Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska, Subpart C and Subpart D-2002-2003; Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife Regulations

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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 1018A106

Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska, Subpart C and Subpart D—2002-2003; Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife Regulations

AGENCIES:

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

ACTION:

Final rule.

SUMMARY:

This final rule establishes regulations for seasons, harvest limits, methods, and means related to taking of wildlife for subsistence uses in Alaska during the 2002-2003 regulatory year. The rulemaking is necessary because the regulations governing the subsistence harvest of wildlife in Alaska are subject to an annual public review cycle. This rulemaking replaces the wildlife regulations that expire on June 30, 2002. This rule also amends the regulations that establish which Alaska residents are eligible to take specific species for subsistence uses.

DATES:

Sections _.24(a)(1) and _.25 are effective July 1, 2002. Section _.26 is effective July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chair, Federal Subsistence Board, c/o U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Attention: Thomas H. Boyd, Office of Subsistence Management; (907) 786-3888. For questions specific to National Forest System lands, contact Ken Thompson, Regional Subsistence Program Manager, USDA, Forest Service, Alaska Region, (907) 786-3888.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

In Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) (16 U.S.C. 3111-3126), Congress found that “the situation in Alaska is unique in that, in most cases, no practical alternative means are available to replace the food supplies and other items gathered from fish and wildlife which supply rural residents dependent on subsistence uses;” and that “continuation of the opportunity for subsistence uses of resources on public and other lands in Alaska is threatened * * *.” As a result, Title VIII requires, among other things, that the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretaries) implement a joint program to grant a preference for subsistence uses of fish and wildlife resources on public lands in Alaska, unless the State of Alaska enacts and implements laws of general applicability that are consistent with ANILCA and that provide for the subsistence definition, preference, and participation specified in Sections 803, 804, and 805 of ANILCA.

The State implemented a program that the Department of the Interior previously found to be consistent with ANILCA. However, in December 1989, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled in

McDowell

State of Alaska

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

McDowell

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

McDowell

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

Federal Register

(55 FR 27114-27170).

As a result of this joint process between Interior and Agriculture, these regulations can be found both in titles 36, “Parks, Forests, and Public Property,” and 50, “Wildlife and Fisheries,” of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), at 36 CFR 242.1-28 and 50 CFR 100.1-28. The regulations contain subparts as follows: Subpart A, General Provisions; Subpart B, Program Structure, Subpart C, Board Determinations, and Subpart D, Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife.

Consistent with Subparts A, B, and C of these regulations, as revised May 7, 2002, (67 FR 30559), the Departments established a Federal Subsistence Board to administer the Federal Subsistence Management Program. The Board's composition includes a Chair appointed by the Secretary of the Interior with concurrence of the Secretary of Agriculture; the Alaska Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; the Alaska Regional Director, U.S. National Park Service; the Alaska State Director, U.S. Bureau of Land Management; the Alaska Regional Director, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs; and the Alaska Regional Forester, USDA Forest Service. Through the Board, these agencies participated in the development of regulations for Subparts A, B, and C, and the annual Subpart D regulations.

Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils

Pursuant to the Record of Decision, Subsistence Management Regulations for Federal Public Lands in Alaska, April 6, 1992, and the Subsistence Management Regulations for Federal Public Lands in Alaska, 36 CFR 242.11 (2002) and 50 CFR 100.11 (2002), and for the purposes identified therein, we divide Alaska into ten subsistence resource regions, each of which is represented by a Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Council (Regional Council). The Regional Councils provide a forum for rural residents, with personal knowledge of local conditions and resource requirements, to have a meaningful role in the subsistence management of fish and wildlife on Alaska public lands. The Regional Council members represent varied geographical, cultural, and user diversity within each region.

Current Rule

Because the Subpart D regulations, which establish seasons and harvest limits and methods and means, are subject to an annual cycle, they require development of an entire new rule each year. Customary and traditional use determinations (Subpart C) are also subject to an annual review process providing for modification each year. Section _.24 (Customary and traditional use determinations) was originally published in the

Federal Register

(57 FR 22940) on May 29, 1992. The regulations at 36 CFR 242.4 and 50 CFR 100.4 define “customary and traditional use” as “a long-established, consistent pattern of use, incorporating beliefs and customs which have been transmitted from generation to generation.* * *” Since that time, the Board has made a number of Customary and Traditional Use Determinations at the request of impacted subsistence users. Those modifications, along with some administrative corrections, were published in the

Federal Register

(59 FR 27462, published May 27, 1994; 59 FR 51855, published October 13, 1994; 60 FR 10317, published February 24, 1995; 61 FR 39698, published July 30, 1996; 62 FR 29016, published May 29, 1997; 63 FR 35332, published June 29, 1998; 63 FR 46148, published August 28, 1998; 64 FR 35776, published July 1, 1999; 65 FR 40730, published June 30, 2000; and 66 FR 33744, published June 25, 2001). During its May 13-14,

2002, meeting, the Board made additional customary and traditional use determinations in addition to various annual season and harvest limit changes.

The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture published a proposed rule on August 27, 2001 (66 FR 45082), to amend subparts C and D of 36 CFR 242 and 50 CFR 100. The proposed rule opened a 60-day comment period, which closed on October 26, 2001. The Departments advertised the proposed rule by mail, radio, and newspaper. During that period, the Regional Councils met and, in addition to other Regional Council business, received suggestions for proposals from the public. The Board received a total of 48 proposals for changes to subparts C and D. Subsequent to the 60-day review period, the Board prepared a booklet describing the proposals and distributed it to the public. The public had an additional 30 days in which to comment on the proposals for changes to the regulations. The 10 Regional Councils met again, received public comments, and formulated their recommendations to the Board on proposals for their respective regions. Six of the proposals were withdrawn from consideration by their originators, and a seventh was withdrawn on the death of the originator. The Regional Councils had a substantial role in reviewing the proposed rule and making recommendations for the final rule. Moreover, the Council Chairs, or their designated representatives, presented their Council's recommendations at the Board meeting of May 13-14, 2002. These final regulations reflect Board review and consideration of Regional Council recommendations and public comments. The public has had extensive opportunity to review and comment on all changes. Additional details on the recent Board modifications are contained below in Analysis of Proposals Adopted by the Board.

Applicability of Subparts A, B, and C

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

Analysis of Proposals Rejected by the Board

The Board rejected 10 proposals and part of 1 other. All but one of these rejections were based on recommendations from the respective Regional Council and additional factors. In the case of the one rejection inconsistent with the Regional Council recommendation, the Council had recommended deferral. The Board also failed to take action on one proposal, which, in effect, resulted in a rejection of that proposal.

The Board rejected one proposal requesting that black and brown bears be included in the definition of “furbearer” and that bear parts be allowed to be sold. In this case, most of the cultural resource use information compiled during proposal analysis, the potential adverse biological impacts, most Regional Council recommendations, and the public comments did not support the request.

Four proposals requested revising the designated hunter provisions for deer in Southeast. The Board rejected these proposals as being detrimental to subsistence users and unnecessary for conservation purposes.

Two other proposals requested closing Federal lands to non-Federally qualified users or establishing different harvest limits for non-local users of deer in Southeast Alaska. The Board rejected these proposals because subsistence opportunities were already being satisfied and the changes would have constituted an unnecessary restriction on nonsubsistence users.

One proposal requested allowing the take of antlerless deer. This proposal was rejected because the deer population in the area could not support an antlerless deer harvest.

One proposal requested closing Federal lands to the use of aircraft for access for the taking of moose. The Board rejected this proposal because the moose population in the area could support both subsistence and nonsubsistence harvest and such an access restriction would needlessly restrict subsistence and nonsubsistence users.

One proposal requested, in part, establishing a new subsistence hunting season for moose and closure of Federal lands to nonsubsistence users. This new season portion of the proposal was rejected for conservation reasons and because the area proposed for closure has an adequate population of moose to allow the harvest by both subsistence and nonsubsistence users.

One proposal requested closing Federal lands to the harvest of moose and caribou by nonsubsistence users. This proposal was rejected because there was no conservation concern in the area, and the proposed change would place unnecessary restrictions on nonsubsistence users.

One proposal requested moving the season for moose earlier in the fall. The Board rejected this proposal as detrimental to subsistence users.

The Board deferred action on four proposals and part of one other proposal in order to allow communities or Regional Councils additional time to review the issues and provide additional information. Six of the originally submitted proposals were withdrawn from consideration by their originators, and one was withdrawn as a result of the demise of the originator.

Analysis of Proposals Adopted by the Board

The Board adopted 25 proposals. Some of these proposals were adopted as submitted and others were adopted with modifications suggested by the respective Regional Council, developed during the analysis process, or during the Board's public deliberations.

All of the adopted proposals were recommended for adoption by at least one of the Regional Councils and were based on meeting customary and traditional uses, harvest practices, or protecting wildlife populations. Detailed information relating to justification for the action on each proposal may be found in the Board meeting transcripts, available for review at the Office of Subsistence Management, 3601 C Street, Suite 1030, Anchorage, Alaska, or on the Office of Subsistence Management website (

http://www.r7.fws.gov/asm/home.html

). Additional minor technical clarifications have been made, which result in a more readable document.

Multiple Regions

The Board adopted a modification resulting in the following change in the regulations found in § _.25, which affects residents of all Regions.

• Established a new definition for “handicraft” and revised the uses permitted of subsistence-harvested resources to allow the sale of handicrafts made from black bear fur.

Southeast Region

The Board adopted two proposals affecting residents of the Southeast Region resulting in the following change to the regulations found in § _.26.

• Revised the brown bear educational permit harvest provisions in Unit 4.

• Revised the management structure for goat in Unit 5(A).

Southcentral Region

The Board adopted three proposals affecting residents in the Southcentral Region resulting in the following

changes to the regulations found in § _.24 and § _.26.

• Revised the harvest limit, permit allocation, and season for moose in Unit 6(C).

• Allowed the educational/cultural take of a moose for a culture camp in either Unit 11 or Unit 12.

• Revised the customary and traditional use determination and closed the season for ruffed grouse in Unit 7 and reduced the harvest limit for spruce grouse in Unit 7.

Additionally, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Subsistence Management, used its delegated authority to adjust lynx seasons and harvest limits consistent with the ADF&G Lynx Harvest Management Strategy. The Office of Subsistence Management, in May 2002, exercised this authority and adjusted the lynx seasons in Units 7, 11, 13, and 15.

Kodiak/Aleutians Region

The Board adopted three proposals affecting residents in the Kodiak/Aleutians Region resulting in the following changes to the regulations found in § _.26.

• Revised the season for caribou in parts of Units 9 and 10.

• Revised hunt area boundaries and harvest limit for deer in Unit 8.

• Established a season for moose in part of Unit 9.

Bristol Bay Region

The Board adopted four proposals affecting residents in the Bristol Bay Region resulting in the following changes to the regulations found in § _.26.

• Revised the Western Brown Bear Management Area for Unit 17 and part of Unit 9.

• Aligned the caribou season in a portion of Unit 17 with the State season.

• Aligned the permit requirements for moose in a portion of Unit 17 with State permit requirements.

• Revised the harvest limit for beaver in Unit 17.

Additionally, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Subsistence Management used its delegated authority responding to a Special Action request from the Bristol Bay Regional Council to close an antlerless moose season in Unit 9(C) consistent with conservation of healthy populations and sound wildlife management principles.

Yukon/Kuskokwim Region

The Board adopted one proposal affecting residents of the Yukon/Kuskokwim Region resulting in the following change to the regulations found in § _.24 and § _.26.

• Revised the customary and traditional use determination, simplified the hunt area descriptions, and added a special provision for caribou in Unit 18.

Western Interior Region

The Board adopted one proposal affecting residents of the Western Interior Region resulting in the following change to the regulations found in § _.26.

• Established an opportunity for ceremonial take for religious ceremonies in Units 21 and 24.

Seward Peninsula Region

The Board adopted five proposals affecting residents of the Seward Peninsula Region resulting in the following change to the regulations found in § _.26.

• Opened a season earlier and eliminated some subunit distinctions for brown bear in Unit 22.

• Revised the seasons and closed Federal lands to nonsubsistence hunting for moose in portions of Unit 22.

• Restricted harvest to certain communities for moose in a portion of Unit 22(B).

• Provided for the ceremonial take of one bull moose and one muskox in Unit 22.

• Increased the harvest quota for muskox in Unit 22.

Northwest Arctic Region

The Board adopted two proposals affecting residents of the Northwest Arctic Region resulting in the following changes to the regulations found in § _.26.

• Revised the seasons and quota announcement process and added a requirement for the destruction of trophy value of horns for sheep in Unit 23 and a portion of Unit 26.

• Revised the seasons and harvest limits for lynx in Unit 23.

Eastern Interior Region

The Board adopted two proposals affecting residents of the Eastern Interior Region resulting in the following changes to the regulations found in § _.26.

• Increased the harvest quota for caribou in a portion of Units 20(E) and 25(C).

• Revised the season and removed the antler restriction for moose in part of Unit 20(E).

Additionally, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Subsistence Management, by delegated authority adjusted lynx seasons and harvest limits consistent with the ADF&G Lynx Harvest Management Strategy. The Office of Subsistence Management, in May 2002, exercised this authority and adjusted the lynx seasons in Units 12 and 20.

North Slope Region

The Board adopted two proposals affecting residents of the North Slope Region resulting in the following changes to the regulations found in § _.26.

• Revised the controlled use area restrictions for moose to align with State regulations in a portion of Unit 26.

• Expanded the open area and extended the season for moose in a portion of Unit 26.

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

Administrative Procedure Act Compliance

The Board finds that additional public notice under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) for this final rule is unnecessary, and contrary to the public interest. The Board has provided extensive opportunity for public input and involvement in excess of standard APA requirements, including participation in multiple Regional Council meetings, additional public review and comment on all proposals for regulatory change, and opportunity for additional public comment during the Board meeting prior to deliberation. Additionally, an administrative mechanism exists (and has been used by the public) to request reconsideration of the Board's decision on any particular proposal for regulatory change. Over the 11 years the Program has been operating, no benefit to the public has been demonstrated by delaying the effective date of the regulations. A lapse in regulatory control could seriously affect the continued viability of wildlife populations, adversely impact future subsistence opportunities for rural Alaskans, and would generally fail to serve the overall public interest. Therefore, the Board finds good cause pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 (d) to make this rule effective less than 30 days after publication.

Conformance With Statutory and Regulatory Authorities

National Environmental Policy Act Compliance—A Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (DEIS) that described four alternatives for developing a Federal Subsistence Management Program was distributed for public comment on October 7, 1991. That document described the major issues associated with Federal subsistence management as identified through public meetings, written comments, and staff analysis and examined the environmental consequences of the four alternatives. Proposed regulations (subparts A, B, and C) that would implement the preferred alternative were included in the DEIS as an appendix. The DEIS and the proposed administrative regulations presented a framework for an annual regulatory cycle regarding subsistence hunting and fishing regulations (subpart D). The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) was published on February 28, 1992.

Based on the public comment received, the analysis contained in the FEIS, and the recommendations of the Federal Subsistence Board and the Department of the Interior's Subsistence Policy Group, it was the decision of the Secretary of the Interior, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Agriculture, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Forest Service, to implement Alternative IV as identified in the DEIS and FEIS (Record of Decision on Subsistence Management for Federal Public Lands in Alaska (ROD), signed April 6, 1992). The DEIS and the selected alternative in the FEIS defined the administrative framework of an annual regulatory cycle for subsistence hunting and fishing regulations. The final rule for Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska, subparts A, B, and C (57 FR 22940-22964, published May 29, 1992) implemented the Federal Subsistence Management Program and included a framework for an annual cycle for subsistence hunting and fishing regulations.

An environmental assessment has been prepared on the expansion of Federal jurisdiction over fisheries and is available by contacting the office listed under

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

The Secretary of the Interior with the concurrence of the Secretary of Agriculture has determined that the expansion of Federal jurisdiction does not constitute a major Federal action, significantly affecting the human environment and has, therefore, signed a Finding of No Significant Impact.

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

During the environmental assessment process, an evaluation of the effects of this rule was also conducted in accordance with Section 810. This evaluation supports the Secretaries' determination that the final rule will not reach the “may significantly restrict” threshold for notice and hearings under ANILCA Section 810(a) for any subsistence resources or uses.

Paperwork Reduction Act—This rule contains information collection requirements subject to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. It applies to the use of public lands in Alaska. The information collection requirements are approved by OMB under 44 U.S.C. 3501 and have been assigned clearance number 1018-0075, which expires July 31, 2003. Federal agencies may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a current valid OMB control number.

Currently, information is being collected by the use of a Federal Subsistence Registration Permit and Designated Hunter Application. The information collected on these two permits establishes whether an applicant qualifies to participate in a Federal subsistence hunt on public land in Alaska and provides a report of harvest and the location of harvest. The collected information is necessary to determine harvest success, harvest location, and population health in order to make management decisions relative to the conservation of healthy wildlife populations. Additional harvest information is obtained from harvest reports submitted to the State of Alaska. The recordkeeping burden for this aspect of the program is negligible (1 hour or less). This information is accessed via computer data base.

Form

Estimated number of respondents

Completion time for each form

Estimated annual response

Estimated annual burden

(in hours)

Hourly cost for respondent

Financial burden on respondents

Federal Subsistence Registration Permit

5,000

1/4

hour

5,000

1,250

$20.00

$5.00 each or $25,000 total.

Designated Hunter Application

2,000

1/4

hour

2,000

500

20.00

$5.00 each or $10,000 total.

You may direct comments on the burden estimate or any other aspect of this form to: Information Collection Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1849 C Street, NW, MS 224 ARLSQ, Washington, DC 20240; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (Subsistence), Washington, DC 20503. Additional information collection requirements may be imposed if local advisory committees subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act are established under subpart B. Such requirements will be submitted to OMB for approval prior to their implementation.

Economic Effects—

This rule is not a significant rule subject to OMB review under Executive Order 12866. This rulemaking will impose no significant costs on small entities; this rule does not restrict any existing sport or commercial fishery on the public lands, and subsistence fisheries will continue at essentially the same levels as they presently occur. The exact number of businesses and the amount of trade that will result from this Federal land-related activity is unknown. The aggregate effect is an insignificant positive economic effect on a number of small entities, such as ammunition, snowmachine, and gasoline dealers. The number of small entities affected is unknown; but, the fact that the positive effects will be seasonal in nature and

will, in most cases, merely continue preexisting uses of public lands indicates that they will not be significant.

In general, the resources to be harvested under this rule are already being harvested and consumed by the local harvester and do not result in an additional dollar benefit to the economy. However, we estimate that 2 million pounds of meat are harvested by subsistence users annually and, if given an estimated dollar value of $3.00 per pound, would equate to about $6 million in food value state-wide.

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

et seq.

) requires preparation of flexibility analyses for rules that will have a significant effect on a substantial number of small entities, which include small businesses, organizations or governmental jurisdictions. The Departments certify based on the above figures that this rulemaking will not have a significant economic effect on a substantial number of small entities within the meaning of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Under the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (5 U.S.C. 801

et seq.

), this rule is not a major rule. It does not have an effect on the economy of $100 million or more, will not cause a major increase in costs or prices for consumers, and does not have significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or the ability of U.S.-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises.

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

The Secretaries have determined and certify pursuant to the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, 2 U.S.C. 1502

et seq.

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

The Secretaries have determined that these final regulations meet the applicable standards provided in Sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of Executive Order 12988, regarding civil justice reform.

In accordance with Executive Order 13132, the rule does not have sufficient federalism implications to warrant the preparation of a Federalism Assessment. Title VIII of ANILCA precludes the State from exercising subsistence management authority over fish and wildlife resources on Federal lands unless it meets certain requirements.

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

On May 18, 2001, the President issued Executive Order 13211 on regulations that significantly affect energy supply, distribution, or use. This Executive Order requires agencies to prepare Statements of Energy Effects when undertaking certain actions. As this final rule is not expected to significantly affect energy supply, distribution, or use, this action is not a significant energy action and no Statement of Energy Effects is required.

Drafting Information—William Knauer drafted these regulations under the guidance of Thomas H. Boyd, of the Office of Subsistence Management, Alaska Regional Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska. Taylor Brelsford, Alaska State Office, Bureau of Land Management; Sandy Rabinowitch, Alaska Regional Office, National Park Service; Ida Hildebrand, Alaska Regional Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Greg Bos, Alaska Regional Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; and Ken Thompson, USDA-Forest Service provided additional guidance.

List of Subjects

36 CFR Part 242

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

50 CFR Part 100

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

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

PART__—SUBSISTENCE MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS FOR PUBLIC LANDS IN ALASKA

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

Authority:

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

Subpart C—Board Determinations

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

§ _.24

Customary and traditional use determinations.

(a) * * *

(1)

Wildlife determinations.

The rural Alaska residents of the listed communities and areas have a customary and traditional use of the specified species on Federal public lands within the listed areas:

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.

Ruffed Grouse

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), 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, Port Alsworth, and residents of Lake Clark National Park and Preserve within Unit 9(B).

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, Slana, Tazlina, Tonsina, and Units 11 and 12.

11, remainder

Black Bear

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

11, north of the Sanford River

Brown Bear

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

11, remainder

Brown Bear

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

11, north of the Sanford River

Caribou

Residents of Units 11, 12, and 13 (A)—(D) and the residents of Chickaloon, Healy Lake, and Dot Lake.

11, remainder

Caribou

Residents of Units 11 and 13 (A)—(D) and the residents of Chickaloon.

Goat

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

11, north of the Sanford River

Moose

Residents of Units 11, 12, and 13 (A)—(D) and the residents of Chickaloon, Healy Lake, and Dot Lake.

11, remainder

Moose

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

11, north of the Sanford River

Sheep

Residents of Unit 12 and the communities and areas of Chistochina, Chitina, Copper Center, Dot Lake, Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana, 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—Wolf 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, 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 Wolf 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 and Slana.

13(B)

Caribou

Residents of Units 11, 12 (along the Nabesna Road), 13, residents of Unit 20(D) except Fort Greely, and the residents of Chickaloon.

13(C)

Caribou

Residents of Units 11, 12 (along the Nabesna Road), 13, and the residents of Chickaloon, Dot Lake and Healy Lake.

13(A) & (D)

Caribou

Residents of Units 11, 12 (along the Nabesna Road), 13, and the residents of Chickaloon.

13(E)

Caribou

Residents of Units 11, 12 (along the Nabesna Road), 13, and the residents of Chickaloon, McKinley Village, and the area along the Parks Highway between milepost 216 and 239 (except no subsistence for residents of Denali National Park headquarters).

13(D)

Goat

No Federal subsistence priority.

13(A) and (D)

Moose

Residents of Unit 13 and the residents of Chickaloon and Slana.

13(B)

Moose

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

13(C)

Moose

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

13(E)

Moose

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

13(D)

Sheep

No Federal subsistence priority.

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 and Ruffed)

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.

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

Moose

Residents of Unit 18 and residents of Upper 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, 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 and Willow)

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), (E)

Black Bear

No Federal subsistence priority.

Brown Bear

Residents of Unit 22.

22(A)

Caribou

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

22, remainder

Caribou

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

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)

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

Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow)

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 and Ruffed)

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 not 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

Residents of Unit 25 and Eagle.

25(D)

Caribou

Residents of 20(F), 25(D), and Manley

25(A)

Moose

Residents of Units 25(A) and 25(D).

25(D) West

Moose

Residents of Unit 25(D) west.

25(D), reminder

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. In Subpart D of 36 CFR part 242 and 50 CFR part 100, § _.25 is revised to read as follows:

§ _.25

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

(a)

Definitions.

The following definitions shall apply to all regulations contained in this part:

Abalone iron

means a flat device which is used for taking abalone and which is more than 1 inch (24 mm) in width and less than 24 inches (610 mm) in length, with all prying edges rounded and smooth.

ADF&G

means the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

Airborne

means transported by aircraft.

Aircraft

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

Airport

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

Anchor

means a device used to hold a fishing vessel or net in a fixed position relative to the beach; this includes using part of the seine or lead, a ship's anchor, or being secured to another vessel or net that is anchored.

Animal

means those species with a vertebral column (backbone).

Antler

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

Antlered

means any caribou, deer, elk, or moose having at least one visible antler.

Antlerless

means any caribou, deer, elk, or moose not having visible antlers attached to the skull.

Bait

means any material excluding a scent lure that is placed to attract an animal by its sense of smell or taste; however, those parts of legally taken animals that are not required to be salvaged and which are left at the kill site are not considered bait.

Beach seine

means a floating net which is designed to surround fish and is set from and hauled to the beach.

Bear

means black bear, or brown or grizzly bear.

Bow

means a longbow, recurve bow, or compound bow, excluding a crossbow, or any bow equipped with a mechanical device that holds arrows at full draw.

Broadhead

means an arrowhead that is not barbed and has two or more steel cutting edges having a minimum cutting diameter of not less than seven-eighths inch.

Brow tine

means a tine on the front portion of a moose antler, typically projecting forward from the base of the antler toward the nose.

Buck

means any male deer.

Bull

means any male moose, caribou, elk, or musk oxen.

Cast net

means a circular net with a mesh size of no more than 1

1/2

inches and weights attached to the perimeter which, when thrown, surrounds the fish and closes at the bottom when retrieved.

Char

means the following species: Arctic char (

Salvelinus alpinis

); lake trout (

Salvelinus namaycush

); brook trout (

Salvelinus fontinalis

), and Dolly Varden (

Salvelinus malma

Closed season

means the time when fish, wildlife, or shellfish may not be taken.

Crab

means the following species: red king crab (

Paralithodes camshatica

); blue king crab (

Paralithodes platypus

); brown king crab (

Lithodes aequispina

);

Lithodes couesi

; all species of tanner or snow crab (

Chionoecetes

spp.); and Dungeness crab (

Cancer magister

Cub bear

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

Depth of net

means the perpendicular distance between cork line and lead line expressed as either linear units of measure or as a number of meshes, including all of the web of which the net is composed.

Designated hunter or fisherman

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

Dip net

means a bag-shaped net supported on all sides by a rigid frame; the maximum straight-line distance between any two points on the net frame, as measured through the net opening, may not exceed 5 feet; the depth of the bag must be at least one-half of the greatest straight-line distance, as measured through the net opening; no portion of the bag may be constructed of webbing that exceeds a stretched measurement of 4.5 inches; the frame must be attached to a single rigid handle and be operated by hand.

Diving gear

means any type of hard hat or skin diving equipment, including SCUBA equipment; a tethered, umbilical, surface-supplied unit; or snorkel.

Drainage

means all of the lands and waters comprising a watershed, including tributary rivers, streams, sloughs, ponds, and lakes, which contribute to the water supply of the watershed.

Drift gillnet

means a drifting gillnet that has not been intentionally staked, anchored, or otherwise fixed in one place.

Edible meat

means the breast meat of ptarmigan and grouse, and, those parts of caribou, deer, elk, mountain goat, moose, musk oxen, and Dall sheep that are typically used for human consumption, which are: the meat of the ribs, neck, brisket, front quarters as far as the distal (bottom) joint of the radius-ulna (knee), hindquarters as far as the distal joint (bottom) of the tibia-fibula (hock) and that portion of the animal between the front and hindquarters; however,

edible meat

of species listed in this definition does not include: meat of the head, meat that has been damaged and made inedible by the method of

taking, bones, sinew, and incidental meat reasonably lost as a result of boning or close trimming of the bones, or viscera. For black bear, brown and grizzly bear, “edible meat” means the meat of the front quarter and hindquarters and meat along the backbone (backstrap).

Federally-qualified subsistence user

means a rural Alaska resident qualified to harvest fish or wildlife on Federal public lands in accordance with the Federal Subsistence Management Regulations in this part.

Fifty-inch (50-inch) moose

means a bull moose with an antler spread of 50 inches or more.

Fishwheel

means a fixed, rotating device, with no more than four baskets on a single axle, for catching fish, which is driven by river current or other means.

Freshwater of streams and rivers

means the line at which freshwater is separated from saltwater at the mouth of streams and rivers by a line drawn headland to headland across the mouth as the waters flow into the sea.

Full curl horn

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

Furbearer

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

Fyke net

means a fixed, funneling (fyke) device used to entrap fish.

Gear

means any type of fishing apparatus.

Gillnet

means a net primarily designed to catch fish by entanglement in a mesh that consists of a single sheet of webbing which hangs between cork line and lead line, and which is fished from the surface of the water.

Grappling hook

means a hooked device with flukes or claws, which is attached to a line and operated by hand.

Groundfish

bottomfish

means any marine fish except halibut, osmerids, herring and salmonids.

Grouse

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

Hand purse seine

means a floating net which is designed to surround fish and which can be closed at the bottom by pursing the lead line; pursing may only be done by hand power, and a free-running line through one or more rings attached to the lead line is not allowed.

Handicraft

means a finished product in which the shape and appearance of the natural material has been substantially changed by the skillful use of hands, such as sewing, carving, etching, scrimshawing, painting, or other means, and which has substantially greater monetary and aesthetic value than the unaltered natural material alone.

Handline

means a hand-held and operated line, with one or more hooks attached.

Hare or hares

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

Harvest limit

means the number of any one species permitted to be taken by any one person or designated group, per specified time period, in a Unit or portion of a Unit in which the taking occurs even if part or all of the harvest is preserved. A fish, when landed and killed by means of rod and reel becomes part of the harvest limit of the person originally hooking it.

Herring pound

means an enclosure used primarily to contain live herring over extended periods of time.

Highway

means the driveable surface of any constructed road.

Household

means that group of people residing in the same residence.

Hung measure

means the maximum length of the cork line when measured wet or dry with traction applied at one end only.

Hunting

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

Hydraulic clam digger

means a device using water or a combination of air and water used to harvest clams.

Jigging gear

means a line or lines with lures or baited hooks, drawn through the water by hand, and which are operated during periods of ice cover from holes cut in the ice, or from shore ice and which are drawn through the water by hand.

Lead

means either a length of net employed for guiding fish into a seine, set gillnet, or other length of net, or a length of fencing employed for guiding fish into a fishwheel, fyke net, or dip net.

Legal limit of fishing gear

means the maximum aggregate of a single type of fishing gear permitted to be used by one individual or boat, or combination of boats in any particular regulatory area, district, or section.

Long line

means either a stationary, buoyed, or anchored line, or a floating, free-drifting line with lures or baited hooks attached.

Marmot

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

Mechanical clam digger

means a mechanical device used or capable of being used for the taking of clams.

Mechanical jigging machine

means a mechanical device with line and hooks used to jig for halibut and bottomfish, but does not include hand gurdies or rods with reels.

Mile

means a nautical mile when used in reference to marine waters or a statute mile when used in reference to fresh water.

Motorized vehicle

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

Open season

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

Otter

means river or land otter only, excluding sea otter.

Permit hunt

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

Poison

means any substance that is toxic or poisonous upon contact or ingestion.

Possession

means having direct physical control of wildlife at a given time or having both the power and intention to exercise dominion or control of wildlife either directly or through another person or persons.

Possession limit

means the maximum number of fish, grouse, or ptarmigan a person or designated group may have in possession if they have not been canned, salted, frozen, smoked, dried, or otherwise preserved so as to be fit for human consumption after a 15-day period.

Pot

means a portable structure designed and constructed to capture and retain live fish and shellfish in the water.

Ptarmigan

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

Purse seine

means a floating net which is designed to surround fish and which can be closed at the bottom by means of a free-running line through one or more rings attached to the lead line.

Ram

means a male Dall sheep.

Registration permit

means a permit that authorizes hunting and is issued to a person who agrees to the specified hunting conditions. Hunting permitted by a registration permit begins on an announced date and continues throughout the open season, or until the season is closed by Board action. Registration permits are issued in the

order applications are received and/or are based on priorities as determined by 50 CFR 100.17 and 36 CFR 242.17.

Ring net

means a bag-shaped net suspended between no more than two frames; the bottom frame may not be larger in perimeter than the top frame; the gear must be nonrigid and collapsible so that free movement of fish or shellfish across the top of the net is not prohibited when the net is employed.

Rockfish

means all species of the genus

Sebastes

Rod and reel

means either a device upon which a line is stored on a fixed or revolving spool and is deployed through guides mounted on a flexible pole, or a line that is attached to a pole. In either case, bait or an artificial fly or lure is used as terminal tackle. This definition does not include the use of rod and reel gear for snagging.

Salmon

means the following species: pink salmon

(Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)

; sockeye salmon

(Oncorhynchus nerka)

; chinook salmon

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

; coho salmon

(Oncorhynchus kisutch)

; and chum salmon

(Oncorhynchus keta)

Salmon stream

means any stream used by salmon for spawning, rearing, or for traveling to a spawning or rearing area.

Salvage

means to transport the edible meat, skull, or hide, as required by regulation, of a regulated fish, wildlife, or shellfish to the location where the edible meat will be consumed by humans or processed for human consumption in a manner which saves or prevents the edible meat from waste, and preserves the skull or hide for human use.

Scallop dredge

means a dredge-like device designed specifically for and capable of taking scallops by being towed along the ocean floor.

Sea urchin rake

means a hand-held implement, no longer than 4 feet, equipped with projecting prongs used to gather sea urchins.

Sealing

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

sealing

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

Set gillnet

means a gillnet that has been intentionally set, staked, anchored, or otherwise fixed.

Seven-eighths curl horn

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

Shovel

means a hand-operated implement for digging clams.

Skin, hide, pelt, or fur

means any tanned or untanned external covering of an animal's body; excluding bear. The skin, hide, fur, or pelt of a bear shall mean the entire external covering with claws attached.

Spear

means a shaft with a sharp point or fork-like implement attached to one end which is used to thrust through the water to impale or retrieve fish and which is operated by hand.

Spike-fork moose

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

Stretched measure

means the average length of any series of 10 consecutive meshes measured from inside the first knot and including the last knot when wet; the 10 meshes, when being measured, shall be an integral part of the net, as hung, and measured perpendicular to the selvages; measurements shall be made by means of a metal tape measure while the 10 meshes being measured are suspended vertically from a single peg or nail, under 5-pound weight.

Subsistence fishing permit

means a permit issued by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game or the Federal Subsistence Board.

Take

Taking

means to fish, 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.

To operate fishing gear

means any of the following: to deploy gear in the water; to remove gear from the water; to remove fish or shellfish from the gear during an open season or period; or to possess a gillnet containing fish during an open fishing period, except that a gillnet which is completely clear of the water is not considered to be operating for the purposes of minimum distance requirement.

Transportation

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

Trapping

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

Trawl

means a bag-shaped net towed through the water to capture fish or shellfish, and includes beam, otter, or pelagic trawl.

Troll gear

means a power gurdy troll gear consisting of a line or lines with lures or baited hooks which are drawn through the water by a power gurdy; hand troll gear consisting of a line or lines with lures or baited hooks which are drawn through the water from a vessel by hand trolling, strip fishing, or other types of trolling, and which are retrieved by hand power or hand-powered crank and not by any type of electrical, hydraulic, mechanical, or other assisting device or attachment; or dinglebar troll gear consisting of one or more lines, retrieved and set with a troll gurdy or hand troll gurdy, with a terminally attached weight from which one or more leaders with one or more lures or baited hooks are pulled through the water while a vessel is making way.

Trout

means the following species: cutthroat trout

(Oncorhynchus clarki)

and rainbow/steelhead trout

(Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Unclassified wildlife or unclassified species

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

Ungulate

means any species of hoofed mammal, including deer, caribou, elk, moose, mountain goat, Dall sheep, and musk oxen.

Unit

means one of the 26 geographical areas in the State of Alaska known as Game Management Units, or GMU, and collectively listed in this section as Units.

Wildlife

means any hare (rabbit), ptarmigan, grouse, ungulate, bear, furbearer, or unclassified species and includes any part, product, egg, or offspring thereof, or carcass or part thereof.

(b) Taking fish, wildlife, or shellfish for subsistence uses by a prohibited method is a violation of this part. Seasons are closed unless opened by Federal regulation. Hunting, trapping, or fishing during a closed season or in an area closed by this part is prohibited. You may not take for subsistence fish, wildlife, or shellfish outside established Unit or Area seasons, or in excess of the established Unit or Area harvest limits, unless otherwise provided for by the Board. You may take fish, wildlife, or shellfish under State regulations on public lands, except as otherwise restricted at §§ _.26 through _.28. Unit/Area-specific restrictions or allowances for subsistence taking of fish, wildlife, or shellfish are identified at §§ _.26 through _.28.

harvest limits established in State regulations may not be accumulated.

(2) Fish, wildlife, or shellfish taken by a designated individual for another person pursuant to § _.10(d)(5)(ii), counts toward the individual harvest limit of the person for whom the fish, wildlife, or shellfish is taken.

(3) A harvest limit applies to the number of fish, wildlife, or shellfish that can be taken during a regulatory year; however, harvest limits for grouse, ptarmigan, and caribou (in some Units) are regulated by the number that may be taken per day. Harvest limits of grouse and ptarmigan are also regulated by the number that can be held in possession.

(4) Unless otherwise provided, any person who gives or receives fish, wildlife, or shellfish shall furnish, upon a request made by a Federal or State agent, a signed statement describing the following: names and addresses of persons who gave and received fish, wildlife, or shellfish, the time and place that the fish, wildlife, or shellfish was taken, and identification of species transferred. Where a qualified subsistence user has designated another qualified subsistence user to take fish, wildlife, or shellfish on his or her behalf in accordance with § _.10(d)(5)(ii), the permit shall be furnished in place of a signed statement.

(d) Fishing by designated harvest permit. (1) Any species of fish that may be taken by subsistence fishing under this part may be taken under a designated harvest permit.

(2) If you are a Federally-qualified subsistence user, you (beneficiary) may designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take fish on your behalf. The designated fisherman must obtain a designated harvest permit prior to attempting to harvest fish and must return a completed harvest report. The designated fisherman may fish for any number of beneficiaries but may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any one time.

(3) The designated fisherman must have in possession a valid designated fishing permit when taking, attempting to take, or transporting fish taken under this section, on behalf of a beneficiary.

(4) The designated fisherman may not fish with more than one legal limit of gear.

(5) You may not designate more than one person to take or attempt to take fish on your behalf at one time. You may not personally take or attempt to take fish at the same time that a designated fisherman is taking or attempting to take fish on your behalf.

(e) Hunting by designated harvest permit. (1) As allowed by § _.26, if you are a Federally-qualified subsistence user, you (beneficiary) may designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take wildlife on your behalf unless you are a member of a community operating under a community harvest system.

(2) The designated hunter must obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest report.

(3) You may not designate more than one person to take or attempt to take fish on your behalf at one time.

(4) The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any one time, unless otherwise specified in § _.26.

(f) A rural Alaska resident who has been designated to take fish, wildlife, or shellfish on behalf of another rural Alaska resident in accordance with § _.10(d)(5)(ii), shall promptly deliver the fish, wildlife, or shellfish to that rural Alaska resident.

(g) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Subsistence Management may issue a permit to harvest fish, wildlife, or shellfish for a qualifying cultural/educational program to an organization that has been granted a Federal subsistence permit for a similar event within the previous five years. A qualifying program must have instructors, enrolled students, minimum attendance requirements, and standards for successful completion of the course. Applications must be submitted to the Office of Subsistence Management 60 days prior to the earliest desired date of harvest. Permits will be issued for no more than one large mammal per culture/education camp. Large mammal species allowed to be harvested are limited to deer, moose, caribou, black bear, and mountain goat. Permits will be issued for no more than 25 fish per culture/education camp. Any animals harvested will count against any established Federal harvest quota for the area in which harvested. Appeal of a rejected request can be made to the Federal Subsistence Board. Application for an initial permit for a qualifying cultural/educational program, for a permit when the circumstances have changed significantly, when no permit has been issued within the previous five years, or when there is a request for harvest in excess of that provided in this paragraph (g), will be considered by the Federal Subsistence Board.

(h) If a subsistence fishing or hunting permit is required by this part, the following permit conditions apply unless otherwise specified in this section:

(1) You may not take more fish, wildlife, or shellfish for subsistence use than the limits set out in the permit;

(2) You must obtain the permit prior to fishing or hunting;

(3) You must have the permit in your possession and readily available for inspection while fishing, hunting, or transporting subsistence-taken fish, wildlife, or shellfish;

(4) If specified on the permit, you shall keep accurate daily records of the harvest, showing the number of fish, wildlife, or shellfish taken by species, location and date of harvest, and other such information as may be required for management or conservation purposes; and

(5) If the return of harvest information necessary for management and conservation purposes is required by a permit and you fail to comply with such reporting requirements, you are ineligible to receive a subsistence permit for that activity during the following calendar year, unless you demonstrate that failure to report was due to loss in the mail, accident, sickness, or other unavoidable circumstances.

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

(j) Utilization of fish, wildlife, or shellfish. (1) You may not use wildlife as food for a dog or furbearer, or as bait, except as allowed for in § _.26, § _.27, or § _.28, or except for the following:

(i) The hide, skin, viscera, head, or bones of wildlife;

(ii) The skinned carcass of a furbearer;

(iii) Squirrels, hares (rabbits), grouse, 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) You may not intentionally waste or destroy any subsistence-caught fish or shellfish; however, you may use for bait or other purposes, whitefish,

herring, and species for which bag limits, seasons, or other regulatory methods and means are not provided in this section, as well as the head, tail, fins, and viscera of legally-taken subsistence fish.

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

(6) You may sell handicraft articles made from the fur of a black bear.

(k) The regulations found in this part do not apply to the subsistence taking and use of fish, wildlife, or shellfish regulated pursuant to the Fur Seal Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 1091, 16 U.S.C. 1187), the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 884, 16 U.S.C. 1531-1543), the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (86 Stat. 1027; 16 U.S.C. 1361-1407), and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (40 Stat. 755; 16 U.S.C. 703-711), or any amendments to these Acts. The taking and use of fish, wildlife, or shellfish, covered by these Acts, will conform to the specific provisions contained in these Acts, as amended, and any implementing regulations.

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

4. In Subpart D of 36 CFR part 242 and 50 CFR part 100, § _.26 is added effective July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2003, to read as follows:

§ _.26

Subsistence taking of wildlife.

(a) You may take wildlife for subsistence uses by any method, except as prohibited in this section or by other Federal statute. Taking wildlife for subsistence uses by a prohibited method is a violation of this part. Seasons are closed unless opened by Federal regulation. Hunting or trapping during a closed season or in an area closed by this part is prohibited.

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

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

(2) Using any poison;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(13) Taking of ungulates, bear, wolf, or wolverine with a bow, unless the bow is capable of casting a 7/8 inch wide broadhead-tipped arrow at least 175 yards horizontally, and the arrow and broadhead together weigh at least one ounce (437.5 grains);

(14) Using bait for taking ungulates, bear, wolf, or wolverine; except, you may use bait to take wolves and wolverine with a trapping license, and, you may use bait to take black bears with a hunting license as authorized in Unit-specific regulations at paragraphs (m)(1) through (26) of this section. Baiting of black bears is subject to the following restrictions:

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

(ii) When using bait you must clearly mark the site with a sign reading “black bear bait station” that also displays your hunting license number and ADF&G assigned number;

(iii) You may use only biodegradable materials for bait; you may use only the head, bones, viscera, or skin of legally harvested fish and wildlife for bait;

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

(v) You may not use bait within one mile of a house or other permanent dwelling, or within one mile of a developed campground, or developed recreational facility;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(2) Disturbing or destroying any beaver house;

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

(4) Taking otter with a steel trap having a jaw spread of less than five and seven-eighths inches during any closed

mink and marten season in the same Unit;

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

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

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

(e) Possession and transportation of wildlife. (1) Except as specified in paragraph (e)(2) or (f)(1) of this section, or as otherwise provided, you may not take a species of wildlife in any Unit, or portion of a Unit, if your total take of that species already obtained anywhere in the State under Federal and State regulations equals or exceeds the harvest limit in that Unit.

(2) An animal taken under Federal or State regulations by any member of a community with an established community harvest limit for that species counts toward the community harvest limit for that species. Except for wildlife taken pursuant to § _10(d)(5)(iii) or as otherwise provided for by this Part, an animal taken as part of a community harvest limit counts toward every community member's harvest limit for that species taken under Federal or State of Alaska regulations.

(f) Harvest limits. (1) The harvest limit specified for a trapping season for a species and the harvest limit set for a hunting season for the same species are separate and distinct. This means that if you have taken a harvest limit for a particular species under a trapping season, you may take additional animals under the harvest limit specified for a hunting season or vice versa.

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

(g) Evidence of sex and identity. (1) If subsistence take of Dall sheep is restricted to a ram, you may not possess or transport a harvested sheep unless both horns accompany the animal.

(2) If the subsistence taking of an ungulate, except sheep, is restricted to one sex in the local area, you may not possess or transport the carcass of an animal taken in that area unless sufficient portions of the external sex organs remain attached to indicate conclusively the sex of the animal, except in Units 11, 13, 19, 21, and 24 where you may possess either sufficient portions of the external sex organs (still attached to a portion of the carcass) or the head (with or without antlers attached; however, the antler stumps must remain attached), to indicate the sex of the harvested moose; however, this paragraph (g)(2) does not apply to the carcass of an ungulate that has been butchered and placed in storage or otherwise prepared for consumption upon arrival at the location where it is to be consumed.

(3) If a moose harvest limit includes an antler size or configuration restriction, you may not possess or transport the moose carcass or its parts unless both antlers accompany the carcass or its parts. If you possess a set of antlers with less than the required number of brow tines on one antler, you must leave the antlers naturally attached to the unbroken, uncut skull plate; however, this paragraph (g)(3) does not apply to a moose carcass or its parts that have been butchered and placed in storage or otherwise prepared for consumption after arrival at the place where it is to be stored or consumed.

(h) You must leave all edible meat from caribou and moose harvested in Units 9(B), 17, and 19(B) prior to October 1 on the bones of the front quarters and hind quarters until you remove the meat from the field or process it for human consumption.

(i) If you take an animal that has been marked or tagged for scientific studies, you must, within a reasonable time, notify the ADF&G or the agency identified on the collar or marker, when and where the animal was taken. You also must retain any ear tag, collar, radio, tattoo, or other identification with the hide until it is sealed, if sealing is required; in all cases, you must return any identification equipment to the ADF&G or to an agency identified on such equipment.

(j) Sealing of bear skins and skulls. (1) Sealing requirements for bear shall apply to brown bears taken in all Units, except as specified in this paragraph, and black bears of all color phases taken in Units 1-7, 11-17, and 20.

(2) You may not possess or transport from Alaska, the untanned skin or skull of a bear unless the skin and skull have been sealed by an authorized representative of ADF&G in accordance with State or Federal regulations, except that the skin and skull of a brown bear taken under a registration permit in the Western Alaska Brown Bear Management Area, the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area, Unit 5, or Unit 9(B) need not be sealed unless removed from the area.

(3) You must keep a bear skin and skull together until a representative of the ADF&G has removed a rudimentary premolar tooth from the skull and sealed both the skull and the skin; however, this provision shall not apply to brown bears taken within the Western Alaska Brown Bear Management Area, the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area, Unit 5, or Unit 9(B) which are not removed from the Management Area or Unit.

(i) In areas where sealing is required by Federal regulations, you may not possess or transport the hide of a bear which does not have the penis sheath or vaginal orifice naturally attached to indicate conclusively the sex of the bear.

(ii) If the skin or skull of a bear taken in the Western Alaska Brown Bear Management Area is removed from the area, you must first have it sealed by an ADF&G representative in Bethel, Dillingham, or McGrath; at the time of sealing, the ADF&G representative shall remove and retain the skin of the skull and front claws of the bear.

(iii) If you remove the skin or skull of a bear taken in the Northwestern Alaska Brown Bear Management Area from the area or present it for commercial tanning within the Management Area, you must first have it sealed by an ADF&G representative in Barrow, Fairbanks, Galena, Nome, or Kotzebue; at the time of sealing, the ADF&G representative shall remove and retain the skin of the skull and front claws of the bear.

(iv) If you remove the skin or skull of a bear taken in Unit 5 from the area, you must first have it sealed by an ADF&G representative in Yakutat; at the time of sealing, the ADF&G representative shall remove and retain the skin of the skull and front claws of the bear.

(4) You may not falsify any information required on the sealing certificate or temporary sealing form provided by the ADF&G in accordance with State regulations.

(k) Sealing of beaver, lynx, marten, otter, wolf, and wolverine. You may not possess or transport from Alaska the untanned skin of a marten taken in Units 1-5, 7, 13(E), and 14-16 or the untanned skin of a beaver, lynx, otter, wolf, or wolverine, whether taken inside or outside the State, unless the skin has been sealed by an authorized representative of ADF&G in accordance with State regulations. In Unit 18, you must obtain an ADF&G seal for beaver skins only if they are to be sold or commercially sold.

(1) You must seal any wolf taken in Unit 2 on or before the 30th day after the date of taking.

(2) You must leave the radius and ulna of the left foreleg naturally attached to the hide of any wolf taken in Units 1-5 until the hide is sealed.

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

(m) Unit regulations. You may take for subsistence unclassified wildlife, all squirrel species, and marmots in all Units, without harvest limits, for the period of July 1-June 30. Unit-specific restrictions or allowances for subsistence taking of wildlife are identified at paragraphs (m)(1) through (26) of this section.

(1)

Unit 1.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(D) Unit 1(C):

(

) 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 shoot ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine from a boat, unless you are certified as disabled;

(C) You may take wildlife outside the seasons or harvest limits provided in this part for food in traditional religious ceremonies which are part of a funerary or mortuary cycle, including memorial potlatches, if:

(

) 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): 5 hares per day

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Lynx: 2 lynx

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Wolf: 5 wolves

Aug. 1-Apr. 30.

Wolverine: 1 wolverine

Nov. 10-Feb. 15.

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

Aug. 1-May 15.

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

(2)

Unit 2.

Unit 2 consists of Prince of Wales Island and all islands west of the center lines of Clarence Strait and Kashevarof Passage, south and east of the center lines of Sumner Strait, and east of the longitude of the western most point on Warren Island.

(i) Unit-specific regulations:

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

(B) You may not shoot ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine from a boat, unless you are certified as disabled;

(

) 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): 5 hares per day

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Lynx: 2 lynx

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Wolf: 5 wolves

Nov. 15-Mar. 15.

Wolverine: 1 wolverine

Nov. 10-Feb. 15.

Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed): 5 per day, 10 in possession

Aug. 1-May 15.

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

Nov. 15-Mar. 15.

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 shoot ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine from a boat, 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;

(

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): 5 hares per day

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Lynx: 2 lynx

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Wolf: 5 wolves

Aug. 1-Apr. 30.

Wolverine: 1 wolverine

Nov. 10-Feb. 15.

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

Aug. 1-May 15.

Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed): 20 per day, 40 in 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 shoot ungulates from a boat. You may not shoot bear, wolves, or wolverine from a boat, unless you are certified as disabled;

(B) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) may designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take deer on his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a community operating under a community harvest system. The designated hunter must obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any one time;

(

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

(

(4) No permit or harvest ticket is required for taking under this section; however, the harvester must be an Alaska rural resident with customary and traditional use in that area where the harvesting will occur;

(D) Five Federal registration permits will be issued for the taking of brown bear for educational purposes associated with teaching customary and traditional subsistence harvest and use practices. Any bear taken under an educational permit does not 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): 5 hares per day

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Lynx: 2 lynx

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Wolf: 5 wolves

Aug. 1-Apr. 30.

Wolverine: 1 wolverine

Nov. 10-Feb. 15.

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

Aug. 1-May 15.

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

(5)

Unit 5.

(i) Unit 5 consists of all Gulf of Alaska drainages and islands between Cape Fairweather and the center line of Icy Bay, including the Guyot Hills:

(A) Unit 5(A) consists of all drainages east of Yakutat Bay, Disenchantment Bay, and the eastern edge of Hubbard Glacier, and includes the islands of Yakutat and Disenchantment Bays;

(B) Unit 5(B) consists of the remainder of Unit 5.

(ii) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses on public lands within Glacier Bay National Park.

(iii) Unit-specific regulations:

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

(B) You may not shoot ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine from a boat, unless you are certified as disabled;

(C) You may hunt brown bear in Unit 5 with a Federal registration permit in lieu of a State metal locking tag; if you have obtained a Federal registration permit prior to hunting;

(D) You may take wildlife outside the seasons or harvest limits provided in this part for food in traditional religious ceremonies which are part of a funerary or mortuary cycle, including memorial potlatches, if:

(

) 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:

Unit 5(A)—that area between the Hubbard Glacier and the West Nunatak Glacier on the north and east sides of Nunatak Fjord—1 goat by Federal registration permit. The Yakutat District Ranger and ADF&G will jointly announce the harvest quota prior to the season. A minimum of two goats in the harvest quota will be reserved for Federally qualified subsistence users. The season will be closed by local announcement when the quota has been taken. The harvest quota and season announcements will be made in consultation with NPS and local residents

Aug. 1-Jan. 31.

Unit 5(A)—remainder—1 goat by Federal registration permit. The Yakutat District Ranger and ADF&G will jointly announce the harvest quota prior to the season. A minimum of four goats in the harvest quota will be reserved for Federally qualified subsistence users. The season will be closed by local announcement when the quota has been taken. The harvest quota and season announcements will be made in consultation with NPS and local residents

Aug. 1-Jan. 31.

Unit 5(B)—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): 5 hares per day

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Lynx: 2 lynx

Dec. 1-Feb. 15.

Wolf: 5 wolves

Aug. 1-Apr. 30.

Wolverine: 1 wolverine

Nov. 10-Feb. 15.

Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed): 5 per day, 10 in possession

Aug. 1-May 15.

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

Aug. 20—Jan. 31.

Unit 6(D) (subarea RG245)—Federal public lands are closed to all taking of goats

No open season.

Moose:

Unit 6(C)—1 cow by Federal registration permit only

Sept. 1-Oct. 31.

Unit 6(C)—1 bull by Federal registration permit only

Sept. 1-Dec. 31.

(In Unit 6(C), only one moose permit may be issued per household. A household receiving a State permit may not receive a Federal permit. The annual harvest quota will be announced by the U.S. Forest Service, Cordova Office, in consultation with ADF&G. The Federal harvest allocation will be 100% of the cow permits and 75% of the bull permits.)

Unit 6—remainder

No open season.

Beaver: 1 beaver per day, 1 in possession

May 1-Oct. 31.

Coyote:

Unit 6(A) and (D)—2 coyotes

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Unit 6(B) and 6(C)—No limit

July 1-June 30.

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

No open season.

Hare (Snowshoe): No limit

July 1-June 30.

Lynx:

No open season.

Wolf: 5 wolves

Aug. 10-Apr. 30.

Wolverine: 1 wolverine

Sept. 1-Mar. 31.

Grouse (Spruce): 5 per day, 10 in possession.

Aug. 1-May 15.

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

Aug. 1-May 15.

Trapping

Beaver: No limit

Dec. 1-Apr. 30.

Coyote:

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

Nov. 10-Apr. 30.

Unit 6(A), (B), (C)—remainder, and (D)—No limit

Nov. 10-Mar. 31.

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

Nov. 10-Feb. 28.

Lynx: No limit

Jan. 15-Feb. 15.

Marten: No limit

Nov. 10-Feb. 28.

Mink and Weasel: No limit

Nov. 10-Jan. 31.

Muskrat: No limit

Nov. 10-June 10.

Otter: No limit

Nov. 10-Mar. 31

Wolf: No limit

Nov. 10-Mar. 31.

Wolverine: No limit

Nov. 10-Feb. 28.

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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 spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or 3 or more brow tines on either antler may be taken by the community of Chenega Bay and also by the community of Tatitlek. Public lands are closed to the taking of moose except by eligible rural residents

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): 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): 10 per day, 20 in possession

Aug. 10-Mar. 31.

Grouse (Ruffed)

No open season.

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.

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 Akhiok; up to 1 permit may be issued in Karluk; up to 3 permits may be issued in Larsen Bay; up to 2 permits may be issued in Old Harbor; up to 2 permits may be issued in Ouzinkie; and up to 2 permits may be issued in Port Lions

Dec. 1-Dec. 15.

Apr. 14-May 15.

Deer: Unit 8—all lands within the Kodiak Archipelago within the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, including lands on Kodiak, Ban, Uganik, and Afognak Islands—3 deer; however, antlerless deer may be taken only from Nov. 1—Jan. 31

Aug. 1-Jan. 31.

Elk: Kodiak, Ban, Uganik, and Afognak Islands—1 elk per household by Federal registration permit only. The season will be closed by announcement of the Refuge Manager, Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge when the combined Federal/State harvest reaches 15% of the herd

Sept. 15-Nov. 30.

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

Sept. 1-Feb. 15.

Hare (Snowshoe): No limit

July 1-June 30.

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

(C) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu of a resident tag in the Western Alaska Brown Bear Management Area which consists of Units 9(B) except that portion within the Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, 17, 18, and those portions of 19(A) and (B) downstream of and including the Aniak River drainage, if you have obtained a State registration permit prior to hunting.

(iii) Unit-specific regulations:

(A) If you have a trapping license, you may use a firearm to take beaver in Unit 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;

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

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

Sept. 25-Dec. 31.

Apr. 15-May 25.

Caribou:

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

Aug. 10-Mar. 31.

Aug. 10-Sept. 30.

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. 30.

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, Port Alsworth, and residents of Lake Clark National Park and Preserve within Unit 9(B).—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 bull

Sept. 1-Sept. 15.

Dec. 1-Dec. 31.

Unit 9(D)—1 bull by Federal registration permit. Federal public lands will be closed to the harvest of moose when a total of 10 bulls have been harvested between State and Federal hunts

Dec. 15-Jan. 20.

Unit 9(E)—1 bull

Aug. 20-Sept. 20.

Dec. 1-Jan. 20.

Coyote: 2 coyotes

Sept. 1-Apr. 30.

Fox, Arctic (Blue and White): No limit

Dec. 1-Mar. 15.

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

Sept. 1-Feb. 15.

Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit

July 1-June 30.

Lynx: 2 lynx

Nov. 10-Feb. 28.

Wolf: 5 wolves

Aug. 10-Apr. 30.

Wolverine: 1 wolverine

Sept. 1-Mar. 31.

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

Aug. 10-Apr. 30.

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

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

Harvest limits

Open season

Hunting

Caribou:

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

Aug. 1-Sept. 30.

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.

Wolf: 5 wolves

Aug. 10-Apr. 30.

Wolverine: 1 wolverine

Sept. 1-Mar. 31.

Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow): 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;

(C) One moose without calf may be taken from June 20—June 30 in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Unit 11 or 12 for the Batzulnetas Culture Camp. Two hunters from either Chistochina or Mentasta Village may be designated by the Mt. Sanford Tribal Consortium to receive the Federal subsistence harvest permit. The permit may be obtained from a Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve office.

(ii) [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): No limit

July 1-June 30.

Lynx: 2 lynx

Dec. 15-Jan. 15.

Wolf: 10 wolves

Aug. 10-Apr. 30.

Wolverine: 1 wolverine

Sept. 1-Jan. 31.

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

Aug. 10-Mar. 31.

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

Aug. 10-Mar. 31.

Trapping

Beaver: 30 beaver per season

Nov. 10-Apr. 30.

Coyote: No limit

Nov. 10-Mar. 31.

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

Nov. 10-Feb. 28.

Lynx: No limit

Dec. 1-Jan. 15.

Marten: No limit

Nov. 10-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;

(D) One moose without calf may be taken from June 20—June 30 in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Unit 11 or 12 for the Batzulnetas Culture Camp. Two hunters from either Chistochina or Mentasta Village may be designated by the Mt. Sanford Tribal Consortium to receive the Federal subsistence harvest permit. The permit may be obtained from a Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve office.

(ii) [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 season. 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 to 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. The November season is open by Federal registration permit only

Aug. 24-Aug. 28.

Sept. 8-Sept. 17.

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 co

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