possession

Aug. 10-Mar. 31.

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession

Aug. 10-Mar. 31.

TRAPPING

Beaver: No limit

Oct. 10-May 15.

Coyote: No limit

Nov. 10-Mar. 31.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit

Nov. 10-Feb. 28.

Lynx: No limit

Dec. 15-Jan. 15.

Marten: No limit

Nov. 10-Jan. 31.

Mink and Weasel: No limit

Nov. 10-Jan. 31.

Muskrat: No limit

Nov. 10-June 10.

Otter: No limit

Nov. 10-Mar. 31.

Wolf: No limit

Nov. 10-Mar. 31.

Wolverine: No limit

Nov. 10-Feb. 28.

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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;

(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) [Reserved]

Harvest limits

Open season

HUNTING

Black Bear: 2 bears

Aug. 1-May 31.

Brown Bear: Unit 17—1 bear by State registration permit only

Sept. 1-May 31.

Caribou:

Unit 17(A) and (C)—that portion of 17(A) and (C) consisting of the Nushagak Peninsula south of the Igushik River, Tuklung River and Tuklung Hills, west to Tvativak Bay—2 caribou by Federal registration permit. Public lands are closed to the taking of caribou except by the residents of Togiak, Twin Hills, Manokotak, Aleknagik, Dillingham, Clark's Point, and Ekuk during seasons identified above

Aug. 1—Sept. 30.

Dec. 1-Mar. 31.

Unit 17(B) and (C)—that portion of 17(C) east of the Wood River and Wood River Lakes—5 caribou; however, no more than 2 bulls may be taken from Oct. 1-Nov. 30

Aug. 1-Apr. 15.

Unit 17(A)—remainder and 17(C)—remainder—selected drainages; a harvest limit of up to 5 caribou will be determined at the time the season is announced

Season to occur between Aug. 1-Mar. 31, harvest limit, and hunt area to be announced by the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge Manager.

Sheep: 1 ram with full curl horn or larger

Aug. 10-Sept. 20.

Moose:

Unit 17(A)

No open season.

Unit 17(B)—that portion that 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

Aug. 20-Sept. 15.

Unit 17(C)—that portion that 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

Aug. 20-Sept. 15.

Unit 17(B)—remainder and 17(C)—remainder—1 bull by State 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

Aug. 20-Sept. 15.

Dec. 1-Dec. 31.

Coyote: 2 coyotes

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No limit

Dec. 1-Mar. 15.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 2 foxes

Sept. 1-Feb. 15.

Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit

July 1-June 30.

Lynx: 2 lynx

Nov. 10-Feb. 28.

Wolf: 5 wolves

Aug. 10-Apr. 30.

Wolverine: 1 wolverine

Sept. 1-Mar. 31.

Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 15 per day, 30 in possession

Aug. 10-Apr. 30.

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession

Aug. 10-Apr. 30.

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 limit

Nov. 10-Mar. 31.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit

Nov. 10-Mar. 31.

Lynx: No limit

Nov. 10-Mar. 31.

Marten: No limit

Nov. 10-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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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;

(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;

Harvest limits

Open season

HUNTING

Black Bear: 3 bears

July 1-June 30.

Brown Bear: 1 bear by State registration permit only

Sept. 1-May 31.

Caribou:

Unit 18—that portion south of the Yukon River—A harvest limit of up to 5 caribou will be determined at the time the season is announced and will be based on the management objectives in the “Qavilnguut (Kilbuck) Caribou Herd Cooperative Management Plan.” The season will be closed when the total harvest reaches guidelines as described in the approved “Qavilnguut (Kilbuck) Caribou Herd Cooperative Management Plan.”

Season to occur between Aug. 25 and Mar. 31 to be announced by the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge Manager.

Unit 18—that portion north of the Yukon River—5 caribou per day

Aug. 1-Mar. 31.

Moose:

Unit 18—that portion north and west of a line from Cape Romanzof to Kuzilvak Mountain, and then to Mountain Village, and west of, but not including, the Andreafsky River drainage—1 antlered bull

Sept. 5-Sept. 25.

Unit 18—south of and including the Kanektok River drainages

No open season.

Unit 18—Kuskokwim River drainage—1 antlered bull. A 10-day hunt to occur between Dec. 1 and Feb. 28 (1 bull, evidence of sex required) will be opened by announcement

Aug. 25-Sept. 25.

Winter season to be announced.

Unit 18—remainder—1 antlered bull. A 10-day hunt to occur between Dec. 1 and Feb. 28 (1 bull, evidence of sex required) will be opened by announcement

Sept. 1-Sept. 30.

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 foxes

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): 10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to Oct. 1

Sept. 1-Mar. 15.

Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit

July 1-June 30.

Lynx: 2 lynx

Nov. 10-Mar. 31.

Wolf: 5 wolves

Aug. 10-Apr. 30.

Wolverine: 1 wolverine

Sept. 1-Mar. 31.

Grouse (Spruce, Blue, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 15 per day, 30 in possession

Aug. 10-Apr. 30.

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession

Aug. 10-May 30.

TRAPPING

Beaver: No limit

July 1-June 30.

Coyote: No limit

Nov. 10-Mar. 31.

Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No limit

Nov. 10-Mar. 31.

Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): No limit

Nov. 10-Mar. 31.

Lynx: No limit

Nov. 10-Mar. 31.

Marten: No limit

Nov. 10-Mar. 31.

Mink and Weasel: No limit

Nov. 10-Jan. 31.

Muskrat: No limit

Nov. 10-June 10.

Otter: No limit

Nov. 10-Mar. 31.

Wolf: No limit

Nov. 10-Mar. 31.

Wolverine: No limit

Nov. 10-Mar. 31.

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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 d

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