Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska-2012-13 and 2013-14 Subsistence Taking of Wildlife Regulations, 35482-35540 [2012-13866]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Chair, Federal Subsistence Board, c/o
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Attention: Peter J. Probasco, Office of
Subsistence Management; (907) 786–
3888 or subsistence@fws.gov. For
questions specific to National Forest
System lands, contact Steve Kessler,
Subsistence Program Leader, USDA,
Forest Service, Alaska Region, (907)
743–9461 or skessler@fs.fed.us.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Forest Service
36 CFR Part 242
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 100
[Docket No. FWS–R7–SM–2010–0066;
FXFR13350700640L6–123–FF07J00000]
Background
RIN 1018–AX33
Subsistence Management Regulations
for Public Lands in Alaska—2012–13
and 2013–14 Subsistence Taking of
Wildlife Regulations
Forest Service, Agriculture;
Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
This final rule establishes
regulations for seasons, harvest limits,
and methods and means related to the
taking of wildlife for subsistence uses in
Alaska during the 2012–13 and 2013–14
regulatory years. The Federal
Subsistence Board (Board) completes
the biennial process of revising
subsistence hunting and trapping
regulations in even-numbered years and
subsistence fishing and shellfish
regulations in odd-numbered years;
public proposal and review processes
take place during the preceding year.
The Board also addresses customary and
traditional use determinations during
the applicable biennial cycle. This
rulemaking replaces the wildlife taking
regulations that expire on June 30, 2012.
This rule also revises wildlife customary
and traditional use determinations and
the general regulations on subsistence
taking of fish and wildlife.
DATES: This rule is effective July 1,
2012.
ADDRESSES: The Board meeting
transcripts are available for review at
the Office of Subsistence Management,
1011 East Tudor Road, Mail Stop 121,
Anchorage, Alaska 99503, or on the
Office of Subsistence Management Web
site (https://alaska.fws.gov/asm/
index.cfml).
SUMMARY:
Under Title VIII of the Alaska
National Interest Lands Conservation
Act (ANILCA) (16 U.S.C. 3111–3126),
the Secretary of the Interior and the
Secretary of Agriculture (Secretaries)
jointly implement the Federal
Subsistence Management Program
(Program). This Program grants a
preference for subsistence uses of fish
and wildlife resources on Federal public
lands and waters in Alaska. The
Secretaries first published regulations to
carry out this program in the Federal
Register on May 29, 1992 (57 FR 22940).
These regulations have subsequently
been amended several times. Because
this Program is a joint effort between
Interior and Agriculture, these
regulations are located in two titles of
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR):
Title 36, ‘‘Parks, Forests, and Public
Property,’’ and Title 50, ‘‘Wildlife and
Fisheries,’’ at 36 CFR 242.1–28 and 50
CFR 100.1–28, respectively. The
regulations contain subparts as follows:
Subpart A, General Provisions; Subpart
B, Program Structure; Subpart C, Board
Determinations; and Subpart D,
Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife.
Federal Subsistence Board
Consistent with subpart B of these
regulations, the Secretaries established a
Federal Subsistence Board to administer
the Federal Subsistence Management
Program. The Board comprises:
• 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;
• The Alaska Regional Forester, U.S.
Forest Service; and
• Two public members appointed by
the Secretary of the Interior with
concurrence of the Secretary of
Agriculture.
Through the Board, these agencies
and public members participate in the
development of regulations for subparts
C and D, which, among other things, set
forth program eligibility and specific
harvest seasons and limits.
Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory
Councils
In administration of the Program, the
Secretaries divided Alaska into 10
subsistence resource regions, each of
which is represented by a Regional
Advisory Council. The Regional
Advisory Councils provide a forum for
rural residents with personal knowledge
of local conditions and resources to
have a meaningful role in the
subsistence management of fish and
wildlife on Federal public lands in
Alaska. The Regional Advisory Council
members represent diverse
geographical, cultural, and user interests
within each region.
The Board addresses customary and
traditional use determinations during
the applicable biennial cycle. Section
ll.24 (customary and traditional use
determinations) was originally
published in the Federal Register on
May 29, 1992 (57 FR 22940). The
regulations at 36 CFR 242.4 and 50 CFR
100.4 define ‘‘customary and traditional
use’’ as ‘‘a long-established, consistent
pattern of use, incorporating beliefs and
customs which have been transmitted
from generation to generation. * * *’’
Since 1992, the Board has made a
number of customary and traditional
use determinations at the request of
affected subsistence users. Those
modifications, along with some
administrative corrections, were
published in the Federal Register as
follows:
MODIFICATIONS TO § ll.24
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Current Rule for Wildlife
The Departments published a
proposed rule on February 9, 2011 (76
FR 6730), to amend the wildlife sections
of subparts C and D of 36 CFR 242 and
50 CFR 100. The proposed rule opened
a comment period, which closed on
March 24, 2011. 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 95 (12 were deferred
from the previous cycle) proposals for
changes to subparts C and D. After the
comment period closed, the Board
prepared a booklet describing the
proposals and distributed it to the
public. The proposals were also
available online. The public then had an
additional 30 days in which to comment
on the proposals for changes to the
regulations.
The 10 Regional Advisory Councils
met again, received public comments,
and formulated their recommendations
to the Board on proposals for their
respective regions. The Regional
Advisory Councils had a substantial role
in reviewing the proposed rule and
making recommendations for the final
rule. Moreover, a Council Chair, or a
designated representative, presented
each Council’s recommendations at the
Board meeting on January 17–20, 2012.
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These final regulations reflect Board
review and consideration of Regional
Advisory Council recommendations and
Tribal and public comments. The public
received extensive opportunity to
review and comment on all changes. In
section ll.24(a)(1), corrections to the
spelling of certain village names and an
updated format have been made,
resulting in a more readable document.
Of the 95 proposals, 5 were
withdrawn by the proponents, 50 were
on the Board’s regular agenda, and 40
were on the consensus agenda. The
consensus agenda is made up of
proposals for which there is agreement
among the affected Subsistence Regional
Advisory Councils, a majority of the
Interagency Staff Committee, and the
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
concerning a proposed regulatory
action. Anyone may request that the
Board remove a proposal from the
consensus agenda and place it on the
regular agenda. The Board votes en
masse on the consensus agenda after
deliberation and action on all other
proposals. Of the proposals on the
consensus agenda, the Board adopted
14; adopted 2 with modification;
rejected 21; and took no action on 3.
Analysis and justification for the action
taken on each proposal on the
consensus agenda are available for
review at the Office of Subsistence
Management, 1011 East Tudor Road,
Mail Stop 121, Anchorage, Alaska
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Management Web site (https://
alaska.fws.gov/asm/index.cfml). Of the
proposals on the regular agenda, the
Board adopted 6; adopted 22 with
modification; rejected 12; and took no
action on 10.
Summary of Non-Consensus Proposals
Rejected or No Action Taken by the
Board
The Board rejected or took no action
on 22 non-consensus proposals. The
rejected proposals were recommended
for rejection by one or more of the
Regional Councils unless noted below.
Statewide
The Board took no action on a brown
bear handicraft proposal, based on its
action on a similar proposal.
The Board rejected a proposal to
change the designated hunter permit to
only allow persons 60 years or older or
disabled to designate another to hunt for
them. This proposal would have been
unnecessarily restrictive to subsistence
users.
The Board rejected a proposal to
require trappers to move a trap that
incidentally harvests an ungulate at
least 300 feet for the remainder of the
regulatory year. This proposal would
have been unnecessarily restrictive to
subsistence users.
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Unit Specific
The Board took no action on a
proposal to lengthen the trapping season
in Units 1–4 for coyote based on its
action on a similar proposal.
The Board rejected a proposal to close
selected areas of Units 1 and 2 to brown
bear hunting. This proposal would have
been detrimental to the satisfaction of
subsistence needs.
The Board rejected a proposal to limit
the number of recipients a designated
hunter may hunt deer for in Units 1B
and 3. This proposal would have been
detrimental to the satisfaction of
subsistence needs.
The Board rejected a proposal to
shorten the season in Unit 4 for deer.
This proposal would have been
detrimental to the satisfaction of
subsistence needs.
The Board rejected a proposal to
require antler destruction in Units 1–5
for deer and moose. This proposal
would have been detrimental to the
satisfaction of subsistence needs.
The Board rejected a proposal to
establish a season and harvest limit in
a portion of Unit 7 for moose. This
proposal was found to violate
recognized principles of wildlife
conservation. This action was contrary
to the Council recommendation.
The Board took no action on six
proposals to revise season dates and
permit requirements for moose in Unit
9 based on its action on a similar
proposal.
The Board rejected a proposal to
lengthen the season and increase the
harvest limit in Unit 10 for wolves. This
proposal was found to violate
recognized principles of wildlife
conservation. Board action was contrary
to the Council recommendation.
The Board rejected a proposal to
establish a season and harvest limit in
Unit 11 for caribou. This proposal was
found to violate recognized principles of
wildlife conservation. This action was
contrary to one council
recommendation and consistent with
the recommendation of another.
The Board took no action on two
proposals to change the harvest limit
and season for caribou in Unit 12 based
on its action on a similar proposal.
The Board rejected a proposal to limit
the use of aircraft during moose season
in a portion of Unit 18. The Board does
not have jurisdiction to restrict access
methods on State and private lands.
This action was contrary to the one
Council’s recommendation, one Council
deferred making a recommendation, and
another took no action.
The Board rejected a proposal to
extend the fall season for moose in Unit
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recognized principles of wildlife
conservation. This action was contrary
to one council recommendation and
consistent with the recommendation of
another.
The Board rejected a proposal to
reduce the harvest limit of wolves in
Unit 22 as being unnecessarily
restrictive to subsistence users and not
supported by substantial evidence.
Summary of Non-Consensus Proposals
Adopted by the Board
The Board adopted or adopted with
modification 27 non-consensus
proposals. Modifications were suggested
by the affected Regional Council(s),
developed during the analysis process,
suggested during tribal consultations, or
developed during the Board’s public
deliberations. All of the adopted
proposals were recommended for
adoption by at least one of the Regional
Councils unless noted below.
Statewide
The Board adopted a proposal with
modification which requires that prior
to selling a handicraft incorporating
brown bear claw(s), the hide or claw(s)
not attached to a hide, must be sealed
by an Alaska Department of Fish and
Game representative.
Unit Specific
The Board adopted a proposal with
modification to allow the retention of
coyotes that are taken incidentally while
trapping in Units 1–5.
The Board adopted a proposal with
modification to add mountain goat to
the Federal Subsistence Designated
Hunter permit and to limit the goat
possession limit in Units 1–5.
The Board adopted a proposal to
change the harvest limit for the Native
Village of Eyak’s annual Memorial
Potlatch in Units 6B and 6C.
The Board adopted a proposal with
modification to close the hunting season
for fox in Unit 7. This action was based
on conservation concerns and was
contrary to the Council
recommendation.
The Board adopted a proposal with
modification to revise season dates and
permit requirements for moose in Unit
9.
The Board adopted a proposal with
modification to establish a season and
harvest limit for caribou in Unit 9D.
The Board adopted a proposal with
modification to revise the season dates
of the elder and elder/minor hunts in
Units 11 and 12, and the harvest limit
of the elder and elder/minor hunts in
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The Board adopted two proposals,
one with modification, to revise the
season dates, harvest limits, area
descriptors, and permit requirements in
Units 11 and 12 for moose.
The Board adopted a proposal to
recognize the residents of Chistochina
as having a positive customary and
traditional use determination for
caribou in Unit 12.
The Board adopted a proposal with
modification to establish a season for
caribou in a portion of Unit 12 and to
close public lands except by residents of
Chisana, Chistochina, Mentasta,
Northway, Tetlin, and Tok.
The Board adopted with modification
two proposals to revise the seasons and
permit requirements for moose in Unit
12.
The Board adopted a proposal to
lengthen the season for caribou in Unit
13. This proposal was supported by one
Council and contrary to another.
The Board adopted a proposal with
modification to recognize the residents
of Ninilchik as having a positive
customary and traditional use
determination for brown bear in Units
15A and 15B. The Board deferred a
decision for residents of Ninilchik on
the customary and traditional use
determination for brown bear in Unit 8
so that the two affected Councils may
discuss the issue and present the Board
with their findings.
The Board adopted a proposal with
modification to establish area
descriptors in Unit 18 and to shorten the
season for caribou in a portion of Unit
18. This proposal was supported by two
Councils, opposed by one, and another
took no action.
The Board adopted a proposal to
increase the harvest limit and lengthen
the season for lynx in Unit 18.
The Board adopted a proposal with
modification to allow the take of moose
from a boat moving under power in an
additional area of Unit 18.
The Board adopted a proposal with
modification to increase the harvest
limit for ptarmigan in Unit 18. This
action was contrary to the Council’s
recommendation, and was based on the
recommendation being made prior to a
regulatory change made by the Alaska
Board of Game.
The Board adopted a proposal with
modification to prohibit the pursuit of
ungulates with a motorized vehicle
while the animal is at or near a full
gallop in Unit 18. This decision was
supported by one Council and contrary
to two Councils recommendations. This
proposal was supported by subsistence
users in the local area and is not likely
to be detrimental to the satisfaction of
subsistence needs.
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The Board adopted a proposal with
modification to lengthen the season for
moose in Unit 20E.
The Board adopted two proposals,
one with modification, to align State
and Federal boundaries within portions
of Unit 24B and revise the permit
requirements for the take of moose.
The Board adopted a proposal to close
a portion of Unit 25A to the taking of
sheep by non-Federally qualified users.
The Board adopted a proposal with
modification to increase the harvest
limit of brown bear in Unit 25D.
The Board adopted a proposal with
modification to lengthen the season for
brown bear in Units 26A and 26B.
These final regulations reflect Board
review and consideration of Regional
Council recommendations and Tribal
and public comments. Because this rule
concerns public lands managed by an
agency or agencies in both the
Departments of Agriculture and the
Interior, identical text will be
incorporated into 36 CFR 242 and 50
CFR 100.
Conformance With Statutory and
Regulatory Authorities
Administrative Procedure Act
Compliance
The Board has provided extensive
opportunity for public input and
involvement in compliance with
Administrative Procedure Act
requirements, including publishing a
proposed rule in the Federal Register,
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 (36 CFR
242.20 and 50 CFR 100.20). Therefore,
the Board believes that sufficient public
notice and opportunity for involvement
have been given to affected persons
regarding Board decisions.
National Environmental Policy Act
Compliance
A Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) for developing a
Federal Subsistence Management
Program was distributed for public
comment on October 7, 1991. That
document described the major issues
associated with Federal subsistence
management as identified through
public meetings, written comments, and
staff analyses and examined the
environmental consequences of four
alternatives. Proposed regulations
(subparts A, B, and C) that would
implement the preferred alternative
were included in the DEIS as an
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appendix. The DEIS and the proposed
administrative regulations presented a
framework for a regulatory cycle
regarding subsistence hunting and
fishing regulations (subpart D). The
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(FEIS) was published on February 28,
1992.
Based on the public comments
received, the analysis contained in the
FEIS, and the recommendations of the
Federal Subsistence Board and the
Department of the Interior’s Subsistence
Policy Group, the Secretary of the
Interior, with the concurrence of the
Secretary of Agriculture, through the
U.S. Department of Agriculture—Forest
Service, implemented Alternative IV as
identified in the DEIS and FEIS (Record
of Decision on Subsistence Management
for Federal Public Lands in Alaska
(ROD), signed April 6, 1992). The DEIS
and the selected alternative in the FEIS
defined the administrative framework of
a regulatory cycle for subsistence
hunting and fishing regulations. The
final rule for subsistence management
regulations for public lands in Alaska,
subparts A, B, and C, implemented the
Federal Subsistence Management
Program and included a framework for
a regulatory cycle for the subsistence
taking of wildlife and fish. The
following Federal Register documents
pertain to this rulemaking:
SUBSISTENCE MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS FOR PUBLIC LANDS IN ALASKA, SUBPARTS A, B, AND C: Federal Register
DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THE FINAL RULE
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‘‘Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska; Final
Rule’’ was published in the Federal Register.
Amended the regulations to include subsistence activities occurring on
inland navigable waters in which the United States has a reserved
water right and to identify specific Federal land units where reserved
water rights exist. Extended the Federal Subsistence Board’s management to all Federal lands selected under the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act and the Alaska Statehood Act and situated within the
boundaries of a Conservation System Unit, National Recreation Area,
National Conservation Area, or any new national forest or forest addition, until conveyed to the State of Alaska or to an Alaska Native Corporation. Specified and clarified the Secretaries’ authority to determine
when hunting, fishing, or trapping activities taking place in Alaska off
the public lands interfere with the subsistence priority.
Expanded the authority that the Board may delegate to agency field officials and clarified the procedures for enacting emergency or temporary restrictions, closures, or openings.
Amended the operating regulations in response to comments on the
June 12, 2001, interim rule. Also corrected some inadvertent errors
and oversights of previous rules.
Clarified how old a person must be to receive certain subsistence use
permits and removed the requirement that Regional Councils must
have an odd number of members.
Because no adverse comments were received on the direct final rule
(67 FR 30559), the direct final rule was adopted.
Clarified the membership qualifications for Regional Advisory Council
membership and relocated the definition of ‘‘regulatory year’’ from
subpart A to subpart D of the regulations.
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SUBSISTENCE MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS FOR PUBLIC LANDS IN ALASKA, SUBPARTS A, B, AND C: Federal Register
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Final Rule .................
71 FR 49997 .............
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Final Rule .................
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October 14, 2010 .....
Final Rule .................
Final Rule .................
76 FR 56109 .............
September 12, 2011
Final Rule .................
Revised jurisdiction in marine waters and clarified jurisdiction relative to
military lands.
Revised the jurisdiction of the subsistence program by adding submerged lands and waters in the area of Makhnati Island, near Sitka,
AK. This allowed subsistence users to harvest marine resources in
this area under seasons, harvest limits, and methods specified in the
regulations.
Revised nonrural determinations.
Amended the regulations for accepting and addressing special action requests and the role of the Regional Advisory Councils in the process.
Revised the composition of the Board.
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An environmental assessment was
prepared in 1997 on the expansion of
Federal jurisdiction over fisheries and is
available from the office listed under
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. The
Secretary of the Interior with the
concurrence of the Secretary of
Agriculture determined that the
expansion of Federal jurisdiction did
not constitute a major Federal action
significantly affecting the human
environment and, therefore, signed a
Finding of No Significant Impact.
Section 810 of ANILCA
An ANILCA 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 and concluded
that the Program, under Alternative IV
with an annual process for setting
subsistence regulations, may have some
local impacts on subsistence uses, but
will not likely restrict subsistence uses
significantly.
During the subsequent environmental
assessment process for extending
fisheries jurisdiction, an evaluation of
the effects of this rule was conducted in
accordance with section 810. That
evaluation also supported the
Secretaries’ determination that the rule
will not reach the ‘‘may significantly
restrict’’ threshold that would require
notice and hearings under ANILCA
section 810(a).
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(OMB) control number. This rule does
not contain any new collections of
information that require OMB approval.
OMB has reviewed and approved the
following collections of information
associated with the subsistence
regulations at 36 CFR part 242 and 50
CFR part 100: Subsistence hunting and
fishing applications, permits, and
reports, Federal Subsistence Regional
Advisory Council Membership
Application/Nomination and Interview
Forms (OMB Control No. 1018–0075
expires January 31, 2013).
rules that will have a significant effect
on a substantial number of small
entities, which include small
businesses, organizations, or
governmental jurisdictions. 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. Therefore, the
Departments certify 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.
Regulatory Planning and Review
(Executive Orders 12866 and 13563)
Executive Order 12866 provides that
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs (OIRA) will review all significant
rules. The Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs has determined that
this rule is not significant.
Executive Order 13563 reaffirms the
principles of E.O. 12866 while calling
for improvements in the nation’s
regulatory system to promote
predictability, to reduce uncertainty,
and to use the best, most innovative,
and least burdensome tools for
achieving regulatory ends. The
executive order directs agencies to
consider regulatory approaches that
reduce burdens and maintain flexibility
and freedom of choice for the public
where these approaches are relevant,
feasible, and consistent with regulatory
objectives. E.O. 13563 emphasizes
further that regulations must be based
on the best available science and that
the rulemaking process must allow for
public participation and an open
exchange of ideas. We have developed
this rule in a manner consistent with
these requirements.
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness 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.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980
(5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) requires
preparation of flexibility analyses for
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Executive Order 12630
Title VIII of ANILCA requires the
Secretaries to administer a subsistence
priority on public lands. The scope of
this Program is limited by definition to
certain public lands. Likewise, these
regulations have no potential takings of
private property implications as defined
by Executive Order 12630.
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
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
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imposed on any State or local entities or
tribal governments.
Executive Order 12988
The Secretaries have determined that
these regulations meet the applicable
standards provided in sections 3(a) and
3(b)(2) of Executive Order 12988,
regarding civil justice reform.
Executive Order 13132
In accordance with Executive Order
13132, the rule does not have sufficient
Federalism implications to warrant the
preparation of a Federalism Assessment.
Title VIII of ANILCA precludes the State
from exercising subsistence
management authority over fish and
wildlife resources on Federal lands
unless it meets certain requirements.
Executive Order 13175
The Alaska National Interest Lands
Conservation Act does not provide
rights to Tribes for the subsistence
taking of wildlife, fish, and shellfish.
However, the Board provided Federally
recognized Tribes and Alaska Native
Corporations an opportunity to consult
on this rule. Consultation with Alaska
Native Corporations is based on Public
Law 108–199, div. H, Sec. 161, Jan. 23,
2004, 118 Stat. 452, as amended by
Public Law 108–447, div. H, title V, Sec.
518, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3267, which
provides that: ‘‘The Director of the
Office of Management and Budget and
all Federal agencies shall hereafter
consult with Alaska Native Corporations
on the same basis as Indian tribes under
Executive Order No. 13175.’’
The Secretaries, through the Board,
provided a variety of opportunities for
tribal consultation: submitting proposals
to change the existing rule, commenting
on proposed changes to the existing
rule; engaging in dialogue at the
Regional Council meetings; engaging in
dialogue at the Board’s meetings; and
providing input in person, by mail,
email, or phone at any time during this
rulemaking process. In addition, 12
teleconference opportunities were
provided to allow for consultation with
the Board in each of the 10 subsistence
resource regions for Tribal entities and
two specifically for Alaska Native
Corporations.
On January 17, 2012, the Board
provided Federally recognized Tribes
and Alaska Native Corporations a
specific opportunity to consult on this
rule. Federally recognized Tribes and
Alaska Native Corporations were
notified by mail and telephone and were
given the opportunity to attend in
person or via teleconference.
Executive Order 13211
This Executive Order requires
agencies to prepare Statements of
Energy Effects when undertaking certain
actions. However, this rule is not a
significant regulatory action under E.O.
13211, affecting energy supply,
distribution, or use, and no Statement of
Energy Effects is required.
Drafting Information
Theo Matuskowitz drafted these
regulations under the guidance of Peter
J. Probasco of the Office of Subsistence
Management, Alaska Regional Office,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Anchorage, Alaska. Additional
assistance was provided by:
• Daniel Sharp, Alaska State Office,
Bureau of Land Management;
• Sandy Rabinowitch and Nancy
Swanton, Alaska Regional Office,
National Park Service;
• Dr. Glenn Chen, Alaska Regional
Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs;
• Jerry Berg, Alaska Regional Office,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; and
• Steve Kessler, Alaska Regional
Office, U.S. Forest Service.
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36 CFR Part 242
Administrative practice and
procedure, Alaska, Fish, National
forests, Public lands, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Wildlife.
50 CFR Part 100
Administrative practice and
procedure, Alaska, Fish, National
forests, Public lands, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Wildlife.
Regulation Promulgation
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 ll—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, § ll.24(a)(1) is
revised to read as follows:
■
§ ll.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:
Species
Determination
Unit 1C ..............................................................................
Black Bear ..........................
Unit 1A ..............................................................................
Unit 1B ..............................................................................
Brown Bear ........................
Brown Bear ........................
Unit 1C ..............................................................................
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Brown Bear ........................
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
..............................................................................
..............................................................................
..............................................................................
..............................................................................
Brown Bear ........................
Deer ....................................
Deer ....................................
Deer ....................................
Unit 1D ..............................................................................
Unit 1B ..............................................................................
Unit 1C ..............................................................................
Deer ....................................
Goat ....................................
Goat ....................................
Unit 1B ..............................................................................
Unit 1C ..............................................................................
Moose .................................
Moose .................................
Residents of Units 1C, 1D, 3, Hoonah, Pelican, Point
Baker, Sitka, and Tenakee Springs.
Residents of Unit 1A, excluding residents of Hyder.
Residents of Unit 1A, Petersburg, and Wrangell, excluding residents of Hyder.
Residents of Unit 1C, Haines, Hoonah, Kake, Klukwan,
Skagway, and Wrangell, excluding residents of Gustavus.
Residents of Unit 1D.
Residents of Units 1A and 2.
Residents of Units 1A, 1B, 2, and 3.
Residents of Units 1C, 1D, Hoonah, Kake, and Petersburg.
No Federal subsistence priority.
Residents of Units 1B and 3.
Residents of Haines, Kake, Klukwan, Petersburg, and
Hoonah.
Residents of Units 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Residents of Units 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
1D
1A
1B
1C
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Determination
Unit 1D ..............................................................................
Unit 2 ................................................................................
Unit 3 ................................................................................
Moose .................................
Deer ....................................
Deer ....................................
Unit 3, Wrangell and Mitkof Islands .................................
Unit 4 ................................................................................
Unit 4 ................................................................................
Moose .................................
Brown Bear ........................
Deer ....................................
Unit 4 ................................................................................
Goat ....................................
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
5 ................................................................................
5 ................................................................................
5 ................................................................................
5 ................................................................................
5 ................................................................................
5 ................................................................................
6A ..............................................................................
Black Bear ..........................
Brown Bear ........................
Deer ....................................
Goat ....................................
Moose .................................
Wolf ....................................
Black Bear ..........................
Unit 6, remainder ..............................................................
Black Bear ..........................
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
6 ................................................................................
6A ..............................................................................
6C and Unit 6D .........................................................
6A ..............................................................................
6B and Unit 6C .........................................................
6D ..............................................................................
6A ..............................................................................
Brown Bear ........................
Goat ....................................
Goat ....................................
Moose .................................
Moose .................................
Moose .................................
Wolf ....................................
Unit 6, remainder ..............................................................
Wolf ....................................
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
7
7
7,
7,
................................................................................
................................................................................
Brown Mountain hunt area ...................................
that portion draining into Kings Bay .....................
Brown Bear ........................
Caribou ...............................
Goat ....................................
Moose .................................
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
7,
7
7
8
remainder ..............................................................
................................................................................
................................................................................
................................................................................
Moose .................................
Sheep .................................
Ruffed Grouse ....................
Brown Bear ........................
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
8 ................................................................................
8 ................................................................................
8 ................................................................................
9D ..............................................................................
9A and Unit 9B ..........................................................
9A ..............................................................................
9B ..............................................................................
9C ..............................................................................
9D ..............................................................................
9E ..............................................................................
Deer ....................................
Elk ......................................
Goat ....................................
Bison ..................................
Black Bear ..........................
Brown Bear ........................
Brown Bear ........................
Brown Bear ........................
Brown Bear ........................
Brown Bear ........................
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
9A and Unit 9B ..........................................................
9C ..............................................................................
9D ..............................................................................
9E ..............................................................................
Caribou
Caribou
Caribou
Caribou
Residents of Unit 1D.
Residents of Units 1A, 2, and 3.
Residents of Units 1B, 3, Port Alexander, Port Protection, Pt. Baker, and Meyers Chuck.
Residents of Units 1B, 2, and 3.
Residents of Unit 4 and Kake.
Residents of Unit 4, Kake, Gustavus, Haines, Petersburg, Pt. Baker, Klukwan, Port Protection, Wrangell,
and Yakutat.
Residents of Sitka, Hoonah, Tenakee, Pelican, Funter
Bay, Angoon, Port Alexander, and Elfin Cove.
Residents of Unit 5A.
Residents of Yakutat.
Residents of Yakutat.
Residents of Unit 5A
Residents of Unit 5A.
Residents of Unit 5A.
Residents of Yakutat and Units 6C and 6D, excluding
residents of Whittier.
Residents of Units 6C and 6D, excluding residents of
Whittier.
No Federal subsistence priority.
Residents of Units 5A, 6C, Chenega Bay, and Tatitlek.
Residents of Units 6C and D.
Residents of Units 5A, 6A, 6B, and 6C.
Residents of Units 6A, 6B, and 6C.
No Federal subsistence priority.
Residents of Units 5A, 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only),
11–13, Chickaloon, and 16–26.
Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–
13, Chickaloon, and 16–26.
No Federal subsistence priority.
Residents of Hope.
Residents of Port Graham and Nanwalek.
Residents of Chenega Bay, Cooper Landing, Hope,
and Tatitlek.
Residents of Cooper Landing and Hope.
No Federal subsistence priority.
No Federal subsistence priority.
Residents of Old Harbor, Akhiok, Larsen Bay, Karluk,
Ouzinkie, and Port Lions.
Residents of Unit 8.
Residents of Unit 8.
No Federal subsistence priority.
No Federal subsistence priority.
Residents of Units 9A, 9B, 17A, 17B, and 17C.
Residents of Pedro Bay.
Residents of Unit 9B.
Residents of Unit 9C, Igiugig, Kakhonak, and Levelock.
Residents of Units 9D and 10 (Unimak Island).
Residents of Chignik, Chignik Lagoon, Chignik Lake,
Egegik, Ivanof Bay, Perryville, Pilot Point, Ugashik,
and Port Heiden/Meshik.
Residents of Units 9B, 9C, and 17.
Residents of Units 9B, 9C, 17, and Egegik.
Residents of Unit 9D, Akutan, and False Pass.
Residents of Units 9B, 9C, 9E, 17, Nelson Lagoon, and
Sand Point.
Residents of Units 9A, 9B, 9C, and 9E.
Residents of Cold Bay, False Pass, King Cove, Nelson
Lagoon, and Sand Point.
Residents of Iliamna, Newhalen, Nondalton, Pedro Bay,
Port Alsworth, and Lake Clark National Park and Preserve within Unit 9B.
Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–
13, Chickaloon, and 16–26.
Residents of Units 9A, 9B, 9C, 9E, and 17.
Residents of Units 9D and 10 (Unimak Island).
Residents of Akutan, False Pass, King Cove, and Sand
Point.
No Federal subsistence priority.
Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–
13, Chickaloon, and 16–26.
No Federal subsistence priority.
...............................
...............................
...............................
...............................
Moose .................................
Moose .................................
Unit 9B ..............................................................................
Sheep .................................
Unit 9 ................................................................................
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Unit 9A, Unit 9B, Unit 9C and Unit 9E .............................
Unit 9D ..............................................................................
Wolf ....................................
Unit 9A, Unit 9B, Unit 9C, and Unit 9E ............................
Unit 10 Unimak Island ......................................................
Unit 10 Unimak Island ......................................................
Beaver ................................
Brown Bear ........................
Caribou ...............................
Unit 10, remainder ............................................................
Unit 10 ..............................................................................
Caribou ...............................
Wolf ....................................
Unit 11 ..............................................................................
Bison ..................................
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Species
Determination
Unit 11, north of the Sanford River ..................................
Black Bear ..........................
Unit 11, remainder ............................................................
Black Bear ..........................
Unit 11, north of the Sanford River ..................................
Brown Bear ........................
Unit 11, remainder ............................................................
Brown Bear ........................
Unit 11, north of the Sanford River ..................................
Caribou ...............................
Unit 11, remainder ............................................................
Unit 11 ..............................................................................
Caribou ...............................
Goat ....................................
Unit 11, north of the Sanford River ..................................
Moose .................................
Unit 11, remainder ............................................................
Unit 11, north of the Sanford River ..................................
Moose .................................
Sheep .................................
Unit 11, remainder ............................................................
Sheep .................................
Unit 11 ..............................................................................
Wolf ....................................
Unit 11 ..............................................................................
Unit 12 ..............................................................................
Grouse (Spruce, Blue,
Ruffed and Sharp-tailed).
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow
and White-tailed).
Brown Bear ........................
Unit 12 ..............................................................................
Caribou ...............................
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 Pickerel Lake.
Unit 12, that portion east of the Nabesna River and
Nabesna Glacier, and south of the Winter Trail running southeast from Pickerel Lake to the Canadian
border.
Unit 12, remainder ............................................................
Moose .................................
Residents of Chistochina, Chitina, Copper Center,
Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana, Kenny Lake, Mentasta
Lake, Slana, Tazlina, Tonsina, and Units 11 and 12.
Residents of Chistochina, Chitina, Copper Center,
Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana, Kenny Lake, Mentasta
Lake, Nabesna Road (mileposts 25–46), Slana,
Tazlina, Tok Cutoff Road (mileposts 79–110),
Tonsina, and Unit 11.
Residents of Chistochina, Chitina, Copper Center,
Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana, Kenny Lake, Mentasta
Lake, Slana, Tazlina, Tonsina, and Units 11 and 12.
Residents of Chistochina, Chitina, Copper Center,
Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana, Kenny Lake, Mentasta
Lake, Nabesna Road (mileposts 25–46), Slana,
Tazlina, Tok Cutoff Road (mileposts 79–110),
Tonsina, and Unit 11.
Residents of Units 11, 12, 13A–D, Chickaloon, Healy
Lake, and Dot Lake.
Residents of Units 11, 13A–D, and Chickaloon.
Residents of Unit 11, Chitina, Chistochina, Copper
Center, Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana, Mentasta
Lake, Slana, Tazlina, Tonsina, and Dot Lake, Tok
Cutoff Road (mileposts 79–110 Mentasta Pass), and
Nabesna Road (mileposts 25–46).
Residents of Units 11, 12, 13A–D, Chickaloon, Healy
Lake, and Dot Lake.
Residents of Units 11, 13A–D, and Chickaloon.
Residents of Unit 12, Chistochina, Chitina, Copper
Center, Dot Lake, Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana,
Healy Lake, Kenny Lake, Mentasta Lake, Slana,
McCarthy/South Wrangell/South Park, Tazlina,
Tonsina, residents along the Nabesna Road—Milepost 0–46 (Nabesna Road), and residents along the
McCarthy Road—Milepost 0–62 (McCarthy Road).
Residents of Chisana, Chistochina, Chitina, Copper
Center, Gakona, Glennallen, Gulkana, Kenny Lake,
Mentasta Lake, Slana, McCarthy/South Wrangell/
South Park, Tazlina, Tonsina, residents along the
Tok Cutoff—Milepost 79–110 (Mentasta Pass), residents along the Nabesna Road—Milepost 0–46
(Nabesna Road), and residents along the McCarthy
Road—Milepost 0–62 (McCarthy Road).
Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–
13, Chickaloon, and 16–26.
Residents of Units 11, 12, 13, and Chickaloon, 15, 16,
20D, 22, and 23.
Residents of Units 11, 12, 13, Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20D,
22, and 23.
Residents of Unit 12, Dot Lake, Chistochina, Gakona,
Mentasta Lake, and Slana.
Residents of Unit 12, Chistochina, Dot Lake, Healy
Lake, and Mentasta Lake.
Residents of Units 12 and 13C, Dot Lake, and Healy
Lake.
Moose .................................
Residents of Units 12 and 13C and Healy Lake.
Moose .................................
Unit 12 ..............................................................................
Sheep .................................
Unit 12 ..............................................................................
Wolf ....................................
Unit 13 ..............................................................................
Unit 13B ............................................................................
Brown Bear ........................
Caribou ...............................
Unit 13C ............................................................................
Caribou ...............................
Residents of Unit 11 north of 62nd parallel, Units 12
and 13A–D, Chickaloon, Dot Lake, and Healy Lake.
Residents of Unit 12, Chistochina, Dot Lake, Healy
Lake, and Mentasta Lake.
Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–
13, Chickaloon, and 16–26.
Residents of Unit 13 and Slana.
Residents of Units 11, 12 (along the Nabesna Road
and Tok Cutoff Road, mileposts 79–110), 13, 20D
(excluding residents of Fort Greely), and Chickaloon.
Residents of Units 11, 12 (along the Nabesna Road
and Tok Cutoff Road, mileposts 79–110), 13,
Chickaloon, Dot Lake, and Healy Lake.
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Unit 13A and Unit 13D .....................................................
Caribou ...............................
Unit 13E ............................................................................
Caribou ...............................
Unit 13D ............................................................................
Unit 13A and Unit 13D .....................................................
Unit 13B ............................................................................
Goat ....................................
Moose .................................
Moose .................................
Unit 13C ............................................................................
Moose .................................
Unit 13E ............................................................................
Moose .................................
Unit 13D ............................................................................
Unit 13 ..............................................................................
Sheep .................................
Wolf ....................................
Unit 13 ..............................................................................
14C ............................................................................
14 ..............................................................................
14 ..............................................................................
14A and Unit 14C .....................................................
15A and Unit 15B ......................................................
15C ............................................................................
15 ..............................................................................
15A and Unit 15B ......................................................
Grouse (Spruce, Blue,
Ruffed Sharp-tailed).
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow
and White-tailed).
Brown Bear ........................
Goat ....................................
Moose .................................
Sheep .................................
Black Bear ..........................
Black Bear ..........................
Brown Bear ........................
Moose .................................
Unit 15C ............................................................................
Moose .................................
Unit 15 ..............................................................................
Unit 15 ..............................................................................
Sheep .................................
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow
and White-tailed).
Grouse (Spruce) .................
Grouse (Ruffed) .................
Black Bear ..........................
Brown Bear ........................
Moose .................................
Moose .................................
Sheep .................................
Wolf ....................................
Residents of Units 11, 12 (along the Nabesna Road),
13, and Chickaloon.
Residents of Units 11, 12 (along the Nabesna Road),
13, Chickaloon, McKinley Village, and the area along
the Parks Highway between mileposts 216 and 239
(excluding residents of Denali National Park headquarters).
No Federal subsistence priority.
Residents of Unit 13, Chickaloon, and Slana.
Residents of Units 13 and 20D (excluding residents of
Fort Greely) and Chickaloon and Slana.
Residents of Units 12 and 13, Chickaloon, Healy Lake,
Dot Lake, and Slana.
Residents of Unit 13, Chickaloon, McKinley Village,
Slana, and the area along the Parks Highway between mileposts 216 and 239 (excluding residents of
Denali National Park headquarters).
No Federal subsistence priority.
Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–
13, Chickaloon, and 16–26.
Residents of Units 11, 13, Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20D, 22
and 23.
Residents of Units 11, 13, Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20D, 22
and 23.
No Federal subsistence priority.
No Federal subsistence priority.
No Federal subsistence priority.
No Federal subsistence priority.
Residents of Ninilchik.
Residents of Ninilchik, Port Graham, and Nanwalek.
Residents of Ninilchik.
Residents of Cooper Landing, Ninilchik, Nanwalek, Port
Graham, and Seldovia.
Residents of Ninilchik, Nanwalek, Port Graham, and
Seldovia.
No Federal subsistence priority.
Residents of Unit 15.
Unit 13 ..............................................................................
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
15 ..............................................................................
15 ..............................................................................
16B ............................................................................
16 ..............................................................................
16A ............................................................................
16B ............................................................................
16 ..............................................................................
16 ..............................................................................
Unit 16 ..............................................................................
Unit 16 ..............................................................................
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Unit 17, remainder ............................................................
Unit 17A and Unit 17B, those portions north and west of
a line beginning from the Unit 18 boundary at the
northwestern end of Nenevok Lake, to the southern
point of upper Togiak Lake, and northeast to the
northern point of Nuyakuk Lake, northeast to the point
where the Unit 17 boundary intersects the Shotgun
Hills.
Unit 17A, remainder ..........................................................
Unit 17B, that portion draining into Nuyakuk Lake and
Tikchik Lake.
Unit 17B and Unit 17C .....................................................
Unit 17A, that portion west of the Izavieknik River,
Upper Togiak Lake, Togiak Lake, and the main course
of the Togiak River.
Unit 17A, that portion north of Togiak Lake that includes
Izavieknik River drainages.
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Grouse (Spruce and
Ruffed).
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow
and White-tailed).
Black Bear ..........................
Residents of Unit 15.
No Federal subsistence priority.
Residents of Unit 16B.
No Federal subsistence priority.
No Federal subsistence priority.
Residents of Unit 16B.
No Federal subsistence priority.
Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–
13, Chickaloon, and 16–26.
Residents of Units 11, 13,Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20D, 22
and 23.
Residents of Units 11, 13, Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20D, 22
and 23.
Residents of Units 9A and B, 17, Akiak, and Akiachak.
Black Bear ..........................
Brown Bear ........................
Residents of Units 9A and B, and 17.
Residents of Kwethluk.
Brown Bear ........................
Residents of Unit 17, Akiak, Akiachak, Goodnews Bay,
and Platinum.
Residents of Akiak and Akiachak.
Brown Bear ........................
Brown Bear ........................
Caribou ...............................
Residents of Unit 17.
Residents of Goodnews Bay, Platinum, Quinhagak,
Eek, Tuntutuliak, and Napakiak.
Caribou ...............................
Residents of Akiak, Akiachak, and Tuluksak.
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Units 17A and 17B, those portions north and west of a
line beginning from the Unit 18 boundary at the northwestern end of Nenevok Lake, to the southern point of
upper Togiak Lake, and northeast to the northern
point of Nuyakuk Lake, northeast to the point where
the Unit 17 boundary intersects the Shotgun Hills.
Unit 17B, that portion of Togiak National Wildlife Refuge
within Unit 17B.
Caribou ...............................
Residents of Kwethluk.
Caribou ...............................
Unit 17, remainder ............................................................
Caribou ...............................
Units 17A and 17B, those portions north and west of a
line beginning from the Unit 18 boundary at the northwestern end of Nenevok Lake, to the southern point of
upper Togiak Lake, and northeast to the northern
point of Nuyakuk Lake, northeast to the point where
the Unit 17 boundary intersects the Shotgun Hills.
Unit 17A, that portion north of Togiak Lake that includes
Izavieknik River drainages.
Unit 17 A, remainder ........................................................
Moose .................................
Residents of Bethel, Goodnews Bay, Platinum,
Quinhagak, Eek, Akiak, Akiachak, Tuluksak,
Tuntutuliak, and Napakiak.
Residents of Units 9B, 17, Lime Village, and Stony
River.
Residents of Kwethluk.
Moose .................................
Residents of Akiak and Akiachak.
Moose .................................
Residents of Unit 17, Goodnews Bay and Platinum; excluding residents of Akiachak, Akiak, and Quinhagak.
Residents of Akiak and Akiachak.
Moose .................................
Unit 17 ..............................................................................
Wolf ....................................
Unit 17 ..............................................................................
Unit 18 ..............................................................................
Beaver ................................
Black Bear ..........................
Unit 18 ..............................................................................
Brown Bear ........................
Unit 18 ..............................................................................
Caribou ...............................
Unit 18, that portion of the Yukon River drainage upstream of Russian Mission and that portion of the
Kuskokwim River drainage upstream of, but not including, the Tuluksak River drainage.
Unit 18, that portion north of a line from Cape Romanzof
to Kusilvak Mountain to Mountain Village, and all
drainages north of the Yukon River downstream from
Marshall.
Unit 18, remainder ............................................................
Unit 18 ..............................................................................
Unit 18 ..............................................................................
Moose .................................
Moose .................................
Residents of Unit 18, St. Michael, Stebbins, and Upper
Kalskag.
Moose .................................
Musk ox ..............................
Wolf ....................................
Unit 19C and Unit 19D .....................................................
Unit 19A and Unit 19B ......................................................
Bison ..................................
Brown Bear ........................
Unit 19C ............................................................................
Unit 19D ............................................................................
Brown Bear ........................
Brown Bear ........................
Unit 19A and Unit 19B ......................................................
Caribou ...............................
Unit 19C ............................................................................
Caribou ...............................
Unit 19D ............................................................................
Caribou ...............................
Unit 19A and Unit 9B ........................................................
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Unit 17B, remainder and Unit 17C ...................................
Moose .................................
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
19B, west of the Kogrukluk River .............................
19C ............................................................................
19D ............................................................................
19 ..............................................................................
Moose .................................
Moose .................................
Moose .................................
Wolf ....................................
Unit 20D ............................................................................
Unit 20F ............................................................................
Bison ..................................
Black Bear ..........................
Residents of Unit 18 and Upper Kalskag.
No Federal subsistence priority.
Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–
13, Chickaloon, and 16–26.
No Federal subsistence priority.
Residents of Units 18 and 19 within the Kuskokwim
River drainage upstream from, and including, the
Johnson River.
No Federal subsistence priority.
Residents of Units 19A and D, Tuluksak, and Lower
Kalskag.
Residents of Units 19A and 19B, Unit 18 within the
Kuskokwim River drainage upstream from, and including, the Johnson River, and residents of St.
Marys, Marshall, Pilot Station, and Russian Mission.
Residents of Unit 19C, Lime Village, McGrath, Nikolai,
and Telida.
Residents of Unit 19D, Lime Village, Sleetmute, and
Stony River.
Residents of Unit 18 within Kuskokwim River drainage
upstream from and including the Johnson River, and
residents of Unit 19.
Residents of Eek and Quinhagak.
Residents of Unit 19.
Residents of Unit 19 and Lake Minchumina.
Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–
13, Chickaloon, and 16–26.
No Federal subsistence priority.
Residents of Unit 20F, Stevens Village, and Manley Hot
Springs.
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Residents of Unit 17, Nondalton, Levelock, Goodnews
Bay, and Platinum.
Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–
13, Chickaloon, and 16–26.
Residents of Units 9A, 9B, 9C, 9E, and 17.
Residents of Unit 18, Unit 19A living downstream of the
Holokuk River, Holy Cross, Stebbins, St. Michael,
Twin Hills, and Togiak.
Residents of Akiachak, Akiak, Eek, Goodnews Bay,
Kwethluk, Mountain Village, Napaskiak, Platinum,
Quinhagak, St. Marys, and Tuluksak.
Residents of Unit 18, Manokotak, Stebbins, St. Michael,
Togiak, Twin Hills, and Upper Kalskag.
Residents of Unit 18, Upper Kalskag, Aniak, and
Chuathbaluk.
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Unit 20E ............................................................................
Unit 20F ............................................................................
Brown Bear ........................
Brown Bear ........................
Unit 20A ............................................................................
Caribou ...............................
Unit 20B ............................................................................
Unit 20C ............................................................................
Caribou ...............................
Caribou ...............................
Unit 20D and Unit 20E .....................................................
Caribou ...............................
Unit 20F ............................................................................
Caribou ...............................
Unit 20A ............................................................................
Moose .................................
Unit 20B, Minto Flats Management Area .........................
Unit 20B, remainder ..........................................................
Unit 20C ............................................................................
Moose .................................
Moose .................................
Moose .................................
Unit 20D ............................................................................
Unit 20E ............................................................................
Moose .................................
Moose .................................
Unit 20F ............................................................................
Moose .................................
Unit 20F ............................................................................
Wolf ....................................
Unit 20, remainder ............................................................
Wolf ....................................
Unit 20D ............................................................................
Unit 21 ..............................................................................
Unit 21A ............................................................................
Grouse, (Spruce, Ruffed
and Sharp-tailed).
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow).
Brown Bear ........................
Caribou ...............................
Unit 21B and Unit 21C .....................................................
Unit 21D ............................................................................
Unit 21E ............................................................................
Caribou ...............................
Caribou ...............................
Caribou ...............................
Unit 21A ............................................................................
Moose .................................
Unit 21B and Unit 21C .....................................................
Moose .................................
Unit 21D ............................................................................
Unit 21E, south of a line beginning at the western
boundary of Unit 21E near the mouth of Paimiut
Slough, extending easterly along the south bank of
Paimiut Slough to Upper High Bank, and southeasterly in the direction of Molybdenum Mountain to the
juncture of Units 19A, 21A, and 21E.
Unit 21E remainder ...........................................................
Unit 21 ..............................................................................
Moose .................................
Moose .................................
Residents of Unit 12 and Dot Lake.
Residents of Unit 20F, Stevens Village, and Manley Hot
Springs.
Residents of Cantwell, Nenana, and those domiciled
between mileposts 216 and 239 of the Parks Highway, excluding residents of households of the Denali
National Park Headquarters.
Residents of Unit 20B, Nenana, and Tanana.
Residents of Unit 20C living east of the Teklanika
River, residents of Cantwell, Lake Minchumina,
Manley Hot Springs, Minto, Nenana, Nikolai, Tanana,
Telida, and those domiciled between mileposts 216
and 239 of the Parks Highway and between mileposts 300 and 309, excluding residents of households of the Denali National Park Headquarters.
Residents of Units 20D, 20E, and 12 north of the
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.
Residents of Units 20F and 25D and Manley Hot
Springs.
Residents of Cantwell, Minto, Nenana, McKinley Village, and the area along the Parks Highway between
mileposts 216 and 239, excluding residents of households of the Denali National Park Headquarters.
Residents of Minto and Nenana.
Residents of Unit 20B, Nenana, and Tanana.
Residents of Unit 20C (except that portion within Denali
National Park and Preserve and that portion east of
the Teklanika River), Cantwell, Manley Hot Springs,
Minto, Nenana, those domiciled between mileposts
300 and 309 of the Parks Highway, Nikolai, Tanana,
Telida, McKinley Village, and the area along the
Parks Highway between mileposts 216 and 239, excluding residents of households of the Denali National Park Headquarters.
Residents of Unit 20D and Tanacross.
Residents of Unit 20E, Unit 12 north of the Wrangell-St.
Elias National Preserve, Circle, Central, Dot Lake,
Healy Lake, and Mentasta Lake.
Residents of Unit 20F, Manley Hot Springs, Minto, and
Stevens Village.
Residents of Unit 20F, Stevens Village, and Manley Hot
Springs.
Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–
13, Chickaloon, and 16–26.
Residents of Units 11, 13, Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20D, 22,
and 23.
Residents of Units 11, 13, Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20D, 22,
and 23.
Residents of Units 21 and 23.
Residents of Units 21A, 21D, 21E, Aniak, Chuathbaluk,
Crooked Creek, McGrath, and Takotna.
Residents of Units 21B, 21C, 21D, and Tanana.
Residents of Units 21B, 21C, 21D, and Huslia.
Residents of Units 21A, 21E, Aniak, Chuathbaluk,
Crooked Creek, McGrath, and Takotna.
Residents of Units 21A, 21E, Takotna, McGrath, Aniak,
and Crooked Creek.
Residents of Units 21B, 21C, Tanana, Ruby, and Galena.
Residents of Units 21D, Huslia, and Ruby.
Residents of Unit 21E, Aniak, Chuathbaluk, Kalskag,
Lower Kalskag, and Russian Mission.
Moose .................................
Wolf ....................................
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Black Bear ..........................
Black Bear ..........................
Black Bear ..........................
Brown Bear ........................
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22A ............................................................................
22B ............................................................................
22C, Unit 22D, and Unit 22E ....................................
22 ..............................................................................
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Residents of Unit 21E and Russian Mission.
Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–
13, Chickaloon, and 16–26.
Residents of Unit 22A and Koyuk.
Residents of Unit 22B.
No Federal subsistence priority.
Residents of Unit 22.
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Unit 22A ............................................................................
Caribou ...............................
Unit 22, remainder ............................................................
Caribou ...............................
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
22 ..............................................................................
22A ............................................................................
22B, west of the Darby Mountains ...........................
22B, remainder ..........................................................
22C ............................................................................
22D ............................................................................
Moose .................................
Musk ox ..............................
Musk ox ..............................
Musk ox ..............................
Musk ox ..............................
Musk ox ..............................
Unit 22E ............................................................................
Musk ox ..............................
Unit 22 ..............................................................................
Wolf ....................................
Unit 22 ..............................................................................
Grouse (Spruce) .................
Unit 22 ..............................................................................
Unit 23 ..............................................................................
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow).
Black Bear ..........................
Unit 23 ..............................................................................
Unit 23 ..............................................................................
Brown Bear ........................
Caribou ...............................
Unit 23 ..............................................................................
Unit 23, south of Kotzebue Sound and west of and including the Buckland River drainage.
Unit 23, remainder ............................................................
Moose .................................
Musk ox ..............................
Musk ox ..............................
Unit 23 ..............................................................................
Sheep .................................
Unit 23 ..............................................................................
Wolf ....................................
Unit 23 ..............................................................................
Grouse (Spruce and
Ruffed).
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow
and White-tailed).
Black Bear ..........................
Residents of Units 21D west of the Koyukuk and Yukon
Rivers, 22 (except residents of St. Lawrence Island),
23, 24, Kotlik, Emmonak, Hooper Bay, Scammon
Bay, Chevak, Marshall, Mountain Village, Pilot Station, Pitka’s Point, Russian Mission, St. Marys,
Nunam Iqua, and Alakanuk.
Residents of Units 21D west of the Koyukuk and Yukon
Rivers, 22 (excluding residents of St. Lawrence Island), 23, and 24.
Residents of Unit 22.
All rural residents.
Residents of Units 22B and 22C.
Residents of Unit 22B.
Residents of Unit 22C.
Residents of Units 22B, 22C, 22D, and 22E (excluding
St. Lawrence Island).
Residents of Unit 22E (excluding Little Diomede Island).
Residents of Units 23, 22, 21D north and west of the
Yukon River, and Kotlik.
Residents of Units 11, 13, Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20D, 22,
and 23.
Residents of Units 11, 13, Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20D, 22,
and 23.
Residents of Unit 23, Alatna, Allakaket, Bettles, Evansville, Galena, Hughes, Huslia, and Koyukuk.
Residents of Units 21 and 23.
Residents of Units 21D west of the Koyukuk and Yukon
Rivers, Galena, 22, 23, 24 including residents of
Wiseman but not including other residents of the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area, and 26A.
Residents of Unit 23.
Residents of Unit 23 south of Kotzebue Sound and
west of and including the Buckland River drainage.
Residents of Unit 23 east and north of the Buckland
River drainage.
Residents of Point Lay and Unit 23 north of the Arctic
Circle.
Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–
13, Chickaloon, and 16–26.
Residents of Units 11, 13, Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20D, 22,
and 23.
Residents of Units 11, 13, Chickaloon, 15, 16, 20D, 22,
and 23.
Residents of Stevens Village, Unit 24, and Wiseman,
but not including any other residents of the Dalton
Highway Corridor Management Area.
Unit 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.
Unit 24, remainder ............................................................
Black Bear ..........................
Brown Bear ........................
Caribou ...............................
Unit 24 ..............................................................................
Unit 24 ..............................................................................
Moose .................................
Sheep .................................
Unit 24 ..............................................................................
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Unit 24, that portion south of Caribou Mountain, and
within the public lands composing or immediately adjacent to the Dalton Highway Corridor Management
Area.
Unit 24, remainder ............................................................
Unit 24 ..............................................................................
Wolf ....................................
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
25D ............................................................................
25D ............................................................................
25, remainder ............................................................
25A ............................................................................
25B and Unit 25C .....................................................
25D ............................................................................
Black Bear ..........................
Brown Bear ........................
Brown Bear ........................
Caribou ...............................
Caribou ...............................
Caribou ...............................
Unit 25A ............................................................................
Unit 25D, west ..................................................................
Unit 25D, remainder .........................................................
Moose .................................
Moose .................................
Moose .................................
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Residents of Unit 24 and Wiseman, but not including
any other residents of the Dalton Highway Corridor
Management Area.
Residents of Stevens Village and Unit 24.
Residents of Unit 24.
Residents of Unit 24, Galena, Kobuk, Koyukuk, Stevens Village, and Tanana.
Residents of Unit 24, Koyukuk, and Galena.
Residents of Unit 24 residing north of the Arctic Circle,
Allakaket, Alatna, Hughes, and Huslia.
Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–
13, Chickaloon, and 16–26.
Residents of Unit 25D.
Residents of Unit 25D.
Residents of Unit 25 and Eagle.
Residents of Units 24A and 25.
Residents of Unit 25.
Residents of Units 20F and 25D and Manley Hot
Springs.
Residents of Units 25A and 25D.
Residents of Unit 25D West.
Residents of remainder of Unit 25.
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Unit 25A ............................................................................
Sheep .................................
Unit 25B and Unit 25C .....................................................
Unit 25D ............................................................................
Unit 25, remainder ............................................................
Sheep .................................
Wolf ....................................
Wolf ....................................
Unit 26 ..............................................................................
Brown Bear ........................
Unit 26A and C .................................................................
Unit 26B ............................................................................
Caribou ...............................
Caribou ...............................
Unit 26 ..............................................................................
Moose .................................
Unit 26A ............................................................................
Musk ox ..............................
Unit
Unit
Unit
Unit
............................................................................
............................................................................
............................................................................
............................................................................
Musk ox ..............................
Musk ox ..............................
Sheep .................................
Sheep .................................
Unit 26C ............................................................................
Sheep .................................
Unit 26 ..............................................................................
Wolf ....................................
Residents of Arctic Village, Chalkyitsik, Fort Yukon,
Kaktovik, and Venetie.
No Federal subsistence priority.
Residents of Unit 25D.
Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–
13, Chickaloon, and 16–26.
Residents of Unit 26 (excluding the Prudhoe Bay–
Deadhorse Industrial Complex), Anaktuvuk Pass, and
Point Hope.
Residents of Unit 26, Anaktuvuk Pass, and Point Hope.
Residents of Unit 26, Anaktuvuk Pass, Point Hope, and
Unit 24 within the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area.
Residents of Unit 26 (excluding the Prudhoe BayDeadhorse Industrial Complex), Point Hope, and
Anaktuvuk Pass.
Residents of Anaktuvuk Pass, Atqasuk, Barrow,
Nuiqsut, Point Hope, Point Lay, and Wainwright.
Residents of Anaktuvuk Pass, Nuiqsut, and Kaktovik.
Residents of Kaktovik.
Residents of Unit 26, Anaktuvuk Pass, and Point Hope.
Residents of Unit 26, Anaktuvuk Pass, Point Hope, and
Wiseman.
Residents of Unit 26, Anaktuvuk Pass, Arctic Village,
Chalkyitsik, Fort Yukon, Point Hope, and Venetie.
Residents of Units 6, 9, 10 (Unimak Island only), 11–
13, Chickaloon, and 16–26.
*
26B
26C
26A
26B
*
*
*
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Subpart D—Subsistence Taking of
Fish and Wildlife
3. In subpart D of 36 CFR part 242 and
50 CFR part 100, § ll.25 is revised to
read as follows:
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§ ll.25 Subsistence taking of fish,
wildlife, and shellfish: general regulations.
(a) Definitions. The following
definitions apply to all regulations
contained in this part:
Abalone iron means a flat device
which is used for taking abalone and
which is more than 1 inch (24 mm) in
width and less than 24 inches (610 mm)
in length, with all prying edges rounded
and smooth.
ADF&G means the Alaska Department
of Fish and Game.
Airborne means transported by
aircraft.
Aircraft means any kind of airplane,
glider, or other device used to transport
people or equipment through the air,
excluding helicopters.
Airport means an airport listed in the
Federal Aviation Administration’s
Alaska Airman’s Guide and chart
supplement.
Anchor means a device used to hold
a fishing vessel or net in a fixed position
relative to the beach; this includes using
part of the seine or lead, a ship’s anchor,
or being secured to another vessel or net
that is anchored.
Animal means those species with a
vertebral column (backbone).
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Antler means one or more solid, hornlike appendages protruding from the
head of a caribou, deer, elk, or moose.
Antlered means any caribou, deer, elk,
or moose having at least one visible
antler.
Antlerless means any caribou, deer,
elk, or moose not having visible antlers
attached to the skull.
Bait means any material excluding a
scent lure that is placed to attract an
animal by its sense of smell or taste;
however, those parts of legally taken
animals that are not required to be
salvaged and which are left at the kill
site are not considered bait.
Beach seine means a floating net
which is designed to surround fish and
is set from and hauled to the beach.
Bear means black bear, or brown or
grizzly bear.
Big game means black bear, brown
bear, bison, caribou, Sitka black-tailed
deer, elk, mountain goat, moose, musk
ox, Dall sheep, wolf, and wolverine.
Bow means a longbow, recurve bow,
or compound bow, excluding a
crossbow or any bow equipped with a
mechanical device that holds arrows at
full draw.
Broadhead means an arrowhead that
is not barbed and has two or more steel
cutting edges having a minimum cutting
diameter of not less than seven-eighths
of an inch.
Brow tine means a tine on the front
portion of a moose antler, typically
projecting forward from the base of the
antler toward the nose.
Buck means any male deer.
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Bull means any male moose, caribou,
elk, or musk oxen.
Calf means a moose, caribou, elk,
musk ox, or bison less than 12 months
old.
Cast net means a circular net with a
mesh size of no more than 1.5 inches
and weights attached to the perimeter,
which, when thrown, surrounds the fish
and closes at the bottom when retrieved.
Char means the following species:
Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinis), lake
trout (Salvelinus namaycush), brook
trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), and Dolly
Varden (Salvelinus malma).
Closed season means the time when
fish, wildlife, or shellfish may not be
taken.
Crab means the following species:
Red king crab (Paralithodes
camshatica), blue king crab
(Paralithodes platypus), brown king
crab (Lithodes aequispina), scarlet king
crab (Lithodes couesi), all species of
tanner or snow crab (Chionoecetes spp.),
and Dungeness crab (Cancer magister).
Cub bear means a brown or grizzly
bear in its first or second year of life, or
a black bear (including cinnamon and
blue phases) in its first year of life.
Depth of net means the perpendicular
distance between cork line and lead line
expressed as either linear units of
measure or as a number of meshes,
including all of the web of which the
net is composed.
Designated hunter or fisherman
means a Federally qualified hunter or
fisherman who may take all or a portion
of another Federally qualified hunter’s
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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 onehalf 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.
Drawing permit means a permit
issued to a limited number of Federally
qualified subsistence users selected by
means of a random drawing.
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 tibiafibula (hock) and that portion of the
animal between the front and
hindquarters; however, edible meat of
species listed in this definition does not
include: Meat of the head, meat that has
been damaged and made inedible by the
method of taking, bones, sinew, and
incidental meat reasonably lost as a
result of boning or close trimming of the
bones, or viscera. For black bear, brown
and grizzly bear, ‘‘edible meat’’ means
the meat of the front quarter and
hindquarters and meat along the
backbone (backstrap).
Federally qualified subsistence user
means a rural Alaska resident qualified
to harvest fish or wildlife on Federal
public lands in accordance with the
Federal Subsistence Management
Regulations in this part.
Field means an area outside of
established year-round dwellings,
businesses, or other developments
usually associated with a city, town, or
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village; field does not include
permanent hotels or roadhouses on the
State road system or at State or
Federally maintained airports.
Fifty-inch (50-inch) moose means a
bull moose with an antler spread of 50
inches or more.
Fish wheel means a fixed, rotating
device, with no more than four baskets
on a single axle, for catching fish, which
is driven by river current or other
means.
Fresh water of streams and rivers
means the line at which fresh water is
separated from salt water at the mouth
of streams and rivers by a line drawn
headland to headland across the mouth
as the waters flow into the sea.
Full curl horn means the horn of a
Dall sheep ram; the tip of which has
grown through 360 degrees of a circle
described by the outer surface of the
horn, as viewed from the side, or that
both horns are broken, or that the sheep
is at least 8 years of age as determined
by horn growth annuli.
Furbearer means a beaver, coyote,
arctic fox, red fox, lynx, marten, mink,
weasel, muskrat, river (land) otter, red
squirrel, flying squirrel, ground squirrel,
marmot, wolf, or wolverine.
Fyke net means a fixed, funneling
(fyke) device used to entrap fish.
Gear means any type of fishing
apparatus.
Gillnet means a net primarily
designed to catch fish by entanglement
in a mesh that consists of a single sheet
of webbing which hangs between cork
line and lead line, and which is fished
from the surface of the water.
Grappling hook means a hooked
device with flukes or claws, which is
attached to a line and operated by hand.
Groundfish or bottomfish means any
marine fish except halibut, osmerids,
herring, and salmonids.
Grouse collectively refers to all
species found in Alaska, including
spruce grouse, ruffed grouse, sooty
grouse (formerly blue), and sharp-tailed
grouse.
Hand purse seine means a floating net
that 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 freerunning line through one or more rings
attached to the lead line is not allowed.
Handicraft means a finished product
made by a rural Alaskan resident from
the nonedible byproducts of fish or
wildlife and is composed wholly or in
some significant respect of natural
materials. The shape and appearance of
the natural material must be
substantially changed by the skillful use
of hands, such as sewing, weaving,
drilling, lacing, beading, carving,
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etching, scrimshawing, painting, or
other means, and incorporated into a
work of art, regalia, clothing, or other
creative expression, and can be either
traditional or contemporary in design.
The handicraft must have substantially
greater monetary and aesthetic value
than the unaltered natural material
alone.
Handline means a hand-held and
operated line, with one or more hooks
attached.
Hare or hares collectively refers to all
species of hares (commonly called
rabbits) in Alaska and includes
snowshoe hare and tundra hare.
Harvest limit means the number of
any one species permitted to be taken by
any one person or designated group, per
specified time period, in a Unit or
portion of a Unit in which the taking
occurs even if part or all of the harvest
is preserved. A fish, when landed and
killed by means of rod and reel,
becomes part of the harvest limit of the
person originally hooking it.
Herring pound means an enclosure
used primarily to contain live herring
over extended periods of time.
Highway means the drivable surface
of any constructed road.
Household means that group of
people residing in the same residence.
Hung measure means the maximum
length of the cork line when measured
wet or dry with traction applied at one
end only.
Hunting means the taking of wildlife
within established hunting seasons with
archery equipment or firearms, and as
authorized by a required hunting
license.
Hydraulic clam digger means a device
using water or a combination of air and
water used to harvest clams.
Jigging gear means a line or lines with
lures or baited hooks, drawn through
the water by hand, and which are
operated during periods of ice cover
from holes cut in the ice, or from shore
ice and which are drawn through the
water by hand.
Lead means either a length of net
employed for guiding fish into a seine,
set gillnet, or other length of net, or a
length of fencing employed for guiding
fish into a fish wheel, fyke net, or dip
net.
Legal limit of fishing gear means the
maximum aggregate of a single type of
fishing gear permitted to be used by one
individual or boat, or combination of
boats in any particular regulatory area,
district, or section.
Long line means either a stationary,
buoyed, or anchored line, or a floating,
free-drifting line with lures or baited
hooks attached.
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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 motordriven 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
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order requests are received and/or are
based on priorities as determined by 50
CFR 100.17 and 36 CFR 242.17.
Regulatory year means July 1–June 30,
except for fish and shellfish, for which
it means April 1–March 31.
Ring net means a bag-shaped net
suspended between no more than two
frames; the bottom frame may not be
larger in perimeter than the top frame;
the gear must be nonrigid and
collapsible so that free movement of fish
or shellfish across the top of the net is
not prohibited when the net is
employed.
Rockfish means all species of the
genus Sebastes.
Rod and reel means either a device
upon which a line is stored on a fixed
or revolving spool and is deployed
through guides mounted on a flexible
pole, or a line that is attached to a pole.
In either case, bait or an artificial fly or
lure is used as terminal tackle. This
definition does not include the use of
rod and reel gear for snagging.
Salmon means the following species:
pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha);
sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka);
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus
tshawytscha); coho salmon
(Oncorhynchus kisutch); and chum
salmon (Oncorhynchus keta).
Salmon stream means any stream
used by salmon for spawning, rearing,
or for traveling to a spawning or rearing
area.
Salvage means to transport the edible
meat, skull, or hide, as required by
regulation, of a regulated fish, wildlife,
or shellfish to the location where the
edible meat will be consumed by
humans or processed for human
consumption in a manner that 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.
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Seven-eighths curl horn means the
horn of a male Dall sheep, the tip of
which has grown through seven-eighths
(315 degrees) of a circle, described by
the outer surface of the horn, as viewed
from the side, or with both horns
broken.
Shovel means a hand-operated
implement for digging clams.
Skin, hide, pelt, or fur means any
tanned or untanned external covering of
an animal’s body. However, for bear, the
skin, hide, pelt, or fur means the
external covering with claws attached.
Snagging means hooking or
attempting to hook a fish elsewhere than
in the mouth.
Spear means a shaft with a sharp
point or fork-like implement attached to
one end, which is used to thrust through
the water to impale or retrieve fish, and
which is operated by hand.
Spike-fork moose means a bull moose
with only one or two tines on either
antler; male calves are not spike-fork
bulls.
Stretched measure means the average
length of any series of 10 consecutive
meshes measured from inside the first
knot and including the last knot when
wet; the 10 meshes, when being
measured, must be an integral part of
the net, as hung, and measured
perpendicular to the selvages;
measurements will be made by means of
a metal tape measure while the 10
meshes being measured are suspended
vertically from a single peg or nail,
under 5-pound weight.
Subsistence fishing permit means a
subsistence harvest permit issued by the
Alaska Department of Fish and Game or
the Federal Subsistence Board.
Take or Taking means to fish, pursue,
hunt, shoot, trap, net, capture, collect,
kill, harm, or attempt to engage in any
such conduct.
Tine or antler point refers to any point
on an antler, the length of which is
greater than its width and is at least 1
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 that 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
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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 that are drawn
through the water by a power gurdy;
hand troll gear consisting of a line or
lines with lures or baited hooks that 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 handpowered crank and not by any type of
electrical, hydraulic, mechanical, or
other assisting device or attachment; or
dinglebar troll gear consisting of one or
more lines, retrieved and set with a troll
gurdy or hand troll gurdy, with a
terminally attached weight from which
one or more leaders with one or more
lures or baited hooks are pulled through
the water while a vessel is making way.
Trophy means a mount of a big game
animal, including the skin of the head
(cape) or the entire skin, in a lifelike
representation of the animal, including
a lifelike representation made from any
part of a big game animal; ‘‘trophy’’ also
includes a ‘‘European mount’’ in which
the horns or antlers and the skull or a
portion of the skull are mounted for
display.
Trout means the following species:
Cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki)
and rainbow/steelhead trout
(Oncorhynchus mykiss).
Unclassified wildlife or unclassified
species means all species of animals not
otherwise classified by the definitions
in this paragraph (a), or regulated under
other Federal law as listed in paragraph
(i) of this section.
Ungulate means any species of hoofed
mammal, including deer, caribou, elk,
moose, mountain goat, Dall sheep, and
musk ox.
Unit and Subunit means one of the
geographical areas in the State of Alaska
known as Game Management Units, or
GMUs, as defined in the codified Alaska
Department of Fish and Game
regulations found in Title 5 of the
Alaska Administrative Code and
collectively listed in this part as Units
or Subunits.
Wildlife means any hare, ptarmigan,
grouse, ungulate, bear, furbearer, or
unclassified species and includes any
part, product, egg, or offspring thereof,
or carcass or part thereof.
(b) Taking fish, wildlife, or shellfish
for subsistence uses by a prohibited
method is a violation of this part.
Seasons are closed unless opened by
Federal regulation. Hunting, trapping, or
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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 §§ ll.26 through ll.28.
Unit/Area-specific restrictions or
allowances for subsistence taking of
fish, wildlife, or shellfish are identified
at §§ ll.26 through ll.28.
(c) Harvest limits.
(1) Harvest limits authorized by this
section and harvest limits established in
State regulations may not be
accumulated unless specified otherwise
in §§ ll.26, ll.27. or ll.28.
(2) Fish, wildlife, or shellfish taken by
a designated individual for another
person pursuant to § ll.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 may apply to the
number of fish, wildlife, or shellfish that
can be taken daily, seasonally and/or
during a regulatory year or held in
possession.
(4) Unless otherwise provided, any
person who gives or receives fish,
wildlife, or shellfish must furnish, upon
a request made by a Federal or State
agent, a signed statement describing the
following: Names and addresses of
persons who gave and received fish,
wildlife, or shellfish; the time and place
that the fish, wildlife, or shellfish was
taken; and identification of species
transferred. Where a qualified
subsistence user has designated another
qualified subsistence user to take fish,
wildlife, or shellfish on his or her behalf
in accordance with § ll.10(d)(5)(ii),
the permit must be furnished in place of
a signed statement.
(d) Fishing by designated harvest
permit.
(1) Any species of fish that may be
taken by subsistence fishing under this
part may be taken under a designated
harvest permit.
(2) If you are a Federally qualified
subsistence user, you (beneficiary) may
designate another Federally qualified
subsistence user to take fish on your
behalf. The designated fisherman must
obtain a designated harvest permit prior
to attempting to harvest fish and 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
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fishing permit when taking, attempting
to take, or transporting fish taken under
this section, on behalf of a beneficiary.
(4) The designated fisherman may not
fish with more than one legal limit of
gear.
(5) You may not designate more than
one person to take or attempt to take
fish on your behalf at one time. You
may not personally take or attempt to
take fish at the same time that a
designated fisherman is taking or
attempting to take fish on your behalf.
(e) Hunting by designated harvest
permit. If you are a Federally qualified
subsistence user (recipient), you may
designate another Federally qualified
subsistence user to take deer, moose,
and caribou, and in Units 1–5, goats, on
your behalf unless you are a member of
a community operating under a
community harvest system or unless
unit-specific regulations in § ll.26
preclude or modify the use of the
designated hunter system or allow the
harvest of additional species by a
designated hunter. The designated
hunter must obtain a designated hunter
permit and must return a completed
harvest report. The designated hunter
may hunt for any number of recipients
but may have no more than two harvest
limits in his/her possession at any one
time except for goats, where designated
hunters may have no more than one
harvest limit in possession at any one
time, and unless otherwise specified in
unit-specific regulations in § ll.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
§ ll.10(d)(5)(ii) must promptly deliver
the fish, wildlife, or shellfish to that
rural Alaska resident and may not
charge the recipient for his/her services
in taking the fish, wildlife, or shellfish
or claim for themselves the meat or any
part of the harvested fish, wildlife, or
shellfish.
(g) Cultural/educational program
permits.
(1) 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
Federal Subsistence Board through the
Office of Subsistence Management and
should be submitted 60 days prior to the
earliest desired date of harvest. Harvest
must be reported, and any animals
harvested will count against any
established Federal harvest quota for the
area in which it is harvested.
(2) Requests for followup permits
must be submitted to the in-season or
local manager and should be submitted
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60 days prior to the earliest desired date
of harvest.
(h) Permits. If a subsistence fishing or
hunting permit is required by this part,
the following permit conditions apply
unless otherwise specified in this
section:
(1) You may not take more fish,
wildlife, or shellfish for subsistence use
than the limits set out in the permit;
(2) You must obtain the permit prior
to fishing or hunting;
(3) You must have the permit in your
possession and readily available for
inspection while fishing, hunting, or
transporting subsistence-taken fish,
wildlife, or shellfish;
(4) If specified on the permit, you
must keep accurate daily records of the
harvest, showing the number of fish,
wildlife, or shellfish taken, by species,
location, and date of harvest, and other
such information as may be required for
management or conservation purposes;
and
(5) If the return of harvest information
necessary for management and
conservation purposes is required by a
permit and you fail to comply with such
reporting requirements, you are
ineligible to receive a subsistence
permit for that activity during the
following regulatory year, unless you
demonstrate that failure to report was
due to loss in the mail, accident,
sickness, or other unavoidable
circumstances.
(i) You may not possess, transport,
give, receive, or barter fish, wildlife, or
shellfish that was taken in violation of
Federal or State statutes or a regulation
promulgated hereunder.
(j) Utilization of fish, wildlife, or
shellfish.
(1) You may not use wildlife as food
for a dog or furbearer, or as bait, except
as allowed for in § ll.26, § ll.27, or
§ ll.28, or except for the following:
(i) The hide, skin, viscera, head, or
bones of wildlife;
(ii) The skinned carcass of a furbearer;
(iii) Squirrels, hares (rabbits), grouse,
or ptarmigan; however, you may not use
the breast meat of grouse and ptarmigan
as animal food or bait;
(iv) Unclassified wildlife.
(2) If you take wildlife for subsistence,
you must salvage the following parts for
human use:
(i) The hide of a wolf, wolverine,
coyote, fox, lynx, marten, mink, weasel,
or otter;
(ii) The hide and edible meat of a
brown bear, except that the hide of
brown bears taken in Units 5, 9B, 17, 18,
portions of 19A and 19B, 21D, 22, 23,
24, and 26A need not be salvaged;
(iii) The hide and edible meat of a
black bear;
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(iv) The hide or meat of squirrels,
hares, marmots, beaver, muskrats, or
unclassified wildlife.
(3) You must salvage the edible meat
of ungulates, bear, grouse, and
ptarmigan.
(4) You may not intentionally waste
or destroy any subsistence-caught fish
or shellfish; however, you may use for
bait or other purposes whitefish,
herring, and species for which bag
limits, seasons, or other regulatory
methods and means are not provided in
this section, as well as the head, tail,
fins, and viscera of legally taken
subsistence fish.
(5) Failure to salvage the edible meat
may not be a violation if such failure is
caused by circumstances beyond the
control of a person, including theft of
the harvested fish, wildlife, or shellfish,
unanticipated weather conditions, or
unavoidable loss to another animal.
(6) If you are a Federally qualified
subsistence user, you may sell
handicraft articles made from the skin,
hide, pelt, or fur, including claws, of a
black bear.
(i) In Units 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, you may
sell handicraft articles made from the
skin, hide, pelt, fur, claws, bones, teeth,
sinew, or skulls of a black bear taken
from Units 1, 2, 3, or 5.
(ii) [Reserved].
(7) If you are a Federally qualified
subsistence user, you may sell
handicraft articles made from the skin,
hide, pelt, or fur, including claws, of a
brown bear taken from Units 1–5, 9A–
C, 9E, 12, 17, 20, 22, 23, 24B (only that
portion within Gates of the Arctic
National Park), 25, or 26.
(i) In Units 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, you may
sell handicraft articles made from the
skin, hide, pelt, fur, claws, bones, teeth,
sinew, or skulls of a brown bear taken
from Units 1, 4, or 5.
(ii) Prior to selling a handicraft
incorporating a brown bear claw(s), the
hide or claw(s) not attached to a hide
must be sealed by an authorized Alaska
Department of Fish and Game
representative. Old claws may be sealed
if an affidavit is signed indicating that
the claws came from a brown bear
harvested on Federal public lands by a
Federally qualified user. A copy of the
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
sealing certificate must accompany the
handicraft when sold.
(8) If you are a Federally qualified
subsistence user, you may sell the raw
fur or tanned pelt with or without claws
attached from legally harvested
furbearers.
(9) If you are a Federally qualified
subsistence user, you may sell
handicraft articles made from the
nonedible byproducts (including, but
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not limited to, skin, shell, fins, and
bones) of subsistence-harvested fish or
shellfish.
(10) If you are a Federally qualified
subsistence user, you may sell
handicraft articles made from nonedible
byproducts of wildlife harvested for
subsistence uses (excluding bear), to
include: Skin, hide, pelt, fur, claws,
bones (except skulls of moose, caribou,
elk, deer, sheep, goat, and musk ox),
teeth, sinew, antlers and/or horns (if not
attached to any part of the skull or made
to represent a big game trophy) and
hooves.
(11) The sale of handicrafts made
from the nonedible byproducts of
wildlife, when authorized in this part,
may not constitute a significant
commercial enterprise.
(12) You may sell the horns and
antlers not attached to any part of the
skull from legally harvested caribou
(except caribou harvested in Unit 23),
deer, elk, goat, moose, musk ox, and
sheep.
(13) You may sell the raw/untanned
and tanned hide or cape from a legally
harvested caribou, deer, elk, goat,
moose, musk ox, and sheep.
(k) The regulations found in this part
do not apply to the subsistence taking
and use of fish, wildlife, or shellfish
regulated pursuant to the Fur Seal Act
of 1966 (80 Stat. 1091, 16 U.S.C. 1187);
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (87
Stat. 884, 16 U.S.C. 1531–1543); the
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
(86 Stat. 1027; 16 U.S.C. 1361–1407);
and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (40
Stat. 755; 16 U.S.C. 703–711), or to any
amendments to these Acts. The taking
and use of fish, wildlife, or shellfish,
covered by these Acts will conform to
the specific provisions contained in
these Acts, as amended, and any
implementing regulations.
(l) Rural residents, nonrural residents,
and nonresidents not specifically
prohibited by Federal regulations from
fishing, hunting, or trapping on public
lands in an area may fish, hunt, or trap
on public lands in accordance with the
appropriate State regulations.
■ 4. In subpart D of 36 CFR part 242 and
50 CFR part 100, § ll.26 is revised to
read as follows:
§ ll.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.
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(b) Except for special provisions
found at paragraphs (n)(1) through (26)
of this section, the following methods
and means of taking wildlife for
subsistence uses are prohibited:
(1) Shooting from, on, or across a
highway.
(2) Using any poison.
(3) Using a helicopter in any manner,
including transportation of individuals,
equipment, or wildlife; however, this
prohibition does not apply to
transportation of an individual, gear, or
wildlife during an emergency rescue
operation in a life-threatening situation.
(4) Taking wildlife from a motorized
land or air vehicle when that vehicle is
in motion, or from a motor-driven boat
when the boat’s progress from the
motor’s power has not ceased.
(5) Using a motorized vehicle to drive,
herd, or molest wildlife.
(6) Using or being aided by use of a
machine gun, set gun, or a shotgun
larger than 10 gauge.
(7) Using a firearm other than a
shotgun, muzzle-loaded rifle, rifle, or
pistol using center-firing cartridges for
the taking of ungulates, bear, wolves, or
wolverine, except that—
(i) An individual in possession of a
valid trapping license may use a firearm
that shoots rimfire cartridges to take
wolves and wolverine; and
(ii) Only a muzzle-loading rifle of .54caliber or larger, or a .45-caliber muzzleloading rifle with a 250-grain, or larger,
elongated slug may be used to take
brown bear, black bear, elk, moose,
musk ox, and mountain goat.
(8) Using or being aided by use of a
pit, fire, artificial light, radio
communication, artificial salt lick,
explosive, barbed arrow, bomb, smoke,
chemical, conventional steel trap with a
jaw spread over 9 inches, or conibear
style trap with a jaw spread over 11
inches.
(9) Using a snare, except that an
individual in possession of a valid
hunting license may use nets and snares
to take unclassified wildlife, ptarmigan,
grouse, or hares; and individuals in
possession of a valid trapping license
may use snares to take furbearers.
(10) Using a trap to take ungulates or
bear.
(11) Using hooks to physically snag,
impale, or otherwise take wildlife;
however, hooks may be used as a trap
drag.
(12) Using a crossbow to take
ungulates, bear, wolf, or wolverine in
any area restricted to hunting by bow
and arrow only.
(13) Taking of ungulates, bear, wolf,
or wolverine with a bow, unless the bow
is capable of casting an inch-wide
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yards horizontally, and the arrow and
broadhead together weigh at least 1
ounce (437.5 grains).
(14) Using bait for taking ungulates,
bear, wolf, or wolverine; except you
may use bait to take wolves and
wolverine with a trapping license, and
you may use bait to take black bears
with a hunting license as authorized in
Unit-specific regulations at paragraphs
(n)(1) through (26) of this section.
Baiting of black bears is subject to the
following restrictions:
(i) Before establishing a black bear
bait station, you must register the site
with ADF&G;
(ii) When using bait, you must clearly
mark the site with a sign reading ‘‘black
bear bait station’’ that also displays your
hunting license number and ADF&Gassigned number;
(iii) You may use only biodegradable
materials for bait; you may use only the
head, bones, viscera, or skin of legally
harvested fish and wildlife for bait;
(iv) You may not use bait within 1⁄4
mile of a publicly maintained road or
trail;
(v) You may not use bait within 1
mile of a house or other permanent
dwelling, or within 1 mile of a
developed campground or developed
recreational facility;
(vi) When using bait, you must
remove litter and equipment from the
bait station site when done hunting;
(vii) You may not give or receive
payment for the use of a bait station,
including barter or exchange of goods;
and
(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:
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(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 57⁄8
inches during any closed mink and
marten season in the same Unit;
(5) Using a net or fish trap (except a
blackfish or fyke trap); and
(6) Taking or assisting in the taking of
furbearers by firearm before 3:00 a.m. on
the day following the day on which
airborne travel occurred; however, this
does not apply to a trapper using a
firearm to dispatch furbearers caught in
a trap or snare.
(e) Possession and transportation of
wildlife.
(1) Except as specified in paragraphs
(e)(2) or (f)(1) of this section, or as
otherwise provided, you may not take a
species of wildlife in any unit, or
portion of a unit, if your total take of
that species already obtained anywhere
in the State under Federal and State
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 § ll.10(d)(5)(iii) or
as otherwise provided for by this part,
an animal taken as part of a community
harvest limit counts toward every
community member’s harvest limit for
that species taken under Federal or State
of Alaska regulations.
(f) Harvest limits.
(1) The harvest limit specified for a
trapping season for a species and the
harvest limit set for a hunting season for
the same species are separate and
distinct. This means that if you have
taken a harvest limit for a particular
species under a trapping season, you
may take additional animals under the
harvest limit specified for a hunting
season or vice versa.
(2) A brown/grizzly bear taken in a
Unit or portion of a Unit having a
harvest limit of ‘‘one brown/grizzly bear
per year’’ counts against a ‘‘one brown/
grizzly bear every four regulatory years’’
harvest limit in other Units. You may
not take more than one brown/grizzly
bear in a regulatory year.
(g) Evidence of sex and identity.
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(1) If subsistence take of Dall sheep is
restricted to a ram, you may not possess
or transport a harvested sheep unless
both horns accompany the animal.
(2) If the subsistence taking of an
ungulate, except sheep, is restricted to
one sex in the local area, you may not
possess or transport the carcass of an
animal taken in that area unless
sufficient portions of the external sex
organs remain attached to indicate
conclusively the sex of the animal,
except that in Units 1–5 antlers are also
considered proof of sex for deer if the
antlers are naturally attached to an
entire carcass, with or without the
viscera; and except in Units 11, 13, 19,
21, and 24, where you may possess
either sufficient portions of the external
sex organs (still attached to a portion of
the carcass) or the head (with or without
antlers attached; however, the antler
stumps must remain attached) to
indicate the sex of the harvested moose;
however, this paragraph (g)(2) does not
apply to the carcass of an ungulate that
has been butchered and placed in
storage or otherwise prepared for
consumption upon arrival at the
location where it is to be consumed.
(3) If a moose harvest limit requires an
antlered bull, an antler size, or
configuration restriction, you may not
possess or transport the moose carcass
or its parts unless both antlers
accompany the carcass or its parts. If
you possess a set of antlers with less
than the required number of brow tines
on one antler, you must leave the antlers
naturally attached to the unbroken,
uncut skull plate; however, this
paragraph (g)(3) does not apply to a
moose carcass or its parts that have been
butchered and placed in storage or
otherwise prepared for consumption
after arrival at the place where it is to
be stored or consumed.
(h) Removing harvest from the field.
You must leave all edible meat on the
bones of the front quarters and hind
quarters of caribou and moose harvested
in Units 9, 17, 18, and 19B prior to
October 1 until you remove the meat
from the field or process it for human
consumption. You must leave all edible
meat on the bones of the front quarters,
hind quarters, and ribs of moose
harvested in Unit 21 prior to October 1
until you remove the meat from the field
or process it for human consumption.
You must leave all edible meat on the
bones of the front quarters, hind
quarters, and ribs of caribou and moose
harvested in Unit 24 prior to October 1
until you remove the meat from the field
or process it for human consumption.
Meat of the front quarters, hind quarters,
or ribs from a harvested moose or
caribou may be processed for human
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consumption and consumed in the field;
however, meat may not be removed
from the bones for purposes of transport
out of the field. You must leave all
edible meat on the bones of the front
quarters, hind quarters, and ribs of
caribou and moose harvested in Unit 25
until you remove the meat from the field
or process it for human consumption.
(i) Returning of tags, marks, or collars.
If you take an animal that has been
marked or tagged for scientific studies,
you must, within a reasonable time,
notify the ADF&G or the agency
identified on the collar or marker when
and where the animal was taken. You
also must retain any ear tag, collar,
radio, tattoo, or other identification with
the hide until it is sealed, if sealing is
required; in all cases, you must return
any identification equipment to the
ADF&G or to an agency identified on
such equipment.
(j) Sealing of bear skins and skulls.
(1) Sealing requirements for bear
apply to brown bears taken in all Units,
except as specified in this paragraph,
and black bears of all color phases taken
in Units 1–7, 11–17, and 20.
(2) You may not possess or transport
from Alaska the untanned skin or skull
of a bear unless the skin and skull have
been sealed by an authorized
representative of ADF&G in accordance
with State or Federal regulations, except
that the skin and skull of a brown bear
taken under a registration permit in
Units 5, 9B, 9E, 17, 18, 19A and 19B
downstream of and including the Aniak
River drainage, 21D, 22, 23, 24, and 26A
need not be sealed unless removed from
the area.
(3) You must keep a bear skin and
skull together until a representative of
the ADF&G has removed a rudimentary
premolar tooth from the skull and
sealed both the skull and the skin;
however, this provision does not apply
to brown bears taken within Units 5, 9B,
9E, 17, 18, 19A and 19B downstream of
and including the Aniak River drainage,
21D, 22, 23, 24, and 26A and which are
not removed from the Unit.
(i) In areas where sealing is required
by Federal regulations, you may not
possess or transport the hide of a bear
that does not have the penis sheath or
vaginal orifice naturally attached to
indicate conclusively the sex of the
bear.
(ii) If the skin or skull of a bear taken
in Units 9B, 17, 18, and 19A and 19B
downstream of and including the Aniak
River drainage is removed from the area,
you must first have it sealed by an
ADF&G representative in Bethel,
Dillingham, or McGrath; at the time of
sealing, the ADF&G representative must
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remove and retain the skin of the skull
and front claws of the bear.
(iii) If you remove the skin or skull of
a bear taken in Units 21D, 22, 23, 24,
and 26A from the area or present it for
commercial tanning within the area, you
must first have it sealed by an ADF&G
representative in Barrow, Galena, Nome,
or Kotzebue; at the time of sealing, the
ADF&G representative must remove and
retain the skin of the skull and front
claws of the bear.
(iv) If you remove the skin or skull of
a bear taken in Unit 5 from the area, you
must first have it sealed by an ADF&G
representative in Yakutat.
(v) If you remove the skin or skull of
a bear taken in Unit 9E from Unit 9, you
must first have it sealed by an
authorized sealing representative. At the
time of sealing, the representative must
remove and retain the skin of the skull
and front claws of the bear.
(4) You may not falsify any
information required on the sealing
certificate or temporary sealing form
provided by the ADF&G in accordance
with State regulations.
(k) Sealing of beaver, lynx, marten,
otter, wolf, and wolverine. You may not
possess or transport from Alaska the
untanned skin of a marten taken in
Units 1–5, 7, 13E, or 14–16 or the
untanned skin of a beaver, lynx, otter,
wolf, or wolverine, whether taken inside
or outside the State, unless the skin has
been sealed by an authorized
representative in accordance with State
or Federal regulations.
(1) In Unit 18, you must obtain an
ADF&G seal for beaver skins only if they
are to be sold or commercially tanned.
(2) In Unit 2, you must seal any wolf
taken on or before the 14th day after the
date of taking.
(l) If you take a species listed in
paragraph (k) of this section but are
unable to present the skin in person,
you must complete and sign a
temporary sealing form and ensure that
the completed temporary sealing form
and skin are presented to an authorized
representative of ADF&G for sealing
consistent with requirements listed in
paragraph (k) of this section.
(m) You may take wildlife, outside of
established season or harvest limits, for
food in traditional religious ceremonies,
which are part of a funerary or mortuary
cycle, including memorial potlatches,
under the following provisions:
(1) The harvest does not violate
recognized principles of wildlife
conservation and uses the methods and
means allowable for the particular
species published in the applicable
Federal regulations. The appropriate
Federal land manager will establish the
number, species, sex, or location of
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harvest, if necessary, for conservation
purposes. Other regulations relating to
ceremonial harvest may be found in the
unit-specific regulations in paragraph
(n) of this section.
(2) No permit or harvest ticket is
required for harvesting under this
section; however, the harvester must be
a Federally qualified subsistence user
with customary and traditional use in
the area where the harvesting will
occur.
(3) In Units 1–26 (except for
Koyukon/Gwich’in potlatch ceremonies
in Units 20F, 21, 24, or 25):
(i) A tribal chief, village or tribal
council president, or the chief’s or
president’s designee for the village in
which the religious/cultural ceremony
will be held, or a Federally qualified
subsistence user outside of a village or
tribal-organized ceremony, must notify
the nearest Federal land manager that a
wildlife harvest will take place. The
notification must include the species,
harvest location, and number of animals
expected to be taken.
(ii) Immediately after the wildlife is
taken, the tribal chief, village or tribal
council president or designee, or other
Federally qualified subsistence user
must create a list of the successful
hunters and maintain these records,
including the name of the decedent for
whom the ceremony will be held. If
requested, this information must be
available to an authorized representative
of the Federal land manager.
(iii) The tribal chief, village or tribal
council president or designee, or other
Federally qualified subsistence user
outside of the village in which the
religious/cultural ceremony will be held
must report to the Federal land manager
the harvest location, species, sex, and
number of animals taken as soon as
practicable, but not more than 15 days
after the wildlife is taken.
(4) In Units 20F, 21, 24, and 25 (for
Koyukon/Gwich’in potlatch ceremonies
only):
(i) Taking wildlife outside of
established season and harvest limits is
authorized if it is for food for the
traditional Koyukon/Gwich’in Potlatch
Funerary or Mortuary ceremony and if
it is consistent with conservation of
healthy populations.
(ii) Immediately after the wildlife is
taken, the tribal chief, village or tribal
council president, or the chief’s or
president’s designee for the village in
which the religious ceremony will be
held must create a list of the successful
hunters and maintain these records. The
list must be made available, after the
harvest is completed, to a Federal land
manager upon request.
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(iii) As soon as practical, but not more
than 15 days after the harvest, the tribal
chief, village council president, or
designee must notify the Federal land
manager about the harvest location,
species, sex, and number of animals
taken.
(n) Unit regulations. You may take for
subsistence unclassified wildlife, all
squirrel species, and marmots in all
Units, without harvest limits, for the
period of July 1–June 30. Unit-specific
restrictions or allowances for
subsistence taking of wildlife are
identified at paragraphs (n)(1) through
(26) of this section.
(1) Unit 1. Unit 1 consists of all
mainland drainages from Dixon
Entrance to Cape Fairweather, and those
islands east of the center line of
Clarence Strait from Dixon Entrance to
Caamano Point, and all islands in
Stephens Passage and Lynn Canal north
of Taku Inlet:
(i) Unit 1A consists of all drainages
south of the latitude of Lemesurier Point
including all drainages into Behm
Canal, excluding all drainages of Ernest
Sound.
(ii) Unit 1B consists of all drainages
between the latitude of Lemesurier
Point and the latitude of Cape Fanshaw
including all drainages of Ernest Sound
and Farragut Bay, and including the
islands east of the center lines of
Frederick Sound, Dry Strait (between
Sergief and Kadin Islands), Eastern
Passage, Blake Channel (excluding
Blake Island), Ernest Sound, and
Seward Passage.
(iii) Unit 1C consists of that portion of
Unit 1 draining into Stephens Passage
and Lynn Canal north of Cape Fanshaw
and south of the latitude of Eldred Rock
including Berners Bay, Sullivan Island,
and all mainland portions north of
Chichagof Island and south of the
latitude of Eldred Rock, excluding
drainages into Farragut Bay.
(iv) Unit 1D consists of that portion of
Unit 1 north of the latitude of Eldred
Rock, excluding Sullivan Island and the
drainages of Berners Bay.
(v) In the following areas, the taking
of wildlife for subsistence uses is
prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) Public lands within Glacier Bay
National Park are closed to all taking of
wildlife for subsistence uses;
(B) Unit 1A—in the Hyder area, the
Salmon River drainage downstream
from the Riverside Mine, excluding the
Thumb Creek drainage, is closed to the
taking of bear;
(C) Unit 1B—the Anan Creek drainage
within 1 mile of Anan Creek
downstream from the mouth of Anan
Lake, including the area within a 1-mile
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radius from the mouth of Anan Creek
Lagoon, is closed to the taking of bear;
(D) Unit 1C:
(1) You may not hunt within onefourth mile of Mendenhall Lake, the
U.S. Forest Service Mendenhall Glacier
Visitor’s Center, and the Center’s
parking area;
(2) You may not take mountain goat
in the area of Mt. Bullard bounded by
the Mendenhall Glacier, Nugget Creek
from its mouth to its confluence with
Goat Creek, and a line from the mouth
of Goat Creek north to the Mendenhall
Glacier.
(vi) You may not trap furbearers for
subsistence uses in Unit 1C, Juneau
area, on the following public lands:
(A) A strip within one-quarter mile of
the mainland coast between the end of
Thane Road and the end of Glacier
Highway at Echo Cove;
(B) That area of the Mendenhall
Valley bounded on the south by the
Glacier Highway, on the west by the
Mendenhall Loop Road and Montana
Creek Road and Spur Road to
Mendenhall Lake, on the north by
Mendenhall Lake, and on the east by the
Mendenhall Loop Road and Forest
Service Glacier Spur Road to the Forest
Service Visitor Center;
(C) That area within the U.S. Forest
Service Mendenhall Glacier Recreation
Area;
(D) A strip within one-quarter mile of
the following trails as designated on
U.S. Geological Survey maps: Herbert
Glacier Trail, Windfall Lake Trail,
Peterson Lake Trail, Spaulding
Meadows Trail (including the loop
trail), Nugget Creek Trail, Outer Point
Trail, Dan Moller Trail, Perseverance
Trail, Granite Creek Trail, Mt. Roberts
Trail and Nelson Water Supply Trail,
Sheep Creek Trail, and Point Bishop
Trail.
(vii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may hunt black bear with bait
in Units 1A, 1B, and 1D between April
15 and June 15.
(B) You may not shoot ungulates,
bear, wolves, or wolverine from a boat,
unless you are certified as disabled.
(C) Coyotes taken incidentally with a
trap or snare during an open Federal
trapping season for wolf, wolverine, or
beaver may be legally retained.
(D) Trappers are prohibited from
using a trap or snare unless the trap or
snare has been individually marked
with a permanent metal tag upon which
is stamped or permanently etched the
trapper’s name and address, or the
trapper’s permanent identification
number, or is set within 50 yards of a
sign that lists the trapper’s name and
address, or the trapper’s permanent
identification number. The trapper must
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use the trapper’s Alaska driver’s license
number or State identification card
number as the required permanent
identification number. If a trapper
chooses to place a sign at a snaring site
rather than tagging individual snares,
the sign must be at least 3 inches by 5
inches in size, be clearly visible, and
have numbers and letters that are at
least one-half inch high and one-eighth
inch wide in a color that contrasts with
the color of the sign.
Harvest limits
Open season
Hunting
Black Bear:
2 bears, no more than one may be a blue or glacier bear .....................................................................................
Brown Bear:
1 bear every four regulatory years by State registration permit only .....................................................................
Deer:
Unit 1A—4 antlered deer .........................................................................................................................................
Unit 1B—2 antlered deer .........................................................................................................................................
Unit 1C—4 deer; however, female deer may be taken only from Sept. 15–Dec. 31 .............................................
Goat:
Unit 1A—Revillagigedo Island only .........................................................................................................................
Unit 1B—that portion north of LeConte Bay—1 goat by State registration permit only; the taking of kids or nannies accompanied by kids is prohibited.
Unit 1A and Unit 1B—that portion on the Cleveland Peninsula south of the divide between Yes Bay and Santa
Anna Inlet.
Unit 1A and Unit 1B—remainder—2 goats; a State registration permit will be required for the taking of the first
goat and a Federal registration permit for the taking of a second goat. The taking of kids or nannies accompanied by kids is prohibited.
Unit 1C—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.
Unit 1C—that portion draining into Stephens Passage and Taku Inlet between Eagle Glacier and River and
Taku Glacier.
Unit 1C—remainder—1 goat by State registration permit only ..............................................................................
Unit 1D—that portion lying north of the Katzehin River and northeast of the Haines highway—1 goat by State
registration permit only.
Unit 1D—that portion lying between Taiya Inlet and River and the White Pass and Yukon Railroad ..................
Unit 1D—remainder—1 goat by State registration permit only ..............................................................................
Moose:
Unit 1A—1 antlered bull by Federal registration permit ..........................................................................................
Unit 1B—1 antlered bull with spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or 3 or more brow tines on one side, or antlers with
2 brow tines on both sides, by State registration permit only.
Unit 1C—that portion south of Point Hobart including all Port Houghton drainages—1 antlered bull with spikefork or 50-inch antlers or 3 or more brow tines on one side, or antlers with 2 brow tines on both sides, by
State registration permit only.
Unit 1C—remainder, excluding drainages of Berners Bay—1 antlered bull by State registration permit only ......
Unit 1C, Berners Bay ..............................................................................................................................................
Unit 1D .....................................................................................................................................................................
Coyote:
2 coyotes .................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases):
2 foxes .....................................................................................................................................................................
Hare (Snowshoe):
5 hares per day. ......................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
2 lynx .......................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
5 wolves ...................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
1 wolverine ..............................................................................................................................................................
Grouse (Spruce, Blue, and Ruffed):
5 per day, 10 in possession ....................................................................................................................................
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
Sept. 1–June 30.
Sept. 15–Dec. 31.
Mar. 15–May 31.
Aug. 1–Dec. 31.
Aug. 1–Dec. 31.
Aug. 1–Dec. 31.
No open season.
Aug. 1–Dec. 31.
No open season.
Aug. 1–Dec. 31.
Oct. 1–Nov. 30.
No open season.
Aug. 1–Nov. 30.
Sept. 15–Nov. 30.
No open season.
Aug. 1–Dec. 31.
Sept. 5–Oct. 15.
Sept. 15–Oct. 15.
Sept. 15–Oct. 15.
Sept. 15–Oct. 15.
No open season.
No open season.
Sept. 1–Apr. 30.
Nov. 1–Feb. 15.
Sept. 1–Apr. 30.
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
Aug. 1–Apr. 30.
Nov. 10–Feb. 15.
Aug. 1–May 15.
Aug. 1–May 15.
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Trapping
Beaver:
Unit 1—No limit .......................................................................................................................................................
Coyote:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Marten:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
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Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
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Muskrat:
No limit
Otter:
No limit
Wolf:
No limit
Wolverine:
No limit
Open season
.....................................................................................................................................................................
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
.....................................................................................................................................................................
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
.....................................................................................................................................................................
Nov. 10–Apr. 30.
.....................................................................................................................................................................
Nov. 10–Mar. 1.
(2) Unit 2. Unit 2 consists of Prince of
Wales Island and all islands west of the
center lines of Clarence Strait and
Kashevarof Passage, south and east of
the center lines of Sumner Strait, and
east of the longitude of the westernmost
point on Warren Island.
(i) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black
bear between April 15 and June 15.
(B) You may not shoot ungulates,
bear, wolves, or wolverine from a boat,
unless you are certified as disabled.
(C) Coyotes taken incidentally with a
trap or snare during an open Federal
trapping season for wolf, wolverine, or
beaver may be legally retained.
(D) Trappers are prohibited from
using a trap or snare unless the trap or
snare has been individually marked
with a permanent metal tag upon which
is stamped or permanently etched the
trapper’s name and address, or the
trapper’s permanent identification
number, or is set within 50 yards of a
sign that lists the trapper’s name and
address, or the trapper’s permanent
identification number. The trapper must
use the trapper’s Alaska driver’s license
number or State identification card
number as the required permanent
identification number. If a trapper
chooses to place a sign at a snaring site
rather than tagging individual snares,
the sign must be at least 3 inches by 5
inches in size, be clearly visible, and
have numbers and letters that are at
least one-half inch high and one-eighth
inch wide in a color that contrasts with
the color of the sign.
(ii) [Reserved].
Harvest limits
Open season
Hunting
Black Bear:
2 bears, no more than one may be a blue or glacier bear .....................................................................................
Deer:
5 deer; however, no more than one may be a female deer. Female deer may be taken only during the period
Oct. 15–Dec. 31. The harvest limit may be reduced to 4 deer based on conservation concerns.
The Federal public lands on Prince of Wales Island, excluding the southeastern portion (lands south of the
West Arm of Cholmondeley Sound draining into Cholmondeley Sound or draining eastward into Clarence
Strait), are closed to hunting of deer from Aug. 1 to Aug. 15, except by Federally qualified subsistence
users hunting under these regulations.
Coyote:
2 coyotes .................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases):
2 foxes .....................................................................................................................................................................
Hare (Snowshoe):
5 hares per day .......................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
2 lynx .......................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
5 wolves. Federal hunting and trapping season may be closed when the combined Federal-State harvest
quota is reached. Any wolf taken in Unit 2 must be sealed within 14 days of harvest.
Wolverine:
1 wolverine ..............................................................................................................................................................
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed):
5 per day, 10 in possession ....................................................................................................................................
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
Sept. 1–June 30.
July 24–Dec. 31.
Sept. 1–Apr. 30.
Nov. 1–Feb. 15.
Sept. 1–Apr. 30.
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
Sept. 1–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Feb. 15.
Aug. 1–May 15.
Aug. 1–May 15.
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Trapping
Beaver:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Coyote:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Marten:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Otter:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
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Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
Dec. 1 –Feb. 15.
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
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Open season
Wolf:
No limit. Federal hunting and trapping season may be closed when the combined Federal-State harvest quota
is reached. Any wolf taken in Unit 2 must be sealed within 14 days of harvest.
Wolverine:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
(3) Unit 3.
(i) Unit 3 consists of all islands west
of Unit 1B, north of Unit 2, south of the
center line of Frederick Sound, and east
of the center line of Chatham Strait
including Coronation, Kuiu, Kupreanof,
Mitkof, Zarembo, Kashevaroff,
Woronkofski, Etolin, Wrangell, and Deer
Islands.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking
of wildlife for subsistence uses is
prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) In the Petersburg vicinity, you
may not take ungulates, bear, wolves,
and wolverine along a strip one-fourth
mile wide on each side of the Mitkof
Highway from Milepost 0 to Crystal
Lake campground;
(B) You may not take black bears in
the Petersburg Creek drainage on
Kupreanof Island;
(C) You may not hunt in the Blind
Slough draining into Wrangell Narrows
and a strip one-fourth mile wide on
each side of Blind Slough, from the
hunting closure markers at the
southernmost portion of Blind Island to
the hunting closure markers 1 mile
south of the Blind Slough bridge.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black
bear between April 15 and June 15.
(B) You may not shoot ungulates,
bear, wolves, or wolverine from a boat,
unless you are certified as disabled.
(C) Coyotes taken incidentally with a
trap or snare during an open Federal
trapping season for wolf, wolverine, or
beaver may be legally retained.
(D) Trappers are prohibited from
using a trap or snare unless the trap or
snare has been individually marked
Nov. 15–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Mar. 1.
with a permanent metal tag upon which
is stamped or permanently etched the
trapper’s name and address, or the
trapper’s permanent identification
number, or is set within 50 yards of a
sign that lists the trapper’s name and
address, or the trapper’s permanent
identification number. The trapper must
use the trapper’s Alaska driver’s license
number or State identification card
number as the required permanent
identification number. If a trapper
chooses to place a sign at a snaring site
rather than tagging individual snares,
the sign must be at least 3 inches by 5
inches in size, be clearly visible, and
have numbers and letters that are at
least one-half inch high and one-eighth
inch wide in a color that contrasts with
the color of the sign.
Harvest limits
Open season
Hunting
Black Bear:
2 bears, no more than one may be a blue or glacier bear .....................................................................................
Deer:
Unit 3—Mitkof, Woewodski, and Butterworth Islands—1 antlered deer .................................................................
Unit 3—remainder—2 antlered deer .......................................................................................................................
Moose:
1 antlered bull with spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or 3 or more brow tines on either antler, or antlers with 2
brow tines on both sides by State registration permit only.
Coyote:
2 coyotes .................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases):
2 foxes .....................................................................................................................................................................
Hare (Snowshoe):
5 hares per day .......................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
2 lynx .......................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
5 wolves ...................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
1 wolverine ..............................................................................................................................................................
Grouse (Spruce, Blue, and Ruffed):
5 per day, 10 in possession ....................................................................................................................................
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
Sept. 1–June 30.
Oct. 15–31.
Aug. 1–Nov. 30.
Dec. 1–31, season to be
announced.
Sept. 15–Oct. 15.
Sept. 1–Apr. 30.
Nov. 1–Feb. 15.
Sept. 1–Apr. 30.
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
Aug. 1–Apr. 30.
Nov. 10–Feb. 15.
Aug. 1–May 15.
Aug. 1–May 15.
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Trapping
Beaver:
Unit 3—Mitkof Island—No limit ...............................................................................................................................
Unit 3—except Mitkof Island—No limit ....................................................................................................................
Coyote:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Marten:
Unit 3—except Kuiu Island—No limit ......................................................................................................................
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Dec. 1–May 15.
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
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Open season
Unit 3—Kuiu Island. .................................................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Otter:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
(4) Unit 4.
(i) Unit 4 consists of all islands south
and west of Unit 1C and north of Unit
3 including Admiralty, Baranof,
Chichagof, Yakobi, Inian, Lemesurier,
and Pleasant Islands.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking
of wildlife for subsistence uses is
prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) You may not take brown bears in
the Seymour Canal Closed Area
(Admiralty Island) including all
drainages into northwestern Seymour
Canal between Staunch Point and the
southernmost tip of the unnamed
peninsula separating Swan Cove and
King Salmon Bay including Swan and
Windfall Islands;
(B) You may not take brown bears in
the Salt Lake Closed Area (Admiralty
Island) including all lands within onefourth 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 northwestern
point of Gull Cove to Port Frederick
Portage, including all drainages into
Port Frederick and Mud Bay.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may shoot ungulates from a
boat. You may not shoot bear, wolves,
or wolverine from a boat, unless you are
certified as disabled.
(B) Five Federal registration permits
will be issued by the Sitka or Hoonah
District Ranger for the taking of brown
bear for educational purposes associated
with teaching customary and traditional
subsistence harvest and use practices.
Any bear taken under an educational
permit does not count in an individual’s
one bear every four regulatory years
limit.
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Deer:
6 deer; however, female deer may be taken only from Sept. 15–Jan. 31 .............................................................
Goat:
1 goat by State registration permit only ..................................................................................................................
Coyote:
2 coyotes .................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases):
2 foxes .....................................................................................................................................................................
Hare (Snowshoe):
5 hares per day .......................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
2 lynx .......................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
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Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
Nov. 10–Apr. 30.
Nov. 10–Mar. 1.
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.
Unit 4—remainder—1 bear every 4 regulatory years by State registration permit only ........................................
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No open season (season to
reopen to Federally qualified users on July 1,
2012).
(C) Coyotes taken incidentally with a
trap or snare during an open Federal
trapping season for wolf, wolverine, or
beaver may be legally retained.
(D) Trappers are prohibited from
using a trap or snare unless the trap or
snare has been individually marked
with a permanent metal tag upon which
is stamped or permanently etched the
trapper’s name and address, or the
trapper’s permanent identification
number, or is set within 50 yards of a
sign that lists the trapper’s name and
address, or the trapper’s permanent
identification number. The trapper must
use the trapper’s Alaska driver’s license
number or State identification card
number as the required permanent
identification number. If a trapper
chooses to place a sign at a snaring site
rather than tagging individual snares,
the sign must be at least 3 inches by 5
inches in size, be clearly visible, and
have numbers and letters that are at
least one-half inch high and one-eighth
inch wide in a color that contrasts with
the color of the sign.
Harvest limits
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Mar. 15–May 31.
Sept. 15–Dec. 31.
Mar. 15–May 20.
Aug. 1–Jan. 31.
Aug. 1–Dec. 31.
Sept. 1–Apr. 30.
Nov. 1–Feb. 15.
Sept. 1–Apr. 30.
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
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5 wolves ...................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
1 wolverine ..............................................................................................................................................................
Grouse (Spruce, Blue, and Ruffed):
5 per day, 10 in possession ....................................................................................................................................
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
Aug. 1–Apr. 30.
Nov. 10–Feb. 15.
Aug. 1–May 15.
Aug. 1–May 15.
Trapping
Beaver:
Unit 4—No limit .......................................................................................................................................................
Coyote:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Silver Phases):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Marten:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Otter:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
(5) Unit 5.
(i) Unit 5 consists of all Gulf of Alaska
drainages and islands between Cape
Fairweather and the center line of Icy
Bay, including the Guyot Hills:
(A) Unit 5A consists of all drainages
east of Yakutat Bay, Disenchantment
Bay, and the eastern edge of Hubbard
Glacier, and includes the islands of
Yakutat and Disenchantment Bays;
(B) Unit 5B consists of the remainder
of Unit 5.
(ii) You may not take wildlife for
subsistence uses on public lands within
Glacier Bay National Park.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black
bear between April 15 and June 15.
(B) You may not shoot ungulates,
bear, wolves, or wolverine from a boat,
unless you are certified as disabled.
(C) You may hunt brown bear in Unit
5 with a Federal registration permit in
lieu of a State metal locking tag if you
have obtained a Federal registration
permit prior to hunting.
(D) Coyotes taken incidentally with a
trap or snare during an open Federal
trapping season for wolf, wolverine, or
beaver may be legally retained.
(E) Trappers are prohibited from using
a trap or snare unless the trap or snare
has been individually marked with a
permanent metal tag upon which is
stamped or permanently etched the
trapper’s name and address, or the
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Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
Nov. 10–Apr. 30.
Nov. 10–Mar. 1.
Open season
Hunting
Black Bear:
2 bears, no more than one may be a blue or glacier bear .....................................................................................
Brown Bear:
1 bear by Federal registration permit only ..............................................................................................................
Deer:
Unit 5A–1 buck ........................................................................................................................................................
Unit 5B .....................................................................................................................................................................
Goat:
Unit 5A —that area between the Hubbard Glacier and the West Nunatak Glacier on the north and east sides
of Nunatak Fjord.
Unit 5A remainder—1 goat by Federal registration permit. The harvest quota will be announced prior to the
season. A minimum of four goats in the harvest quota will be reserved for Federally qualified subsistence
users.
Unit 5B—1 goat by Federal registration permit only ...............................................................................................
Moose:
Unit 5A, Nunatak Bench—1 moose by State registration permit only. The season will be closed when 5 moose
have been taken from the Nunatak Bench.
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Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
trapper’s permanent identification
number, or is set within 50 yards of a
sign that lists the trapper’s name and
address, or the trapper’s permanent
identification number. The trapper must
use the trapper’s Alaska driver’s license
number or State identification card
number as the required permanent
identification number. If a trapper
chooses to place a sign at a snaring site
rather than tagging individual snares,
the sign must be at least 3 inches by 5
inches in size, be clearly visible, and
have numbers and letters that are at
least one-half inch high and one-eighth
inch wide in a color that contrasts with
the color of the sign.
Harvest limits
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Sept. 1–May 31.
Nov. 1–Nov. 30.
No open season.
No open season.
Aug. 1–Jan. 31.
Aug. 1–Jan. 31.
Nov. 15–Feb. 15
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Unit 5A, except Nunatak Bench—1 bull by joint State/Federal registration permit only. From Oct. 8–21, public
lands will be closed to taking of moose, except by residents of Unit 5A hunting under these regulations.
Unit 5B—1 antlered bull by State registration permit only. The season will be closed when 25 antlered bulls
have been taken from the entirety of Unit 5B.
Coyote:
2 coyotes .................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
2 foxes .....................................................................................................................................................................
Hare (Snowshoe):
5 hares per day .......................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
2 lynx .......................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
5 wolves ...................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
1 wolverine ..............................................................................................................................................................
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed):
5 per day, 10 in possession ....................................................................................................................................
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
Oct. 8–Nov. 15.
Sept. 1–Dec. 15.
Sept. 1–Apr. 30.
Nov. 1–Feb. 15.
Sept. 1–Apr. 30.
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
Aug. 1–Apr. 30.
Nov. 10–Feb. 15.
Aug. 1–May 15.
Aug. 1–May 15.
Trapping
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Beaver:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Coyote:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Marten:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Otter:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
(6) Unit 6.
(i) Unit 6 consists of all Gulf of Alaska
and Prince William Sound drainages
from the center line of Icy Bay
(excluding the Guyot Hills) to Cape
Fairfield including Kayak,
Hinchinbrook, Montague, and adjacent
islands, and Middleton Island, but
excluding the Copper River drainage
upstream from Miles Glacier, and
excluding the Nellie Juan and Kings
River drainages:
(A) Unit 6A consists of Gulf of Alaska
drainages east of Palm Point near
Katalla including Kanak, Wingham, and
Kayak Islands;
(B) Unit 6B consists of Gulf of Alaska
and Copper River Basin drainages west
of Palm Point near Katalla, east of the
west bank of the Copper River, and east
of a line from Flag Point to Cottonwood
Point;
(C) Unit 6C consists of drainages west
of the west bank of the Copper River,
and west of a line from Flag Point to
Cottonwood Point, and drainages east of
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the east bank of Rude River and
drainages into the eastern shore of
Nelson Bay and Orca Inlet;
(D) Unit 6D consists of the remainder
of Unit 6.
(ii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black
bear between April 15 and June 15.
(B) You may take coyotes in Units 6B
and 6C with the aid of artificial lights.
(C) One permit will be issued by the
Cordova District Ranger to the Native
Village of Eyak to take one moose from
Federal lands in Units 6B or C for their
annual Memorial/Sobriety Day potlatch.
(D) A Federally qualified subsistence
user (recipient) who is either blind, 65
years of age or older, at least 70 percent
disabled, or temporarily disabled may
designate another Federally qualified
subsistence user to take any moose,
deer, black bear, and beaver on his or
her behalf in Unit 6, and goat in Unit
6D, unless the recipient is a member of
a community operating under a
community harvest system. The
designated hunter must obtain a
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Nov. 10–Feb. 15.
Nov 10–Feb. 15.
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
Nov. 10–Feb. 15.
Nov. 10–Feb. 15.
Dec. 1–Feb. 15.
Nov. 10–Feb. 15.
Nov. 10–Apr. 30.
Nov. 10–Mar. 1.
designated hunter permit and must
return a completed harvest report. The
designated hunter may hunt for any
number of recipients, but may have no
more than one harvest limit in his or her
possession at any one time.
(E) A hunter younger than 10 years
old at the start of the hunt may not be
issued a Federal subsistence permit to
harvest black bear, deer, goat, moose,
wolf, and wolverine.
(F) A hunter younger than 10 years
old may harvest black bear, deer, goat,
moose, wolf, and wolverine under the
direct, immediate supervision of a
licensed adult, at least 18 years old. The
animal taken is counted against the
adult’s harvest limit. The adult is
responsible for ensuring that all legal
requirements are met.
(G) Up to five permits will be issued
by the Cordova District Ranger to the
Native Village of Chenega annually to
harvest up to five deer total from
Federal public lands in Unit 6D for their
annual Old Chenega Memorial. Permits
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will have effective dates of July 1–June
30.
(H) Up to five permits will be issued
by the Cordova District Ranger to the
Tatitlek IRA Council annually to harvest
up to five deer total from Federal public
lands in Unit 6D for their annual
Cultural Heritage Week. Permits will
have effective dates of July 1–June 30.
Harvest limits
Open season
Hunting
Black Bear:
1 bear ......................................................................................................................................................................
Deer:
4 deer; however, antlerless deer may be taken only from Oct. 1–Dec. 31 ............................................................
Goats:
Unit 6A and B—1 goat by State registration permit only ........................................................................................
Unit 6C .....................................................................................................................................................................
Unit 6D (subareas RG242, RG243, RG244, RG249, RG266 and RG252 only)—1 goat by Federal registration
permit only. In each of the Unit 6D subareas, goat seasons will be closed by the Cordova District Ranger
when harvest limits for that subarea are reached. Harvest quotas are as follows: RG242—2 goats, RG243—
4 goats, RG244—2 goats, RG249—4 goats, RG266—4 goats, RG252—1 goat.
Moose:
Unit 6C–1 antlerless moose by Federal registration permit only ............................................................................
Unit 6C–1 bull by Federal registration permit only .................................................................................................
(In Unit 6C, only one moose permit may be issued per household. A household receiving a State permit for
Unit 6C moose may not receive a Federal permit. The annual harvest quota will be announced by the U.S.
Forest Service, Cordova Office, in consultation with ADF&G. The Federal harvest allocation will be 100% of
the antlerless moose permits and 75% of the bull permits.)
Unit 6—remainder ...................................................................................................................................................
Beaver:
1 beaver per day, 1 in possession ..........................................................................................................................
Coyote:
Unit 6A and D—2 coyotes .......................................................................................................................................
Unit 6B and 6C—No limit ........................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases) ...................................................................................................
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
2 lynx .......................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
5 wolves ...................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
1 wolverine ..............................................................................................................................................................
Grouse (Spruce):
5 per day, 10 in possession ....................................................................................................................................
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
Sept. 1–June 30.
Aug. 1–Dec. 31.
Aug. 20–Jan. 31.
No open season.
Aug. 20–Jan. 31.
Sept. 1–Oct. 31.
Sept. 1–Dec. 31.
No open season.
May 1–Oct. 31.
Sept. 1–Apr. 30
July 1–June 30.
No open season.
July 1–June 30.
Nov. 10–Jan. 31.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Mar. 31.
Aug. 1–May 15.
Aug. 1–May 15.
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Beaver:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Coyote:
Unit 6C—south of the Copper River Highway and east of the Heney Range—No limit .......................................
Units 6A, 6B, 6C remainder, and 6D—No limit ......................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Marten:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Otter:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
(7) Unit 7.
(i) Unit 7 consists of Gulf of Alaska
drainages between Gore Point and Cape
Fairfield including the Nellie Juan and
Kings River drainages, and including
the Kenai River drainage upstream from
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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
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Nov. 10–April. 30.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Nov. 10–Jan. 31.
Nov. 10–June 10.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
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:
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(A) You may not take wildlife for
subsistence uses in the Kenai Fjords
National Park.
(B) You may not hunt in the Portage
Glacier Closed Area in Unit 7, which
consists of Portage Creek drainages
between the Anchorage-Seward
Railroad and Placer Creek in Bear
Valley, Portage Lake, the mouth of
Byron Creek, Glacier Creek, and Byron
Glacier; however, you may hunt grouse,
ptarmigan, hares, and squirrels with
shotguns after September 1.
(C) You may not hunt moose in the
Resurrection Creek Closed Area in Unit
7, which consists of the drainages of
Resurrection Creek downstream from
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Rimrock and Highland Creeks including
Palmer Creek.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black
bear between April 15 and June 15,
except in the drainages of Resurrection
Creek and its tributaries.
(B) [Reserved].
Harvest limits
Open season
Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears .....................................................................................................................................................................
Caribou:
Unit 7—north of the Sterling Highway and west of the Seward Highway—1 caribou by Federal registration permit only. The Seward District Ranger will close the Federal season when 5 caribou are harvested by Federal registration permit.
Unit 7, remainder .....................................................................................................................................................
Moose:
Unit 7—that portion draining into Kings Bay—Public lands are closed to the taking of moose by all users ........
Unit 7, remainder––1 antlered bull with spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or with 3 or more brow tines on either antler, by Federal registration permit only.
Beaver:
1 beaver per day, 1 in possession ..........................................................................................................................
Coyote:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases): ..................................................................................................
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
2 lynx .......................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
Unit 7—that portion within the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge—2 wolves .............................................................
Unit 7, remainder—5 wolves ...................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
1 wolverine ..............................................................................................................................................................
Grouse (Spruce):
10 per day, 20 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
Grouse (Ruffed): .............................................................................................................................................................
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
July 1–June 30.
Aug. 10–Dec. 31
No open season.
No open season.
Aug. 10–Sept. 20.
May 1–Oct. 10.
Sept. 1–Apr. 30.
No open season.
July 1–June 30.
Nov. 10–Jan. 31.
Aug. 10– Apr. 30.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Mar. 31.
Aug. 10–Mar. 31.
No open season.
Aug. 10–Mar. 31.
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Beaver:
20 beaver per season .............................................................................................................................................
Coyote:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Marten:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Otter:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
(8) Unit 8. Unit 8 consists of all
islands southeast of the centerline of
Shelikof Strait including Kodiak,
Afognak, Whale, Raspberry, Shuyak,
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Islands, the Semidi Islands, and other
adjacent islands.
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Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Jan. 1–Jan. 31.
Nov. 10–Jan. 31.
Nov. 10–Jan. 31.
Nov. 10–May 15.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
(i) If you have a trapping license, you
may take beaver with a firearm in Unit
8 from Nov. 10–Apr. 30.
(ii) [Reserved].
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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. Permits
will be issued by the Kodiak Refuge Manager.
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 Oct.
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.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
2 foxes .....................................................................................................................................................................
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
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Beaver:
30 beaver per season .............................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Marten:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Otter:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
(9) Unit 9.
(i) Unit 9 consists of the Alaska
Peninsula and adjacent islands,
including drainages east of False Pass,
Pacific Ocean drainages west of and
excluding the Redoubt Creek drainage;
drainages into the south side of Bristol
Bay, drainages into the north side of
Bristol Bay east of Etolin Point, and
including the Sanak and Shumagin
Islands:
(A) Unit 9A consists of that portion of
Unit 9 draining into Shelikof Strait and
Cook Inlet between the southern
boundary of Unit 16 (Redoubt Creek)
and the northern boundary of Katmai
National Park and Preserve.
(B) Unit 9B consists of the Kvichak
River drainage except those lands
drained by the Kvichak River/Bay
between the Alagnak River drainage and
the Naknek River drainage.
(C) Unit 9C consists of the Alagnak
(Branch) River drainage, the Naknek
River drainage, lands drained by the
Kvichak River/Bay between the Alagnak
River drainage and the Naknek River
drainage, and all land and water within
Katmai National Park and Preserve.
(D) Unit 9D consists of all Alaska
Peninsula drainages west of a line from
the southernmost head of Port Moller to
the head of American Bay, including the
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Shumagin Islands and other islands of
Unit 9 west of the Shumagin Islands.
(E) Unit 9E consists of the remainder
of Unit 9.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking
of wildlife for subsistence uses is
prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) You may not take wildlife for
subsistence uses in Katmai National
Park;
(B) You may not use motorized
vehicles, except aircraft, boats, or
snowmobiles used for hunting and
transporting a hunter or harvested
animal parts from Aug. 1–Nov. 30 in the
Naknek Controlled Use Area, which
includes all of Unit 9C within the
Naknek River drainage upstream from
and including the King Salmon Creek
drainage; however, you may use a
motorized vehicle on the Naknek-King
Salmon, Lake Camp, and Rapids Camp
roads and on the King Salmon Creek
trail, and on frozen surfaces of the
Naknek River and Big Creek.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) If you have a trapping license, you
may use a firearm to take beaver in Unit
9B from April 1–May 31 and in the
remainder of Unit 9 from April 1–30.
(B) You may hunt brown bear by State
registration permit in lieu of a resident
tag in Unit 9B, except that portion
within the Lake Clark National Park and
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Apr. 1–May 15.
Aug. 1–Jan. 31.
Sept. 15–Nov. 30.
Sept. 1–Feb. 15.
July 1–June 30.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Nov. 10–Apr. 30.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Jan. 31.
Nov. 10–Jan. 31.
Nov. 10–June 10.
Nov. 10–Jan. 31.
Preserve, if you have obtained a State
registration permit prior to hunting.
(C) In Unit 9B, Lake Clark National
Park and Preserve, residents of Iliamna,
Newhalen, Nondalton, Pedro Bay, Port
Alsworth, and that portion of the park
resident zone in Unit 9B and 13.440
permit holders may hunt brown bear by
Federal registration permit in lieu of a
resident tag. Ten permits will be
available with at least one permit issued
in each community; however, no more
than five permits will be issued in a
single community. The season will be
closed when four females or ten bears
have been taken, whichever occurs first.
The permits will be issued and closure
announcements made by the
Superintendent Lake Clark National
Park and Preserve.
(D) Residents of Iliamna, Newhalen,
Nondalton, Pedro Bay, and Port
Alsworth may take up to a total of 10
bull moose in Unit 9B for ceremonial
purposes, under the terms of a Federal
registration permit from July 1–June 30.
Permits will be issued to individuals
only at the request of a local
organization. This 10-moose limit is not
cumulative with that permitted for
potlatches by the State.
(E) For Units 9C and 9E only, a
Federally qualified subsistence user
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(recipient) of Units 9C and 9E may
designate another Federally qualified
subsistence user of Units 9C and 9E to
take bull caribou on his or her behalf
unless the recipient is a member of a
community operating under a
community harvest system. The
designated hunter must obtain a
designated hunter permit and must
return a completed harvest report and
turn over all meat to the recipient. There
is no restriction on the number of
possession limits the designated hunter
may have in his/her possession at any
one time.
(F) For Unit 9D, a Federally qualified
subsistence user (recipient) may
designate another Federally qualified
subsistence user to take caribou on his
or her behalf unless the recipient is a
member of a community operating
under a community harvest system. The
designated hunter must obtain a
designated hunter permit and must
return a completed harvest report. The
designated hunter may hunt for any
number of recipients but may have no
more than four harvest limits in his/her
possession at any one time.
(G) The communities of False Pass,
King Cove, Cold Bay, Sand Point, and
Nelson Lagoon annually may each take,
from October 1–December 31 or May
10–25, one brown bear for ceremonial
purposes, under the terms of a Federal
registration permit. A permit will be
issued to an individual only at the
request of a local organization. The
brown bear may be taken from either
Unit 9D or Unit 10 (Unimak Island)
only.
(H) You may hunt brown bear in Unit
9E with a Federal registration permit in
lieu of a State locking tag if you have
obtained a Federal registration permit
prior to hunting.
Harvest limits
Open season
Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears .....................................................................................................................................................................
Brown Bear:
Unit 9B—Lake Clark National Park and Preserve—Rural residents of Iliamna, Newhalen, Nondalton, Pedro
Bay, Port Alsworth, residents of that portion of the park resident zone in Unit 9B; and 13.440 permit holders—1 bear by Federal registration permit only.
The season will be closed by the Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Superintendent when four females or
ten bear have been taken, whichever occurs first.
Unit 9B, remainder—1 bear by State registration permit only ................................................................................
Unit 9C—1 bear by Federal registration permit only ..............................................................................................
The season will be closed by the Katmai National Park and Preserve Superintendent in consultation with BLM
and FWS land managers and ADF&G, when six females or ten bear have been taken, whichever occurs
first.
Unit 9E—1 bear by Federal registration permit ......................................................................................................
Caribou:
Unit 9A—2 caribou; no more than 1 caribou may be a bull, and no more than 1 caribou may be taken Aug. 1–
Jan. 31.
Unit 9B—2 caribou; no more than 1 caribou may be a bull, and no more than 1 caribou may be taken Aug. 1–
Jan. 31.
Unit 9C, that portion within the Alagnak River drainage—2 caribou; no more than 1 caribou may be a bull, and
no more than 1 caribou may be taken Aug. 1–Jan. 31.
Unit 9C, remainder—Federal public lands are closed to the taking of caribou ......................................................
Unit 9D—1 bull caribou by Federal registration permit only. Quotas and any needed closures will be announced by the Izembek Refuge Manager after consultation with ADF&G.
Unit 9E—Federal public lands are closed to the taking of caribou ........................................................................
Sheep:
Unit 9B, that portion within Lake Clark National Park and Preserve—1 ram with 3⁄4 curl or larger horn by Federal registration permit only. By announcement of the Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Superintendent, the summer/fall season will be closed when up to 5 sheep are taken and the winter season will
be closed when up to 2 sheep are taken.
Unit 9B—remainder—1 ram with 7⁄8 curl or larger horn by Federal registration permit only .................................
Unit 9—remainder—1 ram with 7⁄8 curl or larger horn ............................................................................................
Moose:
Unit 9A—1 bull by State registration permit ............................................................................................................
Unit 9B—1 bull by State registration permit ............................................................................................................
Unit 9C—that portion draining into the Naknek River from the north—1 bull by State registration permit ...........
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Unit 9C—that portion draining into the Naknek River from the south—1 bull. A State registration permit is required during the Aug. 20–Sept. 20 season; a Federal registration permit is required during the Dec. 1–31
season. Public lands are closed during December for the hunting of moose, except by Federally qualified
subsistence users hunting under these regulations.
Unit 9C—remainder—1 bull by State registration permit ........................................................................................
Unit 9D—1 bull by Federal registration permit. Federal public lands will be closed by announcement of the
Izembek Refuge Manager to the harvest of moose when a total of 10 bulls have been harvested between
State and Federal hunts.
Unit 9E—1 bull by State registration permit, however only antlered bulls may be taken Dec. 1–Jan. 31 ............
Beaver:
Unit 9B and 9E—2 beaver per day .........................................................................................................................
Coyote:
2 coyotes .................................................................................................................................................................
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July 1–June 30.
July 1–June 30.
Sept. 1–May 31.
Oct. 1–May 31.
Sept. 25–Dec. 31.
Apr. 15–May 25.
Aug. 1–Mar. 15.
Aug. 1–Mar. 15.
Aug. 1–Mar. 15.
No open season.
Aug. 10–Sept 20.
Nov. 15–Mar. 31.
No open season.
July 15–Oct. 15.
Jan. 1–Apr. 1.
Aug. 10–Oct. 10.
Aug. 10–Sept. 20.
Sept. 1–15.
Sept. 1–20.
Dec. 1–Jan. 15.
Sept. 1–20.
Dec. 1–31.
Aug. 20–Sept. 20.
Dec. 1–31.
Sept. 1–20.
Dec. 15 –Jan. 15.
Dec. 15–Jan. 20.
Sept. 1–25.
Dec. 1–Jan. 31.
Apr. 15–May 31.
Sept. 1–Apr. 30.
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Harvest limits
Open season
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
2 foxes .....................................................................................................................................................................
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
2 lynx .......................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
10 wolves .................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
1 wolverine ..............................................................................................................................................................
Grouse (Spruce):
5 per day, 30 in possession ....................................................................................................................................
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
Dec. 1–Mar. 15.
Sept. 1–Feb. 15.
July 1–June 30.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Mar. 31.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Trapping
Beaver:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
2 beaver per day; only firearms may be used ........................................................................................................
Coyote:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Marten:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Otter:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
(10) Unit 10.
(i) Unit 10 consists of the Aleutian
Islands, Unimak Island, and the Pribilof
Islands.
(ii) You may not take any wildlife
species for subsistence uses on Otter
Island in the Pribilof Islands.
(iii) In Unit 10—Unimak Island only,
a Federally qualified subsistence user
(recipient) may designate another
Federally qualified subsistence user to
take caribou on his or her behalf unless
the recipient is a member of a
community operating under a
community harvest system. The
designated hunter must obtain a
designated hunter permit and must
return a completed harvest report. The
designated hunter may hunt for any
number of recipients but may have no
more than four harvest limits in his/her
possession at any one time.
(iv) The communities of False Pass,
King Cove, Cold Bay, Sand Point, and
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Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Nov. 10–June 10.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Open season
Hunting
Caribou:
Unit 10—Unimak Island only ...................................................................................................................................
Unit 10, remainder—No limit ...................................................................................................................................
Coyote:
2 coyotes .................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
2 foxes .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
5 wolves ...................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
1 wolverine ..............................................................................................................................................................
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Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nelson Lagoon annually may each take,
from October 1–December 31 or May
10–25, one brown bear for ceremonial
purposes, under the terms of a Federal
registration permit. A permit will be
issued to an individual only at the
request of a local organization. The
brown bear may be taken from either
Unit 9D or Unit 10 (Unimak Island)
only.
Harvest limits
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Open season
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow):
20 per day, 40 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
Trapping
Coyote:
2 coyotes .................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):.
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
2 foxes .....................................................................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Otter:.
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
(11) Unit 11. Unit 11 consists of that
area draining into the headwaters of the
Copper River south of Suslota Creek and
the area drained by all tributaries into
the east bank of the Copper River
between the confluence of Suslota Creek
with the Slana River and Miles Glacier.
(i) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black
bear between April 15 and June 15.
(B) One moose without calf may be
taken from June 20–July 31 in the
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and
Preserve in Unit 11 or 12 for the
Batzulnetas Culture Camp. Two hunters
from either Chistochina or Mentasta
Village may be designated by the Mt.
Sanford Tribal Consortium to receive
the Federal subsistence harvest permit.
The permit may be obtained from a
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and
Preserve office.
(ii) A joint permit may be issued to a
pair of a minor and an elder to hunt
sheep during the Aug. 1–Oct. 20 hunt.
The following conditions apply:
(A) The permittees must be a minor
aged 8 to 15 years old and an
accompanying adult 60 years of age or
older.
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Sept. 1–Apr. 30.
July 1–June 30.
Sept. 1–Feb. 28.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Nov. 10–June 10.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Open season
Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears .....................................................................................................................................................................
Brown Bear:
1 bear ......................................................................................................................................................................
Caribou ...........................................................................................................................................................................
Sheep:
1 sheep.
1 sheep by Federal registration permit only by persons 60 years of age or older. Ewes accompanied by lambs
or lambs may not be taken.
Goat:
Unit 11—that portion within the Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve that is bounded by the Chitina
and Nizina rivers on the south, the Kennicott River and glacier on the southeast, and the Root Glacier on
the east—1 goat by Federal registration permit only.
Unit 11—the remainder of the Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve—1 goat by Federal registration
permit only.
Unit 11—that portion outside of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve ............................................
Federal public lands will be closed by announcement of the Superintendent, Wrangell–St. Elias National Park
and Preserve to the harvest of goats when a total of 45 goats has been harvested between Federal and
State hunts.
Moose:
Unit 11—that portion draining into the east bank of the Copper River upstream from and including the Slana
River drainage—1 antlered bull by joint Federal/State registration permit.
Unit 11 remainder—1 antlered bull by Federal registration permit only .................................................................
Muskrat:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Beaver:
1 beaver per day, 1 in possession ..........................................................................................................................
Coyote:
10 coyotes ...............................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
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Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
(B) Both the elder and the minor must
be Federally qualified subsistence users
with a positive customary and
traditional use determination for the
area they want to hunt.
(C) The minor must hunt under the
direct immediate supervision of the
accompanying adult, who is responsible
for ensuring that all legal requirements
are met.
(D) Only one animal may be harvested
with this permit. The sheep harvested
will count against the harvest limits of
both the minor and accompanying
adult.
Harvest limits
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Aug. 10–June 15.
No open season.
Aug. 1–Oct. 20.
Aug. 25–Dec. 31.
Aug. 10–Dec. 31.
No open season.
Aug 20–Sept. 20.
Aug 20–Sept. 20.
Sept. 20–June 10.
June 1–Oct. 10.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
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10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to Oct. 1 ................................................................
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
2 lynx .......................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
10 wolves .................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
1 wolverine ..............................................................................................................................................................
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed):
15 per day, 30 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
Sept. 1–Mar. 15.
July 1–June 30.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Jan. 31.
Aug. 10–Mar. 31.
Aug. 10–Mar. 31.
Trapping
Beaver:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Coyote:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Marten:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Otter:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
(12) Unit 12. Unit 12 consists of the
Tanana River drainage upstream from
the Robertson River, including all
drainages into the east bank of the
Robertson River, and the White River
drainage in Alaska, but excluding the
Ladue River drainage.
(i) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black
bear between April 15 and June 30; you
may use bait to hunt wolves on FWS
and BLM lands.
(B) You may not use a steel trap, or
a snare using cable smaller than 3/32inch diameter to trap coyotes or wolves
in Unit 12 during April and October.
(C) One moose without calf may be
taken from June 20–July 31 in the
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and
Preserve in Unit 11 or 12 for the
Batzulnetas Culture Camp. Two hunters
from either Chistochina or Mentasta
Village may be designated by the Mt.
Sanford Tribal Consortium to receive
the Federal subsistence harvest permit.
The permit may be obtained from a
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and
Preserve office.
(ii) A joint permit may be issued to a
pair of a minor and an elder to hunt
sheep during the Aug. 1–Oct. 20 hunt.
The following conditions apply:
(A) The permittees must be a minor
aged 8 to 15 years old and an
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Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Nov. 10–June 10.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Open season
Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears .....................................................................................................................................................................
Brown Bear:
1 bear ......................................................................................................................................................................
Caribou:
Unit 12—that portion within the Wrangell–St. Elias National Park that lies west of the Nabesna River and the
Nabesna Glacier. All hunting of caribou is prohibited on Federal public lands.
Unit 12, that portion east of the Nabesna River and the Nabesna Glacier and south of the Winter Trail running
southeast from Pickerel Lake to the Canadian border—1 bull by Federal registration permit only.
Federal public lands are closed to the harvest of caribou except by residents of Chisana, Chistochina,
Mentasta, Northway, Tetlin, and Tok.
Unit 12—remainder—1 bull .....................................................................................................................................
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accompanying adult 60 years of age or
older.
(B) Both the elder and the minor must
be Federally qualified subsistence users
with a positive customary and
traditional use determination for the
area they want to hunt.
(C) The minor must hunt under the
direct immediate supervision of the
accompanying adult, who is responsible
for ensuring that all legal requirements
are met.
(D) Only one animal may be harvested
with this permit. The sheep harvested
will count against the harvest limits of
both the minor and accompanying
adult.
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Aug. 10–June 30.
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Sept. 1–30.
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Unit 12—remainder—1 caribou may be taken by a Federal registration permit during a winter season to be
announced. Dates for a winter season to occur between Oct. 1 and Apr. 30 and sex of animal to be taken
will be announced by Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge Manager in consultation with Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve Superintendent, Alaska Department of Fish and Game area biologists, and Chairs
of the Eastern Interior Regional Advisory Council and Upper Tanana/Fortymile Fish and Game Advisory
Committee.
Sheep:
Unit 12—1 ram with full curl or larger horn .............................................................................................................
Unit 12—that portion within Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve—1 ram with full curl horn or larger
by Federal registration permit only by persons 60 years of age or older.
Moose:
Unit 12—that portion within the 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 Pickerel Lake—1 antlered bull by Federal registration permit.
Unit 12—that portion 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.
Unit 12—remainder—1 antlered bull by joint Federal/State registration permit only .............................................
Beaver:
Unit 12—Wrangell–Saint Elias National Park and Preserve—6 beaver per season. Meat from harvested beaver must be salvaged for human consumption.
Coyote:
10 coyotes ...............................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to Oct. 1 ................................................................
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
2 lynx .......................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
10 wolves .................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
1 wolverine ..............................................................................................................................................................
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed):
15 per day, 30 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
Winter season to be announced.
Aug. 10–Sept. 20.
Aug. 1–Oct. 20.
Aug. 24–Sept. 20.
Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
Aug. 24–Sept. 30.
Aug. 20–Sept. 20.
Sept. 20–May 15.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Mar. 15.
July 1–June 30.
Nov. 1–Mar. 15.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Mar. 31.
Aug. 10–Mar. 31.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
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Beaver:
15 beaver per season. Only firearms may be used during Sept. 20–Oct. 31 and Apr. 16–May 15, to take up to
6 beaver. Only traps or snares may be used Nov. 1–Apr. 15. The total annual harvest limit for beaver is 15,
of which no more than 6 may be taken by firearm under trapping or hunting regulations. Meat from beaver
harvested by firearm must be salvaged for human consumption.
Coyote:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
No limit; however, no more than 5 lynx may be taken between Nov. 1 and Nov. 30 ...........................................
Marten:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Otter:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
(13) Unit 13.
(i) Unit 13 consists of that area
westerly of the east bank of the Copper
River and drained by all tributaries into
the west bank of the Copper River from
Miles Glacier and including the Slana
River drainages north of Suslota Creek;
the drainages into the Delta River
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Rapids Glacier; the drainages into the
Nenana River upstream from the
southeastern corner of Denali National
Park at Windy; the drainage into the
Susitna River upstream from its junction
with the Chulitna River; the drainage
into the east bank of the Chulitna River
upstream to its confluence with
Tokositna River; the drainages of the
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Oct. 15–Apr. 30.
Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
Nov. 1–Dec. 31.
Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
Sept. 20–June 10.
Nov. 1–Apr. 15.
Oct. 1–Apr. 30.
Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
Chulitna River (south of Denali National
Park) upstream from its confluence with
the Tokositna River; the drainages into
the north bank of the Tokositna River
upstream to the base of the Tokositna
Glacier; the drainages into the Tokositna
Glacier; the drainages into the east bank
of the Susitna River between its
confluences with the Talkeetna and
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Chulitna Rivers; the drainages into the
north and east bank of the Talkeetna
River including the Talkeetna River to
its confluence with Clear Creek, the
eastside drainages of a line going up the
south bank of Clear Creek to the first
unnamed creek on the south, then up
that creek to lake 4408, along the
northeastern shore of lake 4408, then
southeast in a straight line to the
northernmost fork of the Chickaloon
River; the drainages into the east bank
of the Chickaloon River below the line
from lake 4408; the drainages of the
Matanuska River above its confluence
with the Chickaloon River:
(A) Unit 13A consists of that portion
of Unit 13 bounded by a line beginning
at the Chickaloon River bridge at Mile
77.7 on the Glenn Highway, then along
the Glenn Highway to its junction with
the Richardson Highway, then south
along the Richardson Highway to the
foot of Simpson Hill at Mile 111.5, then
east to the east bank of the Copper
River, then northerly along the east bank
of the Copper River to its junction with
the Gulkana River, then northerly along
the west bank of the Gulkana River to
its junction with the West Fork of the
Gulkana River, then westerly along the
west bank of the West Fork of the
Gulkana River to its source, an unnamed
lake, then across the divide into the
Tyone River drainage, down an
unnamed stream into the Tyone River,
then down the Tyone River to the
Susitna River, then down the south
bank of the Susitna River to the mouth
of Kosina Creek, then up Kosina Creek
to its headwaters, then across the divide
and down Aspen Creek to the Talkeetna
River, then southerly along the
boundary of Unit 13 to the Chickaloon
River bridge, the point of beginning.
(B) Unit 13B consists of that portion
of Unit 13 bounded by a line beginning
at the confluence of the Copper River
and the Gulkana River, then up the east
bank of the Copper River to the Gakona
River, then up the Gakona River and
Gakona Glacier to the boundary of Unit
13, then westerly along the boundary of
Unit 13 to the Susitna Glacier, then
southerly along the west bank of the
Susitna Glacier and the Susitna River to
the Tyone River, then up the Tyone
River and across the divide to the
headwaters of the West Fork of the
Gulkana River, then down the West
Fork of the Gulkana River to the
confluence of the Gulkana River and the
Copper River, the point of beginning.
(C) Unit 13C consists of that portion
of Unit 13 east of the Gakona River and
Gakona Glacier.
(D) Unit 13D consists of that portion
of Unit 13 south of Unit 13A.
(E) Unit 13E consists of the remainder
of Unit 13.
(ii) Within the following areas, the
taking of wildlife for subsistence uses is
prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) You may not take wildlife for
subsistence uses on lands within Mount
McKinley National Park as it existed
prior to December 2, 1980. Subsistence
uses as authorized by this paragraph
(n)(13) are permitted in Denali National
Preserve and lands added to Denali
National Park on December 2, 1980.
(B) You may not use motorized
vehicles or pack animals for hunting
from Aug. 5–25 in the Delta Controlled
Use Area, the boundary of which is
defined as: a line beginning at the
confluence of Miller Creek and the Delta
River, then west to vertical angle
benchmark Miller, then west to include
all drainages of Augustana Creek and
Black Rapids Glacier, then north and
east to include all drainages of
McGinnis Creek to its confluence with
the Delta River, then east in a straight
line across the Delta River to Mile 236.7
Richardson Highway, then north along
the Richardson Highway to its junction
with the Alaska Highway, then east
along the Alaska Highway to the west
bank of the Johnson River, then south
along the west bank of the Johnson
River and Johnson Glacier to the head
of the Cantwell Glacier, then west along
the north bank of the Cantwell Glacier
and Miller Creek to the Delta River.
(C) Except for access and
transportation of harvested wildlife on
Sourdough and Haggard Creeks, Middle
Fork trails, or other trails designated by
the Board, you may not use motorized
vehicles for subsistence hunting in the
Sourdough Controlled Use Area. The
Sourdough Controlled Use Area consists
of that portion of Unit 13B bounded by
a line beginning at the confluence of
Sourdough Creek and the Gulkana
River, then northerly along Sourdough
Creek to the Richardson Highway at
approximately Mile 148, then northerly
along the Richardson Highway to the
Middle Fork Trail at approximately Mile
170, then westerly along the trail to the
Gulkana River, then southerly along the
east bank of the Gulkana River to its
confluence with Sourdough Creek, the
point of beginning.
(D) You may not use any motorized
vehicle or pack animal for hunting,
including the transportation of hunters,
their hunting gear, and/or parts of game
from July 26–September 30 in the
Tonsina Controlled Use Area. The
Tonsina Controlled Use Area consists of
that portion of Unit 13D bounded on the
west by the Richardson Highway from
the Tiekel River to the Tonsina River at
Tonsina, on the north along the south
bank of the Tonsina River to where the
Edgerton Highway crosses the Tonsina
River, then along the Edgerton Highway
to Chitina, on the east by the Copper
River from Chitina to the Tiekel River,
and on the south by the north bank of
the Tiekel River.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black
bear between April 15 and June 15.
(B) Upon written request by the Camp
Director to the Glennallen Field Office,
2 caribou, sex to be determined by the
Glennallen Field Office Manager of the
BLM, may be taken from Aug. 10–Sept.
30 or Oct. 21–Mar. 31 by Federal
registration permit for the Hudson Lake
Residential Treatment Camp.
Additionally, 1 bull moose may be taken
Aug. 1–Sept. 20. The animals may be
taken by any Federally qualified hunter
designated by the Camp Director. The
hunter must have in his/her possession
the permit and a designated hunter
permit during all periods that are being
hunted.
(C) Upon written request from the
Ahtna Heritage Foundation to the
Glennallen Field Office, either 1 bull
moose or 2 caribou, sex to be
determined by the Glennallen Field
Office Manager of the Bureau of Land
Management, may be taken from Aug 1–
Sept. 20 for 1 moose or Aug. 10–Sept.
20 for 2 caribou by Federal registration
permit for the Ahtna Heritage
Foundation’s culture camp. The permit
will expire on September 20 or when
the camp closes, whichever comes first.
No combination of caribou and moose is
allowed. The animals may be taken by
any Federally qualified hunter
designated by the Camp Director. The
hunter must have in his/her possession
the permit and a designated hunter
permit during all periods that are being
hunted.
Harvest limits
Open season
Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears .....................................................................................................................................................................
Brown Bear:
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1 bear. Bears taken within Denali National Park must be sealed within 5 days of harvest. That portion within
Denali National Park will be closed by announcement of the Superintendent after 4 bears have been harvested.
Caribou:
Unit 13A and 13B—2 caribou by Federal registration permit only. The sex of animals that may be taken will be
announced by the Glennallen Field Office Manager of the Bureau of Land Management in consultation with
the Alaska Department of Fish and Game area biologist and Chairs of the Eastern Interior Regional Advisory Council and the Southcentral Regional Advisory Council.
Unit 13—remainder—2 bulls by Federal registration permit only.
You may not hunt within the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline right-of-way. The right-of-way is the area occupied by
the pipeline (buried or above ground) and the cleared area 25 feet on either side of the pipeline.
Sheep:
Unit 13, excluding Unit 13D and the Tok Management Area and Delta Controlled Use Area—1 ram with 7/8
curl or larger horn.
Moose:
Unit 13E—1 antlered bull moose by Federal registration permit only; only 1 permit will be issued per household.
Unit 13–remainder—1 antlered bull moose by Federal registration permit only.
Beaver:
1 beaver per day, 1 in possession ..........................................................................................................................
Coyote:
10 coyotes ...............................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to Oct. 1 ................................................................
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
2 lynx .......................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
10 wolves .................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
1 wolverine ..............................................................................................................................................................
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed):
15 per day, 30 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
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20 per day, 40 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
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Beaver:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Coyote:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Marten:
Unit 13—No limit .....................................................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
No limit. ....................................................................................................................................................................
Otter:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
(14) Unit 14.
(i) Unit 14 consists of drainages into
the northern side of Turnagain Arm
west of and excluding the Portage Creek
drainage, drainages into Knik Arm
excluding drainages of the Chickaloon
and Matanuska Rivers in Unit 13,
drainages into the northern side of Cook
Inlet east of the Susitna River, drainages
into the east bank of the Susitna River
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bank of the Talkeetna River to its
confluence with Clear Creek, the
western side drainages of a line going
up the south bank of Clear Creek to the
first unnamed creek on the south, then
up that creek to lake 4408, along the
northeastern shore of lake 4408, then
southeast in a straight line to the
northernmost fork of the Chickaloon
River:
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Aug. 1–Sept. 30.
Oct. 21–Mar. 31.
Aug. 1–Sept. 30.
Oct. 21–Mar. 31.
Aug. 10–Sept. 20.
Aug. 1–Sept. 20.
Aug. 1–Sept. 20.
June 15–Sept. 10.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Mar. 15.
July 1–June 30.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Jan. 31.
Aug. 10–Mar. 31.
Aug. 10–Mar. 31.
Sept. 25–May 31.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Sept. 25–June 10.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Oct. 15–Apr. 30.
Nov. 10–Jan. 31.
(A) Unit 14A consists of drainages in
Unit 14 bounded on the west by the east
bank of the Susitna River, on the north
by the north bank of Willow Creek and
Peters Creek to its headwaters, then east
along the hydrologic divide separating
the Susitna River and Knik Arm
drainages to the outlet creek at lake
4408, on the east by the eastern
boundary of Unit 14, and on the south
by Cook Inlet, Knik Arm, the south bank
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of the Knik River from its mouth to its
junction with Knik Glacier, across the
face of Knik Glacier and along the
northern side of Knik Glacier to the Unit
6 boundary;
(B) Unit 14B consists of that portion
of Unit 14 north of Unit 14A;
(C) Unit 14C consists of that portion
of Unit 14 south of Unit 14A.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking
of wildlife for subsistence uses is
prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) You may not take wildlife for
subsistence uses in the Fort Richardson
and Elmendorf Air Force Base
Management Areas, consisting of the
Fort Richardson and Elmendorf Military
Reservations;
(B) You may not take wildlife for
subsistence uses in the Anchorage
Management Area, consisting of all
drainages south of Elmendorf and Fort
Richardson military reservations and
north of and including Rainbow Creek.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
Harvest limits
Open season
Hunting
Black Bear:
Unit 14C—1 bear .....................................................................................................................................................
Beaver:
Unit 14C—1 beaver per day, 1 in possession ........................................................................................................
Coyote:
Unit 14C—2 coyotes ...............................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
Unit 14C—2 foxes ...................................................................................................................................................
Hare (Snowshoe):
Unit 14C—5 hares per day .....................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
Unit 14C—2 lynx .....................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
Unit 14C—5 wolves .................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
Unit 14C—1 wolverine .............................................................................................................................................
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed):
Unit 14C—5 per day, 10 in possession ..................................................................................................................
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):
Unit 14C—10 per day, 20 in possession ................................................................................................................
Jul. 1–Jun. 30.
May 15–Oct. 31.
Sept. 1–Apr. 30.
Nov. 1–Feb. 15.
Sept. 8–Apr. 30.
Dec. 1–Jan. 31.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Mar. 31.
Sept. 8–Mar. 31.
Sept. 8–Mar. 31.
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Unit 14C—that portion within the drainages of Glacier Creek, Kern Creek, Peterson Creek, the Twentymile
River and the drainages of Knik River outside Chugach State Park—20 beaver per season.
Coyote:
Unit 14C—No limit ...................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
Unit 14C—1 fox .......................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
Unit 14C—No limit ...................................................................................................................................................
Marten:
Unit 14C—No limit ...................................................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
Unit 14C—No limit ...................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
Unit 14C—No limit ...................................................................................................................................................
Otter:
Unit 14C—No limit ...................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
Unit 14C—No limit ...................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
Unit 14C—2 wolverines ...........................................................................................................................................
(15) Unit 15.
(i) Unit 15 consists of that portion of
the Kenai Peninsula and adjacent
islands draining into the Gulf of Alaska,
Cook Inlet, and Turnagain Arm from
Gore Point to the point where longitude
line 150°00′ W. crosses the coastline of
Chickaloon Bay in Turnagain Arm,
including that area lying west of
longitude line 150°00′ W. to the mouth
of the Russian River, then southerly
along the Chugach National Forest
boundary to the upper end of Upper
Russian Lake; and including the
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drainages into Upper Russian Lake west
of the Chugach National Forest
boundary:
(A) Unit 15A consists of that portion
of Unit 15 north of the north bank of the
Kenai River and the northern shore of
Skilak Lake;
(B) Unit 15B consists of that portion
of Unit 15 south of the north bank of the
Kenai River and the northern shore of
Skilak Lake, and north of the north bank
of the Kasilof River, the northern shore
of Tustumena Lake, Glacier Creek, and
Tustumena Glacier;
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Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Dec. 15–Jan. 31.
Nov. 10–Jan. 31.
Nov. 10–Jan. 31.
Nov. 10–May 15.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Nov. 10–Jan. 31.
(C) Unit 15C consists of the remainder
of Unit 15.
(ii) You may not take wildlife, except
for grouse, ptarmigan, and hares that
may be taken only from October 1
through March 1 by bow and arrow
only, in the Skilak Loop Management
Area, which consists of that portion of
Unit 15A bounded by a line beginning
at the easternmost junction of the
Sterling Highway and the Skilak Loop
(milepost 76.3), then due south to the
south bank of the Kenai River, then
southerly along the south bank of the
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Kenai River to its confluence with
Skilak Lake, then westerly along the
northern shore of Skilak Lake to Lower
Skilak Lake Campground, then
northerly along the Lower Skilak Lake
Campground Road and the Skilak Loop
Road to its westernmost junction with
the Sterling Highway, then easterly
along the Sterling Highway to the point
of beginning.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black
bear between April 15 and June 15;
(B) You may not trap furbearers for
subsistence in the Skilak Loop Wildlife
Management Area;
(C) You may not trap marten in that
portion of Unit 15B east of the Kenai
River, Skilak Lake, Skilak River, and
Skilak Glacier;
(D) You may not take red fox in Unit
15 by any means other than a steel trap
or snare.
Harvest limits
Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
Units 15A and 15B—2 bears by Federal registration permit ..................................................................................
Unit 15C—3 bears ...................................................................................................................................................
Brown Bear:
Unit 15—1 bear every 4 regulatory years by Federal registration permit. The season may be opened or closed
by announcement from the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Manager after consultation with ADF&G and the
Chair of the Southcentral Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council.
Moose:
Unit 15A—Skilak Loop Wildlife Management Area .................................................................................................
Unit 15A—remainder, 15B, and 15C—1 antlered bull with spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or with 3 or more brow
tines on either antler, by Federal registration permit only.
Units 15B and 15C—1 antlered bull with spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or with 3 or more brow tines on either
antler, by Federal registration permit only. The Kenai NWR Refuge Manager is authorized to close the October/November season based on conservation concerns, in consultation with ADF&G and the Chair of the
Southcentral Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council.
Coyote:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
2 lynx .......................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
Unit 15—that portion within the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge—2 wolves ...........................................................
Unit 15—remainder—5 wolves ................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
1 wolverine ..............................................................................................................................................................
Grouse (Spruce):
15 per day, 30 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
Grouse (Ruffed) ..............................................................................................................................................................
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):
Unit 15A and 15B—20 per day, 40 in possession ..................................................................................................
Unit 15C—20 per day, 40 in possession ................................................................................................................
Unit 15C—5 per day, 10 in possession ..................................................................................................................
Trapping
Beaver:
20 beaver per season .............................................................................................................................................
Coyote:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
1 Fox ........................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Marten:
Unit 15B—that portion east of the Kenai River, Skilak Lake, Skilak River, and Skilak Glacier .............................
Remainder of Unit 15—No limit ..............................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Otter:
Unit 15—No limit .....................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
Unit 15B and C—No limit ........................................................................................................................................
(16) Unit 16.
(i) Unit 16 consists of the drainages
into Cook Inlet between Redoubt Creek
and the Susitna River, including
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and the drainages on the western side of
the Susitna River (including the Susitna
River) upstream to its confluence with
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Jul. 1–Jun. 30.
Jul. 1–Jun. 30.
Sept. 1–Nov. 30, to be announced and Apr. 1–Jun.
15, to be announced.
No open season.
Aug. 10–Sept. 20.
Oct. 20–Nov. 10.
Sept. 1–Apr. 30.
July 1–Jun. 30.
Nov. 10–Jan. 31.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Mar. 31.
Aug. 10–Mar. 31.
No open season.
Aug. 10–Mar. 31.
Aug. 10– Dec. 31.
Jan. 1–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Jan. 1–Jan. 31.
No open season.
Nov. 10–Jan. 31.
Nov. 10–Jan. 31.
Nov. 10–May 15.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
the Chulitna River; the drainages into
the western side of the Chulitna River
(including the Chulitna River) upstream
to the Tokositna River, and drainages
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into the southern side of the Tokositna
River upstream to the base of the
Tokositna Glacier, including the
drainage of the Kahiltna Glacier:
(A) Unit 16A consists of that portion
of Unit 16 east of the east bank of the
Yentna River from its mouth upstream
to the Kahiltna River, east of the east
bank of the Kahiltna River, and east of
the Kahiltna Glacier;
(B) Unit 16B consists of the remainder
of Unit 16.
(ii) You may not take wildlife for
subsistence uses in the Mount McKinley
National Park, as it existed prior to
December 2, 1980. Subsistence uses as
authorized by this paragraph (n)(16) are
permitted in Denali National Preserve
and lands added to Denali National Park
on December 2, 1980.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black
bear between April 15 and June 15.
(B) [Reserved].
Harvest limits
Open season
Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears .....................................................................................................................................................................
Caribou:
1 caribou ..................................................................................................................................................................
Moose:
Unit 16B—Redoubt Bay Drainages south and west of, and including the Kustatan River drainage—1 bull ........
Unit 16B––Denali National Preserve only—1 bull by Federal registration permit. One Federal registration permit for moose issued per household.
Unit 16B, remainder—1 bull ....................................................................................................................................
Coyote:
2 coyotes .................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
2 foxes .....................................................................................................................................................................
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
2 lynx .......................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
5 wolves ...................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
1 wolverine ..............................................................................................................................................................
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed):
15 per day, 30 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
July 1–June 30.
Aug. 10–Oct. 31.
Sept. 1–15.
Sept. 1–30.
Dec. 1–Feb. 28.
Sept. 1–30.
Dec. 1–Feb. 28.
Sept. 1–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Feb. 15.
July 1–Jun. 30.
Dec. 1–Jan. 31.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Mar. 31.
Aug. 10–Mar. 31.
Aug. 10–Mar. 31.
Trapping
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Beaver:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Coyote:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Marten:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Otter:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
(17) Unit 17.
(i) Unit 17 consists of drainages into
Bristol Bay and the Bering Sea between
Etolin Point and Cape Newenham, and
all islands between these points
including Hagemeister Island and the
Walrus Islands:
(A) Unit 17A consists of the drainages
between Cape Newenham and Cape
Constantine, and Hagemeister Island
and the Walrus Islands;
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(B) Unit 17B consists of the Nushagak
River drainage upstream from, and
including the Mulchatna River drainage
and the Wood River drainage upstream
from the outlet of Lake Beverley;
(C) Unit 17C consists of the remainder
of Unit 17.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking
of wildlife for subsistence uses is
prohibited or restricted on public lands:
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Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Dec. 15–Jan. 31.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Nov. 10–Jan. 31.
Nov. 10–Jun. 10.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
(A) Except for aircraft and boats and
in legal hunting camps, you may not use
any motorized vehicle for hunting
ungulates, bears, wolves, and wolverine,
including transportation of hunters and
parts of ungulates, bear, wolves, or
wolverine in the Upper Mulchatna
Controlled Use Area consisting of Unit
17B, from Aug. 1–Nov. 1.
(B) [Reserved].
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
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(A) You may use bait to hunt black
bear between April 15 and June 15.
(B) You may hunt brown bear by State
registration permit in lieu of a resident
tag if you have obtained a State
registration permit prior to hunting.
(C) If you have a trapping license, you
may use a firearm to take beaver in Unit
17 from April 15–May 31. You may not
take beaver with a firearm under a
trapping license on National Park
Service lands.
Harvest limits
Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
2 bears .....................................................................................................................................................................
Brown Bear:
Unit 17—1 bear by State registration permit only ...................................................................................................
Caribou:
Unit 17A—all drainages west of Right Hand Point—2 caribou; no more than 1 caribou may be a bull, and no
more than 1 caribou may be taken Aug. 1–Jan. 31. The season may be closed and harvest limit reduced for
the drainages between the Togiak River and Right Hand Point by announcement of the Togiak National
Wildlife Refuge Manager.
Units 17A and 17C—that portion of 17A and 17C consisting of the Nushagak Peninsula south of the Igushik
River, Tuklung River and Tuklung Hills, west to Tvativak Bay—up to 2 caribou by Federal registration permit. Public lands are closed to the taking of caribou except by residents of Togiak, Twin Hills, Manokotak,
Aleknagik, Dillingham, Clark’s Point, and Ekuk hunting under these regulations. The harvest quota, harvest
limit, and the number of permits available will be announced by the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge Manager after consultation with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the Nushagak Peninsula Caribou
Planning Committee. Successful hunters must report their harvest to the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge
within 24 hours after returning from the field. The season may be closed by announcement of the Togiak
National Wildlife Refuge Manager.
Units 17A remainder and 17C remainder—selected drainages; a harvest limit of up to 2 caribou will be determined at the time the season is announced. Season, harvest limit, and hunt area to be announced by the
Togiak National Wildlife Refuge Manager.
Units 17B and 17C—that portion of 17C east of the Wood River and Wood River Lakes—2 caribou; no more
than 1 caribou may be a bull, and no more than 1 caribou from Aug. 1–Jan 31.
Sheep:
1 ram with full curl or larger horn ............................................................................................................................
Moose:
Unit 17A—1 bull by State registration permit ..........................................................................................................
Unit 17A—1 antlered bull by State registration permit. Up to a 14-day season during the period Dec. 1–Jan.
31 may be opened or closed by the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge Manager after consultation with ADF&G
and the Chair of the Bristol Bay Regional Advisory Council.
Units 17B and 17C—one bull ..................................................................................................................................
During the period Aug. 20–Sept. 15—one bull by State registration permit; or
During the period Sept. 1–15—one bull with spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or antlers with three or more brow
tines on at least one side with a State harvest ticket; or.
During the period Dec. 1–31—one antlered bull by State registration permit.
Coyote:
2 coyotes .................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
2 foxes .....................................................................................................................................................................
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
2 lynx .......................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
10 wolves .................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
1 wolverine ..............................................................................................................................................................
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed):
15 per day, 30 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow):
20 per day, 40 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
Trapping
Beaver:
Unit 17—No limit .....................................................................................................................................................
Unit 17—2 beaver per day. Only firearms may be used ........................................................................................
Coyote:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Marten:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
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Aug. 1–May 31.
Sept. 1–May 31.
Aug. 1–Mar. 15.
Aug. 1–Sept. 30.
Dec. 1–Mar. 31.
Season to occur sometime
within Aug. 1–Mar. 31.
Aug. 1–Mar. 15.
Aug. 10–Sept. 20.
Aug. 25–Sept. 20.
Winter season to be announced.
Aug. 20–Sept. 15.
Dec. 1–31.
Sept. 1–Apr. 30.
Dec. 1–Mar. 15.
Sept. 1–Feb. 15.
July 1–June 30.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Mar. 31.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Oct. 10–Mar. 31.
Apr. 15–May 31.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
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Harvest limits
Open season
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
2 muskrats ...............................................................................................................................................................
Otter:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
(18) Unit 18.
(i) Unit 18 consists of that area
draining into the Yukon and
Kuskokwim Rivers downstream from a
straight line drawn between Lower
Kalskag and Paimiut and the drainages
flowing into the Bering Sea from Cape
Newenham on the south to and
including the Pastolik River drainage on
the north; Nunivak, St. Matthew, and
adjacent islands between Cape
Newenham and the Pastolik River.
(ii) In the Kalskag Controlled Use
Area, which consists of that portion of
Unit 18 bounded by a line from Lower
Kalskag on the Kuskokwim River,
northwesterly to Russian Mission on the
Yukon River, then east along the north
bank of the Yukon River to the old site
of Paimiut, then back to Lower Kalskag,
you are not allowed to use aircraft for
hunting any ungulate, bear, wolf, or
wolverine, including the transportation
of any hunter and ungulate, bear, wolf,
or wolverine part; however, this does
not apply to transportation of a hunter
or ungulate, bear, wolf, or wolverine
part by aircraft between publicly owned
airports in the Controlled Use Area or
between a publicly owned airport
within the Area and points outside the
Area.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) If you have a trapping license, you
may use a firearm to take beaver in Unit
18 from Apr. 1 through Jun. 10.
(B) You may hunt brown bear by State
registration permit in lieu of a resident
tag if you have obtained a State
registration permit prior to hunting.
(C) You may take caribou from a boat
moving under power in Unit 18.
(D) You may take moose from a boat
moving under power in that portion of
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Unit 18 remainder—2 caribou; no more than 1 caribou may be a bull; no more than 1 caribou may be taken
Aug. 1–Jan. 31.
Moose:
Unit 18—that portion east of a line running from the mouth of the Ishkowik River to the closest point of Dall
Lake, then to the east bank of the Johnson River at its entrance into Nunavakanukakslak Lake (N 60°
59.41′ Latitude; W162°22.14′ Longitude), continuing upriver along a line 1⁄2 mile south and east of, and paralleling a line along the southerly bank of the Johnson River to the confluence of the east bank of Crooked
Creek, then continuing upriver to the outlet at Arhymot Lake, then following the south bank east of the Unit
18 border and then north of and including the Eek River drainage. Federal public lands are closed to the
taking of moose except by residents of Tuntutuliak, Eek, Napakiak, Napaskiak, Kasigluk, Nunapitchuk,
Atmautlauk, Oscarville, Bethel, Kwethluk, Akiachak, Akiak, Tuluksak, Lower Kalskag, and Kalskag.
Unit 18—south of and including the Kanektok River drainages to the Goodnews River drainage. Federal public
lands are closed to the taking of moose by all users.
Unit 18––Goodnews River drainage and south to the Unit 18 boundary––1 antlered bull by State registration
permit. Any needed closures will be announced by the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge Manager after consultation with BLM, ADF&G, and the Chair of the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta Subsistence Regional Advisory
Council.
Unit 18—That portion north and west of the Kashunuk River including the north bank from the mouth of the
river upstream to the old village of Chakaktolik, west of a line from Chakaktolik to Mountain Village and excluding all Yukon River drainages upriver from Mountain Village—2 moose, only one of which may be antlered. Antlered bulls may only be harvested from Aug. 1 through Sept. 30.
Unit 18, remainder—1 moose .................................................................................................................................
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Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Open season
Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears .....................................................................................................................................................................
Brown Bear:
1 bear by State registration permit only ..................................................................................................................
Caribou:
Unit 18—that portion to the east and south of the Kuskokwim River—2 caribou; no more than 1 caribou may
be a bull; no more than 1 caribou may be taken Aug. 1–Sept. 30 and Dec. 20—Jan. 31.
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Nov. 10–Feb. 28.
Unit 18 west of a line running from the
mouth of the Ishkowik River to the
closest point of Dall Lake, then to the
east bank of the Johnson River at its
entrance into Nunavakanukakslak Lake
(N 60°59.41′ Latitude; W 162°22.14′
Longitude), continuing upriver along a
line 1⁄2 mile south and east of, and
paralleling a line along the southerly
bank of the Johnson River to the
confluence of the east bank of Crooked
Creek, then continuing upriver to the
outlet at Arhymot Lake, then following
the south bank west to the Unit 18
border.
(E) Taking of wildlife in Unit 18 while
in possession of lead shot size T, .20
calibre or less in diameter, is prohibited.
(F) You may not pursue with a
motorized vehicle an ungulate that is at
or near a full gallop.
Harvest limits
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July 1–June 30.
Sept. 1–May 31.
Aug. 1–Sept. 30.
Dec. 20–the last day of
Feb.
Aug. 1–Mar. 15.
No open season.
No open season.
Sept. 1–30.
Aug. 1–the last day of February.
Aug. 10–Sept. 30.
Dec. 20–the last day of
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Beaver:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Coyote:
2 coyotes .................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):
2 foxes .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to Oct. 1 ................................................................
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
5 lynx .......................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
10 wolves .................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
2 wolverine ..............................................................................................................................................................
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed):
15 per day, 30 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow):
50 per day, 100 in possession ................................................................................................................................
July 1–June 30.
Sept. 1–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Mar. 15.
July 1–June 30.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Mar. 31.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Aug. 10–May 30.
Trapping
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Beaver:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Coyote:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Marten:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Otter:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
(19) Unit 19.
(i) Unit 19 consists of the Kuskokwim
River drainage upstream from a straight
line drawn between Lower Kalskag and
Piamiut:
(A) Unit 19A consists of the
Kuskokwim River drainage downstream
from and including the Moose Creek
drainage on the north bank and
downstream from and including the
Stony River drainage on the south bank,
excluding Unit 19B.
(B) Unit 19B consists of the Aniak
River drainage upstream from and
including the Salmon River drainage,
the Holitna River drainage upstream
from and including the Bakbuk Creek
drainage, that area south of a line from
the mouth of Bakbuk Creek to the radar
dome at Sparrevohn Air Force Base,
including the Hoholitna River drainage
upstream from that line, and the Stony
River drainage upstream from and
including the Can Creek drainage.
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(C) Unit 19C consists of that portion
of Unit 19 south and east of a line from
Benchmark M#1.26 (approximately 1.26
miles south of the northwestern corner
of the original Mt. McKinley National
Park boundary) to the peak of Lone
Mountain, then due west to Big River,
including the Big River drainage
upstream from that line, and including
the Swift River drainage upstream from
and including the North Fork drainage.
(D) Unit 19D consists of the remainder
of Unit 19.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking
of wildlife for subsistence uses is
prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) You may not take wildlife for
subsistence uses on lands within Mount
McKinley National Park as it existed
prior to December 2, 1980. Subsistence
uses as authorized by this paragraph
(n)(19) are permitted in Denali National
Preserve and lands added to Denali
National Park on December 2, 1980.
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Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Jan. 31.
Nov. 10–June 10.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
Nov. 10–Mar. 31.
(B) In the Upper Kuskokwim
Controlled Use Area, which consists of
that portion of Unit 19D upstream from
the mouth of the Selatna River, but
excluding the Selatna and Black River
drainages, to a line extending from
Dyckman Mountain on the northern
Unit 19D boundary southeast to the
1,610-foot crest of Munsatli Ridge, then
south along Munsatli Ridge to the 2,981foot peak of Telida Mountain, then
northeast to the intersection of the
western boundary of Denali National
Preserve with the Minchumina–Telida
winter trail, then south along the
western boundary of Denali National
Preserve to the southern boundary of
Unit 19D, you may not use aircraft for
hunting moose, including transportation
of any moose hunter or moose part;
however, this does not apply to
transportation of a moose hunter or
moose part by aircraft between publicly
owned airports in the Controlled Use
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Area, or between a publicly owned
airport within the area and points
outside the area.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black
bear between April 15 and June 30;
(B) You may hunt brown bear by State
registration permit in lieu of a resident
tag in those portions of Units 19A and
19B downstream of and including the
Aniak River drainage if you have
obtained a State registration permit
prior to hunting.
Harvest limits
Open season
Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears .....................................................................................................................................................................
Brown Bear:
Unit 19A and 19B—those portions which are downstream of and including the Aniak River drainage—1 bear
by State registration permit.
Unit 19A, remainder, 19B, remainder, and Unit 19D—1 bear ................................................................................
Caribou:
Unit 19A—north of Kuskokwim River—2 caribou, no more than 1 caribou may be a bull; no more than 1 caribou may be taken from Aug. 1–Jan. 31.
Unit 19A—south of the Kuskokwim River and Unit 19B (excluding rural Alaska residents of Lime Village)—2
caribou; no more than 1 caribou may be a bull; no more than 1 caribou may be taken Aug. 1–Jan. 31.
Unit 19C—1 caribou ................................................................................................................................................
Unit 19D—south and east of the Kuskokwim River and North Fork of the Kuskokwim River—1 caribou ............
Unit 19D, remainder—1 caribou ..............................................................................................................................
Unit 19—Residents domiciled in Lime Village only—no individual harvest limit but a village harvest quota of
200 caribou; cows and calves may not be taken from Apr. 1–Aug. 9. Reporting will be by a community reporting system.
Sheep:
1 ram with 7⁄8 curl horn or larger .............................................................................................................................
Moose:
Unit 19—Residents of Lime Village only—no individual harvest limit, but a village harvest quota of 28 bulls (including those taken under the State permits). Reporting will be by a community reporting system.
Unit 19A—North of the Kuskokwim River, upstream from but excluding the George River drainage, and south
of the Kuskokwim River upstream from and including the Downey Creek drainage, not including the Lime
Village Management Area; Federal public lands are closed to the taking of moose.
Unit 19A, remainder—1 antlered bull by Federal drawing permit or a State permit. Federal public lands are
closed to the taking of moose except by residents of Tuluksak, Lower Kalskag, Upper Kalskag, Aniak,
Chuathbaluk, and Crooked Creek hunting under these regulations. The Refuge Manager of the Yukon Delta
NWR, in cooperation with the BLM Field Office Manager, will annually establish the harvest quota and number of permits to be issued in coordination with the State Tier I hunt. If the allowable harvest level is
reached before the regular season closing date, the Refuge Manager, in consultation with the BLM Field Office Manager, will announce an early closure of Federal public lands to all moose hunting.
Unit 19B—1 bull with spike-fork or 50-inch antlers or antlers with 4 or more brow tines on one side ..................
Unit 19C—1 antlered bull ........................................................................................................................................
Unit 19C—1 bull by State registration permit .........................................................................................................
Unit 19D—that portion of the Upper Kuskokwim Controlled Use Area within the North Fork drainage upstream
from the confluence of the South Fork to the mouth of the Swift Fork—1 antlered bull.
Unit 19D—remainder of the Upper Kuskokwim Controlled Use Area—1 bull ........................................................
Unit 19D, remainder—1 antlered bull ......................................................................................................................
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Coyote:
10 coyotes ...............................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to Oct. 1 ................................................................
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
2 lynx .......................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
Unit 19D—10 wolves per day .................................................................................................................................
Unit 19, remainder—5 wolves .................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
1 wolverine ..............................................................................................................................................................
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed):
15 per day, 30 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
July 1–June 30.
Aug. 10–June 30.
Aug. 10–June 30.
Aug. 1–Mar. 15.
Aug. 1–Mar. 15.
Aug. 10–Oct. 10.
Aug. 10–Sept. 30.
Nov. 1–Jan. 31.
Aug. 10–Sept. 30.
July 1–June 30.
Aug. 10–Sept. 20.
July 1–June 30.
No open season.
Sept. 1–20.
Sept. 1–20.
Sept. 1–20.
Jan. 15–Feb. 15.
Sept. 1–30.
Sept. 1–30.
Dec. 1–Feb. 28.
Sept. 1–30.
Dec. 1–15.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Mar. 15.
July 1–June 30.
Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Mar. 31.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Trapping
Beaver:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Coyote:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
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Lynx:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Marten:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Otter:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
(20) Unit 20.
(i) Unit 20 consists of the Yukon River
drainage upstream from and including
the Tozitna River drainage to and
including the Hamlin Creek drainage,
drainages into the south bank of the
Yukon River upstream from and
including the Charley River drainage,
the Ladue River and Fortymile River
drainages, and the Tanana River
drainage north of Unit 13 and
downstream from the east bank of the
Robertson River:
(A) Unit 20A consists of that portion
of Unit 20 bounded on the south by the
Unit 13 boundary, bounded on the east
by the west bank of the Delta River,
bounded on the north by the north bank
of the Tanana River from its confluence
with the Delta River downstream to its
confluence with the Nenana River, and
bounded on the west by the east bank
of the Nenana River.
(B) Unit 20B consists of drainages into
the northrn bank of the Tanana River
from and including Hot Springs Slough
upstream to and including the Banner
Creek drainage.
(C) Unit 20C consists of that portion
of Unit 20 bounded on the east by the
east bank of the Nenana River and on
the north by the north bank of the
Tanana River downstream from the
Nenana River.
(D) Unit 20D consists of that portion
of Unit 20 bounded on the east by the
east bank of the Robertson River and on
the west by the west bank of the Delta
River, and drainages into the north bank
of the Tanana River from its confluence
with the Robertson River downstream
to, but excluding, the Banner Creek
drainage.
(E) Unit 20E consists of drainages into
the south bank of the Yukon River
upstream from and including the
Charley River drainage, and the Ladue
River drainage.
(F) Unit 20F consists of the remainder
of Unit 20.
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(ii) In the following areas, the taking
of wildlife for subsistence uses is
prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) You may not take wildlife for
subsistence uses on lands within Mount
McKinley National Park as it existed
prior to December 2, 1980. Subsistence
uses as authorized by this paragraph
(n)(20) are permitted in Denali National
Preserve and lands added to Denali
National Park on December 2, 1980.
(B) You may not use motorized
vehicles or pack animals for hunting
Aug. 5–25 in the Delta Controlled Use
Area, the boundary of which is defined
as: a line beginning at the confluence of
Miller Creek and the Delta River, then
west to vertical angle benchmark Miller,
then west to include all drainages of
Augustana Creek and Black Rapids
Glacier, then north and east to include
all drainages of McGinnis Creek to its
confluence with the Delta River, then
east in a straight line across the Delta
River to Mile 236.7 of the Richardson
Highway, then north along the
Richardson Highway to its junction with
the Alaska Highway, then east along the
Alaska Highway to the west bank of the
Johnson River, then south along the
west bank of the Johnson River and
Johnson Glacier to the head of the
Canwell Glacier, then west along the
north bank of the Canwell Glacier and
Miller Creek to the Delta River.
(C) You may not use firearms,
snowmobiles, licensed highway
vehicles or motorized vehicles, except
aircraft and boats, in the Dalton
Highway Corridor Management Area,
which consists of those portions of
Units 20, 24, 25, and 26 extending 5
miles from each side of the Dalton
Highway from the Yukon River to
milepost 300 of the Dalton Highway,
except as follows: Residents living
within the Dalton Highway Corridor
Management Area may use
snowmobiles only for the subsistence
taking of wildlife. You may use licensed
highway vehicles only on designated
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Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
Nov. 1–June 10.
Nov. 1–Apr. 15.
Nov. 1–Apr. 30.
Nov. 1–Mar. 31.
roads within the Dalton Highway
Corridor Management Area. The
residents of Alatna, Allakaket,
Anaktuvuk Pass, Bettles, Evansville,
Stevens Village, and residents living
within the Corridor may use firearms
within the Corridor only for subsistence
taking of wildlife;
(D) You may not use any motorized
vehicle for hunting August 5–September
20 in the Glacier Mountain Controlled
Use Area, which consists of that portion
of Unit 20E bounded by a line beginning
at Mile 140 of the Taylor Highway, then
north along the highway to Eagle, then
west along the cat trail from Eagle to
Crooked Creek, then from Crooked
Creek southwest along the west bank of
Mogul Creek to its headwaters on North
Peak, then west across North Peak to the
headwaters of Independence Creek, then
southwest along the west bank of
Independence Creek to its confluence
with the North Fork of the Fortymile
River, then easterly along the south
bank of the North Fork of the Fortymile
River to its confluence with Champion
Creek, then across the North Fork of the
Fortymile River to the south bank of
Champion Creek and easterly along the
south bank of Champion Creek to its
confluence with Little Champion Creek,
then northeast along the east bank of
Little Champion Creek to its
headwaters, then northeasterly in a
direct line to Mile 140 on the Taylor
Highway; however, this does not
prohibit motorized access via, or
transportation of harvested wildlife on,
the Taylor Highway or any airport.
(E) You may by permit hunt moose on
the Minto Flats Management Area,
which consists of that portion of Unit 20
bounded by the Elliot Highway
beginning at Mile 118, then
northeasterly to Mile 96, then east to the
Tolovana Hotsprings Dome, then east to
the Winter Cat Trail, then along the Cat
Trail south to the Old Telegraph Trail at
Dunbar, then westerly along the trail to
a point where it joins the Tanana River
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3 miles above Old Minto, then along the
north bank of the Tanana River
(including all channels and sloughs
except Swan Neck Slough), to the
confluence of the Tanana and Tolovana
Rivers and then northerly to the point
of beginning.
(F) You may only hunt moose by bow
and arrow in the Fairbanks Management
Area. The Area consists of that portion
of Unit 20B bounded by a line from the
confluence of Rosie Creek and the
Tanana River, northerly along Rosie
Creek to Isberg Road, then northeasterly
on Isberg Road to Cripple Creek Road,
then northeasterly on Cripple Creek
Road to the Parks Highway, then north
on the Parks Highway to Alder Creek,
then westerly to the middle fork of
Rosie Creek through section 26 to the
Parks Highway, then east along the
Parks Highway to Alder Creek, then
upstream along Alder Creek to its
confluence with Emma Creek, then
upstream along Emma Creek to its
headwaters, then northerly along the
hydrographic divide between
Goldstream Creek drainages and Cripple
Creek drainages to the summit of Ester
Dome, then down Sheep Creek to its
confluence with Goldstream Creek, then
easterly along Goldstream Creek to
Sheep Creek Road, then north on Sheep
Creek Road to Murphy Dome Road, then
west on Murphy Dome Road to Old
Murphy Dome Road, then east on Old
Murphy Dome Road to the Elliot
Highway, then south on the Elliot
Highway to Goldstream Creek, then
easterly along Goldstream Creek to its
confluence with First Chance Creek,
Davidson Ditch, then southeasterly
along the Davidson Ditch to its
confluence with the tributary to
Goldstream Creek in Section 29, then
downstream along the tributary to its
confluence with Goldstream Creek, then
in a straight line to First Chance Creek,
then up First Chance Creek to Tungsten
Hill, then southerly along Steele Creek
to its confluence with Ruby Creek, then
upstream along Ruby Creek to Esro
Road, then south on Esro Road to Chena
Hot Springs Road, then east on Chena
Hot Springs Road to Nordale Road, then
south on Nordale Road to the Chena
River, to its intersection with the TransAlaska Pipeline right of way, then
southeasterly along the easterly edge of
the Trans-Alaska Pipeline right of way
to the Chena River, then along the north
bank of the Chena River to the Moose
Creek dike, then southerly along the
Moose Creek dike to its intersection
with the Tanana River, and then
westerly along the north bank of the
Tanana River to the point of beginning.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black
bear April 15–June 30; you may use bait
to hunt wolves on FWS and BLM lands.
(B) You may not use a steel trap, or
a snare using cable smaller than
3⁄32-inch diameter to trap coyotes or
wolves in Unit 20E during April and
October.
(C) Residents of Units 20 and 21 may
take up to three moose per regulatory
year for the celebration known as the
Nuchalawoyya Potlatch, under the
terms of a Federal registration permit.
Permits will be issued to individuals at
the request of the Native Village of
Tanana only. This three-moose limit is
not cumulative with that permitted by
the State.
Harvest limits
Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears .....................................................................................................................................................................
Brown Bear:
Unit 20A—1 bear .....................................................................................................................................................
Unit 20E—1 bear .....................................................................................................................................................
Unit 20, remainder—1 bear .....................................................................................................................................
Caribou:
Unit 20E—1 caribou A joint State/Federal registration permit is required. During the Aug. 10–Sept. 30 season,
the harvest is restricted to 1 bull. The harvest quota for the period Aug. 10–29 in Units 20E, 20F, and 25C
is 100 caribou. During the Nov. 1–Mar. 31 season, area closures or hunt restrictions may be announced
when Nelchina caribou are present in a mix of more than 1 Nelchina caribou to 15 Fortymile caribou, except
when the number of caribou present is low enough that fewer than 50 Nelchina caribou will be harvested regardless of the mixing ratio for the two herds..
Unit 20F—north of the Yukon River —1 caribou ....................................................................................................
Unit 20F—east of the Dalton Highway and south of the Yukon River—1 caribou; A joint State/Federal registration permit is required. During the Aug. 10–Sept. 30 season, the harvest is restricted to 1 bull. The harvest
quota for the period Aug. 10–29 in Units 20E, 20F, and 25C is 100 caribou.
Moose:
Unit 20A—1 antlered bull ........................................................................................................................................
Unit 20B—that portion within the Minto Flats Management Area—1 bull by Federal registration permit only ......
Unit 20B, remainder —1 antlered bull .....................................................................................................................
Unit 20C—that portion within Denali National Park and Preserve west of the Toklat River, excluding lands
within Mount McKinley National Park as it existed prior to December 2, 1980—1 antlered bull; however,
white-phased or partial albino (more than 50 percent white) moose may not be taken.
Unit 20C, remainder—1 antlered bull; however, white-phased or partial albino (more than 50 percent white)
moose may not be taken.
Unit 20E—that portion within Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve—1 bull ...................................................
Unit 20E—that portion drained by the Middle Fork of the Fortymile River upstream from and including the Joseph Creek drainage—1 bull.
Unit 20E remainder—1 bull by joint Federal/State registration permit ...................................................................
Unit 20F—that portion within the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area—1 antlered bull by Federal registration permit only..
Unit 20F, remainder—1 antlered bull ......................................................................................................................
Beaver:
Unit 20E—Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve—6 beaver per season. Meat from harvested beaver must
be salvaged for human consumption.
Coyote:
10 coyotes ...............................................................................................................................................................
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Sept. 1–May 31.
Aug. 10–June 30.
Sept. 1–May 31.
Aug. 10–Sept. 30.
Nov. 1–March. 31.
Aug. 10–Mar. 31.
Aug. 10–Sept. 30.
Nov. 1–Mar. 31.
Sept. 1–20.
Sept. 1–20.
Jan. 10–Feb. 28.
Sept. 1–20.
Sept. 1–30.
Nov. 15–Dec. 15.
Sept. 1–30.
Aug. 20–Sept. 30.
Aug. 20–Sept. 30.
Aug. 24–Sept. 25.
Sept. 1–25.
Sept. 1–25.
Dec. 1–10.
Sept. 20–May 15.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
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Open season
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to Oct. 1 ................................................................
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
Unit 20A, 20B, and that portion of 20C east of the Teklanika River—2 lynx .........................................................
Unit 20E—2 lynx ......................................................................................................................................................
Unit 20, remainder—2 lynx ......................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
Unit 20E, that portion within Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve—No limit ..................................................
Unit 20C, that portion within Denali National Park and Preserve—25 muskrat .....................................................
Unit 20, remainder ...................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
Unit 20—10 wolves .................................................................................................................................................
Unit 20C, that portion within Denali National Park and Preserve—1 wolf during the Aug. 10–Oct. 31 period; 5
wolves during the Nov. 1–Apr. 30 period, for a total of 6 wolves for the season.
Unit 20C, remainder—10 wolves ............................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
1 wolverine ..............................................................................................................................................................
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed):
Units 20A, 20B, 20C, 20E, and 20F—15 per day, 30 in possession .....................................................................
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow):
Unit 20—those portions within 5 miles of Alaska Route 5 (Taylor Highway, both to Eagle and the Alaska-Canada boundary) and that portion of Alaska Route 4 (Richardson Highway) south of Delta Junction—20 per
day, 40 in possession.
Unit 20, remainder—20 per day, 40 in possession ................................................................................................
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Trapping
Beaver:
Units 20A, 20B, 20C, and 20F—No limit ................................................................................................................
Unit 20E—25 beaver per season. Only firearms may be used during Sept. 20–Oct. 31 and Apr. 16–May 15, to
take up to 6 beaver. Only traps or snares may be used Nov. 1–Apr. 15. The total annual harvest limit for
beaver is 25, of which no more than 6 may be taken by firearm under trapping or hunting regulations. Meat
from beaver harvested by firearm must be salvaged for human consumption..
Coyote:
Unit 20E—No limit ...................................................................................................................................................
Unit 20, remainder—No limit ...................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
Unit 20A, 20B, and 20C east of the Teklanika River—No limit ..............................................................................
Unit 20E—No limit; however, no more than 5 lynx may be taken between Nov. 1 and Nov. 30. .........................
Unit 20F and 20C—remainder—No limit ................................................................................................................
Marten:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
Unit 20E—No limit ...................................................................................................................................................
Unit 20, remainder—No limit ...................................................................................................................................
Otter:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
Unit 20A, 20B, 20C, and 20F—No limit ..................................................................................................................
Unit 20E—No limit ...................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
(21) Unit 21.
(i) Unit 21 consists of drainages into
the Yukon River upstream from Paimiut
to, but not including, the Tozitna River
drainage on the north bank, and to, but
not including, the Tanana River
drainage on the south bank; and
excluding the Koyukuk River drainage
upstream from the Dulbi River drainage:
(A) Unit 21A consists of the Innoko
River drainage upstream from and
including the Iditarod River drainage.
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(B) Unit 21B consists of the Yukon
River drainage upstream from Ruby and
east of the Ruby–Poorman Road,
downstream from and excluding the
Tozitna River and Tanana River
drainages, and excluding the Melozitna
River drainage upstream from Grayling
Creek.
(C) Unit 21C consists of the Melozitna
River drainage upstream from Grayling
Creek, and the Dulbi River drainage
upstream from and including the
Cottonwood Creek drainage.
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July 1–June 30.
Dec. 1–Jan. 31.
Nov. 1–Jan. 31.
Dec. 1–Jan. 31.
Sept. 20–June 10.
Nov. 1–June 10.
No open season.
Aug.
Aug.
Nov.
Aug.
10–Apr. 30.
10–Oct. 31.
1–Apr. 30.
10–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Mar. 31.
Aug. 10–Mar. 31.
Aug. 10–Mar. 31.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Nov. 1–Apr. 15.
Sept. 20–May 15.
Oct. 15–Apr. 30.
Nov. 1–Mar. 31.
Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
Dec. 15–Feb. 15.
Nov. 1–Dec. 31.
Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
Sept. 20–June 10.
Nov. 1–June 10.
Nov. 1–Apr. 15.
Nov. 1–Apr. 30.
Oct. 1–Apr. 30.
Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
(D) Unit 21D consists of the Yukon
River drainage from and including the
Blackburn Creek drainage upstream to
Ruby, including the area west of the
Ruby–Poorman Road, excluding the
Koyukuk River drainage upstream from
the Dulbi River drainage, and excluding
the Dulbi River drainage upstream from
Cottonwood Creek.
(E) Unit 21E consists of the Yukon
River drainage from Paimiut upstream
to, but not including, the Blackburn
Creek drainage, and the Innoko River
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drainage downstream from the Iditarod
River drainage.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking
of wildlife for subsistence uses is
prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) The Koyukuk Controlled Use
Area, which consists of those portions
of Unit 21 and 24 bounded by a line
from the north bank of the Yukon River
at Koyukuk at 64°52.58′ N. lat.,
157°43.10′ W. long., then northerly to
the confluences of the Honhosa and
Kateel Rivers at 65°28.42′ N. lat.,
157°44.89′ W. long., then northeasterly
to the confluences of Billy Hawk Creek
and the Huslia River (65°57 N. lat.,
156°41 W. long.) at 65°56.66′ N. lat.,
156°40.81′ W. long., then easterly to the
confluence of the forks of the Dakli
River at 66°02.56′ N. lat., 156°12.71′ W.
long., then easterly to the confluence of
McLanes Creek and the Hogatza River at
66°00.31′ N. lat., 155°18.57′ W. long.,
then southwesterly to the crest of
Hochandochtla Mountain at 65°31.87′
N. lat., 154°52.18′ W. long., then
southwest to the mouth of Cottonwood
Creek at 65°13.00′ N. lat., 156°06.43′ W.
long., then southwest to Bishop Rock
(Yistletaw) at 64°49.35′ N. lat.,
157°21.73′ W. long., then westerly along
the north bank of the Yukon River
(including Koyukuk Island) to the point
of beginning, is closed during moose
hunting seasons to the use of aircraft for
hunting moose, including transportation
of any moose hunter or moose part;
however, this does not apply to
transportation of a moose hunter or
moose part by aircraft between publicly
owned airports in the controlled use
area or between a publicly owned
airport within the area and points
outside the area; all hunters on the
Koyukuk River passing the ADF&Goperated check station at Ella’s Cabin
(15 miles upstream from the Yukon on
the Koyukuk River) are required to stop
and report to ADF&G personnel at the
check station.
(B) The Paradise Controlled Use Area,
which consists of that portion of Unit 21
bounded by a line beginning at the old
village of Paimiut, then north along the
west bank of the Yukon River to
Paradise, then northwest to the mouth
of Stanstrom Creek on the Bonasila
River, then northeast to the mouth of the
Anvik River, then along the west bank
of the Yukon River to the lower end of
Eagle Island (approximately 45 miles
north of Grayling), then to the mouth of
the Iditarod River, then down the east
bank of the Innoko River to its
confluence with Paimiut Slough, then
south along the east bank of Paimiut
Slough to its mouth, and then to the old
village of Paimiut, is closed during
moose hunting seasons to the use of
aircraft for hunting moose, including
transportation of any moose hunter or
part of moose; however, this does not
apply to transportation of a moose
hunter or part of moose by aircraft
between publicly owned airports in the
Controlled Use Area or between a
publicly owned airport within the area
and points outside the area.
(iii) In Unit 21D, you may hunt brown
bear by State registration permit in lieu
of a resident tag if you have obtained a
State registration permit prior to
hunting. Aircraft may not be used in any
manner for brown bear hunting under
the authority of a brown bear State
registration permit, including
transportation of hunters, bears, or parts
of bears; however, this does not apply
to transportation of bear hunters or bear
parts by regularly scheduled flights to
and between communities by carriers
that normally provide scheduled service
to this area, nor does it apply to
transportation of aircraft to or between
publicly owned airports.
(iv) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black
bear between April 15 and June 30; and
in the Koyukuk Controlled Use Area,
you may also use bait to hunt black bear
between September 1 and September 25.
(B) If you have a trapping license, you
may use a firearm to take beaver in Unit
21(E) from Nov. 1–June 10.
(C) The residents of Units 20 and 21
may take up to three moose per
regulatory year for the celebration
known as the Nuchalawoyya Potlatch,
under the terms of a Federal registration
permit. Permits will be issued to
individuals only at the request of the
Native Village of Tanana. This threemoose limit is not cumulative with that
permitted by the State.
(D) The residents of Unit 21 may take
up to three moose per regulatory year
for the celebration known as the Kaltag/
Nulato Stickdance, under the terms of a
Federal registration permit. Permits will
be issued to individuals only at the
request of the Native Village of Kaltag or
Nulato. This three-moose limit is not
cumulative with that permitted by the
State.
Harvest limits
Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears .....................................................................................................................................................................
Brown Bear:
Unit 21D—1 bear by State registration permit only ................................................................................................
Unit 21, remainder—1 bear .....................................................................................................................................
Caribou:
Unit 21A—1 caribou ................................................................................................................................................
Unit 21B—that portion north of the Yukon River and downstream from Ukawutni Creek .....................................
Unit 21C—the Dulbi and Melozitna River drainages downstream from Big Creek ................................................
Unit 21B remainder, 21C remainder, and 21E—1 caribou .....................................................................................
Unit 21D—north of the Yukon River and east of the Koyukuk River—caribou may be taken during a winter
season to be announced by the Refuge Manager of the Koyukuk/Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge Manager
and the BLM Central Yukon Field Office Manager, in consultation with ADF&G and the Chairs of the Western Interior Subsistence Regional Advisory Council, and the Middle Yukon and Ruby Fish and Game Advisory Committees.
Unit 21D, remainder—5 caribou per day; however, cow caribou may not be taken May 16–June 30.
Moose:
Unit 21B—that part of the Nowitna River drainage downstream from and including the Little Mud River drainage—1 bull. A State registration permit is required from Sept. 5–25. A Federal registration permit is required
from Sept. 26–Oct. 1.
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Aug. 10–June 30.
Aug. 10–June 30.
Aug. 10–Sept. 30.
Dec. 10–Dec. 20.
No open season.
No open season.
Aug. 10–Sept. 30.
Winter season to be announced
July 1–June 30.
Sept. 5–Oct. 1.
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Unit 21B—that part of the Nowitna River drainage downstream from and including the Little Mud River drainage—1 antlered bull. A Federal registration permit is required during the 5-day season and will be limited to
one per household. The 5-day season may be announced by the Koyukuk/Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge
Manager after consultation with the ADF&G and the Chairs of the Western Interior Regional Advisory Council and the Ruby Fish and Game Advisory Committee.
Unit 21A and 21B, remainder—1 bull .....................................................................................................................
Unit 21C—1 antlered bull ........................................................................................................................................
Unit 21D—Koyukuk Controlled Use Area—1 bull; 1 antlerless moose by Federal permit if authorized by announcement by the Koyukuk/Nowitna NWR manager. Harvest of cow moose accompanied by calves is prohibited. A harvestable surplus of cows will be determined for a quota
or
1 antlered bull by Federal permit, if there is no Mar.1–5 season and if authorized by announcement by the
Koyukuk/Nowitna NWR manager and BLM Central Yukon field office manager. A harvestable surplus of
bulls will be determined for a quota. Announcement for the Mar. and Apr. seasons and harvest quotas will
be made after consultation with the ADF&G area biologist and the Chairs of the Western Interior Regional
Advisory Council and Middle Yukon and Koyukuk River Fish and Game Advisory Committee.
Unit 21D, remainder—1 moose; however, antlerless moose may be taken only during Sept. 21–25 and the
Mar. 1–5 season if authorized jointly by the Koyukuk/Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge Manager and the
Central Yukon Field Office Manager, Bureau of Land Management. Harvest of cow moose accompanied by
calves is prohibited. During the Aug. 22–31 and Sept. 5–25 seasons, a State registration permit is required.
During the Mar. 1–5 season a Federal registration permit is required. Announcement for the antlerless
moose seasons and cow quotas will be made after consultation with the ADF&G area biologist and the
Chairs of the Western Interior Regional Advisory Council and the Middle Yukon Fish and Game Advisory
Committee.
Unit 21E—1 moose; however, only bulls may be taken from Aug. 25–Sept. 30 ...................................................
During the Feb. 15–Mar. 15 season, a Federal registration permit is required. The permit conditions and any
needed closures for the winter season will be announced by the Innoko NWR manager after consultation
with the ADF&G area biologist and the Chairs of the Western Interior Regional Advisory Council and the
Middle Yukon Fish and Game Advisory Committee as stipulated in a letter of delegation. Moose may not be
taken within one-half mile of the Innoko or Yukon River during the winter season.
Beaver:
Unit 21E—No limit ...................................................................................................................................................
Unit 21, remainder ...................................................................................................................................................
Coyote:
10 coyotes ...............................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to Oct. 1 ................................................................
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
2 lynx .......................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
5 wolves ...................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
1 wolverine ..............................................................................................................................................................
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed):
15 per day, 30 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
Five-day season to be announced between Dec. 1
and March 31.
Aug. 20–Sept. 25.
Nov. 1–30.
Sept. 5–25.
Mar. 1–5 seson to be announced.
Apr. 10–15 season to be
announced.
Aug. 22–31.
Sept. 5–25.
Mar. 1–5 season to be announced
Aug. 25–Sept. 30.
Feb. 15–Mar. 15.
Nov. 1–June 10.
No open season.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Mar. 15.
July 1–June 30.
Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Mar. 31.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
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Trapping
Beaver:
No Limit ...................................................................................................................................................................
Coyote:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Marten:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Otter:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
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Nov. 1–Mar. 31.
Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
Nov. 1–June 10.
Nov. 1–Apr. 15.
Nov. 1–Apr. 30.
Nov. 1–Mar. 31.
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(22) Unit 22.
(i) Unit 22 consists of Bering Sea,
Norton Sound, Bering Strait, Chukchi
Sea, and Kotzebue Sound drainages
from, but excluding, the Pastolik River
drainage in southern Norton Sound to,
but not including, the Goodhope River
drainage in Southern Kotzebue Sound,
and all adjacent islands in the Bering
Sea between the mouths of the
Goodhope and Pastolik Rivers:
(A) Unit 22A consists of Norton
Sound drainages from, but excluding,
the Pastolik River drainage to, and
including, the Ungalik River drainage,
and Stuart and Besboro Islands.
(B) Unit 22B consists of Norton Sound
drainages from, but excluding, the
Ungalik River drainage to, and
including, the Topkok Creek drainage.
(C) Unit 22C consists of Norton Sound
and Bering Sea drainages from, but
excluding, the Topkok Creek drainage
to, and including, the Tisuk River
drainage, and King and Sledge Islands.
(D) Unit 22D consists of that portion
of Unit 22 draining into the Bering Sea
north of, but not including, the Tisuk
River to and including Cape York and
St. Lawrence Island;
(E) Unit 22E consists of Bering Sea,
Bering Strait, Chukchi Sea, and
Kotzebue Sound drainages from Cape
York to, but excluding, the Goodhope
River drainage, and including Little
Diomede Island and Fairway Rock.
(ii) You may hunt brown bear by State
registration permit in lieu of a resident
tag if you have obtained a State
registration permit prior to hunting.
Aircraft may not be used in any manner
for brown bear hunting under the
authority of a brown bear State
registration permit, including
transportation of hunters, bears, or parts
of bears; however, this does not apply
to transportation of bear hunters or bear
parts by regularly scheduled flights to
and between communities by carriers
that normally provide scheduled service
to this area, nor does it apply to
transportation of aircraft to or between
publicly owned airports.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) If you have a trapping license, you
may use a firearm to take beaver in Unit
22 during the established seasons.
(B) Coyote, incidentally taken with a
trap or snare, may be used for
subsistence purposes.
(C) A snowmachine may be used to
position a hunter to select individual
caribou for harvest provided that the
animals are not shot from a moving
snowmachine.
(D) The taking of one bull moose and
up to three musk oxen by the
community of Wales is allowed for the
celebration of the Kingikmuit Dance
Festival under the terms of a Federal
registration permit. Permits will be
issued to individuals only at the request
of the Native Village of Wales. The
harvest may only occur within regularly
established seasons in Unit 22E. The
harvest will count against any
established quota for the area.
(E) A Federally qualified subsistence
user (recipient) may designate another
Federally qualified subsistence user to
take musk oxen on his or her behalf
unless the recipient is a member of a
community operating under a
community harvest system. The
designated hunter must get a designated
hunter permit and must return a
completed harvest report. The
designated hunter may hunt for any
number of recipients in the course of a
season, but have no more than two
harvest limits in his/her possession at
any one time, except in Unit 22E where
a resident of Wales or Shishmaref acting
as a designated hunter may hunt for any
number of recipients, but have no more
than four harvest limits in his/her
possession at any one time.
Harvest limits
Open season
Hunting
Black Bear:
Unit 22A and 22B—3 bears ....................................................................................................................................
Unit 22, remainder ...................................................................................................................................................
Brown Bear:
Unit 22A, 22B, 22D, and 22E—1 bear by State registration permit only ...............................................................
Unit 22C—1 bear by State registration permit only ................................................................................................
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Caribou:
Unit 22B west of Golovin Bay and west of a line along the west bank of the Fish and Niukluk Rivers and excluding the Libby River drainage—5 caribou per day.
Units 22A, 22B remainder, that portion of Unit 22D in the Kougaruk, Kuzitrin (excluding the Pilgrim River
drainage), American, and Agiapuk River Drainages, and Unit 22E, that portion east of and including the
Sanaguich River drainage—5 caribou per day; cow caribou may not be taken May 16–June 30.
Moose:
Unit 22A—that portion north of and including the Tagoomenik and Shaktoolik River drainages—1 bull. Federal
public lands are closed to hunting except by residents of Unit 22A hunting under these regulations.
Unit 22A—that portion in the Unalakleet drainage and all drainages flowing into Norton Sound north of the
Golsovia River drainage and south of the Tagoomenik and Shaktoolik River drainages—Federal public
lands are closed to the taking of moose, except that residents of Unalakleet, hunting under these regulations, may take 1 bull by Federal registration permit, administered by the BLM Anchorage Field Office with
the authority to close the season in consultation with ADF&G.
Unit 22A, remainder—1 bull. However, during the period Jan.1–Feb. 15, only an antlered bull may be taken.
Federal public lands are closed to the taking of moose except by residents of Unit 22A hunting under these
regulations.
Unit 22B—west of the Darby Mountains—1 bull by State registration permit. Quotas and any needed closures
will be announced by the Anchorage Field Office Manager of the BLM, in consultation with NPS and
ADF&G. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of moose except by Federally qualified subsistence
users hunting under these regulations.
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No open season.
Aug. 1–May 31.
Aug. 1–Oct. 31.
May 10–25.
Oct. 1–Apr. 30.
May 1–Sept. 30, a season
may be opened by announcement by the Anchorage Field Office
Manager of the BLM, in
consultation with ADF&G.
July 1–June 30.
Aug. 1–Sept. 30.
Aug. 15–Sept. 14
Aug. 1–Sept. 30.
Jan. 1–Feb. 15
Sept. 1–14.
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Unit 22B—west of the Darby Mountains—1 bull by either Federal or State registration permit. Quotas and any
needed season closures will be announced by the Anchorage Field Office Manager of the BLM, in consultation with NPS, and ADF&G. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of moose except by residents of
White Mountain and Golovin hunting under these regulations.
Unit 22B, remainder—1 bull ....................................................................................................................................
Unit 22C—1 antlered bull ........................................................................................................................................
Unit 22D—that portion within the Kougarok, Kuzitrin, and Pilgrim River drainages—1 bull by State registration
permit. Quotas and any needed closures will be announced by the Anchorage Field Office Manager of the
BLM, in consultation with NPS and ADF&G. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of moose except
by residents of Units 22D and 22C hunting under these regulations.
Unit 22D—that portion west of the Tisuk River drainage and Canyon Creek—1 bull by State registration permit. Quotas and any needed closures will be announced by the Anchorage Field Office Manager of the
BLM, in consultation with NPS and ADF&G.
Unit 22D—that portion west of the Tisuk River drainage and Canyon Creek—1 bull by Federal registration permit. Quotas and any needed closures will be announced by the Anchorage Field Office Manager of the
BLM, in consultation with NPS and ADF&G. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of moose except
by residents of Units 22D and 22C hunting under these regulations.
Unit 22D, remainder—1 bull ....................................................................................................................................
Unit 22D, remainder—1 moose; however, no person may take a calf or a cow accompanied by a calf ..............
Unit 22D, remainder—1 antlered bull ......................................................................................................................
Unit 22E—1 antlered bull. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of moose except by Federally qualified
subsistence users hunting under these regulations.
Musk ox:
Unit 22B—1 bull by Federal permit or State permit. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of musk ox
except by Federally qualified subsistence users hunting under these regulations. Annual harvest quotas and
any needed closures will be announced by the Anchorage Field Office Manager of the BLM, in consultation
with NPS and ADF&G.
Unit 22D—that portion west of the Tisuk River drainage and Canyon Creek—1 musk ox by Federal permit or
State permit; however, cows may only be taken during the period Jan. 1–Mar. 15. Annual harvest quotas
and any needed closures will be announced by the Superintendent of the Western Arctic National Parklands
in consultation with ADF&G and BLM.
Unit 22D, that portion within the Kuzitrin River drainages—1 musk ox by Federal permit or State permit; however, cows may only be taken during the period Jan. 1–Mar. 15. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of musk ox except by Federally qualified subsistence users hunting under these regulations. Annual harvest quotas and any needed closures will be announced by the Superintendent of the Bering Land Bridge
National Preserve in consultation with ADF&G and BLM.
Unit 22D, remainder—1 musk ox by Federal permit or State permit; however, cows may only be taken during
the period Jan. 1–Mar. 15. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of musk ox except by Federally
qualified subsistence users hunting under these regulations. Annual harvest quotas and any needed closures will be announced by the Superintendent of the Western Arctic National Parklands in consultation with
ADF&G and BLM.
Unit 22E—1 musk ox by Federal permit or State permit. Annual harvest quotas and any needed closures will
be announced by the Superintendent of the Western Arctic National Parklands in consultation with ADF&G
and BLM.
Unit 22, remainder ...................................................................................................................................................
Beaver:
Unit 22A, 22B, 22D, and 22E—50 beaver ..............................................................................................................
Unit 22, remainder ...................................................................................................................................................
Coyote .............................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):
2 foxes .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
10 foxes ...................................................................................................................................................................
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
2 lynx .......................................................................................................................................................................
Marten:
Unit 22A and 22B—No limit ....................................................................................................................................
Unit 22, remainder ...................................................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Otter:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
3 wolverines .............................................................................................................................................................
Grouse (Spruce):
15 per day, 30 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow):
Unit 22A and 22B east of and including the Niukluk River drainage—40 per day, 80 in possession ...................
Unit 22E—20 per day, 40 in possession ................................................................................................................
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Jan. 1–31.
Aug. 1–Jan. 31.
Sept. 1–14.
Sept. 1–14.
Sept. 1–14.
Dec. 1–31.
Aug. 10–Sept. 14.
Oct. 1–Nov. 30.
Dec. 1–31.
Jan. 1–31.
Aug. 1–Mar. 15.
Aug.1–Mar. 15.
Sept.1–Mar. 15.
Aug.1–Mar. 15.
Aug. 1–Mar. 15.
Aug. 1–Mar. 15.
No open season.
Nov. 1–June 10.
No open season.
No open season.
Sept. 1–Apr. 30.
Nov. 1–Apr. 15.
Sept. 1–Apr. 15.
Nov. 1–Apr. 15.
Nov. 1–Apr. 15.
No open season.
Nov. 1–Jan. 31.
Nov. 1–Apr. 15.
Nov. 1–Apr. 15.
Sept. 1–Mar. 31.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
July 15–May 15.
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Open season
Unit 22, remainder—20 per day, 40 in possession ................................................................................................
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Trapping
Beaver:
Unit 22A, 22B, 22D, and 22E—50 beaver ..............................................................................................................
Unit 22C ...................................................................................................................................................................
Coyote .............................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Marten:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Otter:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
(23) Unit 23.
(i) Unit 23 consists of Kotzebue
Sound, Chukchi Sea, and Arctic Ocean
drainages from and including the
Goodhope River drainage to Cape
Lisburne.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking
of wildlife for subsistence uses is
prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) You may not use aircraft in any
manner either for hunting of ungulates,
bear, wolves, or wolverine, or for
transportation of hunters or harvested
species in the Noatak Controlled Use
Area for the period August 15–
September 30. The Area consists of that
portion of Unit 23 in a corridor
extending 5 miles on either side of the
Noatak River beginning at the mouth of
the Noatak River, and extending
upstream to the mouth of Sapun Creek.
This closure does not apply to the
transportation of hunters or parts of
ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine by
regularly scheduled flights to
communities by carriers that normally
provide scheduled air service.
(B) [Reserved].
(iii) You may hunt brown bear by
State registration permit in lieu of a
resident tag if you have obtained a State
registration permit prior to hunting.
Aircraft may not be used in any manner
for brown bear hunting under the
authority of a brown bear State
registration permit, including
transportation of hunters, bears, or parts
of bears; however, this does not apply
to transportation of bear hunters or bear
parts by regularly scheduled flights to
and between communities by carriers
that normally provide scheduled service
to this area, nor does it apply to
transportation of aircraft to or between
publicly owned airports.
(iv) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may take caribou from a boat
moving under power in Unit 23.
(B) In addition to other restrictions on
method of take found in this section,
you may also take swimming caribou
with a firearm using rimfire cartridges.
(C) If you have a trapping license, you
may take beaver with a firearm in all of
Unit 23 from Nov. 1–Jun. 10.
(D) For the Baird and DeLong
Mountain sheep hunts—A Federally
qualified subsistence user (recipient)
may designate another Federally
qualified subsistence user to take sheep
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Nov. 1–Apr. 15.
Nov. 1–Apr. 15.
Nov. 1–Jan. 31.
Nov. 1–June 10.
Nov. 1–Apr. 15.
Nov. 1–Apr. 30.
Nov. 1–Apr. 15.
Open season
Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears .....................................................................................................................................................................
Brown Bear:
Unit 23—1 bear by State registration permit ..........................................................................................................
Caribou:
15 caribou per day; however, cow caribou may not be taken May 16–June 30 ...................................................
Sheep:
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on his or her behalf unless the recipient
is a member of a community operating
under a community harvest system. The
designated hunter must obtain a
designated hunter permit and must
return a completed harvest report. The
designated hunter may hunt for only
one recipient in the course of a season
and may have both his and the
recipients’ harvest limits in his/her
possession at the same time.
(E) A snowmachine may be used to
position a hunter to select individual
caribou for harvest provided that the
animals are not shot from a moving
snowmachine.
(F) A Federally qualified subsistence
user (recipient) may designate another
Federally qualified subsistence user to
take musk oxen on his or her behalf
unless the recipient is a member of a
community operating under a
community harvest system. The
designated hunter must get a designated
hunter permit and must return a
completed harvest report. The
designated hunter may hunt for any
number of recipients, but have no more
than two harvest limits in his/her
possession at any one time.
Harvest limits
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Aug. 1–May 31.
July 1–June 30.
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Open season
Unit 23—south of Rabbit Creek, Kiyak Creek, and the Noatak River, and west of the Cutler and Redstone Rivers (Baird Mountains)—1 sheep by Federal registration permit. The total allowable harvest of sheep is 21, of
which 15 may be rams and 6 may be ewes. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of sheep except
by Federally qualified subsistence users hunting under these regulations.
Unit 23—north of Rabbit Creek, Kiyak Creek, and the Noatak River, and west of the Aniuk River (DeLong
Mountains)—1 sheep by Federal registration permit. The total allowable harvest of sheep for the DeLong
Mountains is 8, of which 5 may be rams and 3 may be ewes.
Unit 23, remainder (Schwatka Mountains)—1 ram with 7⁄8 curl or larger horn ......................................................
Unit 23, remainder (Schwatka Mountains)—1 sheep .............................................................................................
Moose:
Unit 23—that portion north and west of and including the Singoalik River drainage, and all lands draining into
the Kukpuk and Ipewik Rivers—1 moose; no person may take a calf or a cow accompanied by a calf.
Unit 23—that portion lying within the Noatak River drainage—1 moose; however, antlerless moose may be
taken only from Nov. 1–Mar. 31; no person may take a calf or a cow accompanied by a calf.
Unit 23, remainder—1 moose; no person may take a calf or a cow accompanied by a calf ................................
Musk ox:
Unit 23—south of Kotzebue Sound and west of and including the Buckland River drainage—1 bull by Federal
permit or State permit
or
1 musk ox by Federal permit or State permit .........................................................................................................
Federal public lands are closed to the taking of musk ox except by Federally qualified subsistence users hunting under these regulations. Annual harvest quotas and any needed closures will be announced by the Superintendent of the Western Arctic National Parklands, in consultation with ADF&G and BLM.
Unit 23—Cape Krusenstern National Monument—1 bull by Federal permit. Annual harvest quotas and any
needed closures will be announced by the Superintendent of Western Arctic National Parklands. Cape
Krusenstern National Monument is closed to the taking of musk oxen except by resident zone community
members with permanent residence within the Monument or the immediately adjacent Napaktuktuk Mountain area, south of latitude 67°05′ N and west of longitude 162°30′ W hunting under these regulations.
Unit 23, remainder ...................................................................................................................................................
Beaver:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Coyote:
2 coyotes .................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
2 lynx .......................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
15 wolves .................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
1 wolverine ..............................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed):
15 per day, 30 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
Aug. 10–April 30. If the allowable harvest levels
are reached before the
regular season closing
date, the Superintendent
of the Western Arctic National Parklands will announce an early closure.
Aug. 10–April 30. If the allowable harvest levels
are reached before the
regular season closing
date, the Superintendent
of the Western Arctic National Parklands will announce an early closure.
Aug. 10–Sept. 20.
Oct. 1–Apr. 30.
July 1–Mar. 31.
Aug. 1–Mar. 31.
Aug. 1–Mar. 31.
Aug. 1–Dec. 31.
Jan. 1–Mar. 15.
Aug. 1–Mar. 15.
No open season.
July 1–June 30.
Sept. 1–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Mar. 15.
July 1–June 30.
Nov. 1–Apr. 15.
Oct. 1–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Mar. 31.
July 1–June 30.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
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Beaver:
Unit 23—the Kobuk and Selawik River drainages—50 beaver ..............................................................................
Unit 23, remainder—30 beaver ...............................................................................................................................
Coyote:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
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Nov. 1–Apr. 15.
Nov. 1–Apr. 15.
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No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Otter:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
(24) Unit 24.
(i) Unit 24 consists of the Koyukuk
River drainage upstream from but not
including the Dulbi River drainage:
(A) Unit 24A consists of the Middle
Fork of the Koyukuk River drainage
upstream from but not including the
Harriet Creek and North Fork Koyukuk
River drainages, to the South Fork of the
Koyukuk River drainage upstream from
Squaw Creek, the Jim River Drainage,
the Fish Creek drainage upstream from
and including the Bonanza Creek
drainage, to the 1,410 ft. peak of the
hydrologic divide with the northern fork
of the Kanuti Chalatna River at N. Lat.
66°33.303′ W. Long. 151°03.637′ and
following the unnamed northern fork of
the Kanuti Chalatna Creek to the
confluence of the southern fork of the
Kanuti Chalatna River at N. Lat
66°27.090′ W. Long. 151°23.841′, 4.2
miles SSW (194 degrees true) of
Clawanmenka Lake and following the
unnamed southern fork of the Kanuti
Chalatna Creek to the hydrologic divide
with the Kanuti River drainage at N. Lat.
66°19.789′ W. Long. 151°10.102′, 3.0
miles ENE (79 degrees true) from the
2,055 ft. peak on that divide, and the
Kanuti River drainage upstream from
the confluence of an unnamed creek at
N. Lat. 66°13.050′ W. Long.151°05.864′,
0.9 miles SSE (155 degrees true) of a
1,980 ft. peak on that divide, and
following that unnamed creek to the
Unit 24 boundary on the hydrologic
divide to the Ray River drainage at N.
Lat. 66°03.827′ W. Long. 150°49.988′ at
the 2,920 ft. peak of that divide.
(B) Unit 24B consists of the Koyukuk
River Drainage upstream from Dog
Island to the Subunit 24A boundary.
(C) Unit 24C consists of the Hogatza
River Drainage, the Koyukuk River
Drainage upstream from Batza River on
the north side of the Koyukuk River and
upstream from and including the Indian
River Drainage on the south side of the
Koyukuk River to the Subunit 24B
boundary.
(D) Unit 24D consists of the remainder
of Unit 24.
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(ii) In the following areas, the taking
of wildlife for subsistence uses is
prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) You may not use firearms,
snowmobiles, licensed highway
vehicles, or motorized vehicles, except
aircraft and boats, in the Dalton
Highway Corridor Management Area,
which consists of those portions of
Units 20, 24, 25, and 26 extending 5
miles from each side of the Dalton
Highway from the Yukon River to
milepost 300 of the Dalton Highway,
except as follows: Residents living
within the Dalton Highway Corridor
Management Area may use
snowmobiles only for the subsistence
taking of wildlife. You may use licensed
highway vehicles only on designated
roads within the Dalton Highway
Corridor Management Area. The
residents of Alatna, Allakaket,
Anaktuvuk Pass, Bettles, Evansville, and
Stevens Village, and residents living
within the Corridor may use firearms
within the Corridor only for subsistence
taking of wildlife.
(B) You may not use aircraft for
hunting moose, including transportation
of any moose hunter or moose part in
the Kanuti Controlled Use Area, which
consists of that portion of Unit 24
bounded by a line from the Bettles Field
VOR to the east side of Fish Creek Lake,
to Old Dummy Lake, to the south end
of Lake Todatonten (including all waters
of these lakes), to the northernmost
headwaters of Siruk Creek, to the
highest peak of Double Point Mountain,
then back to the Bettles Field VOR;
however, this does not apply to
transportation of a moose hunter or
moose part by aircraft between publicly
owned airports in the controlled use
area or between a publicly owned
airport within the area and points
outside the area.
(C) You may not use aircraft for
hunting moose, including transportation
of any moose hunter or moose part in
the Koyukuk Controlled Use Area,
which consists of those portions of Unit
21s and 24 bounded by a line from the
north bank of the Yukon River at
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Nov. 1–Jan. 31.
Nov. 1–June 10.
Nov. 1–Apr. 15.
Nov. 1–Apr. 30.
Nov. 1–Apr. 15.
Koyukuk at 64°52.58′ N. lat., 157°43.10′
W. long., then northerly to the
confluences of the Honhosa and Kateel
Rivers at 65°28.42′ N. lat., 157°44.89′ W.
long., then northeasterly to the
confluences of Billy Hawk Creek and
the Huslia River (65°57 N. lat., 156°41
W. long.) at 65°56.66′; N. lat., 156°40.81′
W. long., then easterly to the confluence
of the forks of the Dakli River at
66°02.56′ N. lat., 156°12.710 W. long.,
then easterly to the confluence of
McLanes Creek and the Hogatza River at
66°00.31′ N. lat., 155°18.57′ W. long.,
then southwesterly to the crest of
Hochandochtla Mountain at 65°31.87′
N. lat., 154°52.18′ W. long., then
southwest to the mouth of Cottonwood
Creek at 65°13.00′ N. lat., 156°06.43′ W.
long., then southwest to Bishop Rock
(Yistletaw) at 64°49.35′ N. lat.,
157°21.73′ W. long., then westerly along
the north bank of the Yukon River
(including Koyukuk Island) to the point
of beginning. However, this does not
apply to transportation of a moose
hunter or moose part by aircraft between
publicly owned airports in the
controlled use area or between a
publicly owned airport within the area
and points outside the area. All hunters
on the Koyukuk River passing the
ADF&G-operated check station at Ella’s
Cabin (15 miles upstream from the
Yukon on the Koyukuk River) are
required to stop and report to ADF&G
personnel at the check station.
(iii) You may hunt brown bear by
State registration permit in lieu of a
resident tag if you have obtained a State
registration permit prior to hunting. You
may not use aircraft in any manner for
brown bear hunting under the authority
of a brown bear State registration
permit, including transportation of
hunters, bears, or parts of bears.
However, this prohibition does not
apply to transportation of bear hunters
or bear parts by regularly scheduled
flights to and between communities by
carriers that normally provide
scheduled service to this area, nor does
it apply to transportation of aircraft to
or between publicly owned airports.
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(iv) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black
bear between April 15 and June 30; and
in the Koyukuk Controlled Use Area,
you may also use bait to hunt black bear
between September 1 and September 25;
(B) Arctic fox, incidentally taken with
a trap or snare intended for red fox, may
be used for subsistence purposes.
Harvest limits
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Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears .....................................................................................................................................................................
Brown Bear:
Unit 24—1 bear by State registration permit ..........................................................................................................
Caribou:
Unit 24—that portion south of the south bank of the Kanuti River, upstream from and including that portion of
the Kanuti-Kilolitna River drainage, bounded by the southeast bank of the Kodosin-Nolitna Creek, then
downstream along the east bank of the Kanuti-Kilolitna River to its confluence with the Kanuti River—1 caribou.
Unit 24, remainder—5 caribou per day; however, cow caribou may not be taken May 16–June 30 ....................
Sheep:
Unit 24A and 24B—(Anaktuvuk Pass residents only)—that portion within the Gates of the Arctic National
Park—community harvest quota of 60 sheep, no more than 10 of which may be ewes and a daily possession limit of 3 sheep per person, no more than 1 of which may be a ewe.
Unit 24A and 24B—(excluding Anaktuvuk Pass residents)—that portion within the Gates of the Arctic National
Park—3 sheep.
Unit 24A—except that portion within the Gates of the Arctic National Park—1 ram with 7⁄8-curl or larger horn
by Federal registration permit only.
Unit 24, remainder—1 ram with 7⁄8-curl or larger horn ...........................................................................................
Moose:
Unit 24A—1 antlered bull by Federal registration permit ........................................................................................
Unit 24B—that portion within the John River Drainage—1 moose ........................................................................
Unit 24B—All drainages of the Koyukuk River downstream from and including the Henshaw Creek drainage—
1 antlered bull by Federal registration permit.
Federal public lands in the Kanuti Controlled Use Area, as described in Federal regulations, are closed to taking of moose, except by Federally qualified subsistence users of Unit 24, Koyukuk, and Galena hunting
under these regulations.
Unit 24B, remainder 1 antlered bull. A Federal registration permit is required for the Sept. 26–Oct. 1 period ....
Federal public lands in the Kanuti Controlled Use Area, as described in Federal regulations, are closed to taking of moose, except by Federally qualified subsistence users of Unit 24, Koyukuk, and Galena hunting
under these regulations.
Unit 24C and 24D—that portion within the Koyukuk Controlled Use Area and Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge—1 bull.
1 antlerless moose by Federal permit if authorized by announcement by the Koyukuk/Nowitna National Wildlife
Refuge Manager and BLM Field Office Manager Central Yukon Field Office. Harvest of cow moose accompanied by calves is prohibited. A harvestable surplus of cows will be determined for a quota.
or ..............................................................................................................................................................................
1 antlered bull by Federal permit, if there is no Mar. 1–5 season and if authorized by announcement by the
Koyukuk/Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge Manager and BLM Field Office Manager Central Yukon Field Office.
Harvest of cow moose accompanied by calves is prohibited. Announcement for the Mar. and Apr. seasons
and harvest quotas will be made after consultation with the ADF&G Area Biologist and the Chairs of the
Western Interior Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council, and the Middle Yukon and Koyukuk River
Fish and Game Advisory Committees.
Unit 24C, remainder and Unit 24D, remainder—1 antlered bull. During the Sept. 5–25 season, a State registration permit is required.
Coyote:
10 coyotes ...............................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to Oct. 1 ................................................................
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
2 lynx .......................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
15 wolves; however, no more than 5 wolves may be taken prior to Nov. 1 ..........................................................
Wolverine:
5 wolverine; however, no more than 1 wolverine may be taken prior to Nov. 1 ....................................................
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed):
15 per day, 30 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow):
20 per day, 40 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
July 1–June 30.
Aug. 10–June 30.
Aug. 10–Mar. 31.
July 1–June 30.
July 15–Dec. 31.
Aug. 1–Apr. 30.
Aug. 20–Sept. 30.
Aug. 10–Sept. 20.
Aug. 25–Oct. 1.
Aug. 1–Dec. 31.
Aug. 25–Oct. 1.
Dec. 15–Apr. 15 (until Jun.
30, 2014).
Aug. 25–Oct. 1.
Sept. 1–25.
Mar. 1–5 to be announced.
or
Apr. 10–15 to be announced.
Aug. 25–Oct. 1.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Mar. 15.
July 1–June 30.
Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Mar. 31.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Trapping
Beaver:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Coyote:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
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Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Marten:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Otter:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
(25) Unit 25.
(i) Unit 25 consists of the Yukon River
drainage upstream from but not
including the Hamlin Creek drainage,
and excluding drainages into the south
bank of the Yukon River upstream from
the Charley River:
(A) Unit 25A consists of the Hodzana
River drainage upstream from the
Narrows, the Chandalar River drainage
upstream from and including the East
Fork drainage, the Christian River
drainage upstream from Christian, the
Sheenjek River drainage upstream from
and including the Thluichohnjik Creek,
the Coleen River drainage, and the Old
Crow River drainage.
(B) Unit 25B consists of the Little
Black River drainage upstream from but
not including the Big Creek drainage,
the Black River drainage upstream from
and including the Salmon Fork
drainage, the Porcupine River drainage
upstream from the confluence of the
Coleen and Porcupine Rivers, and
drainages into the north bank of the
Yukon River upstream from Circle,
including the islands in the Yukon
River.
(C) Unit 25C consists of drainages into
the south bank of the Yukon River
upstream from Circle to the Subunit 20E
boundary, the Birch Creek drainage
upstream from the Steese Highway
bridge (milepost 147), the Preacher
Creek drainage upstream from and
including the Rock Creek drainage, and
the Beaver Creek drainage upstream
from and including the Moose Creek
drainage.
(D) Unit 25D consists of the remainder
of Unit 25.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking
of wildlife for subsistence uses is
prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) You may not use firearms,
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vehicles or motorized vehicles, except
aircraft and boats in the Dalton Highway
Corridor Management Area, which
consists of those portions of Units 20,
24, 25, and 26 extending 5 miles from
each side of the Dalton Highway from
the Yukon River to milepost 300 of the
Dalton Highway, except as follows:
Residents living within the Dalton
Highway Corridor Management Area
may use snowmobiles only for the
subsistence taking of wildlife. You may
use licensed highway vehicles only on
designated roads within the Dalton
Highway Corridor Management Area.
The residents of Alatna, Allakaket,
Anaktuvuk Pass, Bettles, Evansville,
Stevens Village, and residents living
within the Corridor may use firearms
within the Corridor only for subsistence
taking of wildlife.
(B) The Arctic Village Sheep
Management Area consists of that
portion of Unit 25A north and west of
Arctic Village, which is bounded on the
east by the East Fork Chandalar River
beginning at the confluence of Red
Sheep Creek and proceeding
southwesterly downstream past Arctic
Village to the confluence with Crow
Nest Creek, continuing up Crow Nest
Creek, through Portage Lake, to its
confluence with the Junjik River; then
down the Junjik River past Timber Lake
and a larger tributary, to a major,
unnamed tributary, northwesterly, for
approximately 6 miles where the stream
forks into 2 roughly equal drainages; the
boundary follows the easternmost fork,
proceeding almost due north to the
headwaters and intersects the
Continental Divide; the boundary then
follows the Continental Divide easterly,
through Carter Pass, then easterly and
northeasterly approximately 62 miles
along the divide to the headwaters of
the most northerly tributary of Red
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Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
Nov. 1–June 10.
Nov. 1–Apr. 15.
Nov. 1–Apr. 30.
Nov. 1–Mar. 31.
Sheep Creek then follows southerly
along the divide designating the eastern
extreme of the Red Sheep Creek
drainage then to the confluence of Red
Sheep Creek and the East Fork
Chandalar River.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black
bear between April 15 and June 30 and
between August 1 and September 25;
you may use bait to hunt wolves on
FWS and BLM lands.
(B) You may take caribou and moose
from a boat moving under power in Unit
25.
(C) The taking of bull moose outside
the seasons provided in this part for
food in memorial potlatches and
traditional cultural events is authorized
in Unit 25D west provided that:
(1) The person organizing the
religious ceremony or cultural event
contacts the Refuge Manager, Yukon
Flats National Wildlife Refuge prior to
taking or attempting to take bull moose
and provides to the Refuge Manager the
name of the decedent, the nature of the
ceremony or cultural event, number to
be taken, and the general area in which
the taking will occur;
(2) Each person who takes a bull
moose under this section must submit a
written report to the Refuge Manager,
Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge
not more than 15 days after the harvest
specifying the harvester’s name and
address, and the date(s) and location(s)
of the taking(s);
(3) No permit or harvest ticket is
required for taking under this section;
however, the harvester must be an
Alaska rural resident with customary
and traditional use in Unit 25D west;
(4) Any moose taken under this
provision counts against the annual
quota of 60 bulls.
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Harvest limits
Open season
Hunting
Black Bear:
Units 25A, 25B, and 25C—3 bears or 3 bears by State community harvest permit .............................................
Unit 25D—5 bears ...................................................................................................................................................
Brown Bear:
Units 25A and 25B—1 bear ....................................................................................................................................
Unit 25C—1 bear .....................................................................................................................................................
Unit 25D—2 bears every regulatory year. ..............................................................................................................
Caribou:
Unit 25A—in those portions west of the east bank of the East Fork of the Chandalar River extending from its
confluence with the Chandalar River upstream to Guilbeau Pass and north of the south bank of the
mainstem of the Chandalar River at its confluence with the East Fork Chandalar River west (and north of
the south bank) along the West Fork Chandalar River—10 caribou. However, only bulls may be taken
May16–Jun. 30.
Unit 25C—1 caribou; a joint Federal/State registration permit is required. During the Aug. 10–Sept. 30 season,
the harvest is restricted to 1 bull. The harvest quota between Aug. 10–29 in Units 20E, 20F, and 25C is 100
caribou.
Unit 25D—that portion of Unit 25D drained by the west fork of the Dall River west of 150° W. long.—1 bull .....
Unit 25A remainder, 25B, and Unit 25D, remainder—10 caribou ..........................................................................
Sheep:
Unit 25A—that portion within the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area .....................................................
Units 25A—Arctic Village Sheep Management Area—2 rams by Federal registration permit only. Federal public lands are closed to the taking of sheep except by rural Alaska residents of Arctic Village, Venetie, Fort
Yukon, Kaktovik, and Chalkyitsik hunting under these regulations.
Unit 25A, remainder—3 sheep by Federal registration permit only .......................................................................
Moose:
Unit 25A—1 antlered bull ........................................................................................................................................
Unit 25B—that portion within Yukon–Charley National Preserve—1 bull ..............................................................
Unit 25B—that portion within the Porcupine River drainage upstream from, but excluding the Coleen River
drainage—1 antlered bull.
Unit 25B—that portion, other than Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, draining into the north bank of the
Yukon River upstream from and including the Kandik River drainage, including the islands in the Yukon
River—1 antlered bull.
Unit 25B, remainder—1 antlered bull ......................................................................................................................
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Unit 25C—1 antlered bull ........................................................................................................................................
Unit 25D (west)—that portion lying west of a line extending from the Unit 25D boundary on Preacher Creek,
then downstream along Preacher Creek, Birch Creek, and Lower Mouth of Birch Creek to the Yukon River,
then downstream along the north bank of the Yukon River (including islands) to the confluence of the
Hadweenzic River, then upstream along the west bank of the Hadweenzic River to the confluence of Forty
and One-Half Mile Creek, then upstream along Forty and One-Half Mile Creek to Nelson Mountain on the
Unit 25D boundary—1 bull by a Federal registration permit. Permits will be available in the following villages: Beaver (25 permits), Birch Creek (10 permits), and Stevens Village (25 permits). Permits for residents of 25D (west) who do not live in one of the three villages will be available by contacting the Yukon
Flats National Wildlife Refuge Office in Fairbanks or a local Refuge Information Technician. Moose hunting
on public land in Unit 25D (west) is closed at all times except for residents of Unit 25D (west) hunting under
these regulations. The moose season will be closed by announcement of the Refuge Manager Yukon Flats
NWR when 60 moose have been harvested in the entirety (from Federal and non-Federal lands) of Unit
25D (west).
Unit 25D, remainder—1 antlered moose ................................................................................................................
Beaver:
Unit 25A, 25B, and 25D—1 beaver per day; 1 in possession ................................................................................
Unit 25C ...................................................................................................................................................................
Coyote:
10 coyotes ...............................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to Oct. 1 ................................................................
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
Unit 25C—2 lynx .....................................................................................................................................................
Unit 25, remainder—2 lynx ......................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
Unit 25B and 25C, that portion within Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve—No limit ..................................
Unit 25, remainder ...................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
Unit 25A—No limit ...................................................................................................................................................
Unit 25, remainder—10 wolves ...............................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
1 wolverine ..............................................................................................................................................................
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed):
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Jul. 1–June 30.
Aug. 10–June 30.
Sept. 1–May 31.
Jul. 1–June 30.
Jul. 1–June 30
Aug. 10–Sept. 30.
Nov. 1–Mar. 31.
Aug. 10–Sept. 30.
Dec.1–31.
July 1–Apr. 30.
No open season.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Aug. 25–Sept. 25.
Dec. 1–10.
Aug. 20–Sept. 30.
Aug. 25–Sept. 30.
Dec. 1–10.
Sept. 5–30.
Dec. 1–15.
Aug.
Dec.
Aug.
Aug.
25–Sept. 25.
1–15.
20–Sep. 30.
25–Feb. 28.
Aug. 25–Oct. 1.
Dec. 1–20.
Apr. 16–Oct. 31.
No open season.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Mar. 15.
July 1–June 30.
Dec. 1–Jan. 31.
Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
Nov. 1–June 10.
No open season.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Mar. 31.
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Unit 25C—15 per day, 30 in possession ................................................................................................................
Unit 25, remainder—15 per day, 30 in possession ................................................................................................
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow):
Unit 25C—those portions within 5 miles of Route 6 (Steese Highway)—20 per day, 40 in possession ...............
Aug. 10–Mar. 31.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Unit 25, remainder—20 per day, 40 in possession. ...............................................................................................
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
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Beaver:
Unit 25C—No limit ...................................................................................................................................................
Unit 25—remainder—50 beaver ..............................................................................................................................
Coyote:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Marten:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Otter:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
Unit 25C—No limit ...................................................................................................................................................
Unit 25, remainder—No limit ...................................................................................................................................
(26) Unit 26.
(i) Unit 26 consists of Arctic Ocean
drainages between Cape Lisburne and
the Alaska-Canada border, including the
Firth River drainage within Alaska:
(A) Unit 26A consists of that portion
of Unit 26 lying west of the Itkillik River
drainage and west of the east bank of the
Colville River between the mouth of the
Itkillik River and the Arctic Ocean;
(B) Unit 26B consists of that portion
of Unit 26 east of Unit 26A, west of the
west bank of the Canning River and
west of the west bank of the Marsh Fork
of the Canning River;
(C) Unit 26C consists of the remainder
of Unit 26.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking
of wildlife for subsistence uses is
prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) You may not use aircraft in any
manner for moose hunting, including
transportation of moose hunters or parts
of moose during the periods July. 1–
Sept. 14 and Jan. 1–Mar. 31 in Unit 26A;
however, this does not apply to
transportation of moose hunters, their
gear, or moose parts by aircraft between
publicly owned airports.
(B) You may not use firearms,
snowmobiles, licensed highway
vehicles or motorized vehicles, except
aircraft and boats, in the Dalton
Highway Corridor Management Area,
which consists of those portions of
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except as follows: Residents living
within the Dalton Highway Corridor
Management Area may use
snowmobiles only for the subsistence
taking of wildlife. You may use licensed
highway vehicles only on designated
roads within the Dalton Highway
Corridor Management Area. The
residents of Alatna, Allakaket,
Anaktuvuk Pass, Bettles, Evansville,
Stevens Village, and residents living
within the Corridor may use firearms
within the Corridor only for subsistence
taking of wildlife.
(iii) You may hunt brown bear in Unit
26A by State registration permit in lieu
of a resident tag if you have obtained a
State registration permit prior to
hunting. You may not use aircraft in any
manner for brown bear hunting under
the authority of a brown bear State
registration permit, including
transportation of hunters, bears or parts
of bears. However, this does not apply
to transportation of bear hunters or bear
parts by regularly scheduled flights to
and between communities by carriers
that normally provide scheduled service
to this area, nor does it apply to
transportation of aircraft to or between
publicly owned airports.
(iv) Unit-specific regulations:
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Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
Nov. 1–June 10.
Nov. 1–Apr. 15.
Oct. 1–Apr. 30.
Nov. 1–Feb. 28.
Nov. 1–Mar. 31.
(A) You may take caribou from a boat
moving under power in Unit 26.
(B) In addition to other restrictions on
method of take found in this section,
you may also take swimming caribou
with a firearm using rimfire cartridges.
(C) In Kaktovik, a Federally qualified
subsistence user (recipient) may
designate another Federally qualified
subsistence user to take sheep or musk
ox on his or her behalf unless the
recipient is a member of a community
operating under a community harvest
system. The designated hunter must
obtain a designated hunter permit and
must return a completed harvest report.
The designated hunter may hunt for any
number of recipients but may have no
more than two harvest limits in his/her
possession at any one time.
(D) For the DeLong Mountain sheep
hunts—A Federally qualified
subsistence user (recipient) may
designate another Federally qualified
subsistence user to take sheep on his or
her behalf unless the recipient is a
member of a community operating
under a community harvest system. The
designated hunter must obtain a
designated hunter permit and must
return a completed harvest report. The
designated hunter may hunt for only
one recipient in the course of a season
and may have both his and the
recipient’s harvest limits in his/her
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Black Bear:
3 bears .....................................................................................................................................................................
Brown Bear:
Unit 26A—1 bear by State registration permit ........................................................................................................
Unit 26B—1 bear .....................................................................................................................................................
Unit 26 C—1 bear ...................................................................................................................................................
Caribou:
Unit 26A—10 caribou per day; however, cow caribou may not be taken May 16–June 30. .................................
Unit 26B—10 caribou per day; however, cow caribou may be taken only from Oct. 1–Apr. 30. ..........................
Unit 26C—10 caribou per day .................................................................................................................................
(You may not transport more than 5 caribou per regulatory year from Unit 26 except to the community of
Anaktuvuk Pass.)
Sheep:
Unit 26A and 26B—(Anaktuvuk Pass residents only)—that portion within the Gates of the Arctic National
Park—community harvest quota of 60 sheep, no more than 10 of which may be ewes and a daily possession limit of 3 sheep per person, no more than 1 of which may be a ewe.
Unit 26A—(excluding Anaktuvuk Pass residents)—those portions within the Gates of the Arctic National
Park—3 sheep.
Unit 26A—that portion west of Howard Pass and the Etivluk River (DeLong Mountains)—1 sheep by Federal
registration permit. The total allowable harvest of sheep for the DeLong Mountains is 8, of which 5 may be
rams and 3 may be ewes. If the allowable harvest levels are reached before the regular season closing
date, the Superintendent of the Western Arctic National Parklands will announce an early closure.
Unit 26B—that portion within the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area—1 ram with 7⁄8-curl or larger
horn by Federal registration permit only.
Unit 26A, remainder and 26B, remainder—including the Gates of the Arctic National Preserve—1 ram with 7⁄8curl or larger horn.
Unit 26C—3 sheep per regulatory year; the Aug. 10–Sept. 20 season is restricted to 1 ram with 7⁄8-curl or
larger horn. A Federal registration permit is required for the Oct. 1–Apr. 30 season.
Moose:
Unit 26A—that portion of the Colville River drainage upstream from and including the Anaktuvuk River drainage—1 bull.
Unit 26A—that portion of the Colville River drainage upstream from and including the Anaktuvuk River drainage—1 moose; however, you may not take a calf or a cow accompanied by a calf.
Unit 26A—that portion west of 156°00′ W. longitude excluding the Colville River drainage—1 moose, however,
you may not take a calf or a cow accompanied by a calf.
Unit 26A, remainder—1 bull ....................................................................................................................................
Unit 26B, excluding the Canning River drainage—1 bull .......................................................................................
Units 26B, remainder and 26C—1 moose by Federal registration permit by residents of Kaktovik only. The
harvest quota is 3 moose (2 antlered bulls and 1 of either sex), provided that no more than 2 antlered bulls
may be harvested from Unit 26C and cows may not be harvested from Unit 26C. You may not take a cow
accompanied by a calf in Unit 26B. Only 3 Federal registration permits will be issued. Federal public lands
are closed to the taking of moose except by a Kaktovik resident holding a Federal registration permit and
hunting under these regulations.
Musk ox:
Unit 26C—1 bull by Federal registration permit only. The number of permits that may be issued only to the
residents of the village of Kaktovik will not exceed three percent (3%) of the number of musk oxen counted
in Unit 26C during a pre-calving census. Public lands are closed to the taking of musk ox, except by rural
Alaska residents of the village of Kaktovik hunting under these regulations.
Coyote:
2 coyotes .................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):
2 foxes .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
Units 26A and 26B—10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to Oct. 1 .............................
Unit 26C—10 foxes .................................................................................................................................................
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Lynx:
2 lynx .......................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
15 wolves .................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
5 wolverine ..............................................................................................................................................................
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow):
20 per day, 40 in possession ..................................................................................................................................
July 1–June 30.
July 1–June 30.
Jan. 1–Dec. 31.
Aug. 10–June 30.
July 1–June 30.
July 1–June 30
July 1–Apr. 30
July 15–Dec. 31.
Aug. 1–Apr. 30.
Aug. 10–April 30.
Aug. 10–Sept. 20.
Aug. 10–Sept. 20.
Aug. 10–Sept. 20.
Oct. 1–Apr. 30.
Aug. 1–Sept. 14.
Feb. 15–Apr. 15.
July 1–Sept. 14.
Aug. 1–Sept. 14
Sept. 1–14.
Jul. 1–Mar. 31.
Jul. 15–Mar. 31.
Sept. 1–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Mar. 15.
Nov. 1–Apr. 15.
July 1–June 30.
Nov. 1–Apr. 15.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Sept. 1–Mar. 31.
Aug. 10–Apr. 30.
Trapping
Coyote:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Phases):
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
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Lynx:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Marten:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Mink and Weasel:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Muskrat:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Otter:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolf:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Wolverine:
No limit .....................................................................................................................................................................
Dated: May 11, 2012.
Peter J. Probasco,
Assistant Regional Director, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Acting Chair, Federal
Subsistence Board.
Dated: May 11, 2012.
Steve Kessler,
Subsistence Program Leader, USDA–Forest
Service.
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Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska--2012-13
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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
[Docket No. FWS-R7-SM-2010-0066; FXFR13350700640L6-123-FF07J00000]
RIN 1018-AX33
Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska--
2012-13 and 2013-14 Subsistence Taking of Wildlife Regulations
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture; Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This final rule establishes regulations for seasons, harvest
limits, and methods and means related to the taking of wildlife for
subsistence uses in Alaska during the 2012-13 and 2013-14 regulatory
years. The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) completes the biennial
process of revising subsistence hunting and trapping regulations in
even-numbered years and subsistence fishing and shellfish regulations
in odd-numbered years; public proposal and review processes take place
during the preceding year. The Board also addresses customary and
traditional use determinations during the applicable biennial cycle.
This rulemaking replaces the wildlife taking regulations that expire on
June 30, 2012. This rule also revises wildlife customary and
traditional use determinations and the general regulations on
subsistence taking of fish and wildlife.
DATES: This rule is effective July 1, 2012.
ADDRESSES: The Board meeting transcripts are available for review at
the Office of Subsistence Management, 1011 East Tudor Road, Mail Stop
121, Anchorage, Alaska 99503, or on the Office of Subsistence
Management Web site (https://alaska.fws.gov/asm/index.cfml).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chair, Federal Subsistence Board, c/o
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Attention: Peter J. Probasco, Office of
Subsistence Management; (907) 786-3888 or subsistence@fws.gov. For
questions specific to National Forest System lands, contact Steve
Kessler, Subsistence Program Leader, USDA, Forest Service, Alaska
Region, (907) 743-9461 or skessler@fs.fed.us.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation
Act (ANILCA) (16 U.S.C. 3111-3126), the Secretary of the Interior and
the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretaries) jointly implement the
Federal Subsistence Management Program (Program). This Program grants a
preference for subsistence uses of fish and wildlife resources on
Federal public lands and waters in Alaska. The Secretaries first
published regulations to carry out this program in the Federal Register
on May 29, 1992 (57 FR 22940). These regulations have subsequently been
amended several times. Because this Program is a joint effort between
Interior and Agriculture, these regulations are located in two titles
of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR): Title 36, ``Parks, Forests,
and Public Property,'' and Title 50, ``Wildlife and Fisheries,'' at 36
CFR 242.1-28 and 50 CFR 100.1-28, respectively. The regulations contain
subparts as follows: Subpart A, General Provisions; Subpart B, Program
Structure; Subpart C, Board Determinations; and Subpart D, Subsistence
Taking of Fish and Wildlife.
Federal Subsistence Board
Consistent with subpart B of these regulations, the Secretaries
established a Federal Subsistence Board to administer the Federal
Subsistence Management Program. The Board comprises:
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;
The Alaska Regional Forester, U.S. Forest Service; and
Two public members appointed by the Secretary of the
Interior with concurrence of the Secretary of Agriculture.
Through the Board, these agencies and public members participate in
the development of regulations for subparts C and D, which, among other
things, set forth program eligibility and specific harvest seasons and
limits.
Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils
In administration of the Program, the Secretaries divided Alaska
into 10 subsistence resource regions, each of which is represented by a
Regional Advisory Council. The Regional Advisory Councils provide a
forum for rural residents with personal knowledge of local conditions
and resources to have a meaningful role in the subsistence management
of fish and wildlife on Federal public lands in Alaska. The Regional
Advisory Council members represent diverse geographical, cultural, and
user interests within each region.
The Board addresses customary and traditional use determinations
during the applicable biennial cycle. Section ----.24 (customary and
traditional use determinations) was originally published in the Federal
Register on May 29, 1992 (57 FR 22940). The regulations at 36 CFR 242.4
and 50 CFR 100.4 define ``customary and traditional use'' as ``a long-
established, consistent pattern of use, incorporating beliefs and
customs which have been transmitted from generation to generation. * *
*'' Since 1992, the Board has made a number of customary and
traditional use determinations at the request of affected subsistence
users. Those modifications, along with some administrative corrections,
were published in the Federal Register as follows:
Modifications to Sec. ----.24
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Rule made
changes to the
Federal Register citation Date of publication following
provisions of
----.24
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59 FR 27462................... May 27, 1994.......... Wildlife and
Fish/Shellfish.
59 FR 51855................... October 13, 1994...... Wildlife and
Fish/Shellfish.
60 FR 10317................... February 24, 1995..... Wildlife and
Fish/Shellfish.
61 FR 39698................... July 30, 1996......... Wildlife and
Fish/Shellfish.
62 FR 29016................... May 29, 1997.......... Wildlife and
Fish/Shellfish.
63 FR 35332................... June 29, 1998......... Wildlife and
Fish/Shellfish.
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63 FR 46148................... August 28, 1998....... Wildlife and
Fish/Shellfish.
64 FR 1276.................... January 8, 1999....... Fish/Shellfish.
64 FR 35776................... July 1, 1999.......... Wildlife.
65 FR 40730................... June 30, 2000......... Wildlife.
66 FR 10142................... February 13, 2001..... Fish/Shellfish.
66 FR 33744................... June 25, 2001......... Wildlife.
67 FR 5890.................... February 7, 2002...... Fish/Shellfish.
67 FR 43710................... June 28, 2002......... Wildlife.
68 FR 7276.................... February 12, 2003..... Fish/Shellfish.
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Note: The Board met May 20-22, 2003, but did not make any additional
customary and traditional use determinations.
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69 FR 5018.................... February 3, 2004...... Fish/Shellfish.
69 FR 40174................... July 1, 2004.......... Wildlife.
70 FR 13377................... March 21, 2005........ Fish/Shellfish.
70 FR 36268................... June 22, 2005......... Wildlife.
71 FR 15569................... March 29, 2006........ Fish/Shellfish.
71 FR 37642................... June 30, 2006......... Wildlife.
72 FR 12676................... March 16, 2007........ Fish/Shellfish.
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Note: The Board met December 11-13, 2007, but did not make any
additional customary and traditional use determinations.
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72 FR 73426................... December 27, 2007..... Wildlife/Fish.
73 FR 35726................... June 26, 2008......... Wildlife.
74 FR 14049................... March 30, 2009........ Fish/Shellfish.
75 FR 37918................... June 30, 2010......... Wildlife.
76 FR 12564................... March 8, 2011......... Fish.
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Current Rule for Wildlife
The Departments published a proposed rule on February 9, 2011 (76
FR 6730), to amend the wildlife sections of subparts C and D of 36 CFR
242 and 50 CFR 100. The proposed rule opened a comment period, which
closed on March 24, 2011. 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 95 (12 were deferred from the previous cycle) proposals for
changes to subparts C and D. After the comment period closed, the Board
prepared a booklet describing the proposals and distributed it to the
public. The proposals were also available online. The public then had
an additional 30 days in which to comment on the proposals for changes
to the regulations.
The 10 Regional Advisory Councils met again, received public
comments, and formulated their recommendations to the Board on
proposals for their respective regions. The Regional Advisory Councils
had a substantial role in reviewing the proposed rule and making
recommendations for the final rule. Moreover, a Council Chair, or a
designated representative, presented each Council's recommendations at
the Board meeting on January 17-20, 2012. These final regulations
reflect Board review and consideration of Regional Advisory Council
recommendations and Tribal and public comments. The public received
extensive opportunity to review and comment on all changes. In section
----.24(a)(1), corrections to the spelling of certain village names and
an updated format have been made, resulting in a more readable
document.
Of the 95 proposals, 5 were withdrawn by the proponents, 50 were on
the Board's regular agenda, and 40 were on the consensus agenda. The
consensus agenda is made up of proposals for which there is agreement
among the affected Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils, a majority
of the Interagency Staff Committee, and the Alaska Department of Fish
and Game concerning a proposed regulatory action. Anyone may request
that the Board remove a proposal from the consensus agenda and place it
on the regular agenda. The Board votes en masse on the consensus agenda
after deliberation and action on all other proposals. Of the proposals
on the consensus agenda, the Board adopted 14; adopted 2 with
modification; rejected 21; and took no action on 3. Analysis and
justification for the action taken on each proposal on the consensus
agenda are available for review at the Office of Subsistence
Management, 1011 East Tudor Road, Mail Stop 121, Anchorage, Alaska
99503, or on the Office of Subsistence Management Web site (https://alaska.fws.gov/asm/index.cfml). Of the proposals on the regular agenda,
the Board adopted 6; adopted 22 with modification; rejected 12; and
took no action on 10.
Summary of Non-Consensus Proposals Rejected or No Action Taken by the
Board
The Board rejected or took no action on 22 non-consensus proposals.
The rejected proposals were recommended for rejection by one or more of
the Regional Councils unless noted below.
Statewide
The Board took no action on a brown bear handicraft proposal, based
on its action on a similar proposal.
The Board rejected a proposal to change the designated hunter
permit to only allow persons 60 years or older or disabled to designate
another to hunt for them. This proposal would have been unnecessarily
restrictive to subsistence users.
The Board rejected a proposal to require trappers to move a trap
that incidentally harvests an ungulate at least 300 feet for the
remainder of the regulatory year. This proposal would have been
unnecessarily restrictive to subsistence users.
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Unit Specific
The Board took no action on a proposal to lengthen the trapping
season in Units 1-4 for coyote based on its action on a similar
proposal.
The Board rejected a proposal to close selected areas of Units 1
and 2 to brown bear hunting. This proposal would have been detrimental
to the satisfaction of subsistence needs.
The Board rejected a proposal to limit the number of recipients a
designated hunter may hunt deer for in Units 1B and 3. This proposal
would have been detrimental to the satisfaction of subsistence needs.
The Board rejected a proposal to shorten the season in Unit 4 for
deer. This proposal would have been detrimental to the satisfaction of
subsistence needs.
The Board rejected a proposal to require antler destruction in
Units 1-5 for deer and moose. This proposal would have been detrimental
to the satisfaction of subsistence needs.
The Board rejected a proposal to establish a season and harvest
limit in a portion of Unit 7 for moose. This proposal was found to
violate recognized principles of wildlife conservation. This action was
contrary to the Council recommendation.
The Board took no action on six proposals to revise season dates
and permit requirements for moose in Unit 9 based on its action on a
similar proposal.
The Board rejected a proposal to lengthen the season and increase
the harvest limit in Unit 10 for wolves. This proposal was found to
violate recognized principles of wildlife conservation. Board action
was contrary to the Council recommendation.
The Board rejected a proposal to establish a season and harvest
limit in Unit 11 for caribou. This proposal was found to violate
recognized principles of wildlife conservation. This action was
contrary to one council recommendation and consistent with the
recommendation of another.
The Board took no action on two proposals to change the harvest
limit and season for caribou in Unit 12 based on its action on a
similar proposal.
The Board rejected a proposal to limit the use of aircraft during
moose season in a portion of Unit 18. The Board does not have
jurisdiction to restrict access methods on State and private lands.
This action was contrary to the one Council's recommendation, one
Council deferred making a recommendation, and another took no action.
The Board rejected a proposal to extend the fall season for moose
in Unit 21B. The proposal was found to violate recognized principles of
wildlife conservation. This action was contrary to one council
recommendation and consistent with the recommendation of another.
The Board rejected a proposal to reduce the harvest limit of wolves
in Unit 22 as being unnecessarily restrictive to subsistence users and
not supported by substantial evidence.
Summary of Non-Consensus Proposals Adopted by the Board
The Board adopted or adopted with modification 27 non-consensus
proposals. Modifications were suggested by the affected Regional
Council(s), developed during the analysis process, suggested during
tribal consultations, or developed during the Board's public
deliberations. All of the adopted proposals were recommended for
adoption by at least one of the Regional Councils unless noted below.
Statewide
The Board adopted a proposal with modification which requires that
prior to selling a handicraft incorporating brown bear claw(s), the
hide or claw(s) not attached to a hide, must be sealed by an Alaska
Department of Fish and Game representative.
Unit Specific
The Board adopted a proposal with modification to allow the
retention of coyotes that are taken incidentally while trapping in
Units 1-5.
The Board adopted a proposal with modification to add mountain goat
to the Federal Subsistence Designated Hunter permit and to limit the
goat possession limit in Units 1-5.
The Board adopted a proposal to change the harvest limit for the
Native Village of Eyak's annual Memorial Potlatch in Units 6B and 6C.
The Board adopted a proposal with modification to close the hunting
season for fox in Unit 7. This action was based on conservation
concerns and was contrary to the Council recommendation.
The Board adopted a proposal with modification to revise season
dates and permit requirements for moose in Unit 9.
The Board adopted a proposal with modification to establish a
season and harvest limit for caribou in Unit 9D.
The Board adopted a proposal with modification to revise the season
dates of the elder and elder/minor hunts in Units 11 and 12, and the
harvest limit of the elder and elder/minor hunts in Unit 11.
The Board adopted two proposals, one with modification, to revise
the season dates, harvest limits, area descriptors, and permit
requirements in Units 11 and 12 for moose.
The Board adopted a proposal to recognize the residents of
Chistochina as having a positive customary and traditional use
determination for caribou in Unit 12.
The Board adopted a proposal with modification to establish a
season for caribou in a portion of Unit 12 and to close public lands
except by residents of Chisana, Chistochina, Mentasta, Northway,
Tetlin, and Tok.
The Board adopted with modification two proposals to revise the
seasons and permit requirements for moose in Unit 12.
The Board adopted a proposal to lengthen the season for caribou in
Unit 13. This proposal was supported by one Council and contrary to
another.
The Board adopted a proposal with modification to recognize the
residents of Ninilchik as having a positive customary and traditional
use determination for brown bear in Units 15A and 15B. The Board
deferred a decision for residents of Ninilchik on the customary and
traditional use determination for brown bear in Unit 8 so that the two
affected Councils may discuss the issue and present the Board with
their findings.
The Board adopted a proposal with modification to establish area
descriptors in Unit 18 and to shorten the season for caribou in a
portion of Unit 18. This proposal was supported by two Councils,
opposed by one, and another took no action.
The Board adopted a proposal to increase the harvest limit and
lengthen the season for lynx in Unit 18.
The Board adopted a proposal with modification to allow the take of
moose from a boat moving under power in an additional area of Unit 18.
The Board adopted a proposal with modification to increase the
harvest limit for ptarmigan in Unit 18. This action was contrary to the
Council's recommendation, and was based on the recommendation being
made prior to a regulatory change made by the Alaska Board of Game.
The Board adopted a proposal with modification to prohibit the
pursuit of ungulates with a motorized vehicle while the animal is at or
near a full gallop in Unit 18. This decision was supported by one
Council and contrary to two Councils recommendations. This proposal was
supported by subsistence users in the local area and is not likely to
be detrimental to the satisfaction of subsistence needs.
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The Board adopted a proposal with modification to lengthen the
season for moose in Unit 20E.
The Board adopted two proposals, one with modification, to align
State and Federal boundaries within portions of Unit 24B and revise the
permit requirements for the take of moose.
The Board adopted a proposal to close a portion of Unit 25A to the
taking of sheep by non-Federally qualified users.
The Board adopted a proposal with modification to increase the
harvest limit of brown bear in Unit 25D.
The Board adopted a proposal with modification to lengthen the
season for brown bear in Units 26A and 26B.
These final regulations reflect Board review and consideration of
Regional Council recommendations and Tribal and public comments.
Because this rule concerns public lands managed by an agency or
agencies in both the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior,
identical text will be incorporated into 36 CFR 242 and 50 CFR 100.
Conformance With Statutory and Regulatory Authorities
Administrative Procedure Act Compliance
The Board has provided extensive opportunity for public input and
involvement in compliance with Administrative Procedure Act
requirements, including publishing a proposed rule in the Federal
Register, 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 (36 CFR 242.20 and 50 CFR 100.20). Therefore, the
Board believes that sufficient public notice and opportunity for
involvement have been given to affected persons regarding Board
decisions.
National Environmental Policy Act Compliance
A Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for developing a
Federal Subsistence Management Program was distributed for public
comment on October 7, 1991. That document described the major issues
associated with Federal subsistence management as identified through
public meetings, written comments, and staff analyses and examined the
environmental consequences of four alternatives. Proposed regulations
(subparts A, B, and C) that would implement the preferred alternative
were included in the DEIS as an appendix. The DEIS and the proposed
administrative regulations presented a framework for a regulatory cycle
regarding subsistence hunting and fishing regulations (subpart D). The
Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) was published on February
28, 1992.
Based on the public comments received, the analysis contained in
the FEIS, and the recommendations of the Federal Subsistence Board and
the Department of the Interior's Subsistence Policy Group, the
Secretary of the Interior, with the concurrence of the Secretary of
Agriculture, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture--Forest
Service, implemented Alternative IV as identified in the DEIS and FEIS
(Record of Decision on Subsistence Management for Federal Public Lands
in Alaska (ROD), signed April 6, 1992). The DEIS and the selected
alternative in the FEIS defined the administrative framework of a
regulatory cycle for subsistence hunting and fishing regulations. The
final rule for subsistence management regulations for public lands in
Alaska, subparts A, B, and C, implemented the Federal Subsistence
Management Program and included a framework for a regulatory cycle for
the subsistence taking of wildlife and fish. The following Federal
Register documents pertain to this rulemaking:
Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska, Subparts A, B, and C: Federal Register Documents
Pertaining to the Final Rule
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Federal Register citation Date of publication Category Details
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57 FR 22940................... May 29, 1992................. Final Rule................... ``Subsistence
Management
Regulations for
Public Lands in
Alaska; Final
Rule'' was
published in the
Federal Register.
64 FR 1276.................... January 8, 1999.............. Final Rule................... Amended the
regulations to
include
subsistence
activities
occurring on
inland navigable
waters in which
the United States
has a reserved
water right and
to identify
specific Federal
land units where
reserved water
rights exist.
Extended the
Federal
Subsistence
Board's
management to all
Federal lands
selected under
the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement
Act and the
Alaska Statehood
Act and situated
within the
boundaries of a
Conservation
System Unit,
National
Recreation Area,
National
Conservation
Area, or any new
national forest
or forest
addition, until
conveyed to the
State of Alaska
or to an Alaska
Native
Corporation.
Specified and
clarified the
Secretaries'
authority to
determine when
hunting, fishing,
or trapping
activities taking
place in Alaska
off the public
lands interfere
with the
subsistence
priority.
66 FR 31533................... June 12, 2001................ Interim Rule................. Expanded the
authority that
the Board may
delegate to
agency field
officials and
clarified the
procedures for
enacting
emergency or
temporary
restrictions,
closures, or
openings.
67 FR 30559................... May 7, 2002.................. Final Rule................... Amended the
operating
regulations in
response to
comments on the
June 12, 2001,
interim rule.
Also corrected
some inadvertent
errors and
oversights of
previous rules.
68 FR 7703.................... February 18, 2003............ Direct Final Rule............ Clarified how old
a person must be
to receive
certain
subsistence use
permits and
removed the
requirement that
Regional Councils
must have an odd
number of
members.
68 FR 23035................... April 30, 2003............... Affirmation of Direct Final Because no adverse
Rule. comments were
received on the
direct final rule
(67 FR 30559),
the direct final
rule was adopted.
69 FR 60957................... October 14, 2004............. Final Rule................... Clarified the
membership
qualifications
for Regional
Advisory Council
membership and
relocated the
definition of
``regulatory
year'' from
subpart A to
subpart D of the
regulations.
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70 FR 76400................... December 27, 2005............ Final Rule................... Revised
jurisdiction in
marine waters and
clarified
jurisdiction
relative to
military lands.
71 FR 49997................... August 24, 2006.............. Final Rule................... Revised the
jurisdiction of
the subsistence
program by adding
submerged lands
and waters in the
area of Makhnati
Island, near
Sitka, AK. This
allowed
subsistence users
to harvest marine
resources in this
area under
seasons, harvest
limits, and
methods specified
in the
regulations.
72 FR 25688................... May 7, 2007.................. Final Rule................... Revised nonrural
determinations.
75 FR 63088................... October 14, 2010............. Final Rule................... Amended the
regulations for
accepting and
addressing
special action
requests and the
role of the
Regional Advisory
Councils in the
process.
76 FR 56109................... September 12, 2011........... Final Rule................... Revised the
composition of
the Board.
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An environmental assessment was prepared in 1997 on the expansion
of Federal jurisdiction over fisheries and is available from the office
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. The Secretary of the
Interior with the concurrence of the Secretary of Agriculture
determined that the expansion of Federal jurisdiction did not
constitute a major Federal action significantly affecting the human
environment and, therefore, signed a Finding of No Significant Impact.
Section 810 of ANILCA
An ANILCA 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
and concluded that the Program, under Alternative IV with an annual
process for setting subsistence regulations, may have some local
impacts on subsistence uses, but will not likely restrict subsistence
uses significantly.
During the subsequent environmental assessment process for
extending fisheries jurisdiction, an evaluation of the effects of this
rule was conducted in accordance with section 810. That evaluation also
supported the Secretaries' determination that the rule will not reach
the ``may significantly restrict'' threshold that would require notice
and hearings under ANILCA section 810(a).
Paperwork Reduction Act
An agency may not conduct or sponsor and you are not required to
respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. This rule
does not contain any new collections of information that require OMB
approval. OMB has reviewed and approved the following collections of
information associated with the subsistence regulations at 36 CFR part
242 and 50 CFR part 100: Subsistence hunting and fishing applications,
permits, and reports, Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Council
Membership Application/Nomination and Interview Forms (OMB Control No.
1018-0075 expires January 31, 2013).
Regulatory Planning and Review (Executive Orders 12866 and 13563)
Executive Order 12866 provides that the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) will review all significant rules. The Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs has determined that this rule is
not significant.
Executive Order 13563 reaffirms the principles of E.O. 12866 while
calling for improvements in the nation's regulatory system to promote
predictability, to reduce uncertainty, and to use the best, most
innovative, and least burdensome tools for achieving regulatory ends.
The executive order directs agencies to consider regulatory approaches
that reduce burdens and maintain flexibility and freedom of choice for
the public where these approaches are relevant, feasible, and
consistent with regulatory objectives. E.O. 13563 emphasizes further
that regulations must be based on the best available science and that
the rulemaking process must allow for public participation and an open
exchange of ideas. We have developed this rule in a manner consistent
with these requirements.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
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.
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. Therefore, the
Departments certify 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.
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness 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.
Executive Order 12630
Title VIII of ANILCA requires the Secretaries to administer a
subsistence priority on public lands. The scope of this Program is
limited by definition to certain public lands. Likewise, these
regulations have no potential takings of private property implications
as defined by Executive Order 12630.
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
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
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imposed on any State or local entities or tribal governments.
Executive Order 12988
The Secretaries have determined that these regulations meet the
applicable standards provided in sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of Executive
Order 12988, regarding civil justice reform.
Executive Order 13132
In accordance with Executive Order 13132, the rule does not have
sufficient Federalism implications to warrant the preparation of a
Federalism Assessment. Title VIII of ANILCA precludes the State from
exercising subsistence management authority over fish and wildlife
resources on Federal lands unless it meets certain requirements.
Executive Order 13175
The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act does not
provide rights to Tribes for the subsistence taking of wildlife, fish,
and shellfish. However, the Board provided Federally recognized Tribes
and Alaska Native Corporations an opportunity to consult on this rule.
Consultation with Alaska Native Corporations is based on Public Law
108-199, div. H, Sec. 161, Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 452, as amended by
Public Law 108-447, div. H, title V, Sec. 518, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat.
3267, which provides that: ``The Director of the Office of Management
and Budget and all Federal agencies shall hereafter consult with Alaska
Native Corporations on the same basis as Indian tribes under Executive
Order No. 13175.''
The Secretaries, through the Board, provided a variety of
opportunities for tribal consultation: submitting proposals to change
the existing rule, commenting on proposed changes to the existing rule;
engaging in dialogue at the Regional Council meetings; engaging in
dialogue at the Board's meetings; and providing input in person, by
mail, email, or phone at any time during this rulemaking process. In
addition, 12 teleconference opportunities were provided to allow for
consultation with the Board in each of the 10 subsistence resource
regions for Tribal entities and two specifically for Alaska Native
Corporations.
On January 17, 2012, the Board provided Federally recognized Tribes
and Alaska Native Corporations a specific opportunity to consult on
this rule. Federally recognized Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations
were notified by mail and telephone and were given the opportunity to
attend in person or via teleconference.
Executive Order 13211
This Executive Order requires agencies to prepare Statements of
Energy Effects when undertaking certain actions. However, this rule is
not a significant regulatory action under E.O. 13211, affecting energy
supply, distribution, or use, and no Statement of Energy Effects is
required.
Drafting Information
Theo Matuskowitz drafted these regulations under the guidance of
Peter J. Probasco of the Office of Subsistence Management, Alaska
Regional Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska.
Additional assistance was provided by:
Daniel Sharp, Alaska State Office, Bureau of Land
Management;
Sandy Rabinowitch and Nancy Swanton, Alaska Regional
Office, National Park Service;
Dr. Glenn Chen, Alaska Regional Office, Bureau of Indian
Affairs;
Jerry Berg, Alaska Regional Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service; and
Steve Kessler, Alaska Regional Office, U.S. Forest
Service.
List of Subjects
36 CFR Part 242
Administrative practice and procedure, Alaska, Fish, National
forests, Public lands, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Wildlife.
50 CFR Part 100
Administrative practice and procedure, Alaska, Fish, National
forests, Public lands, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Wildlife.
Regulation Promulgation
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
0
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
0
2. In subpart C of 36 CFR part 242 and 50 CFR part 100, Sec. --
--.24(a)(1) is revised to read as follows:
Sec. ----.24 Customary and traditional use determinations.
(a) * * *
(1) Wildlife determinations. The rural Alaska residents of the
listed communities and areas have a customary and traditional use of
the specified species on Federal public lands within the listed areas:
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Area Species Determination
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unit 1C....................... Black Bear....... Residents of Units
1C, 1D, 3, Hoonah,
Pelican, Point
Baker, Sitka, and
Tenakee Springs.
Unit 1A....................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 1A,
excluding residents
of Hyder.
Unit 1B....................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 1A,
Petersburg, and
Wrangell, excluding
residents of Hyder.
Unit 1C....................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 1C,
Haines, Hoonah,
Kake, Klukwan,
Skagway, and
Wrangell, excluding
residents of
Gustavus.
Unit 1D....................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 1D.
Unit 1A....................... Deer............. Residents of Units 1A
and 2.
Unit 1B....................... Deer............. Residents of Units
1A, 1B, 2, and 3.
Unit 1C....................... Deer............. Residents of Units
1C, 1D, Hoonah,
Kake, and
Petersburg.
Unit 1D....................... Deer............. No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 1B....................... Goat............. Residents of Units 1B
and 3.
Unit 1C....................... Goat............. Residents of Haines,
Kake, Klukwan,
Petersburg, and
Hoonah.
Unit 1B....................... Moose............ Residents of Units 1,
2, 3, and 4.
Unit 1C....................... Moose............ Residents of Units 1,
2, 3, 4, and 5.
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Unit 1D....................... Moose............ Residents of Unit 1D.
Unit 2........................ Deer............. Residents of Units
1A, 2, and 3.
Unit 3........................ Deer............. Residents of Units
1B, 3, Port
Alexander, Port
Protection, Pt.
Baker, and Meyers
Chuck.
Unit 3, Wrangell and Mitkof Moose............ Residents of Units
Islands. 1B, 2, and 3.
Unit 4........................ Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 4
and Kake.
Unit 4........................ Deer............. Residents of Unit 4,
Kake, Gustavus,
Haines, Petersburg,
Pt. Baker, Klukwan,
Port Protection,
Wrangell, and
Yakutat.
Unit 4........................ Goat............. Residents of Sitka,
Hoonah, Tenakee,
Pelican, Funter Bay,
Angoon, Port
Alexander, and Elfin
Cove.
Unit 5........................ Black Bear....... Residents of Unit 5A.
Unit 5........................ Brown Bear....... Residents of Yakutat.
Unit 5........................ Deer............. Residents of Yakutat.
Unit 5........................ Goat............. Residents of Unit 5A
Unit 5........................ Moose............ Residents of Unit 5A.
Unit 5........................ Wolf............. Residents of Unit 5A.
Unit 6A....................... Black Bear....... Residents of Yakutat
and Units 6C and 6D,
excluding residents
of Whittier.
Unit 6, remainder............. Black Bear....... Residents of Units 6C
and 6D, excluding
residents of
Whittier.
Unit 6........................ Brown Bear....... No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 6A....................... Goat............. Residents of Units
5A, 6C, Chenega Bay,
and Tatitlek.
Unit 6C and Unit 6D........... Goat............. Residents of Units 6C
and D.
Unit 6A....................... Moose............ Residents of Units
5A, 6A, 6B, and 6C.
Unit 6B and Unit 6C........... Moose............ Residents of Units
6A, 6B, and 6C.
Unit 6D....................... Moose............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 6A....................... Wolf............. Residents of Units
5A, 6, 9, 10 (Unimak
Island only), 11-13,
Chickaloon, and 16-
26.
Unit 6, remainder............. Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13,
Chickaloon, and 16-
26.
Unit 7........................ Brown Bear....... No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 7........................ Caribou.......... Residents of Hope.
Unit 7, Brown Mountain hunt Goat............. Residents of Port
area. Graham and Nanwalek.
Unit 7, that portion draining Moose............ Residents of Chenega
into Kings Bay. Bay, Cooper Landing,
Hope, and Tatitlek.
Unit 7, remainder............. Moose............ Residents of Cooper
Landing and Hope.
Unit 7........................ Sheep............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 7........................ Ruffed Grouse.... No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 8........................ Brown Bear....... Residents of Old
Harbor, Akhiok,
Larsen Bay, Karluk,
Ouzinkie, and Port
Lions.
Unit 8........................ Deer............. Residents of Unit 8.
Unit 8........................ Elk.............. Residents of Unit 8.
Unit 8........................ Goat............. No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 9D....................... Bison............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 9A and Unit 9B........... Black Bear....... Residents of Units
9A, 9B, 17A, 17B,
and 17C.
Unit 9A....................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Pedro
Bay.
Unit 9B....................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 9B.
Unit 9C....................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 9C,
Igiugig, Kakhonak,
and Levelock.
Unit 9D....................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Units 9D
and 10 (Unimak
Island).
Unit 9E....................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Chignik,
Chignik Lagoon,
Chignik Lake,
Egegik, Ivanof Bay,
Perryville, Pilot
Point, Ugashik, and
Port Heiden/Meshik.
Unit 9A and Unit 9B........... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
9B, 9C, and 17.
Unit 9C....................... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
9B, 9C, 17, and
Egegik.
Unit 9D....................... Caribou.......... Residents of Unit 9D,
Akutan, and False
Pass.
Unit 9E....................... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
9B, 9C, 9E, 17,
Nelson Lagoon, and
Sand Point.
Unit 9A, Unit 9B, Unit 9C and Moose............ Residents of Units
Unit 9E. 9A, 9B, 9C, and 9E.
Unit 9D....................... Moose............ Residents of Cold
Bay, False Pass,
King Cove, Nelson
Lagoon, and Sand
Point.
Unit 9B....................... Sheep............ Residents of Iliamna,
Newhalen, Nondalton,
Pedro Bay, Port
Alsworth, and Lake
Clark National Park
and Preserve within
Unit 9B.
Unit 9........................ Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13,
Chickaloon, and 16-
26.
Unit 9A, Unit 9B, Unit 9C, and Beaver........... Residents of Units
Unit 9E. 9A, 9B, 9C, 9E, and
17.
Unit 10 Unimak Island......... Brown Bear....... Residents of Units 9D
and 10 (Unimak
Island).
Unit 10 Unimak Island......... Caribou.......... Residents of Akutan,
False Pass, King
Cove, and Sand
Point.
Unit 10, remainder............ Caribou.......... No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 10....................... Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13,
Chickaloon, and 16-
26.
Unit 11....................... Bison............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
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Unit 11, north of the Sanford Black Bear....... Residents of
River. Chistochina,
Chitina, Copper
Center, Gakona,
Glennallen, Gulkana,
Kenny Lake, Mentasta
Lake, Slana,
Tazlina, Tonsina,
and Units 11 and 12.
Unit 11, remainder............ Black Bear....... Residents of
Chistochina,
Chitina, Copper
Center, Gakona,
Glennallen, Gulkana,
Kenny Lake, Mentasta
Lake, Nabesna Road
(mileposts 25-46),
Slana, Tazlina, Tok
Cutoff Road
(mileposts 79-110),
Tonsina, and Unit
11.
Unit 11, north of the Sanford Brown Bear....... Residents of
River. Chistochina,
Chitina, Copper
Center, Gakona,
Glennallen, Gulkana,
Kenny Lake, Mentasta
Lake, Slana,
Tazlina, Tonsina,
and Units 11 and 12.
Unit 11, remainder............ Brown Bear....... Residents of
Chistochina,
Chitina, Copper
Center, Gakona,
Glennallen, Gulkana,
Kenny Lake, Mentasta
Lake, Nabesna Road
(mileposts 25-46),
Slana, Tazlina, Tok
Cutoff Road
(mileposts 79-110),
Tonsina, and Unit
11.
Unit 11, north of the Sanford Caribou.......... Residents of Units
River. 11, 12, 13A-D,
Chickaloon, Healy
Lake, and Dot Lake.
Unit 11, remainder............ Caribou.......... Residents of Units
11, 13A-D, and
Chickaloon.
Unit 11....................... Goat............. Residents of Unit 11,
Chitina,
Chistochina, Copper
Center, Gakona,
Glennallen, Gulkana,
Mentasta Lake,
Slana, Tazlina,
Tonsina, and Dot
Lake, Tok Cutoff
Road (mileposts 79-
110 Mentasta Pass),
and Nabesna Road
(mileposts 25-46).
Unit 11, north of the Sanford Moose............ Residents of Units
River. 11, 12, 13A-D,
Chickaloon, Healy
Lake, and Dot Lake.
Unit 11, remainder............ Moose............ Residents of Units
11, 13A-D, and
Chickaloon.
Unit 11, north of the Sanford Sheep............ Residents of Unit 12,
River. Chistochina,
Chitina, Copper
Center, Dot Lake,
Gakona, Glennallen,
Gulkana, Healy Lake,
Kenny Lake, Mentasta
Lake, Slana,
McCarthy/South
Wrangell/South Park,
Tazlina, Tonsina,
residents along the
Nabesna Road--
Milepost 0-46
(Nabesna Road), and
residents along the
McCarthy Road--
Milepost 0-62
(McCarthy Road).
Unit 11, remainder............ Sheep............ Residents of Chisana,
Chistochina,
Chitina, Copper
Center, Gakona,
Glennallen, Gulkana,
Kenny Lake, Mentasta
Lake, Slana,
McCarthy/South
Wrangell/South Park,
Tazlina, Tonsina,
residents along the
Tok Cutoff--Milepost
79-110 (Mentasta
Pass), residents
along the Nabesna
Road--Milepost 0-46
(Nabesna Road), and
residents along the
McCarthy Road--
Milepost 0-62
(McCarthy Road).
Unit 11....................... Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13,
Chickaloon, and 16-
26.
Unit 11....................... Grouse (Spruce, Residents of Units
Blue, Ruffed and 11, 12, 13, and
Sharp-tailed). Chickaloon, 15, 16,
20D, 22, and 23.
Unit 11....................... Ptarmigan (Rock, Residents of Units
Willow and White- 11, 12, 13,
tailed). Chickaloon, 15, 16,
20D, 22, and 23.
Unit 12....................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 12,
Dot Lake,
Chistochina, Gakona,
Mentasta Lake, and
Slana.
Unit 12....................... Caribou.......... Residents of Unit 12,
Chistochina, Dot
Lake, Healy Lake,
and Mentasta Lake.
Unit 12, that portion within Moose............ Residents of Units 12
the Tetlin National Wildlife and 13C, Dot Lake,
Refuge and those lands within and Healy Lake.
the Wrangell-St. Elias
National Preserve north and
east of a line formed by the
Pickerel Lake Winter Trail
from the Canadian border to
Pickerel Lake.
Unit 12, that portion east of Moose............ Residents of Units 12
the Nabesna River and Nabesna and 13C and Healy
Glacier, and south of the Lake.
Winter Trail running
southeast from Pickerel Lake
to the Canadian border.
Unit 12, remainder............ Moose............ Residents of Unit 11
north of 62nd
parallel, Units 12
and 13A-D,
Chickaloon, Dot
Lake, and Healy
Lake.
Unit 12....................... Sheep............ Residents of Unit 12,
Chistochina, Dot
Lake, Healy Lake,
and Mentasta Lake.
Unit 12....................... Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13,
Chickaloon, and 16-
26.
Unit 13....................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 13
and Slana.
Unit 13B...................... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
11, 12 (along the
Nabesna Road and Tok
Cutoff Road,
mileposts 79-110),
13, 20D (excluding
residents of Fort
Greely), and
Chickaloon.
Unit 13C...................... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
11, 12 (along the
Nabesna Road and Tok
Cutoff Road,
mileposts 79-110),
13, Chickaloon, Dot
Lake, and Healy
Lake.
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Unit 13A and Unit 13D......... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
11, 12 (along the
Nabesna Road), 13,
and Chickaloon.
Unit 13E...................... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
11, 12 (along the
Nabesna Road), 13,
Chickaloon, McKinley
Village, and the
area along the Parks
Highway between
mileposts 216 and
239 (excluding
residents of Denali
National Park
headquarters).
Unit 13D...................... Goat............. No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 13A and Unit 13D......... Moose............ Residents of Unit 13,
Chickaloon, and
Slana.
Unit 13B...................... Moose............ Residents of Units 13
and 20D (excluding
residents of Fort
Greely) and
Chickaloon and
Slana.
Unit 13C...................... Moose............ Residents of Units 12
and 13, Chickaloon,
Healy Lake, Dot
Lake, and Slana.
Unit 13E...................... Moose............ Residents of Unit 13,
Chickaloon, McKinley
Village, Slana, and
the area along the
Parks Highway
between mileposts
216 and 239
(excluding residents
of Denali National
Park headquarters).
Unit 13D...................... Sheep............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 13....................... Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13,
Chickaloon, and 16-
26.
Unit 13....................... Grouse (Spruce, Residents of Units
Blue, Ruffed 11, 13, Chickaloon,
Sharp-tailed). 15, 16, 20D, 22 and
23.
Unit 13....................... Ptarmigan (Rock, Residents of Units
Willow and White- 11, 13, Chickaloon,
tailed). 15, 16, 20D, 22 and
23.
Unit 14C...................... Brown Bear....... No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 14....................... Goat............. No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 14....................... Moose............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 14A and Unit 14C......... Sheep............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 15A and Unit 15B......... Black Bear....... Residents of
Ninilchik.
Unit 15C...................... Black Bear....... Residents of
Ninilchik, Port
Graham, and
Nanwalek.
Unit 15....................... Brown Bear....... Residents of
Ninilchik.
Unit 15A and Unit 15B......... Moose............ Residents of Cooper
Landing, Ninilchik,
Nanwalek, Port
Graham, and
Seldovia.
Unit 15C...................... Moose............ Residents of
Ninilchik, Nanwalek,
Port Graham, and
Seldovia.
Unit 15....................... Sheep............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 15....................... Ptarmigan (Rock, Residents of Unit 15.
Willow and White-
tailed).
Unit 15....................... Grouse (Spruce).. Residents of Unit 15.
Unit 15....................... Grouse (Ruffed).. No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 16B...................... Black Bear....... Residents of Unit
16B.
Unit 16....................... Brown Bear....... No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 16A...................... Moose............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 16B...................... Moose............ Residents of Unit
16B.
Unit 16....................... Sheep............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 16....................... Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13,
Chickaloon, and 16-
26.
Unit 16....................... Grouse (Spruce Residents of Units
and Ruffed). 11, 13,Chickaloon,
15, 16, 20D, 22 and
23.
Unit 16....................... Ptarmigan (Rock, Residents of Units
Willow and White- 11, 13, Chickaloon,
tailed). 15, 16, 20D, 22 and
23.
Unit 17A and that portion of Black Bear....... Residents of Units 9A
17B draining into Nuyakuk and B, 17, Akiak,
Lake and Tikchik Lake. and Akiachak.
Unit 17, remainder............ Black Bear....... Residents of Units 9A
and B, and 17.
Unit 17A and Unit 17B, those Brown Bear....... Residents of
portions north and west of a Kwethluk.
line beginning from the Unit
18 boundary at the
northwestern end of Nenevok
Lake, to the southern point
of upper Togiak Lake, and
northeast to the northern
point of Nuyakuk Lake,
northeast to the point where
the Unit 17 boundary
intersects the Shotgun Hills.
Unit 17A, remainder........... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 17,
Akiak, Akiachak,
Goodnews Bay, and
Platinum.
Unit 17B, that portion Brown Bear....... Residents of Akiak
draining into Nuyakuk Lake and Akiachak.
and Tikchik Lake.
Unit 17B and Unit 17C......... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 17.
Unit 17A, that portion west of Caribou.......... Residents of Goodnews
the Izavieknik River, Upper Bay, Platinum,
Togiak Lake, Togiak Lake, and Quinhagak, Eek,
the main course of the Togiak Tuntutuliak, and
River. Napakiak.
Unit 17A, that portion north Caribou.......... Residents of Akiak,
of Togiak Lake that includes Akiachak, and
Izavieknik River drainages. Tuluksak.
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Units 17A and 17B, those Caribou.......... Residents of
portions north and west of a Kwethluk.
line beginning from the Unit
18 boundary at the
northwestern end of Nenevok
Lake, to the southern point
of upper Togiak Lake, and
northeast to the northern
point of Nuyakuk Lake,
northeast to the point where
the Unit 17 boundary
intersects the Shotgun Hills.
Unit 17B, that portion of Caribou.......... Residents of Bethel,
Togiak National Wildlife Goodnews Bay,
Refuge within Unit 17B. Platinum, Quinhagak,
Eek, Akiak,
Akiachak, Tuluksak,
Tuntutuliak, and
Napakiak.
Unit 17, remainder............ Caribou.......... Residents of Units
9B, 17, Lime
Village, and Stony
River.
Units 17A and 17B, those Moose............ Residents of
portions north and west of a Kwethluk.
line beginning from the Unit
18 boundary at the
northwestern end of Nenevok
Lake, to the southern point
of upper Togiak Lake, and
northeast to the northern
point of Nuyakuk Lake,
northeast to the point where
the Unit 17 boundary
intersects the Shotgun Hills.
Unit 17A, that portion north Moose............ Residents of Akiak
of Togiak Lake that includes and Akiachak.
Izavieknik River drainages.
Unit 17 A, remainder.......... Moose............ Residents of Unit 17,
Goodnews Bay and
Platinum; excluding
residents of
Akiachak, Akiak, and
Quinhagak.
Unit 17B, that portion within Moose............ Residents of Akiak
the Togiak National Wildlife and Akiachak.
Refuge.
Unit 17B, remainder and Unit Moose............ Residents of Unit 17,
17C. Nondalton, Levelock,
Goodnews Bay, and
Platinum.
Unit 17....................... Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13,
Chickaloon, and 16-
26.
Unit 17....................... Beaver........... Residents of Units
9A, 9B, 9C, 9E, and
17.
Unit 18....................... Black Bear....... Residents of Unit 18,
Unit 19A living
downstream of the
Holokuk River, Holy
Cross, Stebbins, St.
Michael, Twin Hills,
and Togiak.
Unit 18....................... Brown Bear....... Residents of
Akiachak, Akiak,
Eek, Goodnews Bay,
Kwethluk, Mountain
Village, Napaskiak,
Platinum, Quinhagak,
St. Marys, and
Tuluksak.
Unit 18....................... Caribou.......... Residents of Unit 18,
Manokotak, Stebbins,
St. Michael, Togiak,
Twin Hills, and
Upper Kalskag.
Unit 18, that portion of the Moose............ Residents of Unit 18,
Yukon River drainage upstream Upper Kalskag,
of Russian Mission and that Aniak, and
portion of the Kuskokwim Chuathbaluk.
River drainage upstream of,
but not including, the
Tuluksak River drainage.
Unit 18, that portion north of Moose............ Residents of Unit 18,
a line from Cape Romanzof to St. Michael,
Kusilvak Mountain to Mountain Stebbins, and Upper
Village, and all drainages Kalskag.
north of the Yukon River
downstream from Marshall.
Unit 18, remainder............ Moose............ Residents of Unit 18
and Upper Kalskag.
Unit 18....................... Musk ox.......... No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 18....................... Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13,
Chickaloon, and 16-
26.
Unit 19C and Unit 19D......... Bison............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 19A and Unit 19B......... Brown Bear....... Residents of Units 18
and 19 within the
Kuskokwim River
drainage upstream
from, and including,
the Johnson River.
Unit 19C...................... Brown Bear....... No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 19D...................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Units
19A and D, Tuluksak,
and Lower Kalskag.
Unit 19A and Unit 19B......... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
19A and 19B, Unit 18
within the Kuskokwim
River drainage
upstream from, and
including, the
Johnson River, and
residents of St.
Marys, Marshall,
Pilot Station, and
Russian Mission.
Unit 19C...................... Caribou.......... Residents of Unit
19C, Lime Village,
McGrath, Nikolai,
and Telida.
Unit 19D...................... Caribou.......... Residents of Unit
19D, Lime Village,
Sleetmute, and Stony
River.
Unit 19A and Unit 9B.......... Moose............ Residents of Unit 18
within Kuskokwim
River drainage
upstream from and
including the
Johnson River, and
residents of Unit
19.
Unit 19B, west of the Moose............ Residents of Eek and
Kogrukluk River. Quinhagak.
Unit 19C...................... Moose............ Residents of Unit 19.
Unit 19D...................... Moose............ Residents of Unit 19
and Lake Minchumina.
Unit 19....................... Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13,
Chickaloon, and 16-
26.
Unit 20D...................... Bison............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 20F...................... Black Bear....... Residents of Unit
20F, Stevens
Village, and Manley
Hot Springs.
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Unit 20E...................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 12
and Dot Lake.
Unit 20F...................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit
20F, Stevens
Village, and Manley
Hot Springs.
Unit 20A...................... Caribou.......... Residents of
Cantwell, Nenana,
and those domiciled
between mileposts
216 and 239 of the
Parks Highway,
excluding residents
of households of the
Denali National Park
Headquarters.
Unit 20B...................... Caribou.......... Residents of Unit
20B, Nenana, and
Tanana.
Unit 20C...................... Caribou.......... Residents of Unit 20C
living east of the
Teklanika River,
residents of
Cantwell, Lake
Minchumina, Manley
Hot Springs, Minto,
Nenana, Nikolai,
Tanana, Telida, and
those domiciled
between mileposts
216 and 239 of the
Parks Highway and
between mileposts
300 and 309,
excluding residents
of households of the
Denali National Park
Headquarters.
Unit 20D and Unit 20E......... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
20D, 20E, and 12
north of the
Wrangell-St. Elias
National Park and
Preserve.
Unit 20F...................... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
20F and 25D and
Manley Hot Springs.
Unit 20A...................... Moose............ Residents of
Cantwell, Minto,
Nenana, McKinley
Village, and the
area along the Parks
Highway between
mileposts 216 and
239, excluding
residents of
households of the
Denali National Park
Headquarters.
Unit 20B, Minto Flats Moose............ Residents of Minto
Management Area. and Nenana.
Unit 20B, remainder........... Moose............ Residents of Unit
20B, Nenana, and
Tanana.
Unit 20C...................... Moose............ Residents of Unit 20C
(except that portion
within Denali
National Park and
Preserve and that
portion east of the
Teklanika River),
Cantwell, Manley Hot
Springs, Minto,
Nenana, those
domiciled between
mileposts 300 and
309 of the Parks
Highway, Nikolai,
Tanana, Telida,
McKinley Village,
and the area along
the Parks Highway
between mileposts
216 and 239,
excluding residents
of households of the
Denali National Park
Headquarters.
Unit 20D...................... Moose............ Residents of Unit 20D
and Tanacross.
Unit 20E...................... Moose............ Residents of Unit
20E, Unit 12 north
of the Wrangell-St.
Elias National
Preserve, Circle,
Central, Dot Lake,
Healy Lake, and
Mentasta Lake.
Unit 20F...................... Moose............ Residents of Unit
20F, Manley Hot
Springs, Minto, and
Stevens Village.
Unit 20F...................... Wolf............. Residents of Unit
20F, Stevens
Village, and Manley
Hot Springs.
Unit 20, remainder............ Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13,
Chickaloon, and 16-
26.
Unit 20D...................... Grouse, (Spruce, Residents of Units
Ruffed and Sharp- 11, 13, Chickaloon,
tailed). 15, 16, 20D, 22, and
23.
Unit 20D...................... Ptarmigan (Rock Residents of Units
and Willow). 11, 13, Chickaloon,
15, 16, 20D, 22, and
23.
Unit 21....................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Units 21
and 23.
Unit 21A...................... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
21A, 21D, 21E,
Aniak, Chuathbaluk,
Crooked Creek,
McGrath, and
Takotna.
Unit 21B and Unit 21C......... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
21B, 21C, 21D, and
Tanana.
Unit 21D...................... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
21B, 21C, 21D, and
Huslia.
Unit 21E...................... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
21A, 21E, Aniak,
Chuathbaluk, Crooked
Creek, McGrath, and
Takotna.
Unit 21A...................... Moose............ Residents of Units
21A, 21E, Takotna,
McGrath, Aniak, and
Crooked Creek.
Unit 21B and Unit 21C......... Moose............ Residents of Units
21B, 21C, Tanana,
Ruby, and Galena.
Unit 21D...................... Moose............ Residents of Units
21D, Huslia, and
Ruby.
Unit 21E, south of a line Moose............ Residents of Unit
beginning at the western 21E, Aniak,
boundary of Unit 21E near the Chuathbaluk,
mouth of Paimiut Slough, Kalskag, Lower
extending easterly along the Kalskag, and Russian
south bank of Paimiut Slough Mission.
to Upper High Bank, and
southeasterly in the
direction of Molybdenum
Mountain to the juncture of
Units 19A, 21A, and 21E.
Unit 21E remainder............ Moose............ Residents of Unit 21E
and Russian Mission.
Unit 21....................... Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13,
Chickaloon, and 16-
26.
Unit 22A...................... Black Bear....... Residents of Unit 22A
and Koyuk.
Unit 22B...................... Black Bear....... Residents of Unit
22B.
Unit 22C, Unit 22D, and Unit Black Bear....... No Federal
22E. subsistence
priority.
Unit 22....................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 22.
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Unit 22A...................... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
21D west of the
Koyukuk and Yukon
Rivers, 22 (except
residents of St.
Lawrence Island),
23, 24, Kotlik,
Emmonak, Hooper Bay,
Scammon Bay, Chevak,
Marshall, Mountain
Village, Pilot
Station, Pitka's
Point, Russian
Mission, St. Marys,
Nunam Iqua, and
Alakanuk.
Unit 22, remainder............ Caribou.......... Residents of Units
21D west of the
Koyukuk and Yukon
Rivers, 22
(excluding residents
of St. Lawrence
Island), 23, and 24.
Unit 22....................... Moose............ Residents of Unit 22.
Unit 22A...................... Musk ox.......... All rural residents.
Unit 22B, west of the Darby Musk ox.......... Residents of Units
Mountains. 22B and 22C.
Unit 22B, remainder........... Musk ox.......... Residents of Unit
22B.
Unit 22C...................... Musk ox.......... Residents of Unit
22C.
Unit 22D...................... Musk ox.......... Residents of Units
22B, 22C, 22D, and
22E (excluding St.
Lawrence Island).
Unit 22E...................... Musk ox.......... Residents of Unit 22E
(excluding Little
Diomede Island).
Unit 22....................... Wolf............. Residents of Units
23, 22, 21D north
and west of the
Yukon River, and
Kotlik.
Unit 22....................... Grouse (Spruce).. Residents of Units
11, 13, Chickaloon,
15, 16, 20D, 22, and
23.
Unit 22....................... Ptarmigan (Rock Residents of Units
and Willow). 11, 13, Chickaloon,
15, 16, 20D, 22, and
23.
Unit 23....................... Black Bear....... Residents of Unit 23,
Alatna, Allakaket,
Bettles, Evansville,
Galena, Hughes,
Huslia, and Koyukuk.
Unit 23....................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Units 21
and 23.
Unit 23....................... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
21D west of the
Koyukuk and Yukon
Rivers, Galena, 22,
23, 24 including
residents of Wiseman
but not including
other residents of
the Dalton Highway
Corridor Management
Area, and 26A.
Unit 23....................... Moose............ Residents of Unit 23.
Unit 23, south of Kotzebue Musk ox.......... Residents of Unit 23
Sound and west of and south of Kotzebue
including the Buckland River Sound and west of
drainage. and including the
Buckland River
drainage.
Unit 23, remainder............ Musk ox.......... Residents of Unit 23
east and north of
the Buckland River
drainage.
Unit 23....................... Sheep............ Residents of Point
Lay and Unit 23
north of the Arctic
Circle.
Unit 23....................... Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13,
Chickaloon, and 16-
26.
Unit 23....................... Grouse (Spruce Residents of Units
and Ruffed). 11, 13, Chickaloon,
15, 16, 20D, 22, and
23.
Unit 23....................... Ptarmigan (Rock, Residents of Units
Willow and White- 11, 13, Chickaloon,
tailed). 15, 16, 20D, 22, and
23.
Unit 24, that portion south of Black Bear....... Residents of Stevens
Caribou Mountain, and within Village, Unit 24,
the public lands composing or and Wiseman, but not
immediately adjacent to the including any other
Dalton Highway Corridor residents of the
Management Area. Dalton Highway
Corridor Management
Area.
Unit 24, remainder............ Black Bear....... Residents of Unit 24
and Wiseman, but not
including any other
residents of the
Dalton Highway
Corridor Management
Area.
Unit 24, that portion south of Brown Bear....... Residents of Stevens
Caribou Mountain, and within Village and Unit 24.
the public lands composing or
immediately adjacent to the
Dalton Highway Corridor
Management Area.
Unit 24, remainder............ Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 24.
Unit 24....................... Caribou.......... Residents of Unit 24,
Galena, Kobuk,
Koyukuk, Stevens
Village, and Tanana.
Unit 24....................... Moose............ Residents of Unit 24,
Koyukuk, and Galena.
Unit 24....................... Sheep............ Residents of Unit 24
residing north of
the Arctic Circle,
Allakaket, Alatna,
Hughes, and Huslia.
Unit 24....................... Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13,
Chickaloon, and 16-
26.
Unit 25D...................... Black Bear....... Residents of Unit
25D.
Unit 25D...................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit
25D.
Unit 25, remainder............ Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 25
and Eagle.
Unit 25A...................... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
24A and 25.
Unit 25B and Unit 25C......... Caribou.......... Residents of Unit 25.
Unit 25D...................... Caribou.......... Residents of Units
20F and 25D and
Manley Hot Springs.
Unit 25A...................... Moose............ Residents of Units
25A and 25D.
Unit 25D, west................ Moose............ Residents of Unit 25D
West.
Unit 25D, remainder........... Moose............ Residents of
remainder of Unit
25.
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Unit 25A...................... Sheep............ Residents of Arctic
Village,
Chalkyitsik, Fort
Yukon, Kaktovik, and
Venetie.
Unit 25B and Unit 25C......... Sheep............ No Federal
subsistence
priority.
Unit 25D...................... Wolf............. Residents of Unit
25D.
Unit 25, remainder............ Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13,
Chickaloon, and 16-
26.
Unit 26....................... Brown Bear....... Residents of Unit 26
(excluding the
Prudhoe Bay-
Deadhorse Industrial
Complex), Anaktuvuk
Pass, and Point
Hope.
Unit 26A and C................ Caribou.......... Residents of Unit 26,
Anaktuvuk Pass, and
Point Hope.
Unit 26B...................... Caribou.......... Residents of Unit 26,
Anaktuvuk Pass,
Point Hope, and Unit
24 within the Dalton
Highway Corridor
Management Area.
Unit 26....................... Moose............ Residents of Unit 26
(excluding the
Prudhoe Bay-
Deadhorse Industrial
Complex), Point
Hope, and Anaktuvuk
Pass.
Unit 26A...................... Musk ox.......... Residents of
Anaktuvuk Pass,
Atqasuk, Barrow,
Nuiqsut, Point Hope,
Point Lay, and
Wainwright.
Unit 26B...................... Musk ox.......... Residents of
Anaktuvuk Pass,
Nuiqsut, and
Kaktovik.
Unit 26C...................... Musk ox.......... Residents of
Kaktovik.
Unit 26A...................... Sheep............ Residents of Unit 26,
Anaktuvuk Pass, and
Point Hope.
Unit 26B...................... Sheep............ Residents of Unit 26,
Anaktuvuk Pass,
Point Hope, and
Wiseman.
Unit 26C...................... Sheep............ Residents of Unit 26,
Anaktuvuk Pass,
Arctic Village,
Chalkyitsik, Fort
Yukon, Point Hope,
and Venetie.
Unit 26....................... Wolf............. Residents of Units 6,
9, 10 (Unimak Island
only), 11-13,
Chickaloon, and 16-
26.
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Subpart D--Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife
0
3. In subpart D of 36 CFR part 242 and 50 CFR part 100, Sec. ----.25
is revised to read as follows:
Sec. ----.25 Subsistence taking of fish, wildlife, and shellfish:
general regulations.
(a) Definitions. The following definitions apply to all regulations
contained in this part:
Abalone iron means a flat device which is used for taking abalone
and which is more than 1 inch (24 mm) in width and less than 24 inches
(610 mm) in length, with all prying edges rounded and smooth.
ADF&G means the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Airborne means transported by aircraft.
Aircraft means any kind of airplane, glider, or other device used
to transport people or equipment through the air, excluding
helicopters.
Airport means an airport listed in the Federal Aviation
Administration's Alaska Airman's Guide and chart supplement.
Anchor means a device used to hold a fishing vessel or net in a
fixed position relative to the beach; this includes using part of the
seine or lead, a ship's anchor, or being secured to another vessel or
net that is anchored.
Animal means those species with a vertebral column (backbone).
Antler means one or more solid, horn-like appendages protruding
from the head of a caribou, deer, elk, or moose.
Antlered means any caribou, deer, elk, or moose having at least one
visible antler.
Antlerless means any caribou, deer, elk, or moose not having
visible antlers attached to the skull.
Bait means any material excluding a scent lure that is placed to
attract an animal by its sense of smell or taste; however, those parts
of legally taken animals that are not required to be salvaged and which
are left at the kill site are not considered bait.
Beach seine means a floating net which is designed to surround fish
and is set from and hauled to the beach.
Bear means black bear, or brown or grizzly bear.
Big game means black bear, brown bear, bison, caribou, Sitka black-
tailed deer, elk, mountain goat, moose, musk ox, Dall sheep, wolf, and
wolverine.
Bow means a longbow, recurve bow, or compound bow, excluding a
crossbow or any bow equipped with a mechanical device that holds arrows
at full draw.
Broadhead means an arrowhead that is not barbed and has two or more
steel cutting edges having a minimum cutting diameter of not less than
seven-eighths of an inch.
Brow tine means a tine on the front portion of a moose antler,
typically projecting forward from the base of the antler toward the
nose.
Buck means any male deer.
Bull means any male moose, caribou, elk, or musk oxen.
Calf means a moose, caribou, elk, musk ox, or bison less than 12
months old.
Cast net means a circular net with a mesh size of no more than 1.5
inches and weights attached to the perimeter, which, when thrown,
surrounds the fish and closes at the bottom when retrieved.
Char means the following species: Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinis),
lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush), brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis),
and Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma).
Closed season means the time when fish, wildlife, or shellfish may
not be taken.
Crab means the following species: Red king crab (Paralithodes
camshatica), blue king crab (Paralithodes platypus), brown king crab
(Lithodes aequispina), scarlet king crab (Lithodes couesi), all species
of tanner or snow crab (Chionoecetes spp.), and Dungeness crab (Cancer
magister).
Cub bear means a brown or grizzly bear in its first or second year
of life, or a black bear (including cinnamon and blue phases) in its
first year of life.
Depth of net means the perpendicular distance between cork line and
lead line expressed as either linear units of measure or as a number of
meshes, including all of the web of which the net is composed.
Designated hunter or fisherman means a Federally qualified hunter
or fisherman who may take all or a portion of another Federally
qualified hunter's
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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.
Drawing permit means a permit issued to a limited number of
Federally qualified subsistence users selected by means of a random
drawing.
Drift gillnet means a drifting gillnet that has not been
intentionally staked, anchored, or otherwise fixed in one place.
Edible meat means the breast meat of ptarmigan and grouse and those
parts of caribou, deer, elk, mountain goat, moose, musk oxen, and Dall
sheep that are typically used for human consumption, which are: The
meat of the ribs, neck, brisket, front quarters as far as the distal
(bottom) joint of the radius-ulna (knee), hindquarters as far as the
distal joint (bottom) of the tibia-fibula (hock) and that portion of
the animal between the front and hindquarters; however, edible meat of
species listed in this definition does not include: Meat of the head,
meat that has been damaged and made inedible by the method of taking,
bones, sinew, and incidental meat reasonably lost as a result of boning
or close trimming of the bones, or viscera. For black bear, brown and
grizzly bear, ``edible meat'' means the meat of the front quarter and
hindquarters and meat along the backbone (backstrap).
Federally qualified subsistence user means a rural Alaska resident
qualified to harvest fish or wildlife on Federal public lands in
accordance with the Federal Subsistence Management Regulations in this
part.
Field means an area outside of established year-round dwellings,
businesses, or other developments usually associated with a city, town,
or village; field does not include permanent hotels or roadhouses on
the State road system or at State or Federally maintained airports.
Fifty-inch (50-inch) moose means a bull moose with an antler spread
of 50 inches or more.
Fish wheel means a fixed, rotating device, with no more than four
baskets on a single axle, for catching fish, which is driven by river
current or other means.
Fresh water of streams and rivers means the line at which fresh
water is separated from salt water at the mouth of streams and rivers
by a line drawn headland to headland across the mouth as the waters
flow into the sea.
Full curl horn means the horn of a Dall sheep ram; the tip of which
has grown through 360 degrees of a circle described by the outer
surface of the horn, as viewed from the side, or that both horns are
broken, or that the sheep is at least 8 years of age as determined by
horn growth annuli.
Furbearer means a beaver, coyote, arctic fox, red fox, lynx,
marten, mink, weasel, muskrat, river (land) otter, red squirrel, flying
squirrel, ground squirrel, marmot, wolf, or wolverine.
Fyke net means a fixed, funneling (fyke) device used to entrap
fish.
Gear means any type of fishing apparatus.
Gillnet means a net primarily designed to catch fish by
entanglement in a mesh that consists of a single sheet of webbing which
hangs between cork line and lead line, and which is fished from the
surface of the water.
Grappling hook means a hooked device with flukes or claws, which is
attached to a line and operated by hand.
Groundfish or bottomfish means any marine fish except halibut,
osmerids, herring, and salmonids.
Grouse collectively refers to all species found in Alaska,
including spruce grouse, ruffed grouse, sooty grouse (formerly blue),
and sharp-tailed grouse.
Hand purse seine means a floating net that is designed to surround
fish and which can be closed at the bottom by pursing the lead line;
pursing may only be done by hand power, and a free-running line through
one or more rings attached to the lead line is not allowed.
Handicraft means a finished product made by a rural Alaskan
resident from the nonedible byproducts of fish or wildlife and is
composed wholly or in some significant respect of natural materials.
The shape and appearance of the natural material must be substantially
changed by the skillful use of hands, such as sewing, weaving,
drilling, lacing, beading, carving, etching, scrimshawing, painting, or
other means, and incorporated into a work of art, regalia, clothing, or
other creative expression, and can be either traditional or
contemporary in design. The handicraft must have substantially greater
monetary and aesthetic value than the unaltered natural material alone.
Handline means a hand-held and operated line, with one or more
hooks attached.
Hare or hares collectively refers to all species of hares (commonly
called rabbits) in Alaska and includes snowshoe hare and tundra hare.
Harvest limit means the number of any one species permitted to be
taken by any one person or designated group, per specified time period,
in a Unit or portion of a Unit in which the taking occurs even if part
or all of the harvest is preserved. A fish, when landed and killed by
means of rod and reel, becomes part of the harvest limit of the person
originally hooking it.
Herring pound means an enclosure used primarily to contain live
herring over extended periods of time.
Highway means the drivable surface of any constructed road.
Household means that group of people residing in the same
residence.
Hung measure means the maximum length of the cork line when
measured wet or dry with traction applied at one end only.
Hunting means the taking of wildlife within established hunting
seasons with archery equipment or firearms, and as authorized by a
required hunting license.
Hydraulic clam digger means a device using water or a combination
of air and water used to harvest clams.
Jigging gear means a line or lines with lures or baited hooks,
drawn through the water by hand, and which are operated during periods
of ice cover from holes cut in the ice, or from shore ice and which are
drawn through the water by hand.
Lead means either a length of net employed for guiding fish into a
seine, set gillnet, or other length of net, or a length of fencing
employed for guiding fish into a fish wheel, fyke net, or dip net.
Legal limit of fishing gear means the maximum aggregate of a single
type of fishing gear permitted to be used by one individual or boat, or
combination of boats in any particular regulatory area, district, or
section.
Long line means either a stationary, buoyed, or anchored line, or a
floating, free-drifting line with lures or baited hooks attached.
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Marmot collectively refers to all species of marmot that occur in
Alaska, including the hoary marmot, Alaska marmot, and the woodchuck.
Mechanical clam digger means a mechanical device used or capable of
being used for the taking of clams.
Mechanical jigging machine means a mechanical device with line and
hooks used to jig for halibut and bottomfish, but does not include hand
gurdies or rods with reels.
Mile means a nautical mile when used in reference to marine waters
or a statute mile when used in reference to fresh water.
Motorized vehicle means a motor-driven land, air, or water
conveyance.
Open season means the time when wildlife may be taken by hunting or
trapping; an open season includes the first and last days of the
prescribed season period.
Otter means river or land otter only, excluding sea otter.
Permit hunt means a hunt for which State or Federal permits are
issued by registration or other means.
Poison means any substance that is toxic or poisonous upon contact
or ingestion.
Possession means having direct physical control of wildlife at a
given time or having both the power and intention to exercise dominion
or control of wildlife either directly or through another person or
persons.
Possession limit means the maximum number of fish, grouse, or
ptarmigan a person or designated group may have in possession if they
have not been canned, salted, frozen, smoked, dried, or otherwise
preserved so as to be fit for human consumption after a 15-day period.
Pot means a portable structure designed and constructed to capture
and retain live fish and shellfish in the water.
Ptarmigan collectively refers to all species found in Alaska,
including white-tailed ptarmigan, rock ptarmigan, and willow ptarmigan.
Purse seine means a floating net which is designed to surround fish
and which can be closed at the bottom by means of a free-running line
through one or more rings attached to the lead line.
Ram means a male Dall sheep.
Registration permit means a permit that authorizes hunting and is
issued to a person who agrees to the specified hunting conditions.
Hunting permitted by a registration permit begins on an announced date
and continues throughout the open season, or until the season is closed
by Board action. Registration permits are issued in the order requests
are received and/or are based on priorities as determined by 50 CFR
100.17 and 36 CFR 242.17.
Regulatory year means July 1-June 30, except for fish and
shellfish, for which it means April 1-March 31.
Ring net means a bag-shaped net suspended between no more than two
frames; the bottom frame may not be larger in perimeter than the top
frame; the gear must be nonrigid and collapsible so that free movement
of fish or shellfish across the top of the net is not prohibited when
the net is employed.
Rockfish means all species of the genus Sebastes.
Rod and reel means either a device upon which a line is stored on a
fixed or revolving spool and is deployed through guides mounted on a
flexible pole, or a line that is attached to a pole. In either case,
bait or an artificial fly or lure is used as terminal tackle. This
definition does not include the use of rod and reel gear for snagging.
Salmon means the following species: pink salmon (Oncorhynchus
gorbuscha); sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka); Chinook salmon
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha); coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch); and
chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta).
Salmon stream means any stream used by salmon for spawning,
rearing, or for traveling to a spawning or rearing area.
Salvage means to transport the edible meat, skull, or hide, as
required by regulation, of a regulated fish, wildlife, or shellfish to
the location where the edible meat will be consumed by humans or
processed for human consumption in a manner that 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-eighths (315 degrees) of a circle,
described by the outer surface of the horn, as viewed from the side, or
with both horns broken.
Shovel means a hand-operated implement for digging clams.
Skin, hide, pelt, or fur means any tanned or untanned external
covering of an animal's body. However, for bear, the skin, hide, pelt,
or fur means the external covering with claws attached.
Snagging means hooking or attempting to hook a fish elsewhere than
in the mouth.
Spear means a shaft with a sharp point or fork-like implement
attached to one end, which is used to thrust through the water to
impale or retrieve fish, and which is operated by hand.
Spike-fork moose means a bull moose with only one or two tines on
either antler; male calves are not spike-fork bulls.
Stretched measure means the average length of any series of 10
consecutive meshes measured from inside the first knot and including
the last knot when wet; the 10 meshes, when being measured, must be an
integral part of the net, as hung, and measured perpendicular to the
selvages; measurements will be made by means of a metal tape measure
while the 10 meshes being measured are suspended vertically from a
single peg or nail, under 5-pound weight.
Subsistence fishing permit means a subsistence harvest permit
issued by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game or the Federal
Subsistence Board.
Take or Taking means to fish, pursue, hunt, shoot, trap, net,
capture, collect, kill, harm, or attempt to engage in any such conduct.
Tine or antler point refers to any point on an antler, the length
of which is greater than its width and is at least 1 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 that 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
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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 that are drawn through the water by a
power gurdy; hand troll gear consisting of a line or lines with lures
or baited hooks that are drawn through the water from a vessel by hand
trolling, strip fishing, or other types of trolling, and which are
retrieved by hand power or hand-powered crank and not by any type of
electrical, hydraulic, mechanical, or other assisting device or
attachment; or dinglebar troll gear consisting of one or more lines,
retrieved and set with a troll gurdy or hand troll gurdy, with a
terminally attached weight from which one or more leaders with one or
more lures or baited hooks are pulled through the water while a vessel
is making way.
Trophy means a mount of a big game animal, including the skin of
the head (cape) or the entire skin, in a lifelike representation of the
animal, including a lifelike representation made from any part of a big
game animal; ``trophy'' also includes a ``European mount'' in which the
horns or antlers and the skull or a portion of the skull are mounted
for display.
Trout means the following species: Cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus
clarki) and rainbow/steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).
Unclassified wildlife or unclassified species means all species of
animals not otherwise classified by the definitions in this paragraph
(a), or regulated under other Federal law as listed in paragraph (i) of
this section.
Ungulate means any species of hoofed mammal, including deer,
caribou, elk, moose, mountain goat, Dall sheep, and musk ox.
Unit and Subunit means one of the geographical areas in the State
of Alaska known as Game Management Units, or GMUs, as defined in the
codified Alaska Department of Fish and Game regulations found in Title
5 of the Alaska Administrative Code and collectively listed in this
part as Units or Subunits.
Wildlife means any hare, ptarmigan, grouse, ungulate, bear,
furbearer, or unclassified species and includes any part, product, egg,
or offspring thereof, or carcass or part thereof.
(b) Taking fish, wildlife, or shellfish for subsistence uses by a
prohibited method is a violation of this part. Seasons are closed
unless opened by Federal regulation. Hunting, trapping, or fishing
during a closed season or in an area closed by this part is prohibited.
You may not take for subsistence fish, wildlife, or shellfish outside
established Unit or Area seasons, or in excess of the established Unit
or Area harvest limits, unless otherwise provided for by the Board. You
may take fish, wildlife, or shellfish under State regulations on public
lands, except as otherwise restricted at Sec. Sec. ----.26 through --
--.28. Unit/Area-specific restrictions or allowances for subsistence
taking of fish, wildlife, or shellfish are identified at Sec. Sec. --
--.26 through ----.28.
(c) Harvest limits.
(1) Harvest limits authorized by this section and harvest limits
established in State regulations may not be accumulated unless
specified otherwise in Sec. Sec. ----.26, ----.27. or ----.28.
(2) Fish, wildlife, or shellfish taken by a designated individual
for another person pursuant to Sec. ----.10(d)(5)(ii) counts toward
the individual harvest limit of the person for whom the fish, wildlife,
or shellfish is taken.
(3) A harvest limit may apply to the number of fish, wildlife, or
shellfish that can be taken daily, seasonally and/or during a
regulatory year or held in possession.
(4) Unless otherwise provided, any person who gives or receives
fish, wildlife, or shellfish must furnish, upon a request made by a
Federal or State agent, a signed statement describing the following:
Names and addresses of persons who gave and received fish, wildlife, or
shellfish; the time and place that the fish, wildlife, or shellfish was
taken; and identification of species transferred. Where a qualified
subsistence user has designated another qualified subsistence user to
take fish, wildlife, or shellfish on his or her behalf in accordance
with Sec. ----.10(d)(5)(ii), the permit must be furnished in place of
a signed statement.
(d) Fishing by designated harvest permit.
(1) Any species of fish that may be taken by subsistence fishing
under this part may be taken under a designated harvest permit.
(2) If you are a Federally qualified subsistence user, you
(beneficiary) may designate another Federally qualified subsistence
user to take fish on your behalf. The designated fisherman must obtain
a designated harvest permit prior to attempting to harvest fish and
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. If you are a Federally
qualified subsistence user (recipient), you may designate another
Federally qualified subsistence user to take deer, moose, and caribou,
and in Units 1-5, goats, on your behalf unless you are a member of a
community operating under a community harvest system or unless unit-
specific regulations in Sec. ----.26 preclude or modify the use of the
designated hunter system or allow the harvest of additional species by
a designated hunter. The designated hunter must obtain a designated
hunter permit and must return a completed harvest report. The
designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but may have no
more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any one time
except for goats, where designated hunters may have no more than one
harvest limit in possession at any one time, and unless otherwise
specified in unit-specific regulations in Sec. ----.26.
(f) A rural Alaska resident who has been designated to take fish,
wildlife, or shellfish on behalf of another rural Alaska resident in
accordance with Sec. ----.10(d)(5)(ii) must promptly deliver the fish,
wildlife, or shellfish to that rural Alaska resident and may not charge
the recipient for his/her services in taking the fish, wildlife, or
shellfish or claim for themselves the meat or any part of the harvested
fish, wildlife, or shellfish.
(g) Cultural/educational program permits.
(1) 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 Federal
Subsistence Board through the Office of Subsistence Management and
should be submitted 60 days prior to the earliest desired date of
harvest. Harvest must be reported, and any animals harvested will count
against any established Federal harvest quota for the area in which it
is harvested.
(2) Requests for followup permits must be submitted to the in-
season or local manager and should be submitted
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60 days prior to the earliest desired date of harvest.
(h) Permits. If a subsistence fishing or hunting permit is required
by this part, the following permit conditions apply unless otherwise
specified in this section:
(1) You may not take more fish, wildlife, or shellfish for
subsistence use than the limits set out in the permit;
(2) You must obtain the permit prior to fishing or hunting;
(3) You must have the permit in your possession and readily
available for inspection while fishing, hunting, or transporting
subsistence-taken fish, wildlife, or shellfish;
(4) If specified on the permit, you must keep accurate daily
records of the harvest, showing the number of fish, wildlife, or
shellfish taken, by species, location, and date of harvest, and other
such information as may be required for management or conservation
purposes; and
(5) If the return of harvest information necessary for management
and conservation purposes is required by a permit and you fail to
comply with such reporting requirements, you are ineligible to receive
a subsistence permit for that activity during the following regulatory
year, unless you demonstrate that failure to report was due to loss in
the mail, accident, sickness, or other unavoidable circumstances.
(i) You may not possess, transport, give, receive, or barter fish,
wildlife, or shellfish that was taken in violation of Federal or State
statutes or a regulation promulgated hereunder.
(j) Utilization of fish, wildlife, or shellfish.
(1) You may not use wildlife as food for a dog or furbearer, or as
bait, except as allowed for in Sec. ----.26, Sec. ----.27, or Sec.
----.28, or except for the following:
(i) The hide, skin, viscera, head, or bones of wildlife;
(ii) The skinned carcass of a furbearer;
(iii) Squirrels, hares (rabbits), grouse, or ptarmigan; however,
you may not use the breast meat of grouse and ptarmigan as animal food
or bait;
(iv) Unclassified wildlife.
(2) If you take wildlife for subsistence, you must salvage the
following parts for human use:
(i) The hide of a wolf, wolverine, coyote, fox, lynx, marten, mink,
weasel, or otter;
(ii) The hide and edible meat of a brown bear, except that the hide
of brown bears taken in Units 5, 9B, 17, 18, portions of 19A and 19B,
21D, 22, 23, 24, and 26A need not be salvaged;
(iii) The hide and edible meat of a black bear;
(iv) The hide or meat of squirrels, hares, marmots, beaver,
muskrats, or unclassified wildlife.
(3) You must salvage the edible meat of ungulates, bear, grouse,
and ptarmigan.
(4) You may not intentionally waste or destroy any subsistence-
caught fish or shellfish; however, you may use for bait or other
purposes whitefish, herring, and species for which bag limits, seasons,
or other regulatory methods and means are not provided in this section,
as well as the head, tail, fins, and viscera of legally taken
subsistence fish.
(5) Failure to salvage the edible meat may not be a violation if
such failure is caused by circumstances beyond the control of a person,
including theft of the harvested fish, wildlife, or shellfish,
unanticipated weather conditions, or unavoidable loss to another
animal.
(6) If you are a Federally qualified subsistence user, you may sell
handicraft articles made from the skin, hide, pelt, or fur, including
claws, of a black bear.
(i) In Units 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, you may sell handicraft articles
made from the skin, hide, pelt, fur, claws, bones, teeth, sinew, or
skulls of a black bear taken from Units 1, 2, 3, or 5.
(ii) [Reserved].
(7) If you are a Federally qualified subsistence user, you may sell
handicraft articles made from the skin, hide, pelt, or fur, including
claws, of a brown bear taken from Units 1-5, 9A-C, 9E, 12, 17, 20, 22,
23, 24B (only that portion within Gates of the Arctic National Park),
25, or 26.
(i) In Units 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, you may sell handicraft articles
made from the skin, hide, pelt, fur, claws, bones, teeth, sinew, or
skulls of a brown bear taken from Units 1, 4, or 5.
(ii) Prior to selling a handicraft incorporating a brown bear
claw(s), the hide or claw(s) not attached to a hide must be sealed by
an authorized Alaska Department of Fish and Game representative. Old
claws may be sealed if an affidavit is signed indicating that the claws
came from a brown bear harvested on Federal public lands by a Federally
qualified user. A copy of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game
sealing certificate must accompany the handicraft when sold.
(8) If you are a Federally qualified subsistence user, you may sell
the raw fur or tanned pelt with or without claws attached from legally
harvested furbearers.
(9) If you are a Federally qualified subsistence user, you may sell
handicraft articles made from the nonedible byproducts (including, but
not limited to, skin, shell, fins, and bones) of subsistence-harvested
fish or shellfish.
(10) If you are a Federally qualified subsistence user, you may
sell handicraft articles made from nonedible byproducts of wildlife
harvested for subsistence uses (excluding bear), to include: Skin,
hide, pelt, fur, claws, bones (except skulls of moose, caribou, elk,
deer, sheep, goat, and musk ox), teeth, sinew, antlers and/or horns (if
not attached to any part of the skull or made to represent a big game
trophy) and hooves.
(11) The sale of handicrafts made from the nonedible byproducts of
wildlife, when authorized in this part, may not constitute a
significant commercial enterprise.
(12) You may sell the horns and antlers not attached to any part of
the skull from legally harvested caribou (except caribou harvested in
Unit 23), deer, elk, goat, moose, musk ox, and sheep.
(13) You may sell the raw/untanned and tanned hide or cape from a
legally harvested caribou, deer, elk, goat, moose, musk ox, and sheep.
(k) The regulations found in this part do not apply to the
subsistence taking and use of fish, wildlife, or shellfish regulated
pursuant to the Fur Seal Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 1091, 16 U.S.C. 1187);
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 884, 16 U.S.C. 1531-1543);
the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (86 Stat. 1027; 16 U.S.C.
1361-1407); and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (40 Stat. 755; 16 U.S.C.
703-711), or to any amendments to these Acts. The taking and use of
fish, wildlife, or shellfish, covered by these Acts will conform to the
specific provisions contained in these Acts, as amended, and any
implementing regulations.
(l) Rural residents, nonrural residents, and nonresidents not
specifically prohibited by Federal regulations from fishing, hunting,
or trapping on public lands in an area may fish, hunt, or trap on
public lands in accordance with the appropriate State regulations.
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4. In subpart D of 36 CFR part 242 and 50 CFR part 100, Sec. ----.26
is revised to read as follows:
Sec. ----.26 Subsistence taking of wildlife.
(a) You may take wildlife for subsistence uses by any method,
except as prohibited in this section or by other Federal statute.
Taking wildlife for subsistence uses by a prohibited method is a
violation of this part. Seasons are closed unless opened by Federal
regulation. Hunting or trapping during a closed season or in an area
closed by this part is prohibited.
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(b) Except for special provisions found at paragraphs (n)(1)
through (26) of this section, the following methods and means of taking
wildlife for subsistence uses are prohibited:
(1) Shooting from, on, or across a highway.
(2) Using any poison.
(3) Using a helicopter in any manner, including transportation of
individuals, equipment, or wildlife; however, this prohibition does not
apply to transportation of an individual, gear, or wildlife during an
emergency rescue operation in a life-threatening situation.
(4) Taking wildlife from a motorized land or air vehicle when that
vehicle is in motion, or from a motor-driven boat when the boat's
progress from the motor's power has not ceased.
(5) Using a motorized vehicle to drive, herd, or molest wildlife.
(6) Using or being aided by use of a machine gun, set gun, or a
shotgun larger than 10 gauge.
(7) Using a firearm other than a shotgun, muzzle-loaded rifle,
rifle, or pistol using center-firing cartridges for the taking of
ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine, except that--
(i) An individual in possession of a valid trapping license may use
a firearm that shoots rimfire cartridges to take wolves and wolverine;
and
(ii) Only a muzzle-loading rifle of .54-caliber or larger, or a
.45-caliber muzzle-loading rifle with a 250-grain, or larger, elongated
slug may be used to take brown bear, black bear, elk, moose, musk ox,
and mountain goat.
(8) Using or being aided by use of a pit, fire, artificial light,
radio communication, artificial salt lick, explosive, barbed arrow,
bomb, smoke, chemical, conventional steel trap with a jaw spread over 9
inches, or conibear style trap with a jaw spread over 11 inches.
(9) Using a snare, except that an individual in possession of a
valid hunting license may use nets and snares to take unclassified
wildlife, ptarmigan, grouse, or hares; and individuals in possession of
a valid trapping license may use snares to take furbearers.
(10) Using a trap to take ungulates or bear.
(11) Using hooks to physically snag, impale, or otherwise take
wildlife; however, hooks may be used as a trap drag.
(12) Using a crossbow to take ungulates, bear, wolf, or wolverine
in any area restricted to hunting by bow and arrow only.
(13) Taking of ungulates, bear, wolf, or wolverine with a bow,
unless the bow is capable of casting an inch-wide broadhead-tipped
arrow at least 175 yards horizontally, and the arrow and broadhead
together weigh at least 1 ounce (437.5 grains).
(14) Using bait for taking ungulates, bear, wolf, or wolverine;
except you may use bait to take wolves and wolverine with a trapping
license, and you may use bait to take black bears with a hunting
license as authorized in Unit-specific regulations at paragraphs (n)(1)
through (26) of this section. Baiting of black bears is subject to the
following restrictions:
(i) Before establishing a black bear bait station, you must
register the site with ADF&G;
(ii) When using bait, you must clearly mark the site with a sign
reading ``black bear bait station'' that also displays your hunting
license number and ADF&G-assigned number;
(iii) You may use only biodegradable materials for bait; you may
use only the head, bones, viscera, or skin of legally harvested fish
and wildlife for bait;
(iv) You may not use bait within \1/4\ mile of a publicly
maintained road or trail;
(v) You may not use bait within 1 mile of a house or other
permanent dwelling, or within 1 mile of a developed campground or
developed recreational facility;
(vi) When using bait, you must remove litter and equipment from the
bait station site when done hunting;
(vii) You may not give or receive payment for the use of a bait
station, including barter or exchange of goods; and
(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
5\7/8\ inches during any closed mink and marten season in the same
Unit;
(5) Using a net or fish trap (except a blackfish or fyke trap); and
(6) Taking or assisting in the taking of furbearers by firearm
before 3:00 a.m. on the day following the day on which airborne travel
occurred; however, this does not apply to a trapper using a firearm to
dispatch furbearers caught in a trap or snare.
(e) Possession and transportation of wildlife.
(1) Except as specified in paragraphs (e)(2) or (f)(1) of this
section, or as otherwise provided, you may not take a species of
wildlife in any unit, or portion of a unit, if your total take of that
species already obtained anywhere in the State under Federal and State
regulations equals or exceeds the harvest limit in that unit.
(2) An animal taken under Federal or State regulations by any
member of a community with an established community harvest limit for
that species counts toward the community harvest limit for that
species. Except for wildlife taken pursuant to Sec. ----.10(d)(5)(iii)
or as otherwise provided for by this part, an animal taken as part of a
community harvest limit counts toward every community member's harvest
limit for that species taken under Federal or State of Alaska
regulations.
(f) Harvest limits.
(1) The harvest limit specified for a trapping season for a species
and the harvest limit set for a hunting season for the same species are
separate and distinct. This means that if you have taken a harvest
limit for a particular species under a trapping season, you may take
additional animals under the harvest limit specified for a hunting
season or vice versa.
(2) A brown/grizzly bear taken in a Unit or portion of a Unit
having a harvest limit of ``one brown/grizzly bear per year'' counts
against a ``one brown/grizzly bear every four regulatory years''
harvest limit in other Units. You may not take more than one brown/
grizzly bear in a regulatory year.
(g) Evidence of sex and identity.
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(1) If subsistence take of Dall sheep is restricted to a ram, you
may not possess or transport a harvested sheep unless both horns
accompany the animal.
(2) If the subsistence taking of an ungulate, except sheep, is
restricted to one sex in the local area, you may not possess or
transport the carcass of an animal taken in that area unless sufficient
portions of the external sex organs remain attached to indicate
conclusively the sex of the animal, except that in Units 1-5 antlers
are also considered proof of sex for deer if the antlers are naturally
attached to an entire carcass, with or without the viscera; and except
in Units 11, 13, 19, 21, and 24, where you may possess either
sufficient portions of the external sex organs (still attached to a
portion of the carcass) or the head (with or without antlers attached;
however, the antler stumps must remain attached) to indicate the sex of
the harvested moose; however, this paragraph (g)(2) does not apply to
the carcass of an ungulate that has been butchered and placed in
storage or otherwise prepared for consumption upon arrival at the
location where it is to be consumed.
(3) If a moose harvest limit requires an antlered bull, an antler
size, or configuration restriction, you may not possess or transport
the moose carcass or its parts unless both antlers accompany the
carcass or its parts. If you possess a set of antlers with less than
the required number of brow tines on one antler, you must leave the
antlers naturally attached to the unbroken, uncut skull plate; however,
this paragraph (g)(3) does not apply to a moose carcass or its parts
that have been butchered and placed in storage or otherwise prepared
for consumption after arrival at the place where it is to be stored or
consumed.
(h) Removing harvest from the field. You must leave all edible meat
on the bones of the front quarters and hind quarters of caribou and
moose harvested in Units 9, 17, 18, and 19B prior to October 1 until
you remove the meat from the field or process it for human consumption.
You must leave all edible meat on the bones of the front quarters, hind
quarters, and ribs of moose harvested in Unit 21 prior to October 1
until you remove the meat from the field or process it for human
consumption. You must leave all edible meat on the bones of the front
quarters, hind quarters, and ribs of caribou and moose harvested in
Unit 24 prior to October 1 until you remove the meat from the field or
process it for human consumption. Meat of the front quarters, hind
quarters, or ribs from a harvested moose or caribou may be processed
for human consumption and consumed in the field; however, meat may not
be removed from the bones for purposes of transport out of the field.
You must leave all edible meat on the bones of the front quarters, hind
quarters, and ribs of caribou and moose harvested in Unit 25 until you
remove the meat from the field or process it for human consumption.
(i) Returning of tags, marks, or collars. If you take an animal
that has been marked or tagged for scientific studies, you must, within
a reasonable time, notify the ADF&G or the agency identified on the
collar or marker when and where the animal was taken. You also must
retain any ear tag, collar, radio, tattoo, or other identification with
the hide until it is sealed, if sealing is required; in all cases, you
must return any identification equipment to the ADF&G or to an agency
identified on such equipment.
(j) Sealing of bear skins and skulls.
(1) Sealing requirements for bear apply to brown bears taken in all
Units, except as specified in this paragraph, and black bears of all
color phases taken in Units 1-7, 11-17, and 20.
(2) You may not possess or transport from Alaska the untanned skin
or skull of a bear unless the skin and skull have been sealed by an
authorized representative of ADF&G in accordance with State or Federal
regulations, except that the skin and skull of a brown bear taken under
a registration permit in Units 5, 9B, 9E, 17, 18, 19A and 19B
downstream of and including the Aniak River drainage, 21D, 22, 23, 24,
and 26A need not be sealed unless removed from the area.
(3) You must keep a bear skin and skull together until a
representative of the ADF&G has removed a rudimentary premolar tooth
from the skull and sealed both the skull and the skin; however, this
provision does not apply to brown bears taken within Units 5, 9B, 9E,
17, 18, 19A and 19B downstream of and including the Aniak River
drainage, 21D, 22, 23, 24, and 26A and which are not removed from the
Unit.
(i) In areas where sealing is required by Federal regulations, you
may not possess or transport the hide of a bear that does not have the
penis sheath or vaginal orifice naturally attached to indicate
conclusively the sex of the bear.
(ii) If the skin or skull of a bear taken in Units 9B, 17, 18, and
19A and 19B downstream of and including the Aniak River drainage is
removed from the area, you must first have it sealed by an ADF&G
representative in Bethel, Dillingham, or McGrath; at the time of
sealing, the ADF&G representative must remove and retain the skin of
the skull and front claws of the bear.
(iii) If you remove the skin or skull of a bear taken in Units 21D,
22, 23, 24, and 26A from the area or present it for commercial tanning
within the area, you must first have it sealed by an ADF&G
representative in Barrow, Galena, Nome, or Kotzebue; at the time of
sealing, the ADF&G representative must remove and retain the skin of
the skull and front claws of the bear.
(iv) If you remove the skin or skull of a bear taken in Unit 5 from
the area, you must first have it sealed by an ADF&G representative in
Yakutat.
(v) If you remove the skin or skull of a bear taken in Unit 9E from
Unit 9, you must first have it sealed by an authorized sealing
representative. At the time of sealing, the representative must remove
and retain the skin of the skull and front claws of the bear.
(4) You may not falsify any information required on the sealing
certificate or temporary sealing form provided by the ADF&G in
accordance with State regulations.
(k) Sealing of beaver, lynx, marten, otter, wolf, and wolverine.
You may not possess or transport from Alaska the untanned skin of a
marten taken in Units 1-5, 7, 13E, or 14-16 or the untanned skin of a
beaver, lynx, otter, wolf, or wolverine, whether taken inside or
outside the State, unless the skin has been sealed by an authorized
representative in accordance with State or Federal regulations.
(1) In Unit 18, you must obtain an ADF&G seal for beaver skins only
if they are to be sold or commercially tanned.
(2) In Unit 2, you must seal any wolf taken on or before the 14th
day after the date of taking.
(l) If you take a species listed in paragraph (k) of this section
but are unable to present the skin in person, you must complete and
sign a temporary sealing form and ensure that the completed temporary
sealing form and skin are presented to an authorized representative of
ADF&G for sealing consistent with requirements listed in paragraph (k)
of this section.
(m) You may take wildlife, outside of established season or harvest
limits, for food in traditional religious ceremonies, which are part of
a funerary or mortuary cycle, including memorial potlatches, under the
following provisions:
(1) The harvest does not violate recognized principles of wildlife
conservation and uses the methods and means allowable for the
particular species published in the applicable Federal regulations. The
appropriate Federal land manager will establish the number, species,
sex, or location of
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harvest, if necessary, for conservation purposes. Other regulations
relating to ceremonial harvest may be found in the unit-specific
regulations in paragraph (n) of this section.
(2) No permit or harvest ticket is required for harvesting under
this section; however, the harvester must be a Federally qualified
subsistence user with customary and traditional use in the area where
the harvesting will occur.
(3) In Units 1-26 (except for Koyukon/Gwich'in potlatch ceremonies
in Units 20F, 21, 24, or 25):
(i) A tribal chief, village or tribal council president, or the
chief's or president's designee for the village in which the religious/
cultural ceremony will be held, or a Federally qualified subsistence
user outside of a village or tribal-organized ceremony, must notify the
nearest Federal land manager that a wildlife harvest will take place.
The notification must include the species, harvest location, and number
of animals expected to be taken.
(ii) Immediately after the wildlife is taken, the tribal chief,
village or tribal council president or designee, or other Federally
qualified subsistence user must create a list of the successful hunters
and maintain these records, including the name of the decedent for whom
the ceremony will be held. If requested, this information must be
available to an authorized representative of the Federal land manager.
(iii) The tribal chief, village or tribal council president or
designee, or other Federally qualified subsistence user outside of the
village in which the religious/cultural ceremony will be held must
report to the Federal land manager the harvest location, species, sex,
and number of animals taken as soon as practicable, but not more than
15 days after the wildlife is taken.
(4) In Units 20F, 21, 24, and 25 (for Koyukon/Gwich'in potlatch
ceremonies only):
(i) Taking wildlife outside of established season and harvest
limits is authorized if it is for food for the traditional Koyukon/
Gwich'in Potlatch Funerary or Mortuary ceremony and if it is consistent
with conservation of healthy populations.
(ii) Immediately after the wildlife is taken, the tribal chief,
village or tribal council president, or the chief's or president's
designee for the village in which the religious ceremony will be held
must create a list of the successful hunters and maintain these
records. The list must be made available, after the harvest is
completed, to a Federal land manager upon request.
(iii) As soon as practical, but not more than 15 days after the
harvest, the tribal chief, village council president, or designee must
notify the Federal land manager about the harvest location, species,
sex, and number of animals taken.
(n) Unit regulations. You may take for subsistence unclassified
wildlife, all squirrel species, and marmots in all Units, without
harvest limits, for the period of July 1-June 30. Unit-specific
restrictions or allowances for subsistence taking of wildlife are
identified at paragraphs (n)(1) through (26) of this section.
(1) Unit 1. Unit 1 consists of all mainland drainages from Dixon
Entrance to Cape Fairweather, and those islands east of the center line
of Clarence Strait from Dixon Entrance to Caamano Point, and all
islands in Stephens Passage and Lynn Canal north of Taku Inlet:
(i) Unit 1A consists of all drainages south of the latitude of
Lemesurier Point including all drainages into Behm Canal, excluding all
drainages of Ernest Sound.
(ii) Unit 1B consists of all drainages between the latitude of
Lemesurier Point and the latitude of Cape Fanshaw including all
drainages of Ernest Sound and Farragut Bay, and including the islands
east of the center lines of Frederick Sound, Dry Strait (between
Sergief and Kadin Islands), Eastern Passage, Blake Channel (excluding
Blake Island), Ernest Sound, and Seward Passage.
(iii) Unit 1C consists of that portion of Unit 1 draining into
Stephens Passage and Lynn Canal north of Cape Fanshaw and south of the
latitude of Eldred Rock including Berners Bay, Sullivan Island, and all
mainland portions north of Chichagof Island and south of the latitude
of Eldred Rock, excluding drainages into Farragut Bay.
(iv) Unit 1D consists of that portion of Unit 1 north of the
latitude of Eldred Rock, excluding Sullivan Island and the drainages of
Berners Bay.
(v) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) Public lands within Glacier Bay National Park are closed to all
taking of wildlife for subsistence uses;
(B) Unit 1A--in the Hyder area, the Salmon River drainage
downstream from the Riverside Mine, excluding the Thumb Creek drainage,
is closed to the taking of bear;
(C) Unit 1B--the Anan Creek drainage within 1 mile of Anan Creek
downstream from the mouth of Anan Lake, including the area within a 1-
mile radius from the mouth of Anan Creek Lagoon, is closed to the
taking of bear;
(D) Unit 1C:
(1) You may not hunt within one-fourth mile of Mendenhall Lake, the
U.S. Forest Service Mendenhall Glacier Visitor's Center, and the
Center's parking area;
(2) You may not take mountain goat in the area of Mt. Bullard
bounded by the Mendenhall Glacier, Nugget Creek from its mouth to its
confluence with Goat Creek, and a line from the mouth of Goat Creek
north to the Mendenhall Glacier.
(vi) You may not trap furbearers for subsistence uses in Unit 1C,
Juneau area, on the following public lands:
(A) A strip within one-quarter mile of the mainland coast between
the end of Thane Road and the end of Glacier Highway at Echo Cove;
(B) That area of the Mendenhall Valley bounded on the south by the
Glacier Highway, on the west by the Mendenhall Loop Road and Montana
Creek Road and Spur Road to Mendenhall Lake, on the north by Mendenhall
Lake, and on the east by the Mendenhall Loop Road and Forest Service
Glacier Spur Road to the Forest Service Visitor Center;
(C) That area within the U.S. Forest Service Mendenhall Glacier
Recreation Area;
(D) A strip within one-quarter mile of the following trails as
designated on U.S. Geological Survey maps: Herbert Glacier Trail,
Windfall Lake Trail, Peterson Lake Trail, Spaulding Meadows Trail
(including the loop trail), Nugget Creek Trail, Outer Point Trail, Dan
Moller Trail, Perseverance Trail, Granite Creek Trail, Mt. Roberts
Trail and Nelson Water Supply Trail, Sheep Creek Trail, and Point
Bishop Trail.
(vii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may hunt black bear with bait in Units 1A, 1B, and 1D
between April 15 and June 15.
(B) You may not shoot ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine from a
boat, unless you are certified as disabled.
(C) Coyotes taken incidentally with a trap or snare during an open
Federal trapping season for wolf, wolverine, or beaver may be legally
retained.
(D) Trappers are prohibited from using a trap or snare unless the
trap or snare has been individually marked with a permanent metal tag
upon which is stamped or permanently etched the trapper's name and
address, or the trapper's permanent identification number, or is set
within 50 yards of a sign that lists the trapper's name and address, or
the trapper's permanent identification number. The trapper must
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use the trapper's Alaska driver's license number or State
identification card number as the required permanent identification
number. If a trapper chooses to place a sign at a snaring site rather
than tagging individual snares, the sign must be at least 3 inches by 5
inches in size, be clearly visible, and have numbers and letters that
are at least one-half inch high and one-eighth inch wide in a color
that contrasts with the color of the sign.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
2 bears, no more than one may Sept. 1-June 30.
be a blue or glacier bear.
Brown Bear:
1 bear every four regulatory Sept. 15-Dec. 31.
years by State registration Mar. 15-May 31.
permit only.
Deer:
Unit 1A--4 antlered deer..... Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
Unit 1B--2 antlered deer..... Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
Unit 1C--4 deer; however, Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
female deer may be taken
only from Sept. 15-Dec. 31.
Goat:
Unit 1A--Revillagigedo Island No open season.
only.
Unit 1B--that portion north Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
of LeConte Bay--1 goat by
State registration permit
only; the taking of kids or
nannies accompanied by kids
is prohibited.
Unit 1A and Unit 1B--that No open season.
portion on the Cleveland
Peninsula south of the
divide between Yes Bay and
Santa Anna Inlet.
Unit 1A and Unit 1B-- Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
remainder--2 goats; a State
registration permit will be
required for the taking of
the first goat and a Federal
registration permit for the
taking of a second goat. The
taking of kids or nannies
accompanied by kids is
prohibited.
Unit 1C--that portion Oct. 1-Nov. 30.
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.
Unit 1C--that portion No open season.
draining into Stephens
Passage and Taku Inlet
between Eagle Glacier and
River and Taku Glacier.
Unit 1C--remainder--1 goat by Aug. 1-Nov. 30.
State registration permit
only.
Unit 1D--that portion lying Sept. 15-Nov. 30.
north of the Katzehin River
and northeast of the Haines
highway--1 goat by State
registration permit only.
Unit 1D--that portion lying No open season.
between Taiya Inlet and
River and the White Pass and
Yukon Railroad.
Unit 1D--remainder--1 goat by Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
State registration permit
only.
Moose:
Unit 1A--1 antlered bull by Sept. 5-Oct. 15.
Federal registration permit.
Unit 1B--1 antlered bull with Sept. 15-Oct. 15.
spike-fork or 50-inch
antlers or 3 or more brow
tines on one side, or
antlers with 2 brow tines on
both sides, by State
registration permit only.
Unit 1C--that portion south Sept. 15-Oct. 15.
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 one
side, or antlers with 2 brow
tines on both sides, by
State registration permit
only.
Unit 1C--remainder, excluding Sept. 15-Oct. 15.
drainages of Berners Bay--1
antlered bull by State
registration permit only.
Unit 1C, Berners Bay......... No open season.
Unit 1D...................... No open season.
Coyote:
2 coyotes.................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black,
and 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--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.
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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-Mar. 1.
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(2) Unit 2. Unit 2 consists of Prince of Wales Island and all
islands west of the center lines of Clarence Strait and Kashevarof
Passage, south and east of the center lines of Sumner Strait, and east
of the longitude of the westernmost point on Warren Island.
(i) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
15.
(B) You may not shoot ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine from a
boat, unless you are certified as disabled.
(C) Coyotes taken incidentally with a trap or snare during an open
Federal trapping season for wolf, wolverine, or beaver may be legally
retained.
(D) Trappers are prohibited from using a trap or snare unless the
trap or snare has been individually marked with a permanent metal tag
upon which is stamped or permanently etched the trapper's name and
address, or the trapper's permanent identification number, or is set
within 50 yards of a sign that lists the trapper's name and address, or
the trapper's permanent identification number. The trapper must use the
trapper's Alaska driver's license number or State identification card
number as the required permanent identification number. If a trapper
chooses to place a sign at a snaring site rather than tagging
individual snares, the sign must be at least 3 inches by 5 inches in
size, be clearly visible, and have numbers and letters that are at
least one-half inch high and one-eighth inch wide in a color that
contrasts with the color of the sign.
(ii) [Reserved].
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
2 bears, no more than one may Sept. 1-June 30.
be a blue or glacier bear.
Deer:
5 deer; however, no more than July 24-Dec. 31.
one may be a female deer.
Female deer may be taken
only during the period Oct.
15-Dec. 31. The harvest
limit may be reduced to 4
deer based on conservation
concerns.
The Federal public lands on
Prince of Wales Island,
excluding the southeastern
portion (lands south of the
West Arm of Cholmondeley
Sound draining into
Cholmondeley Sound or
draining eastward into
Clarence Strait), are closed
to hunting of deer from Aug.
1 to Aug. 15, except by
Federally qualified
subsistence users hunting
under these regulations.
Coyote:
2 coyotes.................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black,
and 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. Federal hunting and Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
trapping season may be
closed when the combined
Federal-State harvest quota
is reached. Any wolf taken
in Unit 2 must be sealed
within 14 days of harvest.
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.
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Wolf:
No limit. Federal hunting and Nov. 15-Mar. 31.
trapping season may be
closed when the combined
Federal-State harvest quota
is reached. Any wolf taken
in Unit 2 must be sealed
within 14 days of harvest.
Wolverine:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 1.
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(3) Unit 3.
(i) Unit 3 consists of all islands west of Unit 1B, north of Unit
2, south of the center line of Frederick Sound, and east of the center
line of Chatham Strait including Coronation, Kuiu, Kupreanof, Mitkof,
Zarembo, Kashevaroff, Woronkofski, Etolin, Wrangell, and Deer Islands.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) In the Petersburg vicinity, you may not take ungulates, bear,
wolves, and wolverine along a strip one-fourth mile wide on each side
of the Mitkof Highway from Milepost 0 to Crystal Lake campground;
(B) You may not take black bears in the Petersburg Creek drainage
on Kupreanof Island;
(C) You may not hunt in the Blind Slough draining into Wrangell
Narrows and a strip one-fourth mile wide on each side of Blind Slough,
from the hunting closure markers at the southernmost portion of Blind
Island to the hunting closure markers 1 mile south of the Blind Slough
bridge.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
15.
(B) You may not shoot ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine from a
boat, unless you are certified as disabled.
(C) Coyotes taken incidentally with a trap or snare during an open
Federal trapping season for wolf, wolverine, or beaver may be legally
retained.
(D) Trappers are prohibited from using a trap or snare unless the
trap or snare has been individually marked with a permanent metal tag
upon which is stamped or permanently etched the trapper's name and
address, or the trapper's permanent identification number, or is set
within 50 yards of a sign that lists the trapper's name and address, or
the trapper's permanent identification number. The trapper must use the
trapper's Alaska driver's license number or State identification card
number as the required permanent identification number. If a trapper
chooses to place a sign at a snaring site rather than tagging
individual snares, the sign must be at least 3 inches by 5 inches in
size, be clearly visible, and have numbers and letters that are at
least one-half inch high and one-eighth inch wide in a color that
contrasts with the color of the sign.
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Harvest limits Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hunting
Black Bear:
2 bears, no more than one may Sept. 1-June 30.
be a blue or glacier bear.
Deer:
Unit 3--Mitkof, Woewodski, Oct. 15-31.
and Butterworth Islands--1
antlered deer.
Unit 3--remainder--2 antlered Aug. 1-Nov. 30.
deer. Dec. 1-31, season to be announced.
Moose:
1 antlered bull with spike- Sept. 15-Oct. 15.
fork or 50-inch antlers or 3
or more brow tines on either
antler, or antlers with 2
brow tines on both sides by
State registration permit
only.
Coyote:
2 coyotes.................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black,
and Silver Phases):
2 foxes...................... Nov. 1-Feb. 15.
Hare (Snowshoe):
5 hares per day.............. Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Lynx:
2 lynx....................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Wolf:
5 wolves..................... Aug. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
1 wolverine.................. Nov. 10-Feb. 15.
Grouse (Spruce, 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 Dec. 1-Apr. 15.
limit.
Unit 3--except Mitkof Island-- Dec. 1-May 15.
No limit.
Coyote:
No limit..................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black,
and Silver Phases):
No limit..................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Lynx:
No limit..................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Marten:
Unit 3--except Kuiu Island-- Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
No limit.
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Unit 3--Kuiu Island.......... No open season (season to reopen to
Federally qualified users on July 1,
2012).
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-Mar. 1.
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(4) Unit 4.
(i) Unit 4 consists of all islands south and west of Unit 1C and
north of Unit 3 including Admiralty, Baranof, Chichagof, Yakobi, Inian,
Lemesurier, and Pleasant Islands.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) You may not take brown bears in the Seymour Canal Closed Area
(Admiralty Island) including all drainages into northwestern Seymour
Canal between Staunch Point and the southernmost tip of the unnamed
peninsula separating Swan Cove and King Salmon Bay including Swan and
Windfall Islands;
(B) You may not take brown bears in the Salt Lake Closed Area
(Admiralty Island) including all lands within one-fourth mile of Salt
Lake above Klutchman Rock at the head of Mitchell Bay;
(C) You may not take brown bears in the Port Althorp Closed Area
(Chichagof Island), that area within the Port Althorp watershed south
of a line from Point Lucan to Salt Chuck Point (Trap Rock);
(D) You may not use any motorized land vehicle for brown bear
hunting in the Northeast Chichagof Controlled Use Area (NECCUA)
consisting of all portions of Unit 4 on Chichagof Island north of
Tenakee Inlet and east of the drainage divide from the northwestern
point of Gull Cove to Port Frederick Portage, including all drainages
into Port Frederick and Mud Bay.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may shoot ungulates from a boat. You may not shoot bear,
wolves, or wolverine from a boat, unless you are certified as disabled.
(B) Five Federal registration permits will be issued by the Sitka
or Hoonah District Ranger for the taking of brown bear for educational
purposes associated with teaching customary and traditional subsistence
harvest and use practices. Any bear taken under an educational permit
does not count in an individual's one bear every four regulatory years
limit.
(C) Coyotes taken incidentally with a trap or snare during an open
Federal trapping season for wolf, wolverine, or beaver may be legally
retained.
(D) Trappers are prohibited from using a trap or snare unless the
trap or snare has been individually marked with a permanent metal tag
upon which is stamped or permanently etched the trapper's name and
address, or the trapper's permanent identification number, or is set
within 50 yards of a sign that lists the trapper's name and address, or
the trapper's permanent identification number. The trapper must use the
trapper's Alaska driver's license number or State identification card
number as the required permanent identification number. If a trapper
chooses to place a sign at a snaring site rather than tagging
individual snares, the sign must be at least 3 inches by 5 inches in
size, be clearly visible, and have numbers and letters that are at
least one-half inch high and one-eighth inch wide in a color that
contrasts with the color of the sign.
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Harvest limits Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hunting
Brown Bear:
Unit 4--Chichagof Island Sept. 15-Dec. 31.
south and west of a line Mar. 15-May 31.
that follows the crest of
the island from Rock Point
(58[deg] N. lat.,
136[deg]21' W. long.) to
Rodgers Point (57[deg]35' N.
lat., 135[deg]33' W. long.)
including Yakobi and other
adjacent islands; Baranof
Island south and west of a
line which follows the crest
of the island from Nismeni
Point (57[deg]34' N. lat.,
135[deg]25' W. long.) to the
entrance of Gut Bay
(56[deg]44' N. lat.
134[deg]38' W. long.)
including the drainages into
Gut Bay and including Kruzof
and other adjacent islands--
1 bear every four regulatory
years by State registration
permit only.
Unit 4--remainder--1 bear Sept. 15-Dec. 31.
every 4 regulatory years by Mar. 15-May 20.
State registration permit
only.
Deer:
6 deer; however, female deer Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
may be taken only from Sept.
15-Jan. 31.
Goat:
1 goat by State registration Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
permit only.
Coyote:
2 coyotes.................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black,
and 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:
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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--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-Mar. 1.
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(5) Unit 5.
(i) Unit 5 consists of all Gulf of Alaska drainages and islands
between Cape Fairweather and the center line of Icy Bay, including the
Guyot Hills:
(A) Unit 5A consists of all drainages east of Yakutat Bay,
Disenchantment Bay, and the eastern edge of Hubbard Glacier, and
includes the islands of Yakutat and Disenchantment Bays;
(B) Unit 5B consists of the remainder of Unit 5.
(ii) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses on public lands
within Glacier Bay National Park.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
15.
(B) You may not shoot ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine from a
boat, unless you are certified as disabled.
(C) You may hunt brown bear in Unit 5 with a Federal registration
permit in lieu of a State metal locking tag if you have obtained a
Federal registration permit prior to hunting.
(D) Coyotes taken incidentally with a trap or snare during an open
Federal trapping season for wolf, wolverine, or beaver may be legally
retained.
(E) Trappers are prohibited from using a trap or snare unless the
trap or snare has been individually marked with a permanent metal tag
upon which is stamped or permanently etched the trapper's name and
address, or the trapper's permanent identification number, or is set
within 50 yards of a sign that lists the trapper's name and address, or
the trapper's permanent identification number. The trapper must use the
trapper's Alaska driver's license number or State identification card
number as the required permanent identification number. If a trapper
chooses to place a sign at a snaring site rather than tagging
individual snares, the sign must be at least 3 inches by 5 inches in
size, be clearly visible, and have numbers and letters that are at
least one-half inch high and one-eighth inch wide in a color that
contrasts with the color of the sign.
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Harvest limits Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hunting
Black Bear:
2 bears, no more than one may Sept. 1-June 30.
be a blue or glacier bear.
Brown Bear:
1 bear by Federal Sept. 1-May 31.
registration permit only.
Deer:
Unit 5A-1 buck............... Nov. 1-Nov. 30.
Unit 5B...................... No open season.
Goat:
Unit 5A --that area between No open season.
the Hubbard Glacier and the
West Nunatak Glacier on the
north and east sides of
Nunatak Fjord.
Unit 5A remainder--1 goat by Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
Federal registration permit.
The harvest quota will be
announced prior to the
season. A minimum of four
goats in the harvest quota
will be reserved for
Federally qualified
subsistence users.
Unit 5B--1 goat by Federal Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
registration permit only.
Moose:
Unit 5A, Nunatak Bench--1 Nov. 15-Feb. 15
moose by State registration
permit only. The season will
be closed when 5 moose have
been taken from the Nunatak
Bench.
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Unit 5A, except Nunatak Oct. 8-Nov. 15.
Bench--1 bull by joint State/
Federal registration permit
only. From Oct. 8-21, public
lands will be closed to
taking of moose, except by
residents of Unit 5A hunting
under these regulations.
Unit 5B--1 antlered bull by Sept. 1-Dec. 15.
State registration permit
only. The season will be
closed when 25 antlered
bulls have been taken from
the entirety of Unit 5B.
Coyote:
2 coyotes.................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and 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..................... Nov. 10-Feb. 15.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
No limit..................... Nov 10-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-Mar. 1.
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(6) Unit 6.
(i) Unit 6 consists of all Gulf of Alaska and Prince William Sound
drainages from the center line of Icy Bay (excluding the Guyot Hills)
to Cape Fairfield including Kayak, Hinchinbrook, Montague, and adjacent
islands, and Middleton Island, but excluding the Copper River drainage
upstream from Miles Glacier, and excluding the Nellie Juan and Kings
River drainages:
(A) Unit 6A consists of Gulf of Alaska drainages east of Palm Point
near Katalla including Kanak, Wingham, and Kayak Islands;
(B) Unit 6B consists of Gulf of Alaska and Copper River Basin
drainages west of Palm Point near Katalla, east of the west bank of the
Copper River, and east of a line from Flag Point to Cottonwood Point;
(C) Unit 6C consists of drainages west of the west bank of the
Copper River, and west of a line from Flag Point to Cottonwood Point,
and drainages east of the east bank of Rude River and drainages into
the eastern shore of Nelson Bay and Orca Inlet;
(D) Unit 6D consists of the remainder of Unit 6.
(ii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
15.
(B) You may take coyotes in Units 6B and 6C with the aid of
artificial lights.
(C) One permit will be issued by the Cordova District Ranger to the
Native Village of Eyak to take one moose from Federal lands in Units 6B
or C for their annual Memorial/Sobriety Day potlatch.
(D) A Federally qualified subsistence user (recipient) who is
either blind, 65 years of age or older, at least 70 percent disabled,
or temporarily disabled may designate another Federally qualified
subsistence user to take any moose, deer, black bear, and beaver on his
or her behalf in Unit 6, and goat in Unit 6D, unless the recipient is a
member of a community operating under a community harvest system. The
designated hunter must obtain a designated hunter permit and must
return a completed harvest report. The designated hunter may hunt for
any number of recipients, but may have no more than one harvest limit
in his or her possession at any one time.
(E) A hunter younger than 10 years old at the start of the hunt may
not be issued a Federal subsistence permit to harvest black bear, deer,
goat, moose, wolf, and wolverine.
(F) A hunter younger than 10 years old may harvest black bear,
deer, goat, moose, wolf, and wolverine under the direct, immediate
supervision of a licensed adult, at least 18 years old. The animal
taken is counted against the adult's harvest limit. The adult is
responsible for ensuring that all legal requirements are met.
(G) Up to five permits will be issued by the Cordova District
Ranger to the Native Village of Chenega annually to harvest up to five
deer total from Federal public lands in Unit 6D for their annual Old
Chenega Memorial. Permits
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will have effective dates of July 1-June 30.
(H) Up to five permits will be issued by the Cordova District
Ranger to the Tatitlek IRA Council annually to harvest up to five deer
total from Federal public lands in Unit 6D for their annual Cultural
Heritage Week. Permits will have effective dates of July 1-June 30.
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Harvest limits Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hunting
Black Bear:
1 bear....................... Sept. 1-June 30.
Deer:
4 deer; however, antlerless Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
deer may be taken only from
Oct. 1-Dec. 31.
Goats:
Unit 6A and B--1 goat by Aug. 20-Jan. 31.
State registration permit
only.
Unit 6C...................... No open season.
Unit 6D (subareas RG242, Aug. 20-Jan. 31.
RG243, RG244, RG249, RG266
and RG252 only)--1 goat by
Federal registration permit
only. In each of the Unit 6D
subareas, goat seasons will
be closed by the Cordova
District Ranger when harvest
limits for that subarea are
reached. Harvest quotas are
as follows: RG242--2 goats,
RG243--4 goats, RG244--2
goats, RG249--4 goats,
RG266--4 goats, RG252--1
goat.
Moose:
Unit 6C-1 antlerless moose by Sept. 1-Oct. 31.
Federal registration permit
only.
Unit 6C-1 bull by Federal Sept. 1-Dec. 31.
registration permit only.
(In Unit 6C, only one moose
permit may be issued per
household. A household
receiving a State permit for
Unit 6C moose may not
receive a Federal permit.
The annual harvest quota
will be announced by the
U.S. Forest Service, Cordova
Office, in consultation with
ADF&G. The Federal harvest
allocation will be 100% of
the antlerless moose permits
and 75% of the bull
permits.)
Unit 6--remainder............ No open season.
Beaver:
1 beaver per day, 1 in May 1-Oct. 31.
possession.
Coyote:
Unit 6A and D--2 coyotes..... Sept. 1-Apr. 30
Unit 6B and 6C--No limit..... July 1-June 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black No open season.
and Silver Phases).
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit..................... July 1-June 30.
Lynx:
2 lynx....................... Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Wolf:
5 wolves..................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
1 wolverine.................. Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce):
5 per day, 10 in 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 6C--south of the Copper Nov. 10-April. 30.
River Highway and east of
the Heney Range--No limit.
Units 6A, 6B, 6C remainder, Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
and 6D--No limit.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Marten:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Muskrat:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-June 10.
Otter:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31
Wolf:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolverine:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
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(7) Unit 7.
(i) Unit 7 consists of Gulf of Alaska drainages between Gore Point
and Cape Fairfield including the Nellie Juan and Kings River drainages,
and including the Kenai River drainage upstream from the Russian River,
the drainages into the south side of Turnagain Arm west of and
including the Portage Creek drainage, and east of 150[deg] W. long.,
and all Kenai Peninsula drainages east of 150[deg] W. long., from
Turnagain Arm to the Kenai River.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
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(A) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses in the Kenai
Fjords National Park.
(B) You may not hunt in the Portage Glacier Closed Area in Unit 7,
which consists of Portage Creek drainages between the Anchorage-Seward
Railroad and Placer Creek in Bear Valley, Portage Lake, the mouth of
Byron Creek, Glacier Creek, and Byron Glacier; however, you may hunt
grouse, ptarmigan, hares, and squirrels with shotguns after September
1.
(C) You may not hunt moose in the Resurrection Creek Closed Area in
Unit 7, which consists of the drainages of Resurrection Creek
downstream from Rimrock and Highland Creeks including Palmer Creek.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
15, except in the drainages of Resurrection Creek and its tributaries.
(B) [Reserved].
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Harvest limits Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears...................... July 1-June 30.
Caribou:
Unit 7--north of the Sterling Aug. 10-Dec. 31
Highway and west of the
Seward Highway--1 caribou by
Federal registration permit
only. The Seward District
Ranger will close the
Federal season when 5
caribou are harvested by
Federal registration permit.
Unit 7, remainder............ No open season.
Moose:
Unit 7--that portion draining No open season.
into Kings Bay--Public lands
are closed to the taking of
moose by all users.
Unit 7, remainder--1 antlered Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
bull with spike-fork or 50-
inch antlers or with 3 or
more brow tines on either
antler, by Federal
registration permit only.
Beaver:
1 beaver per day, 1 in May 1-Oct. 10.
possession.
Coyote:
No limit..................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black No open season.
and Silver Phases):.
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit..................... July 1-June 30.
Lynx:
2 lynx....................... Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Wolf:
Unit 7--that portion within Aug. 10- Apr. 30.
the Kenai National Wildlife
Refuge--2 wolves.
Unit 7, remainder--5 wolves.. Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
1 wolverine.................. Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce):
10 per day, 20 in 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.
Lynx:
No limit..................... Jan. 1-Jan. 31.
Marten:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Mink and Weasel:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Muskrat:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-May 15.
Otter:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Wolf:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolverine:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
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(8) Unit 8. Unit 8 consists of all islands southeast of the
centerline of Shelikof Strait including Kodiak, Afognak, Whale,
Raspberry, Shuyak, Spruce, Marmot, Sitkalidak, Amook, Uganik, and
Chirikof Islands, the Trinity Islands, the Semidi Islands, and other
adjacent islands.
(i) If you have a trapping license, you may take beaver with a
firearm in Unit 8 from Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
(ii) [Reserved].
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Brown Bear:
1 bear by Federal Dec. 1-Dec. 15.
registration permit only. Up Apr. 1-May 15.
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. Permits will
be issued by the Kodiak
Refuge Manager.
Deer:
Unit 8--all lands within the Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
Kodiak Archipelago within
the Kodiak National Wildlife
Refuge, including lands on
Kodiak, Ban, Uganik, and
Afognak Islands--3 deer;
however, antlerless deer may
be taken only from Oct. 1-
Jan. 31.
Elk:
Kodiak, Ban, Uganik, and Sept. 15-Nov. 30.
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.
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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(9) Unit 9.
(i) Unit 9 consists of the Alaska Peninsula and adjacent islands,
including drainages east of False Pass, Pacific Ocean drainages west of
and excluding the Redoubt Creek drainage; drainages into the south side
of Bristol Bay, drainages into the north side of Bristol Bay east of
Etolin Point, and including the Sanak and Shumagin Islands:
(A) Unit 9A consists of that portion of Unit 9 draining into
Shelikof Strait and Cook Inlet between the southern boundary of Unit 16
(Redoubt Creek) and the northern boundary of Katmai National Park and
Preserve.
(B) Unit 9B consists of the Kvichak River drainage except those
lands drained by the Kvichak River/Bay between the Alagnak River
drainage and the Naknek River drainage.
(C) Unit 9C consists of the Alagnak (Branch) River drainage, the
Naknek River drainage, lands drained by the Kvichak River/Bay between
the Alagnak River drainage and the Naknek River drainage, and all land
and water within Katmai National Park and Preserve.
(D) Unit 9D consists of all Alaska Peninsula drainages west of a
line from the southernmost head of Port Moller to the head of American
Bay, including the Shumagin Islands and other islands of Unit 9 west of
the Shumagin Islands.
(E) Unit 9E consists of the remainder of Unit 9.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses in Katmai
National Park;
(B) You may not use motorized vehicles, except aircraft, boats, or
snowmobiles used for hunting and transporting a hunter or harvested
animal parts from Aug. 1-Nov. 30 in the Naknek Controlled Use Area,
which includes all of Unit 9C within the Naknek River drainage upstream
from and including the King Salmon Creek drainage; however, you may use
a motorized vehicle on the Naknek-King Salmon, Lake Camp, and Rapids
Camp roads and on the King Salmon Creek trail, and on frozen surfaces
of the Naknek River and Big Creek.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) If you have a trapping license, you may use a firearm to take
beaver in Unit 9B from April 1-May 31 and in the remainder of Unit 9
from April 1-30.
(B) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu of
a resident tag in Unit 9B, except that portion within the Lake Clark
National Park and Preserve, if you have obtained a State registration
permit prior to hunting.
(C) In Unit 9B, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, residents of
Iliamna, Newhalen, Nondalton, Pedro Bay, Port Alsworth, and that
portion of the park resident zone in Unit 9B and 13.440 permit holders
may hunt brown bear by Federal registration permit in lieu of a
resident tag. Ten permits will be available with at least one permit
issued in each community; however, no more than five permits will be
issued in a single community. The season will be closed when four
females or ten bears have been taken, whichever occurs first. The
permits will be issued and closure announcements made by the
Superintendent Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.
(D) Residents of Iliamna, Newhalen, Nondalton, Pedro Bay, and Port
Alsworth may take up to a total of 10 bull moose in Unit 9B for
ceremonial purposes, under the terms of a Federal registration permit
from July 1-June 30. Permits will be issued to individuals only at the
request of a local organization. This 10-moose limit is not cumulative
with that permitted for potlatches by the State.
(E) For Units 9C and 9E only, a Federally qualified subsistence
user
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(recipient) of Units 9C and 9E may designate another Federally
qualified subsistence user of Units 9C and 9E to take bull caribou on
his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a community
operating under a community harvest system. The designated hunter must
obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest
report and turn over all meat to the recipient. There is no restriction
on the number of possession limits the designated hunter may have in
his/her possession at any one time.
(F) For Unit 9D, a Federally qualified subsistence user (recipient)
may designate another Federally qualified subsistence user to take
caribou on his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a
community operating under a community harvest system. The designated
hunter must obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a
completed harvest report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number
of recipients but may have no more than four harvest limits in his/her
possession at any one time.
(G) The communities of False Pass, King Cove, Cold Bay, Sand Point,
and Nelson Lagoon annually may each take, from October 1-December 31 or
May 10-25, one brown bear for ceremonial purposes, under the terms of a
Federal registration permit. A permit will be issued to an individual
only at the request of a local organization. The brown bear may be
taken from either Unit 9D or Unit 10 (Unimak Island) only.
(H) You may hunt brown bear in Unit 9E with a Federal registration
permit in lieu of a State locking tag if you have obtained a Federal
registration permit prior to hunting.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears...................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
Unit 9B--Lake Clark National July 1-June 30.
Park and Preserve--Rural
residents of Iliamna,
Newhalen, Nondalton, Pedro
Bay, Port Alsworth,
residents of that portion of
the park resident zone in
Unit 9B; and 13.440 permit
holders--1 bear by Federal
registration permit only.
The season will be closed by
the Lake Clark National Park
and Preserve Superintendent
when four females or ten
bear have been taken,
whichever occurs first.
Unit 9B, remainder--1 bear by Sept. 1-May 31.
State registration permit
only.
Unit 9C--1 bear by Federal Oct. 1-May 31.
registration permit only.
The season will be closed by
the Katmai National Park and
Preserve Superintendent in
consultation with BLM and
FWS land managers and ADF&G,
when six females or ten bear
have been taken, whichever
occurs first.
Unit 9E--1 bear by Federal Sept. 25-Dec. 31.
registration permit. Apr. 15-May 25.
Caribou:
Unit 9A--2 caribou; no more Aug. 1-Mar. 15.
than 1 caribou may be a
bull, and no more than 1
caribou may be taken Aug. 1-
Jan. 31.
Unit 9B--2 caribou; no more Aug. 1-Mar. 15.
than 1 caribou may be a
bull, and no more than 1
caribou may be taken Aug. 1-
Jan. 31.
Unit 9C, that portion within Aug. 1-Mar. 15.
the Alagnak River drainage--
2 caribou; no more than 1
caribou may be a bull, and
no more than 1 caribou may
be taken Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
Unit 9C, remainder--Federal No open season.
public lands are closed to
the taking of caribou.
Unit 9D--1 bull caribou by Aug. 10-Sept 20.
Federal registration permit Nov. 15-Mar. 31.
only. Quotas and any needed
closures will be announced
by the Izembek Refuge
Manager after consultation
with ADF&G.
Unit 9E--Federal public lands No open season.
are closed to the taking of
caribou.
Sheep:
Unit 9B, that portion within July 15-Oct. 15.
Lake Clark National Park and Jan. 1-Apr. 1.
Preserve--1 ram with \3/4\
curl or larger horn by
Federal registration permit
only. By announcement of the
Lake Clark National Park and
Preserve Superintendent, the
summer/fall season will be
closed when up to 5 sheep
are taken and the winter
season will be closed when
up to 2 sheep are taken.
Unit 9B--remainder--1 ram Aug. 10-Oct. 10.
with \7/8\ curl or larger
horn by Federal registration
permit only.
Unit 9--remainder--1 ram with Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
\7/8\ curl or larger horn.
Moose:
Unit 9A--1 bull by State Sept. 1-15.
registration permit.
Unit 9B--1 bull by State Sept. 1-20.
registration permit. Dec. 1-Jan. 15.
Unit 9C--that portion Sept. 1-20.
draining into the Naknek Dec. 1-31.
River from the north--1 bull
by State registration permit.
Unit 9C--that portion Aug. 20-Sept. 20.
draining into the Naknek Dec. 1-31.
River from the south--1
bull. A State registration
permit is required during
the Aug. 20-Sept. 20 season;
a Federal registration
permit is required during
the Dec. 1-31 season. Public
lands are closed during
December for the hunting of
moose, except by Federally
qualified subsistence users
hunting under these
regulations.
Unit 9C--remainder--1 bull by Sept. 1-20.
State registration permit. Dec. 15 -Jan. 15.
Unit 9D--1 bull by Federal Dec. 15-Jan. 20.
registration permit. Federal
public lands will be closed
by announcement of the
Izembek Refuge Manager to
the harvest of moose when a
total of 10 bulls have been
harvested between State and
Federal hunts.
Unit 9E--1 bull by State Sept. 1-25.
registration permit, however Dec. 1-Jan. 31.
only antlered bulls may be
taken Dec. 1-Jan. 31.
Beaver:
Unit 9B and 9E--2 beaver per Apr. 15-May 31.
day.
Coyote:
2 coyotes.................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
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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:
10 wolves.................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
1 wolverine.................. Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce):
5 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:
No limit..................... Oct. 10-Mar. 31.
2 beaver per day; only Apr. 15-May 31.
firearms may be used.
Coyote:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White):
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Lynx:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Marten:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Muskrat:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-June 10.
Otter:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolf:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolverine:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
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(10) Unit 10.
(i) Unit 10 consists of the Aleutian Islands, Unimak Island, and
the Pribilof Islands.
(ii) You may not take any wildlife species for subsistence uses on
Otter Island in the Pribilof Islands.
(iii) In Unit 10--Unimak Island only, a Federally qualified
subsistence user (recipient) may designate another Federally qualified
subsistence user to take caribou on his or her behalf unless the
recipient is a member of a community operating under a community
harvest system. The designated hunter must obtain a designated hunter
permit and must return a completed harvest report. The designated
hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but may have no more than
four harvest limits in his/her possession at any one time.
(iv) The communities of False Pass, King Cove, Cold Bay, Sand
Point, and Nelson Lagoon annually may each take, from October 1-
December 31 or May 10-25, one brown bear for ceremonial purposes, under
the terms of a Federal registration permit. A permit will be issued to
an individual only at the request of a local organization. The brown
bear may be taken from either Unit 9D or Unit 10 (Unimak Island) only.
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Harvest limits Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hunting
Caribou:
Unit 10--Unimak Island only.. No open season.
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.
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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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(11) Unit 11. Unit 11 consists of that area draining into the
headwaters of the Copper River south of Suslota Creek and the area
drained by all tributaries into the east bank of the Copper River
between the confluence of Suslota Creek with the Slana River and Miles
Glacier.
(i) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
15.
(B) One moose without calf may be taken from June 20-July 31 in the
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Unit 11 or 12 for the
Batzulnetas Culture Camp. Two hunters from either Chistochina or
Mentasta Village may be designated by the Mt. Sanford Tribal Consortium
to receive the Federal subsistence harvest permit. The permit may be
obtained from a Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve office.
(ii) A joint permit may be issued to a pair of a minor and an elder
to hunt sheep during the Aug. 1-Oct. 20 hunt. The following conditions
apply:
(A) The permittees must be a minor aged 8 to 15 years old and an
accompanying adult 60 years of age or older.
(B) Both the elder and the minor must be Federally qualified
subsistence users with a positive customary and traditional use
determination for the area they want to hunt.
(C) The minor must hunt under the direct immediate supervision of
the accompanying adult, who is responsible for ensuring that all legal
requirements are met.
(D) Only one animal may be harvested with this permit. The sheep
harvested will count against the harvest limits of both the minor and
accompanying adult.
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Harvest limits Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears...................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
1 bear....................... Aug. 10-June 15.
Caribou.......................... No open season.
Sheep:
1 sheep......................
1 sheep by Federal Aug. 1-Oct. 20.
registration permit only by
persons 60 years of age or
older. Ewes accompanied by
lambs or lambs may not be
taken.
Goat:
Unit 11--that portion within Aug. 25-Dec. 31.
the Wrangell-St. Elias
National Park and Preserve
that is bounded by the
Chitina and Nizina rivers on
the south, the Kennicott
River and glacier on the
southeast, and the Root
Glacier on the east--1 goat
by Federal registration
permit only.
Unit 11--the remainder of the Aug. 10-Dec. 31.
Wrangell-St. Elias National
Park and Preserve--1 goat by
Federal registration permit
only.
Unit 11--that portion outside No open season.
of the Wrangell-St. Elias
National Park and Preserve.
Federal public lands will be
closed by announcement of
the Superintendent, Wrangell-
St. Elias National Park and
Preserve to the harvest of
goats when a total of 45
goats has been harvested
between Federal and State
hunts.
Moose:
Unit 11--that portion Aug 20-Sept. 20.
draining into the east bank
of the Copper River upstream
from and including the Slana
River drainage--1 antlered
bull by joint Federal/State
registration permit.
Unit 11 remainder--1 antlered Aug 20-Sept. 20.
bull by Federal registration
permit only.
Muskrat:
No limit..................... Sept. 20-June 10.
Beaver:
1 beaver per day, 1 in June 1-Oct. 10.
possession.
Coyote:
10 coyotes................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
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10 foxes; however, no more Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
than 2 foxes may be taken
prior to Oct. 1.
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit..................... July 1-June 30.
Lynx:
2 lynx....................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Wolf:
10 wolves.................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
1 wolverine.................. Sept. 1-Jan. 31.
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-
tailed):
15 per day, 30 in possession. Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and
White-tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession. Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
Trapping
Beaver:
No limit..................... Sept. 25-May 31.
Coyote:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Lynx:
No limit..................... 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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(12) Unit 12. Unit 12 consists of the Tanana River drainage
upstream from the Robertson River, including all drainages into the
east bank of the Robertson River, and the White River drainage in
Alaska, but excluding the Ladue River drainage.
(i) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
30; you may use bait to hunt wolves on FWS and BLM lands.
(B) You may not use a steel trap, or a snare using cable smaller
than 3/32-inch diameter to trap coyotes or wolves in Unit 12 during
April and October.
(C) One moose without calf may be taken from June 20-July 31 in the
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Unit 11 or 12 for the
Batzulnetas Culture Camp. Two hunters from either Chistochina or
Mentasta Village may be designated by the Mt. Sanford Tribal Consortium
to receive the Federal subsistence harvest permit. The permit may be
obtained from a Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve office.
(ii) A joint permit may be issued to a pair of a minor and an elder
to hunt sheep during the Aug. 1-Oct. 20 hunt. The following conditions
apply:
(A) The permittees must be a minor aged 8 to 15 years old and an
accompanying adult 60 years of age or older.
(B) Both the elder and the minor must be Federally qualified
subsistence users with a positive customary and traditional use
determination for the area they want to hunt.
(C) The minor must hunt under the direct immediate supervision of
the accompanying adult, who is responsible for ensuring that all legal
requirements are met.
(D) Only one animal may be harvested with this permit. The sheep
harvested will count against the harvest limits of both the minor and
accompanying adult.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears...................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
1 bear....................... Aug. 10-June 30.
Caribou:
Unit 12--that portion within No open season.
the Wrangell-St. Elias Sept. 1-30.
National Park that lies west
of the Nabesna River and the
Nabesna Glacier. All hunting
of caribou is prohibited on
Federal public lands.
Unit 12, that portion east of Sept. 1-30.
the Nabesna River and the
Nabesna Glacier and south of
the Winter Trail running
southeast from Pickerel Lake
to the Canadian border--1
bull by Federal registration
permit only.
Federal public lands are
closed to the harvest of
caribou except by residents
of Chisana, Chistochina,
Mentasta, Northway, Tetlin,
and Tok.
Unit 12--remainder--1 bull... Sept. 1-20.
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Unit 12--remainder--1 caribou Winter season to be announced.
may be taken by a Federal
registration permit during a
winter season to be
announced. Dates for a
winter season to occur
between Oct. 1 and Apr. 30
and sex of animal to be
taken will be announced by
Tetlin National Wildlife
Refuge Manager in
consultation with Wrangell-
St. Elias National Park and
Preserve Superintendent,
Alaska Department of Fish
and Game area biologists,
and Chairs of the Eastern
Interior Regional Advisory
Council and Upper Tanana/
Fortymile Fish and Game
Advisory Committee.
Sheep:
Unit 12--1 ram with full curl Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
or larger horn.
Unit 12--that portion within Aug. 1-Oct. 20.
Wrangell-St. Elias National
Park and Preserve--1 ram
with full curl horn or
larger by Federal
registration permit only by
persons 60 years of age or
older.
Moose:
Unit 12--that portion within Aug. 24-Sept. 20.
the Tetlin National Wildlife Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
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 Pickerel
Lake--1 antlered bull by
Federal registration permit.
Unit 12--that portion east of Aug. 24-Sept. 30.
the Nabesna River and
Nabesna Glacier, and south
of the Winter Trail running
southeast from Pickerel Lake
to the Canadian border--1
antlered bull.
Unit 12--remainder--1 Aug. 20-Sept. 20.
antlered bull by joint
Federal/State registration
permit only.
Beaver:
Unit 12--Wrangell-Saint Elias Sept. 20-May 15.
National Park and Preserve--
6 beaver per season. Meat
from harvested beaver must
be salvaged for human
consumption.
Coyote:
10 coyotes................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
10 foxes; however, no more Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
than 2 foxes may be taken
prior to Oct. 1.
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit..................... July 1-June 30.
Lynx:
2 lynx....................... Nov. 1-Mar. 15.
Wolf:
10 wolves.................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
1 wolverine.................. Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-
tailed):
15 per day, 30 in possession. Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and
White-tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession. Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Trapping
Beaver:
15 beaver per season. Only Sept. 20-May 15.
firearms may be used during
Sept. 20-Oct. 31 and Apr. 16-
May 15, to take up to 6
beaver. Only traps or snares
may be used Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
The total annual harvest
limit for beaver is 15, of
which no more than 6 may be
taken by firearm under
trapping or hunting
regulations. Meat from
beaver harvested by firearm
must be salvaged for human
consumption.
Coyote:
No limit..................... Oct. 15-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Lynx:
No limit; however, no more Nov. 1-Dec. 31.
than 5 lynx may be taken
between Nov. 1 and Nov. 30.
Marten:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Muskrat:
No limit..................... Sept. 20-June 10.
Otter:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf:
No limit..................... Oct. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
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(13) Unit 13.
(i) Unit 13 consists of that area westerly of the east bank of the
Copper River and drained by all tributaries into the west bank of the
Copper River from Miles Glacier and including the Slana River drainages
north of Suslota Creek; the drainages into the Delta River upstream
from Falls Creek and Black Rapids Glacier; the drainages into the
Nenana River upstream from the southeastern corner of Denali National
Park at Windy; the drainage into the Susitna River upstream from its
junction with the Chulitna River; the drainage into the east bank of
the Chulitna River upstream to its confluence with Tokositna River; the
drainages of the Chulitna River (south of Denali National Park)
upstream from its confluence with the Tokositna River; the drainages
into the north bank of the Tokositna River upstream to the base of the
Tokositna Glacier; the drainages into the Tokositna Glacier; the
drainages into the east bank of the Susitna River between its
confluences with the Talkeetna and
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Chulitna Rivers; the drainages into the north and east bank of the
Talkeetna River including the Talkeetna River to its confluence with
Clear Creek, the eastside drainages of a line going up the south bank
of Clear Creek to the first unnamed creek on the south, then up that
creek to lake 4408, along the northeastern shore of lake 4408, then
southeast in a straight line to the northernmost fork of the Chickaloon
River; the drainages into the east bank of the Chickaloon River below
the line from lake 4408; the drainages of the Matanuska River above its
confluence with the Chickaloon River:
(A) Unit 13A consists of that portion of Unit 13 bounded by a line
beginning at the Chickaloon River bridge at Mile 77.7 on the Glenn
Highway, then along the Glenn Highway to its junction with the
Richardson Highway, then south along the Richardson Highway to the foot
of Simpson Hill at Mile 111.5, then east to the east bank of the Copper
River, then northerly along the east bank of the Copper River to its
junction with the Gulkana River, then northerly along the west bank of
the Gulkana River to its junction with the West Fork of the Gulkana
River, then westerly along the west bank of the West Fork of the
Gulkana River to its source, an unnamed lake, then across the divide
into the Tyone River drainage, down an unnamed stream into the Tyone
River, then down the Tyone River to the Susitna River, then down the
south bank of the Susitna River to the mouth of Kosina Creek, then up
Kosina Creek to its headwaters, then across the divide and down Aspen
Creek to the Talkeetna River, then southerly along the boundary of Unit
13 to the Chickaloon River bridge, the point of beginning.
(B) Unit 13B consists of that portion of Unit 13 bounded by a line
beginning at the confluence of the Copper River and the Gulkana River,
then up the east bank of the Copper River to the Gakona River, then up
the Gakona River and Gakona Glacier to the boundary of Unit 13, then
westerly along the boundary of Unit 13 to the Susitna Glacier, then
southerly along the west bank of the Susitna Glacier and the Susitna
River to the Tyone River, then up the Tyone River and across the divide
to the headwaters of the West Fork of the Gulkana River, then down the
West Fork of the Gulkana River to the confluence of the Gulkana River
and the Copper River, the point of beginning.
(C) Unit 13C consists of that portion of Unit 13 east of the Gakona
River and Gakona Glacier.
(D) Unit 13D consists of that portion of Unit 13 south of Unit 13A.
(E) Unit 13E consists of the remainder of Unit 13.
(ii) Within the following areas, the taking of wildlife for
subsistence uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses on lands within
Mount McKinley National Park as it existed prior to December 2, 1980.
Subsistence uses as authorized by this paragraph (n)(13) are permitted
in Denali National Preserve and lands added to Denali National Park on
December 2, 1980.
(B) You may not use motorized vehicles or pack animals for hunting
from Aug. 5-25 in the Delta Controlled Use Area, the boundary of which
is defined as: a line beginning at the confluence of Miller Creek and
the Delta River, then west to vertical angle benchmark Miller, then
west to include all drainages of Augustana Creek and Black Rapids
Glacier, then north and east to include all drainages of McGinnis Creek
to its confluence with the Delta River, then east in a straight line
across the Delta River to Mile 236.7 Richardson Highway, then north
along the Richardson Highway to its junction with the Alaska Highway,
then east along the Alaska Highway to the west bank of the Johnson
River, then south along the west bank of the Johnson River and Johnson
Glacier to the head of the Cantwell Glacier, then west along the north
bank of the Cantwell Glacier and Miller Creek to the Delta River.
(C) Except for access and transportation of harvested wildlife on
Sourdough and Haggard Creeks, Middle Fork trails, or other trails
designated by the Board, you may not use motorized vehicles for
subsistence hunting in the Sourdough Controlled Use Area. The Sourdough
Controlled Use Area consists of that portion of Unit 13B bounded by a
line beginning at the confluence of Sourdough Creek and the Gulkana
River, then northerly along Sourdough Creek to the Richardson Highway
at approximately Mile 148, then northerly along the Richardson Highway
to the Middle Fork Trail at approximately Mile 170, then westerly along
the trail to the Gulkana River, then southerly along the east bank of
the Gulkana River to its confluence with Sourdough Creek, the point of
beginning.
(D) You may not use any motorized vehicle or pack animal for
hunting, including the transportation of hunters, their hunting gear,
and/or parts of game from July 26-September 30 in the Tonsina
Controlled Use Area. The Tonsina Controlled Use Area consists of that
portion of Unit 13D bounded on the west by the Richardson Highway from
the Tiekel River to the Tonsina River at Tonsina, on the north along
the south bank of the Tonsina River to where the Edgerton Highway
crosses the Tonsina River, then along the Edgerton Highway to Chitina,
on the east by the Copper River from Chitina to the Tiekel River, and
on the south by the north bank of the Tiekel River.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
15.
(B) Upon written request by the Camp Director to the Glennallen
Field Office, 2 caribou, sex to be determined by the Glennallen Field
Office Manager of the BLM, may be taken from Aug. 10-Sept. 30 or Oct.
21-Mar. 31 by Federal registration permit for the Hudson Lake
Residential Treatment Camp. Additionally, 1 bull moose may be taken
Aug. 1-Sept. 20. The animals may be taken by any Federally qualified
hunter designated by the Camp Director. The hunter must have in his/her
possession the permit and a designated hunter permit during all periods
that are being hunted.
(C) Upon written request from the Ahtna Heritage Foundation to the
Glennallen Field Office, either 1 bull moose or 2 caribou, sex to be
determined by the Glennallen Field Office Manager of the Bureau of Land
Management, may be taken from Aug 1-Sept. 20 for 1 moose or Aug. 10-
Sept. 20 for 2 caribou by Federal registration permit for the Ahtna
Heritage Foundation's culture camp. The permit will expire on September
20 or when the camp closes, whichever comes first. No combination of
caribou and moose is allowed. The animals may be taken by any Federally
qualified hunter designated by the Camp Director. The hunter must have
in his/her possession the permit and a designated hunter permit during
all periods that are being hunted.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears...................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
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1 bear. Bears taken within Aug. 10-May 31.
Denali National Park must be
sealed within 5 days of
harvest. That portion within
Denali National Park will be
closed by announcement of
the Superintendent after 4
bears have been harvested.
Caribou:
Unit 13A and 13B--2 caribou Aug. 1-Sept. 30.
by Federal registration Oct. 21-Mar. 31.
permit only. The sex of
animals that may be taken
will be announced by the
Glennallen Field Office
Manager of the Bureau of
Land Management in
consultation with the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game
area biologist and Chairs of
the Eastern Interior
Regional Advisory Council
and the Southcentral
Regional Advisory Council.
Unit 13--remainder--2 bulls Aug. 1-Sept. 30.
by Federal registration Oct. 21-Mar. 31.
permit only.
You may not hunt within the
Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline
right-of-way. The right-of-
way is the area occupied by
the pipeline (buried or
above ground) and the
cleared area 25 feet on
either side of the pipeline.
Sheep:
Unit 13, excluding Unit 13D Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
and the Tok Management Area
and Delta Controlled Use
Area--1 ram with 7/8 curl or
larger horn.
Moose:
Unit 13E--1 antlered bull Aug. 1-Sept. 20.
moose by Federal Aug. 1-Sept. 20.
registration permit only;
only 1 permit will be issued
per household.
Unit 13-remainder--1 antlered
bull moose by Federal
registration permit only.
Beaver:
1 beaver per day, 1 in June 15-Sept. 10.
possession.
Coyote:
10 coyotes................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
10 foxes; however, no more Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
than 2 foxes may be taken
prior to Oct. 1.
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit..................... July 1-June 30.
Lynx:
2 lynx....................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Wolf:
10 wolves.................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
1 wolverine.................. Sept. 1-Jan. 31.
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-
tailed):
15 per day, 30 in possession. Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and
White-tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession. Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
Trapping
Beaver:
No limit..................... Sept. 25-May 31.
Coyote:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Lynx:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Marten:
Unit 13--No limit............ Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Muskrat:
No limit..................... Sept. 25-June 10.
Otter:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolf:
No limit..................... Oct. 15-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
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(14) Unit 14.
(i) Unit 14 consists of drainages into the northern side of
Turnagain Arm west of and excluding the Portage Creek drainage,
drainages into Knik Arm excluding drainages of the Chickaloon and
Matanuska Rivers in Unit 13, drainages into the northern side of Cook
Inlet east of the Susitna River, drainages into the east bank of the
Susitna River downstream from the Talkeetna River, and drainages into
the south and west bank of the Talkeetna River to its confluence with
Clear Creek, the western side drainages of a line going up the south
bank of Clear Creek to the first unnamed creek on the south, then up
that creek to lake 4408, along the northeastern shore of lake 4408,
then southeast in a straight line to the northernmost fork of the
Chickaloon River:
(A) Unit 14A consists of drainages in Unit 14 bounded on the west
by the east bank of the Susitna River, on the north by the north bank
of Willow Creek and Peters Creek to its headwaters, then east along the
hydrologic divide separating the Susitna River and Knik Arm drainages
to the outlet creek at lake 4408, on the east by the eastern boundary
of Unit 14, and on the south by Cook Inlet, Knik Arm, the south bank
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of the Knik River from its mouth to its junction with Knik Glacier,
across the face of Knik Glacier and along the northern side of Knik
Glacier to the Unit 6 boundary;
(B) Unit 14B consists of that portion of Unit 14 north of Unit 14A;
(C) Unit 14C consists of that portion of Unit 14 south of Unit 14A.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses in the Fort
Richardson and Elmendorf Air Force Base Management Areas, consisting of
the Fort Richardson and Elmendorf Military Reservations;
(B) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses in the Anchorage
Management Area, consisting of all drainages south of Elmendorf and
Fort Richardson military reservations and north of and including
Rainbow Creek.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
Unit 14C--1 bear............. Jul. 1-Jun. 30.
Beaver:
Unit 14C--1 beaver per day, 1 May 15-Oct. 31.
in possession.
Coyote:
Unit 14C--2 coyotes.......... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
Unit 14C--2 foxes............ Nov. 1-Feb. 15.
Hare (Snowshoe):
Unit 14C--5 hares per day.... Sept. 8-Apr. 30.
Lynx:
Unit 14C--2 lynx............. Dec. 1-Jan. 31.
Wolf:
Unit 14C--5 wolves........... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
Unit 14C--1 wolverine........ Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed):
Unit 14C--5 per day, 10 in Sept. 8-Mar. 31.
possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and
White-tailed):
Unit 14C--10 per day, 20 in Sept. 8-Mar. 31.
possession.
Trapping
Beaver:
Unit 14C--that portion within Dec. 1-Apr. 15.
the drainages of Glacier
Creek, Kern Creek, Peterson
Creek, the Twentymile River
and the drainages of Knik
River outside Chugach State
Park--20 beaver per season.
Coyote:
Unit 14C--No limit........... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
Unit 14C--1 fox.............. Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Lynx:
Unit 14C--No limit........... Dec. 15-Jan. 31.
Marten:
Unit 14C--No limit........... Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Mink and Weasel:
Unit 14C--No limit........... Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Muskrat:
Unit 14C--No limit........... Nov. 10-May 15.
Otter:
Unit 14C--No limit........... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Wolf:
Unit 14C--No limit........... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Wolverine:
Unit 14C--2 wolverines....... Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
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(15) Unit 15.
(i) Unit 15 consists of that portion of the Kenai Peninsula and
adjacent islands draining into the Gulf of Alaska, Cook Inlet, and
Turnagain Arm from Gore Point to the point where longitude line
150[deg]00' W. crosses the coastline of Chickaloon Bay in Turnagain
Arm, including that area lying west of longitude line 150[deg]00' W. to
the mouth of the Russian River, then southerly along the Chugach
National Forest boundary to the upper end of Upper Russian Lake; and
including the drainages into Upper Russian Lake west of the Chugach
National Forest boundary:
(A) Unit 15A consists of that portion of Unit 15 north of the north
bank of the Kenai River and the northern shore of Skilak Lake;
(B) Unit 15B consists of that portion of Unit 15 south of the north
bank of the Kenai River and the northern shore of Skilak Lake, and
north of the north bank of the Kasilof River, the northern shore of
Tustumena Lake, Glacier Creek, and Tustumena Glacier;
(C) Unit 15C consists of the remainder of Unit 15.
(ii) You may not take wildlife, except for grouse, ptarmigan, and
hares that may be taken only from October 1 through March 1 by bow and
arrow only, in the Skilak Loop Management Area, which consists of that
portion of Unit 15A bounded by a line beginning at the easternmost
junction of the Sterling Highway and the Skilak Loop (milepost 76.3),
then due south to the south bank of the Kenai River, then southerly
along the south bank of the
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Kenai River to its confluence with Skilak Lake, then westerly along the
northern shore of Skilak Lake to Lower Skilak Lake Campground, then
northerly along the Lower Skilak Lake Campground Road and the Skilak
Loop Road to its westernmost junction with the Sterling Highway, then
easterly along the Sterling Highway to the point of beginning.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
15;
(B) You may not trap furbearers for subsistence in the Skilak Loop
Wildlife Management Area;
(C) You may not trap marten in that portion of Unit 15B east of the
Kenai River, Skilak Lake, Skilak River, and Skilak Glacier;
(D) You may not take red fox in Unit 15 by any means other than a
steel trap or snare.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
Units 15A and 15B--2 bears by Jul. 1-Jun. 30.
Federal registration permit.
Unit 15C--3 bears............ Jul. 1-Jun. 30.
Brown Bear:
Unit 15--1 bear every 4 Sept. 1-Nov. 30, to be announced and
regulatory years by Federal Apr. 1-Jun. 15, to be announced.
registration permit. The
season may be opened or
closed by announcement from
the Kenai National Wildlife
Refuge Manager after
consultation with ADF&G and
the Chair of the
Southcentral Alaska
Subsistence Regional
Advisory Council.
Moose:
Unit 15A--Skilak Loop No open season.
Wildlife Management Area.
Unit 15A--remainder, 15B, and Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
15C--1 antlered bull with
spike-fork or 50-inch
antlers or with 3 or more
brow tines on either antler,
by Federal registration
permit only.
Units 15B and 15C--1 antlered Oct. 20-Nov. 10.
bull with spike-fork or 50-
inch antlers or with 3 or
more brow tines on either
antler, by Federal
registration permit only.
The Kenai NWR Refuge Manager
is authorized to close the
October/November season
based on conservation
concerns, in consultation
with ADF&G and the Chair of
the Southcentral Alaska
Subsistence Regional
Advisory Council.
Coyote:
No limit..................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit..................... July 1-Jun. 30.
Lynx:
2 lynx....................... Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Wolf:
Unit 15--that portion within Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
the Kenai National Wildlife
Refuge--2 wolves.
Unit 15--remainder--5 wolves. Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
1 wolverine.................. Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce):
15 per day, 30 in possession. Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Ruffed).................. No open season.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and
White-tailed):
Unit 15A and 15B--20 per day, Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
40 in possession.
Unit 15C--20 per day, 40 in Aug. 10- Dec. 31.
possession.
Unit 15C--5 per day, 10 in Jan. 1-Mar. 31.
possession.
Trapping
Beaver:
20 beaver per season......... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Coyote:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
1 Fox........................ Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Lynx:
No limit..................... Jan. 1-Jan. 31.
Marten:
Unit 15B--that portion east No open season.
of the Kenai River, Skilak
Lake, Skilak River, and
Skilak Glacier.
Remainder of Unit 15--No Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
limit.
Mink and Weasel:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Muskrat:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-May 15.
Otter:
Unit 15--No limit............ Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Wolf:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolverine:
Unit 15B and C--No limit..... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
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(16) Unit 16.
(i) Unit 16 consists of the drainages into Cook Inlet between
Redoubt Creek and the Susitna River, including Redoubt Creek drainage,
Kalgin Island, and the drainages on the western side of the Susitna
River (including the Susitna River) upstream to its confluence with the
Chulitna River; the drainages into the western side of the Chulitna
River (including the Chulitna River) upstream to the Tokositna River,
and drainages
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into the southern side of the Tokositna River upstream to the base of
the Tokositna Glacier, including the drainage of the Kahiltna Glacier:
(A) Unit 16A consists of that portion of Unit 16 east of the east
bank of the Yentna River from its mouth upstream to the Kahiltna River,
east of the east bank of the Kahiltna River, and east of the Kahiltna
Glacier;
(B) Unit 16B consists of the remainder of Unit 16.
(ii) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses in the Mount
McKinley National Park, as it existed prior to December 2, 1980.
Subsistence uses as authorized by this paragraph (n)(16) are permitted
in Denali National Preserve and lands added to Denali National Park on
December 2, 1980.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
15.
(B) [Reserved].
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears...................... July 1-June 30.
Caribou:
1 caribou.................... Aug. 10-Oct. 31.
Moose:
Unit 16B--Redoubt Bay Sept. 1-15.
Drainages south and west of,
and including the Kustatan
River drainage--1 bull.
Unit 16B--Denali National Sept. 1-30.
Preserve only--1 bull by Dec. 1-Feb. 28.
Federal registration permit.
One Federal registration
permit for moose issued per
household.
Unit 16B, remainder--1 bull.. Sept. 1-30.
Dec. 1-Feb. 28.
Coyote:
2 coyotes.................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
2 foxes...................... Sept. 1-Feb. 15.
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit..................... July 1-Jun. 30.
Lynx:
2 lynx....................... Dec. 1-Jan. 31.
Wolf:
5 wolves..................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
1 wolverine.................. Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed):
15 per day, 30 in possession. Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and
White-tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession. Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
Trapping
Beaver:
No limit..................... Oct. 10-May 15.
Coyote:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Lynx:
No limit..................... Dec. 15-Jan. 31.
Marten:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Muskrat:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Jun. 10.
Otter:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolf:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolverine:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
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(17) Unit 17.
(i) Unit 17 consists of drainages into Bristol Bay and the Bering
Sea between Etolin Point and Cape Newenham, and all islands between
these points including Hagemeister Island and the Walrus Islands:
(A) Unit 17A consists of the drainages between Cape Newenham and
Cape Constantine, and Hagemeister Island and the Walrus Islands;
(B) Unit 17B consists of the Nushagak River drainage upstream from,
and including the Mulchatna River drainage and the Wood River drainage
upstream from the outlet of Lake Beverley;
(C) Unit 17C consists of the remainder of Unit 17.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) Except for aircraft and boats and in legal hunting camps, you
may not use any motorized vehicle for hunting ungulates, bears, wolves,
and wolverine, including transportation of hunters and parts of
ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine in the Upper Mulchatna Controlled
Use Area consisting of Unit 17B, from Aug. 1-Nov. 1.
(B) [Reserved].
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
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(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
15.
(B) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu of
a resident tag if you have obtained a State registration permit prior
to hunting.
(C) If you have a trapping license, you may use a firearm to take
beaver in Unit 17 from April 15-May 31. You may not take beaver with a
firearm under a trapping license on National Park Service lands.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
2 bears...................... Aug. 1-May 31.
Brown Bear:
Unit 17--1 bear by State Sept. 1-May 31.
registration permit only.
Caribou:
Unit 17A--all drainages west Aug. 1-Mar. 15.
of Right Hand Point--2
caribou; no more than 1
caribou may be a bull, and
no more than 1 caribou may
be taken Aug. 1-Jan. 31. The
season may be closed and
harvest limit reduced for
the drainages between the
Togiak River and Right Hand
Point by announcement of the
Togiak National Wildlife
Refuge Manager.
Units 17A and 17C--that Aug. 1-Sept. 30.
portion of 17A and 17C Dec. 1-Mar. 31.
consisting of the Nushagak
Peninsula south of the
Igushik River, Tuklung River
and Tuklung Hills, west to
Tvativak Bay--up to 2
caribou by Federal
registration permit. Public
lands are closed to the
taking of caribou except by
residents of Togiak, Twin
Hills, Manokotak, Aleknagik,
Dillingham, Clark's Point,
and Ekuk hunting under these
regulations. The harvest
quota, harvest limit, and
the number of permits
available will be announced
by the Togiak National
Wildlife Refuge Manager
after consultation with the
Alaska Department of Fish
and Game and the Nushagak
Peninsula Caribou Planning
Committee. Successful
hunters must report their
harvest to the Togiak
National Wildlife Refuge
within 24 hours after
returning from the field.
The season may be closed by
announcement of the Togiak
National Wildlife Refuge
Manager.
Units 17A remainder and 17C Season to occur sometime within Aug.
remainder--selected 1-Mar. 31.
drainages; a harvest limit
of up to 2 caribou will be
determined at the time the
season is announced. Season,
harvest limit, and hunt area
to be announced by the
Togiak National Wildlife
Refuge Manager.
Units 17B and 17C--that Aug. 1-Mar. 15.
portion of 17C east of the
Wood River and Wood River
Lakes--2 caribou; no more
than 1 caribou may be a
bull, and no more than 1
caribou from Aug. 1-Jan 31.
Sheep:
1 ram with full curl or Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
larger horn.
Moose:
Unit 17A--1 bull by State Aug. 25-Sept. 20.
registration permit.
Unit 17A--1 antlered bull by Winter season to be announced.
State registration permit.
Up to a 14-day season during
the period Dec. 1-Jan. 31
may be opened or closed by
the Togiak National Wildlife
Refuge Manager after
consultation with ADF&G and
the Chair of the Bristol Bay
Regional Advisory Council.
Units 17B and 17C--one bull.. Aug. 20-Sept. 15.
During the period Aug. 20- Dec. 1-31.
Sept. 15--one bull by State
registration permit; or.
During the period Sept. 1-15--
one bull with spike-fork or
50-inch antlers or antlers
with three or more brow
tines on at least one side
with a State harvest ticket;
or.
During the period Dec. 1-31--
one antlered bull by State
registration permit.
Coyote:
2 coyotes.................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White
Phase):
No limit..................... Dec. 1-Mar. 15.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
2 foxes...................... Sept. 1-Feb. 15.
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):
No limit..................... July 1-June 30.
Lynx:
2 lynx....................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Wolf:
10 wolves.................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
1 wolverine.................. Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed):
15 per day, 30 in possession. Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow):
20 per day, 40 in possession. Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Trapping
Beaver:
Unit 17--No limit............ Oct. 10-Mar. 31.
Unit 17--2 beaver per day. Apr. 15-May 31.
Only firearms may be used.
Coyote:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White
Phase):
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Lynx:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Marten:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
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Mink and Weasel:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Muskrat:
2 muskrats................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Otter:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolf:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolverine:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
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(18) Unit 18.
(i) Unit 18 consists of that area draining into the Yukon and
Kuskokwim Rivers downstream from a straight line drawn between Lower
Kalskag and Paimiut and the drainages flowing into the Bering Sea from
Cape Newenham on the south to and including the Pastolik River drainage
on the north; Nunivak, St. Matthew, and adjacent islands between Cape
Newenham and the Pastolik River.
(ii) In the Kalskag Controlled Use Area, which consists of that
portion of Unit 18 bounded by a line from Lower Kalskag on the
Kuskokwim River, northwesterly to Russian Mission on the Yukon River,
then east along the north bank of the Yukon River to the old site of
Paimiut, then back to Lower Kalskag, you are not allowed to use
aircraft for hunting any ungulate, bear, wolf, or wolverine, including
the transportation of any hunter and ungulate, bear, wolf, or wolverine
part; however, this does not apply to transportation of a hunter or
ungulate, bear, wolf, or wolverine part by aircraft between publicly
owned airports in the Controlled Use Area or between a publicly owned
airport within the Area and points outside the Area.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) If you have a trapping license, you may use a firearm to take
beaver in Unit 18 from Apr. 1 through Jun. 10.
(B) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu of
a resident tag if you have obtained a State registration permit prior
to hunting.
(C) You may take caribou from a boat moving under power in Unit 18.
(D) You may take moose from a boat moving under power in that
portion of Unit 18 west of a line running from the mouth of the
Ishkowik River to the closest point of Dall Lake, then to the east bank
of the Johnson River at its entrance into Nunavakanukakslak Lake (N
60[deg]59.41' Latitude; W 162[deg]22.14[p x rime]
Longitude), continuing upriver along a line \1/2\ mile south and east
of, and paralleling a line along the southerly bank of the Johnson
River to the confluence of the east bank of Crooked Creek, then
continuing upriver to the outlet at Arhymot Lake, then following the
south bank west to the Unit 18 border.
(E) Taking of wildlife in Unit 18 while in possession of lead shot
size T, .20 calibre or less in diameter, is prohibited.
(F) You may not pursue with a motorized vehicle an ungulate that is
at or near a full gallop.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears...................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
1 bear by State registration Sept. 1-May 31.
permit only.
Caribou:
Unit 18--that portion to the Aug. 1-Sept. 30.
east and south of the Dec. 20-the last day of Feb.
Kuskokwim River--2 caribou;
no more than 1 caribou may
be a bull; no more than 1
caribou may be taken Aug. 1-
Sept. 30 and Dec. 20--Jan.
31.
Unit 18 remainder--2 caribou; Aug. 1-Mar. 15.
no more than 1 caribou may
be a bull; no more than 1
caribou may be taken Aug. 1-
Jan. 31.
Moose:
Unit 18--that portion east of No open season.
a line running from the
mouth of the Ishkowik River
to the closest point of Dall
Lake, then to the east bank
of the Johnson River at its
entrance into
Nunavakanukakslak Lake (N
60[deg] 59.41' Latitude;
W162[deg]22.14' Longitude),
continuing upriver along a
line \1/2\ mile south and
east of, and paralleling a
line along the southerly
bank of the Johnson River to
the confluence of the east
bank of Crooked Creek, then
continuing upriver to the
outlet at Arhymot Lake, then
following the south bank
east of the Unit 18 border
and then north of and
including the Eek River
drainage. Federal public
lands are closed to the
taking of moose except by
residents of Tuntutuliak,
Eek, Napakiak, Napaskiak,
Kasigluk, Nunapitchuk,
Atmautlauk, Oscarville,
Bethel, Kwethluk, Akiachak,
Akiak, Tuluksak, Lower
Kalskag, and Kalskag.
Unit 18--south of and No open season.
including the Kanektok River
drainages to the Goodnews
River drainage. Federal
public lands are closed to
the taking of moose by all
users.
Unit 18--Goodnews River Sept. 1-30.
drainage and south to the
Unit 18 boundary--1 antlered
bull by State registration
permit. Any needed closures
will be announced by the
Togiak National Wildlife
Refuge Manager after
consultation with BLM,
ADF&G, and the Chair of the
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
Subsistence Regional
Advisory Council.
Unit 18--That portion north Aug. 1-the last day of February.
and west of the Kashunuk
River including the north
bank from the mouth of the
river upstream to the old
village of Chakaktolik, west
of a line from Chakaktolik
to Mountain Village and
excluding all Yukon River
drainages upriver from
Mountain Village--2 moose,
only one of which may be
antlered. Antlered bulls may
only be harvested from Aug.
1 through Sept. 30.
Unit 18, remainder--1 moose.. Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
Dec. 20-the last day of February.
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Beaver:
No limit..................... July 1-June 30.
Coyote:
2 coyotes.................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White
Phase):
2 foxes...................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
10 foxes; however, no more Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
than 2 foxes may be taken
prior to Oct. 1.
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):
No limit..................... July 1-June 30.
Lynx:
5 lynx....................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolf:
10 wolves.................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
2 wolverine.................. Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed):
15 per day, 30 in possession. Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow):
50 per day, 100 in possession Aug. 10-May 30.
Trapping
Beaver:
No limit..................... July 1-June 30.
Coyote:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White
Phase):
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Lynx:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Marten:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Mink and Weasel:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Muskrat:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-June 10.
Otter:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolf:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolverine:
No limit..................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
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(19) Unit 19.
(i) Unit 19 consists of the Kuskokwim River drainage upstream from
a straight line drawn between Lower Kalskag and Piamiut:
(A) Unit 19A consists of the Kuskokwim River drainage downstream
from and including the Moose Creek drainage on the north bank and
downstream from and including the Stony River drainage on the south
bank, excluding Unit 19B.
(B) Unit 19B consists of the Aniak River drainage upstream from and
including the Salmon River drainage, the Holitna River drainage
upstream from and including the Bakbuk Creek drainage, that area south
of a line from the mouth of Bakbuk Creek to the radar dome at
Sparrevohn Air Force Base, including the Hoholitna River drainage
upstream from that line, and the Stony River drainage upstream from and
including the Can Creek drainage.
(C) Unit 19C consists of that portion of Unit 19 south and east of
a line from Benchmark M1.26 (approximately 1.26 miles south of
the northwestern corner of the original Mt. McKinley National Park
boundary) to the peak of Lone Mountain, then due west to Big River,
including the Big River drainage upstream from that line, and including
the Swift River drainage upstream from and including the North Fork
drainage.
(D) Unit 19D consists of the remainder of Unit 19.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses on lands within
Mount McKinley National Park as it existed prior to December 2, 1980.
Subsistence uses as authorized by this paragraph (n)(19) are permitted
in Denali National Preserve and lands added to Denali National Park on
December 2, 1980.
(B) In the Upper Kuskokwim Controlled Use Area, which consists of
that portion of Unit 19D upstream from the mouth of the Selatna River,
but excluding the Selatna and Black River drainages, to a line
extending from Dyckman Mountain on the northern Unit 19D boundary
southeast to the 1,610-foot crest of Munsatli Ridge, then south along
Munsatli Ridge to the 2,981-foot peak of Telida Mountain, then
northeast to the intersection of the western boundary of Denali
National Preserve with the Minchumina-Telida winter trail, then south
along the western boundary of Denali National Preserve to the southern
boundary of Unit 19D, you may not use aircraft for hunting moose,
including transportation of any moose hunter or moose part; however,
this does not apply to transportation of a moose hunter or moose part
by aircraft between publicly owned airports in the Controlled Use
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Area, or between a publicly owned airport within the area and points
outside the area.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
30;
(B) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu of
a resident tag in those portions of Units 19A and 19B downstream of and
including the Aniak River drainage if you have obtained a State
registration permit prior to hunting.
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Harvest limits Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears...................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
Unit 19A and 19B--those Aug. 10-June 30.
portions which are
downstream of and including
the Aniak River drainage--1
bear by State registration
permit.
Unit 19A, remainder, 19B, Aug. 10-June 30.
remainder, and Unit 19D--1
bear.
Caribou:
Unit 19A--north of Kuskokwim Aug. 1-Mar. 15.
River--2 caribou, no more
than 1 caribou may be a
bull; no more than 1 caribou
may be taken from Aug. 1-
Jan. 31.
Unit 19A--south of the Aug. 1-Mar. 15.
Kuskokwim River and Unit 19B
(excluding rural Alaska
residents of Lime Village)--
2 caribou; no more than 1
caribou may be a bull; no
more than 1 caribou may be
taken Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
Unit 19C--1 caribou.......... Aug. 10-Oct. 10.
Unit 19D--south and east of Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
the Kuskokwim River and Nov. 1-Jan. 31.
North Fork of the Kuskokwim
River--1 caribou.
Unit 19D, remainder--1 Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
caribou.
Unit 19--Residents domiciled July 1-June 30.
in Lime Village only--no
individual harvest limit but
a village harvest quota of
200 caribou; cows and calves
may not be taken from Apr. 1-
Aug. 9. Reporting will be by
a community reporting system.
Sheep:
1 ram with \7/8\ curl horn or Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
larger.
Moose:
Unit 19--Residents of Lime July 1-June 30.
Village only--no individual
harvest limit, but a village
harvest quota of 28 bulls
(including those taken under
the State permits).
Reporting will be by a
community reporting system.
Unit 19A--North of the No open season.
Kuskokwim River, upstream
from but excluding the
George River drainage, and
south of the Kuskokwim River
upstream from and including
the Downey Creek drainage,
not including the Lime
Village Management Area;
Federal public lands are
closed to the taking of
moose.
Unit 19A, remainder--1 Sept. 1-20.
antlered bull by Federal
drawing permit or a State
permit. Federal public lands
are closed to the taking of
moose except by residents of
Tuluksak, Lower Kalskag,
Upper Kalskag, Aniak,
Chuathbaluk, and Crooked
Creek hunting under these
regulations. The Refuge
Manager of the Yukon Delta
NWR, in cooperation with the
BLM Field Office Manager,
will annually establish the
harvest quota and number of
permits to be issued in
coordination with the State
Tier I hunt. If the
allowable harvest level is
reached before the regular
season closing date, the
Refuge Manager, in
consultation with the BLM
Field Office Manager, will
announce an early closure of
Federal public lands to all
moose hunting.
Unit 19B--1 bull with spike- Sept. 1-20.
fork or 50-inch antlers or
antlers with 4 or more brow
tines on one side.
Unit 19C--1 antlered bull.... Sept. 1-20.
Unit 19C--1 bull by State Jan. 15-Feb. 15.
registration permit.
Unit 19D--that portion of the Sept. 1-30.
Upper Kuskokwim Controlled
Use Area within the North
Fork drainage upstream from
the confluence of the South
Fork to the mouth of the
Swift Fork--1 antlered bull.
Unit 19D--remainder of the Sept. 1-30.
Upper Kuskokwim Controlled Dec. 1-Feb. 28.
Use Area--1 bull.
Unit 19D, remainder--1 Sept. 1-30.
antlered bull. Dec. 1-15.
Coyote:
10 coyotes................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
Black and Silver Phases):
10 foxes; however, no more
than 2 foxes may be taken
prior to Oct. 1.
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit..................... July 1-June 30.
Lynx:
2 lynx....................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Wolf:
Unit 19D--10 wolves per day.. Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Unit 19, remainder--5 wolves. Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
1 wolverine.................. Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-
tailed):
15 per day, 30 in possession. Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and
White-tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession. Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Trapping
Beaver:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Jun. 10.
Coyote:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
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Lynx:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Marten:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Muskrat:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-June 10.
Otter:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
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(20) Unit 20.
(i) Unit 20 consists of the Yukon River drainage upstream from and
including the Tozitna River drainage to and including the Hamlin Creek
drainage, drainages into the south bank of the Yukon River upstream
from and including the Charley River drainage, the Ladue River and
Fortymile River drainages, and the Tanana River drainage north of Unit
13 and downstream from the east bank of the Robertson River:
(A) Unit 20A consists of that portion of Unit 20 bounded on the
south by the Unit 13 boundary, bounded on the east by the west bank of
the Delta River, bounded on the north by the north bank of the Tanana
River from its confluence with the Delta River downstream to its
confluence with the Nenana River, and bounded on the west by the east
bank of the Nenana River.
(B) Unit 20B consists of drainages into the northrn bank of the
Tanana River from and including Hot Springs Slough upstream to and
including the Banner Creek drainage.
(C) Unit 20C consists of that portion of Unit 20 bounded on the
east by the east bank of the Nenana River and on the north by the north
bank of the Tanana River downstream from the Nenana River.
(D) Unit 20D consists of that portion of Unit 20 bounded on the
east by the east bank of the Robertson River and on the west by the
west bank of the Delta River, and drainages into the north bank of the
Tanana River from its confluence with the Robertson River downstream
to, but excluding, the Banner Creek drainage.
(E) Unit 20E consists of drainages into the south bank of the Yukon
River upstream from and including the Charley River drainage, and the
Ladue River drainage.
(F) Unit 20F consists of the remainder of Unit 20.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses on lands within
Mount McKinley National Park as it existed prior to December 2, 1980.
Subsistence uses as authorized by this paragraph (n)(20) are permitted
in Denali National Preserve and lands added to Denali National Park on
December 2, 1980.
(B) You may not use motorized vehicles or pack animals for hunting
Aug. 5-25 in the Delta Controlled Use Area, the boundary of which is
defined as: a line beginning at the confluence of Miller Creek and the
Delta River, then west to vertical angle benchmark Miller, then west to
include all drainages of Augustana Creek and Black Rapids Glacier, then
north and east to include all drainages of McGinnis Creek to its
confluence with the Delta River, then east in a straight line across
the Delta River to Mile 236.7 of the Richardson Highway, then north
along the Richardson Highway to its junction with the Alaska Highway,
then east along the Alaska Highway to the west bank of the Johnson
River, then south along the west bank of the Johnson River and Johnson
Glacier to the head of the Canwell Glacier, then west along the north
bank of the Canwell Glacier and Miller Creek to the Delta River.
(C) You may not use firearms, snowmobiles, licensed highway
vehicles or motorized vehicles, except aircraft and boats, in the
Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area, which consists of those
portions of Units 20, 24, 25, and 26 extending 5 miles from each side
of the Dalton Highway from the Yukon River to milepost 300 of the
Dalton Highway, except as follows: Residents living within the Dalton
Highway Corridor Management Area may use snowmobiles only for the
subsistence taking of wildlife. You may use licensed highway vehicles
only on designated roads within the Dalton Highway Corridor Management
Area. The residents of Alatna, Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Bettles,
Evansville, Stevens Village, and residents living within the Corridor
may use firearms within the Corridor only for subsistence taking of
wildlife;
(D) You may not use any motorized vehicle for hunting August 5-
September 20 in the Glacier Mountain Controlled Use Area, which
consists of that portion of Unit 20E bounded by a line beginning at
Mile 140 of the Taylor Highway, then north along the highway to Eagle,
then west along the cat trail from Eagle to Crooked Creek, then from
Crooked Creek southwest along the west bank of Mogul Creek to its
headwaters on North Peak, then west across North Peak to the headwaters
of Independence Creek, then southwest along the west bank of
Independence Creek to its confluence with the North Fork of the
Fortymile River, then easterly along the south bank of the North Fork
of the Fortymile River to its confluence with Champion Creek, then
across the North Fork of the Fortymile River to the south bank of
Champion Creek and easterly along the south bank of Champion Creek to
its confluence with Little Champion Creek, then northeast along the
east bank of Little Champion Creek to its headwaters, then
northeasterly in a direct line to Mile 140 on the Taylor Highway;
however, this does not prohibit motorized access via, or transportation
of harvested wildlife on, the Taylor Highway or any airport.
(E) You may by permit hunt moose on the Minto Flats Management
Area, which consists of that portion of Unit 20 bounded by the Elliot
Highway beginning at Mile 118, then northeasterly to Mile 96, then east
to the Tolovana Hotsprings Dome, then east to the Winter Cat Trail,
then along the Cat Trail south to the Old Telegraph Trail at Dunbar,
then westerly along the trail to a point where it joins the Tanana
River
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3 miles above Old Minto, then along the north bank of the Tanana River
(including all channels and sloughs except Swan Neck Slough), to the
confluence of the Tanana and Tolovana Rivers and then northerly to the
point of beginning.
(F) You may only hunt moose by bow and arrow in the Fairbanks
Management Area. The Area consists of that portion of Unit 20B bounded
by a line from the confluence of Rosie Creek and the Tanana River,
northerly along Rosie Creek to Isberg Road, then northeasterly on
Isberg Road to Cripple Creek Road, then northeasterly on Cripple Creek
Road to the Parks Highway, then north on the Parks Highway to Alder
Creek, then westerly to the middle fork of Rosie Creek through section
26 to the Parks Highway, then east along the Parks Highway to Alder
Creek, then upstream along Alder Creek to its confluence with Emma
Creek, then upstream along Emma Creek to its headwaters, then northerly
along the hydrographic divide between Goldstream Creek drainages and
Cripple Creek drainages to the summit of Ester Dome, then down Sheep
Creek to its confluence with Goldstream Creek, then easterly along
Goldstream Creek to Sheep Creek Road, then north on Sheep Creek Road to
Murphy Dome Road, then west on Murphy Dome Road to Old Murphy Dome
Road, then east on Old Murphy Dome Road to the Elliot Highway, then
south on the Elliot Highway to Goldstream Creek, then easterly along
Goldstream Creek to its confluence with First Chance Creek, Davidson
Ditch, then southeasterly along the Davidson Ditch to its confluence
with the tributary to Goldstream Creek in Section 29, then downstream
along the tributary to its confluence with Goldstream Creek, then in a
straight line to First Chance Creek, then up First Chance Creek to
Tungsten Hill, then southerly along Steele Creek to its confluence with
Ruby Creek, then upstream along Ruby Creek to Esro Road, then south on
Esro Road to Chena Hot Springs Road, then east on Chena Hot Springs
Road to Nordale Road, then south on Nordale Road to the Chena River, to
its intersection with the Trans-Alaska Pipeline right of way, then
southeasterly along the easterly edge of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline
right of way to the Chena River, then along the north bank of the Chena
River to the Moose Creek dike, then southerly along the Moose Creek
dike to its intersection with the Tanana River, and then westerly along
the north bank of the Tanana River to the point of beginning.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear April 15-June 30; you may
use bait to hunt wolves on FWS and BLM lands.
(B) You may not use a steel trap, or a snare using cable smaller
than \3/32\-inch diameter to trap coyotes or wolves in Unit 20E during
April and October.
(C) Residents of Units 20 and 21 may take up to three moose per
regulatory year for the celebration known as the Nuchalawoyya Potlatch,
under the terms of a Federal registration permit. Permits will be
issued to individuals at the request of the Native Village of Tanana
only. This three-moose limit is not cumulative with that permitted by
the State.
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Harvest limits Open season
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears...................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
Unit 20A--1 bear............. Sept. 1-May 31.
Unit 20E--1 bear............. Aug. 10-June 30.
Unit 20, remainder--1 bear... Sept. 1-May 31.
Caribou:
Unit 20E--1 caribou A joint Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
State/Federal registration Nov. 1-March. 31.
permit is required. During
the Aug. 10-Sept. 30 season,
the harvest is restricted to
1 bull. The harvest quota
for the period Aug. 10-29 in
Units 20E, 20F, and 25C is
100 caribou. During the Nov.
1-Mar. 31 season, area
closures or hunt
restrictions may be
announced when Nelchina
caribou are present in a mix
of more than 1 Nelchina
caribou to 15 Fortymile
caribou, except when the
number of caribou present is
low enough that fewer than
50 Nelchina caribou will be
harvested regardless of the
mixing ratio for the two
herds..
Unit 20F--north of the Yukon Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
River --1 caribou.
Unit 20F--east of the Dalton Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
Highway and south of the Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
Yukon River--1 caribou; A
joint State/Federal
registration permit is
required. During the Aug. 10-
Sept. 30 season, the harvest
is restricted to 1 bull. The
harvest quota for the period
Aug. 10-29 in Units 20E,
20F, and 25C is 100 caribou.
Moose:
Unit 20A--1 antlered bull.... Sept. 1-20.
Unit 20B--that portion within Sept. 1-20.
the Minto Flats Management Jan. 10-Feb. 28.
Area--1 bull by Federal
registration permit only.
Unit 20B, remainder --1 Sept. 1-20.
antlered bull.
Unit 20C--that portion within Sept. 1-30.
Denali National Park and Nov. 15-Dec. 15.
Preserve west of the Toklat
River, excluding lands
within Mount McKinley
National Park as it existed
prior to December 2, 1980--1
antlered bull; however,
white-phased or partial
albino (more than 50 percent
white) moose may not be
taken.
Unit 20C, remainder--1 Sept. 1-30.
antlered bull; however,
white-phased or partial
albino (more than 50 percent
white) moose may not be
taken.
Unit 20E--that portion within Aug. 20-Sept. 30.
Yukon-Charley Rivers
National Preserve--1 bull.
Unit 20E--that portion Aug. 20-Sept. 30.
drained by the Middle Fork
of the Fortymile River
upstream from and including
the Joseph Creek drainage--1
bull.
Unit 20E remainder--1 bull by Aug. 24-Sept. 25.
joint Federal/State
registration permit.
Unit 20F--that portion within Sept. 1-25.
the Dalton Highway Corridor
Management Area--1 antlered
bull by Federal registration
permit only..
Unit 20F, remainder--1 Sept. 1-25.
antlered bull. Dec. 1-10.
Beaver:
Unit 20E--Yukon-Charley Sept. 20-May 15.
Rivers National Preserve--6
beaver per season. Meat from
harvested beaver must be
salvaged for human
consumption.
Coyote:
10 coyotes................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
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Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
10 foxes; however, no more Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
than 2 foxes may be taken
prior to Oct. 1.
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit..................... July 1-June 30.
Lynx:
Unit 20A, 20B, and that Dec. 1-Jan. 31.
portion of 20C east of the
Teklanika River--2 lynx.
Unit 20E--2 lynx............. Nov. 1-Jan. 31.
Unit 20, remainder--2 lynx... Dec. 1-Jan. 31.
Muskrat:
Unit 20E, that portion within Sept. 20-June 10.
Yukon-Charley Rivers
National Preserve--No limit.
Unit 20C, that portion within Nov. 1-June 10.
Denali National Park and
Preserve--25 muskrat.
Unit 20, remainder........... No open season.
Wolf:
Unit 20--10 wolves........... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Unit 20C, that portion within Aug. 10-Oct. 31.
Denali National Park and Nov. 1-Apr. 30.
Preserve--1 wolf during the
Aug. 10-Oct. 31 period; 5
wolves during the Nov. 1-
Apr. 30 period, for a total
of 6 wolves for the season.
Unit 20C, remainder--10 Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
wolves.
Wolverine:
1 wolverine.................. Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-
tailed):
Units 20A, 20B, 20C, 20E, and Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
20F--15 per day, 30 in
possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow):
Unit 20--those portions Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
within 5 miles of Alaska
Route 5 (Taylor Highway,
both to Eagle and the Alaska-
Canada boundary) and that
portion of Alaska Route 4
(Richardson Highway) south
of Delta Junction--20 per
day, 40 in possession.
Unit 20, remainder--20 per Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
day, 40 in possession.
Trapping
Beaver:
Units 20A, 20B, 20C, and 20F-- Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
No limit.
Unit 20E--25 beaver per Sept. 20-May 15.
season. Only firearms may be
used during Sept. 20-Oct. 31
and Apr. 16-May 15, to take
up to 6 beaver. Only traps
or snares may be used Nov. 1-
Apr. 15. The total annual
harvest limit for beaver is
25, of which no more than 6
may be taken by firearm
under trapping or hunting
regulations. Meat from
beaver harvested by firearm
must be salvaged for human
consumption..
Coyote:
Unit 20E--No limit........... Oct. 15-Apr. 30.
Unit 20, remainder--No limit. Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Lynx:
Unit 20A, 20B, and 20C east Dec. 15-Feb. 15.
of the Teklanika River--No
limit.
Unit 20E--No limit; however, Nov. 1-Dec. 31.
no more than 5 lynx may be
taken between Nov. 1 and
Nov. 30..
Unit 20F and 20C--remainder-- Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
No limit.
Marten:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Muskrat:
Unit 20E--No limit........... Sept. 20-June 10.
Unit 20, remainder--No limit. Nov. 1-June 10.
Otter:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf:
Unit 20A, 20B, 20C, and 20F-- Nov. 1-Apr. 30.
No limit.
Unit 20E--No limit........... Oct. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
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(21) Unit 21.
(i) Unit 21 consists of drainages into the Yukon River upstream
from Paimiut to, but not including, the Tozitna River drainage on the
north bank, and to, but not including, the Tanana River drainage on the
south bank; and excluding the Koyukuk River drainage upstream from the
Dulbi River drainage:
(A) Unit 21A consists of the Innoko River drainage upstream from
and including the Iditarod River drainage.
(B) Unit 21B consists of the Yukon River drainage upstream from
Ruby and east of the Ruby-Poorman Road, downstream from and excluding
the Tozitna River and Tanana River drainages, and excluding the
Melozitna River drainage upstream from Grayling Creek.
(C) Unit 21C consists of the Melozitna River drainage upstream from
Grayling Creek, and the Dulbi River drainage upstream from and
including the Cottonwood Creek drainage.
(D) Unit 21D consists of the Yukon River drainage from and
including the Blackburn Creek drainage upstream to Ruby, including the
area west of the Ruby-Poorman Road, excluding the Koyukuk River
drainage upstream from the Dulbi River drainage, and excluding the
Dulbi River drainage upstream from Cottonwood Creek.
(E) Unit 21E consists of the Yukon River drainage from Paimiut
upstream to, but not including, the Blackburn Creek drainage, and the
Innoko River
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drainage downstream from the Iditarod River drainage.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) The Koyukuk Controlled Use Area, which consists of those
portions of Unit 21 and 24 bounded by a line from the north bank of the
Yukon River at Koyukuk at 64[deg]52.58' N. lat., 157[deg]43.10' W.
long., then northerly to the confluences of the Honhosa and Kateel
Rivers at 65[deg]28.42' N. lat., 157[deg]44.89' W. long., then
northeasterly to the confluences of Billy Hawk Creek and the Huslia
River (65[deg]57 N. lat., 156[deg]41 W. long.) at 65[deg]56.66' N.
lat., 156[deg]40.81' W. long., then easterly to the confluence of the
forks of the Dakli River at 66[deg]02.56' N. lat., 156[deg]12.71' W.
long., then easterly to the confluence of McLanes Creek and the Hogatza
River at 66[deg]00.31' N. lat., 155[deg]18.57' W. long., then
southwesterly to the crest of Hochandochtla Mountain at 65[deg]31.87'
N. lat., 154[deg]52.18' W. long., then southwest to the mouth of
Cottonwood Creek at 65[deg]13.00' N. lat., 156[deg]06.43' W. long.,
then southwest to Bishop Rock (Yistletaw) at 64[deg]49.35' N. lat.,
157[deg]21.73' W. long., then westerly along the north bank of the
Yukon River (including Koyukuk Island) to the point of beginning, is
closed during moose hunting seasons to the use of aircraft for hunting
moose, including transportation of any moose hunter or moose part;
however, this does not apply to transportation of a moose hunter or
moose part by aircraft between publicly owned airports in the
controlled use area or between a publicly owned airport within the area
and points outside the area; all hunters on the Koyukuk River passing
the ADF&G-operated check station at Ella's Cabin (15 miles upstream
from the Yukon on the Koyukuk River) are required to stop and report to
ADF&G personnel at the check station.
(B) The Paradise Controlled Use Area, which consists of that
portion of Unit 21 bounded by a line beginning at the old village of
Paimiut, then north along the west bank of the Yukon River to Paradise,
then northwest to the mouth of Stanstrom Creek on the Bonasila River,
then northeast to the mouth of the Anvik River, then along the west
bank of the Yukon River to the lower end of Eagle Island (approximately
45 miles north of Grayling), then to the mouth of the Iditarod River,
then down the east bank of the Innoko River to its confluence with
Paimiut Slough, then south along the east bank of Paimiut Slough to its
mouth, and then to the old village of Paimiut, is closed during moose
hunting seasons to the use of aircraft for hunting moose, including
transportation of any moose hunter or part of moose; however, this does
not apply to transportation of a moose hunter or part of moose by
aircraft between publicly owned airports in the Controlled Use Area or
between a publicly owned airport within the area and points outside the
area.
(iii) In Unit 21D, you may hunt brown bear by State registration
permit in lieu of a resident tag if you have obtained a State
registration permit prior to hunting. Aircraft may not be used in any
manner for brown bear hunting under the authority of a brown bear State
registration permit, including transportation of hunters, bears, or
parts of bears; however, this does not apply to transportation of bear
hunters or bear parts by regularly scheduled flights to and between
communities by carriers that normally provide scheduled service to this
area, nor does it apply to transportation of aircraft to or between
publicly owned airports.
(iv) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
30; and in the Koyukuk Controlled Use Area, you may also use bait to
hunt black bear between September 1 and September 25.
(B) If you have a trapping license, you may use a firearm to take
beaver in Unit 21(E) from Nov. 1-June 10.
(C) The residents of Units 20 and 21 may take up to three moose per
regulatory year for the celebration known as the Nuchalawoyya Potlatch,
under the terms of a Federal registration permit. Permits will be
issued to individuals only at the request of the Native Village of
Tanana. This three-moose limit is not cumulative with that permitted by
the State.
(D) The residents of Unit 21 may take up to three moose per
regulatory year for the celebration known as the Kaltag/Nulato
Stickdance, under the terms of a Federal registration permit. Permits
will be issued to individuals only at the request of the Native Village
of Kaltag or Nulato. This three-moose limit is not cumulative with that
permitted by the State.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears...................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
Unit 21D--1 bear by State Aug. 10-June 30.
registration permit only.
Unit 21, remainder--1 bear... Aug. 10-June 30.
Caribou:
Unit 21A--1 caribou.......... Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
Dec. 10-Dec. 20.
Unit 21B--that portion north No open season.
of the Yukon River and
downstream from Ukawutni
Creek.
Unit 21C--the Dulbi and No open season.
Melozitna River drainages
downstream from Big Creek.
Unit 21B remainder, 21C Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
remainder, and 21E--1
caribou.
Unit 21D--north of the Yukon Winter season to be announced
River and east of the
Koyukuk River--caribou may
be taken during a winter
season to be announced by
the Refuge Manager of the
Koyukuk/Nowitna National
Wildlife Refuge Manager and
the BLM Central Yukon Field
Office Manager, in
consultation with ADF&G and
the Chairs of the Western
Interior Subsistence
Regional Advisory Council,
and the Middle Yukon and
Ruby Fish and Game Advisory
Committees.
Unit 21D, remainder--5 July 1-June 30.
caribou per day; however,
cow caribou may not be taken
May 16-June 30.
Moose:
Unit 21B--that part of the Sept. 5-Oct. 1.
Nowitna River drainage
downstream from and
including the Little Mud
River drainage--1 bull. A
State registration permit is
required from Sept. 5-25. A
Federal registration permit
is required from Sept. 26-
Oct. 1.
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Unit 21B--that part of the Five-day season to be announced
Nowitna River drainage between Dec. 1 and March 31.
downstream from and
including the Little Mud
River drainage--1 antlered
bull. A Federal registration
permit is required during
the 5-day season and will be
limited to one per
household. The 5-day season
may be announced by the
Koyukuk/Nowitna National
Wildlife Refuge Manager
after consultation with the
ADF&G and the Chairs of the
Western Interior Regional
Advisory Council and the
Ruby Fish and Game Advisory
Committee.
Unit 21A and 21B, remainder-- Aug. 20-Sept. 25.
1 bull. Nov. 1-30.
Unit 21C--1 antlered bull.... Sept. 5-25.
Unit 21D--Koyukuk Controlled Mar. 1-5 seson to be announced.
Use Area--1 bull; 1
antlerless moose by Federal
permit if authorized by
announcement by the Koyukuk/
Nowitna NWR manager. Harvest
of cow moose accompanied by
calves is prohibited. A
harvestable surplus of cows
will be determined for a
quota
or
1 antlered bull by Federal Apr. 10-15 season to be announced.
permit, if there is no Mar.1-
5 season and if authorized
by announcement by the
Koyukuk/Nowitna NWR manager
and BLM Central Yukon field
office manager. A
harvestable surplus of bulls
will be determined for a
quota. Announcement for the
Mar. and Apr. seasons and
harvest quotas will be made
after consultation with the
ADF&G area biologist and the
Chairs of the Western
Interior Regional Advisory
Council and Middle Yukon and
Koyukuk River Fish and Game
Advisory Committee.
Unit 21D, remainder--1 moose; Aug. 22-31.
however, antlerless moose Sept. 5-25.
may be taken only during Mar. 1-5 season to be announced
Sept. 21-25 and the Mar. 1-5
season if authorized jointly
by the Koyukuk/Nowitna
National Wildlife Refuge
Manager and the Central
Yukon Field Office Manager,
Bureau of Land Management.
Harvest of cow moose
accompanied by calves is
prohibited. During the Aug.
22-31 and Sept. 5-25
seasons, a State
registration permit is
required. During the Mar. 1-
5 season a Federal
registration permit is
required. Announcement for
the antlerless moose seasons
and cow quotas will be made
after consultation with the
ADF&G area biologist and the
Chairs of the Western
Interior Regional Advisory
Council and the Middle Yukon
Fish and Game Advisory
Committee.
Unit 21E--1 moose; however, Aug. 25-Sept. 30.
only bulls may be taken from Feb. 15-Mar. 15.
Aug. 25-Sept. 30.
During the Feb. 15-Mar. 15
season, a Federal
registration permit is
required. The permit
conditions and any needed
closures for the winter
season will be announced by
the Innoko NWR manager after
consultation with the ADF&G
area biologist and the
Chairs of the Western
Interior Regional Advisory
Council and the Middle Yukon
Fish and Game Advisory
Committee as stipulated in a
letter of delegation. Moose
may not be taken within one-
half mile of the Innoko or
Yukon River during the
winter season.
Beaver:
Unit 21E--No limit........... Nov. 1-June 10.
Unit 21, remainder........... No open season.
Coyote:
10 coyotes................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
10 foxes; however, no more Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
than 2 foxes may be taken
prior to Oct. 1.
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):
No limit..................... July 1-June 30.
Lynx:
2 lynx....................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Wolf:
5 wolves..................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
1 wolverine.................. Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-
tailed):
15 per day, 30 in possession. Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and
White-tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession. Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Trapping
Beaver:
No Limit..................... Nov. 1-June 10.
Coyote:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Lynx:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Marten:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Muskrat:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-June 10.
Otter:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
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(22) Unit 22.
(i) Unit 22 consists of Bering Sea, Norton Sound, Bering Strait,
Chukchi Sea, and Kotzebue Sound drainages from, but excluding, the
Pastolik River drainage in southern Norton Sound to, but not including,
the Goodhope River drainage in Southern Kotzebue Sound, and all
adjacent islands in the Bering Sea between the mouths of the Goodhope
and Pastolik Rivers:
(A) Unit 22A consists of Norton Sound drainages from, but
excluding, the Pastolik River drainage to, and including, the Ungalik
River drainage, and Stuart and Besboro Islands.
(B) Unit 22B consists of Norton Sound drainages from, but
excluding, the Ungalik River drainage to, and including, the Topkok
Creek drainage.
(C) Unit 22C consists of Norton Sound and Bering Sea drainages
from, but excluding, the Topkok Creek drainage to, and including, the
Tisuk River drainage, and King and Sledge Islands.
(D) Unit 22D consists of that portion of Unit 22 draining into the
Bering Sea north of, but not including, the Tisuk River to and
including Cape York and St. Lawrence Island;
(E) Unit 22E consists of Bering Sea, Bering Strait, Chukchi Sea,
and Kotzebue Sound drainages from Cape York to, but excluding, the
Goodhope River drainage, and including Little Diomede Island and
Fairway Rock.
(ii) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu
of a resident tag if you have obtained a State registration permit
prior to hunting. Aircraft may not be used in any manner for brown bear
hunting under the authority of a brown bear State registration permit,
including transportation of hunters, bears, or parts of bears; however,
this does not apply to transportation of bear hunters or bear parts by
regularly scheduled flights to and between communities by carriers that
normally provide scheduled service to this area, nor does it apply to
transportation of aircraft to or between publicly owned airports.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) If you have a trapping license, you may use a firearm to take
beaver in Unit 22 during the established seasons.
(B) Coyote, incidentally taken with a trap or snare, may be used
for subsistence purposes.
(C) A snowmachine may be used to position a hunter to select
individual caribou for harvest provided that the animals are not shot
from a moving snowmachine.
(D) The taking of one bull moose and up to three musk oxen by the
community of Wales is allowed for the celebration of the Kingikmuit
Dance Festival under the terms of a Federal registration permit.
Permits will be issued to individuals only at the request of the Native
Village of Wales. The harvest may only occur within regularly
established seasons in Unit 22E. The harvest will count against any
established quota for the area.
(E) A Federally qualified subsistence user (recipient) may
designate another Federally qualified subsistence user to take musk
oxen on his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a
community operating under a community harvest system. The designated
hunter must get a designated hunter permit and must return a completed
harvest report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number of
recipients in the course of a season, but have no more than two harvest
limits in his/her possession at any one time, except in Unit 22E where
a resident of Wales or Shishmaref acting as a designated hunter may
hunt for any number of recipients, but have no more than four harvest
limits in his/her possession at any one time.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
Unit 22A and 22B--3 bears.... Jul. 1-Jun. 30.
Unit 22, remainder........... No open season.
Brown Bear:
Unit 22A, 22B, 22D, and 22E-- Aug. 1-May 31.
1 bear by State registration
permit only.
Unit 22C--1 bear by State Aug. 1-Oct. 31.
registration permit only. May 10-25.
Caribou:
Unit 22B west of Golovin Bay Oct. 1-Apr. 30.
and west of a line along the May 1-Sept. 30, a season may be
west bank of the Fish and opened by announcement by the
Niukluk Rivers and excluding Anchorage Field Office Manager of
the Libby River drainage--5 the BLM, in consultation with ADF&G.
caribou per day.
Units 22A, 22B remainder, July 1-June 30.
that portion of Unit 22D in
the Kougaruk, Kuzitrin
(excluding the Pilgrim River
drainage), American, and
Agiapuk River Drainages, and
Unit 22E, that portion east
of and including the
Sanaguich River drainage--5
caribou per day; cow caribou
may not be taken May 16-June
30.
Moose:
Unit 22A--that portion north Aug. 1-Sept. 30.
of and including the
Tagoomenik and Shaktoolik
River drainages--1 bull.
Federal public lands are
closed to hunting except by
residents of Unit 22A
hunting under these
regulations.
Unit 22A--that portion in the Aug. 15-Sept. 14
Unalakleet drainage and all
drainages flowing into
Norton Sound north of the
Golsovia River drainage and
south of the Tagoomenik and
Shaktoolik River drainages--
Federal public lands are
closed to the taking of
moose, except that residents
of Unalakleet, hunting under
these regulations, may take
1 bull by Federal
registration permit,
administered by the BLM
Anchorage Field Office with
the authority to close the
season in consultation with
ADF&G.
Unit 22A, remainder--1 bull. Aug. 1-Sept. 30.
However, during the period Jan. 1-Feb. 15
Jan.1-Feb. 15, only an
antlered bull may be taken.
Federal public lands are
closed to the taking of
moose except by residents of
Unit 22A hunting under these
regulations.
Unit 22B--west of the Darby Sept. 1-14.
Mountains--1 bull by State
registration permit. Quotas
and any needed closures will
be announced by the
Anchorage Field Office
Manager of the BLM, in
consultation with NPS and
ADF&G. Federal public lands
are closed to the taking of
moose except by Federally
qualified subsistence users
hunting under these
regulations.
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Unit 22B--west of the Darby Jan. 1-31.
Mountains--1 bull by either
Federal or State
registration permit. Quotas
and any needed season
closures will be announced
by the Anchorage Field
Office Manager of the BLM,
in consultation with NPS,
and ADF&G. Federal public
lands are closed to the
taking of moose except by
residents of White Mountain
and Golovin hunting under
these regulations.
Unit 22B, remainder--1 bull.. Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
Unit 22C--1 antlered bull.... Sept. 1-14.
Unit 22D--that portion within Sept. 1-14.
the Kougarok, Kuzitrin, and
Pilgrim River drainages--1
bull by State registration
permit. Quotas and any
needed closures will be
announced by the Anchorage
Field Office Manager of the
BLM, in consultation with
NPS and ADF&G. Federal
public lands are closed to
the taking of moose except
by residents of Units 22D
and 22C hunting under these
regulations.
Unit 22D--that portion west Sept. 1-14.
of the Tisuk River drainage
and Canyon Creek--1 bull by
State registration permit.
Quotas and any needed
closures will be announced
by the Anchorage Field
Office Manager of the BLM,
in consultation with NPS and
ADF&G.
Unit 22D--that portion west Dec. 1-31.
of the Tisuk River drainage
and Canyon Creek--1 bull by
Federal registration permit.
Quotas and any needed
closures will be announced
by the Anchorage Field
Office Manager of the BLM,
in consultation with NPS and
ADF&G. Federal public lands
are closed to the taking of
moose except by residents of
Units 22D and 22C hunting
under these regulations.
Unit 22D, remainder--1 bull.. Aug. 10-Sept. 14.
Oct. 1-Nov. 30.
Unit 22D, remainder--1 moose; Dec. 1-31.
however, no person may take
a calf or a cow accompanied
by a calf.
Unit 22D, remainder--1 Jan. 1-31.
antlered bull.
Unit 22E--1 antlered bull. Aug. 1-Mar. 15.
Federal public lands are
closed to the taking of
moose except by Federally
qualified subsistence users
hunting under these
regulations.
Musk ox:
Unit 22B--1 bull by Federal Aug.1-Mar. 15.
permit or State permit.
Federal public lands are
closed to the taking of musk
ox except by Federally
qualified subsistence users
hunting under these
regulations. Annual harvest
quotas and any needed
closures will be announced
by the Anchorage Field
Office Manager of the BLM,
in consultation with NPS and
ADF&G.
Unit 22D--that portion west Sept.1-Mar. 15.
of the Tisuk River drainage
and Canyon Creek--1 musk ox
by Federal permit or State
permit; however, cows may
only be taken during the
period Jan. 1-Mar. 15.
Annual harvest quotas and
any needed closures will be
announced by the
Superintendent of the
Western Arctic National
Parklands in consultation
with ADF&G and BLM.
Unit 22D, that portion within Aug.1-Mar. 15.
the Kuzitrin River
drainages--1 musk ox by
Federal permit or State
permit; however, cows may
only be taken during the
period Jan. 1-Mar. 15.
Federal public lands are
closed to the taking of musk
ox except by Federally
qualified subsistence users
hunting under these
regulations. Annual harvest
quotas and any needed
closures will be announced
by the Superintendent of the
Bering Land Bridge National
Preserve in consultation
with ADF&G and BLM.
Unit 22D, remainder--1 musk Aug. 1-Mar. 15.
ox by Federal permit or
State permit; however, cows
may only be taken during the
period Jan. 1-Mar. 15.
Federal public lands are
closed to the taking of musk
ox except by Federally
qualified subsistence users
hunting under these
regulations. Annual harvest
quotas and any needed
closures will be announced
by the Superintendent of the
Western Arctic National
Parklands in consultation
with ADF&G and BLM.
Unit 22E--1 musk ox by Aug. 1-Mar. 15.
Federal permit or State
permit. Annual harvest
quotas and any needed
closures will be announced
by the Superintendent of the
Western Arctic National
Parklands in consultation
with ADF&G and BLM.
Unit 22, remainder........... No open season.
Beaver:
Unit 22A, 22B, 22D, and 22E-- Nov. 1-June 10.
50 beaver.
Unit 22, remainder........... No open season.
Coyote........................... No open season.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White
Phase):
2 foxes...................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
10 foxes..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):
No limit..................... Sept. 1-Apr. 15.
Lynx:
2 lynx....................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Marten:
Unit 22A and 22B--No limit... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Unit 22, remainder........... No open season.
Mink and Weasel:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Jan. 31.
Otter:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolverine:
3 wolverines................. Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce):
15 per day, 30 in possession. Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow):
Unit 22A and 22B east of and Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
including the Niukluk River
drainage--40 per day, 80 in
possession.
Unit 22E--20 per day, 40 in July 15-May 15.
possession.
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Unit 22, remainder--20 per Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
day, 40 in possession.
Trapping
Beaver:
Unit 22A, 22B, 22D, and 22E-- Nov. 1-June 10.
50 beaver.
Unit 22C..................... No open season.
Coyote........................... No open season.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White
Phase):
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Lynx:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Marten:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Mink and Weasel:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Jan. 31.
Muskrat:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-June 10.
Otter:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
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(23) Unit 23.
(i) Unit 23 consists of Kotzebue Sound, Chukchi Sea, and Arctic
Ocean drainages from and including the Goodhope River drainage to Cape
Lisburne.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) You may not use aircraft in any manner either for hunting of
ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine, or for transportation of hunters
or harvested species in the Noatak Controlled Use Area for the period
August 15-September 30. The Area consists of that portion of Unit 23 in
a corridor extending 5 miles on either side of the Noatak River
beginning at the mouth of the Noatak River, and extending upstream to
the mouth of Sapun Creek. This closure does not apply to the
transportation of hunters or parts of ungulates, bear, wolves, or
wolverine by regularly scheduled flights to communities by carriers
that normally provide scheduled air service.
(B) [Reserved].
(iii) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu
of a resident tag if you have obtained a State registration permit
prior to hunting. Aircraft may not be used in any manner for brown bear
hunting under the authority of a brown bear State registration permit,
including transportation of hunters, bears, or parts of bears; however,
this does not apply to transportation of bear hunters or bear parts by
regularly scheduled flights to and between communities by carriers that
normally provide scheduled service to this area, nor does it apply to
transportation of aircraft to or between publicly owned airports.
(iv) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may take caribou from a boat moving under power in Unit 23.
(B) In addition to other restrictions on method of take found in
this section, you may also take swimming caribou with a firearm using
rimfire cartridges.
(C) If you have a trapping license, you may take beaver with a
firearm in all of Unit 23 from Nov. 1-Jun. 10.
(D) For the Baird and DeLong Mountain sheep hunts--A Federally
qualified subsistence user (recipient) may designate another Federally
qualified subsistence user to take sheep on his or her behalf unless
the recipient is a member of a community operating under a community
harvest system. The designated hunter must obtain a designated hunter
permit and must return a completed harvest report. The designated
hunter may hunt for only one recipient in the course of a season and
may have both his and the recipients' harvest limits in his/her
possession at the same time.
(E) A snowmachine may be used to position a hunter to select
individual caribou for harvest provided that the animals are not shot
from a moving snowmachine.
(F) A Federally qualified subsistence user (recipient) may
designate another Federally qualified subsistence user to take musk
oxen on his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a
community operating under a community harvest system. The designated
hunter must get a designated hunter permit and must return a completed
harvest report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number of
recipients, but have no more than two harvest limits in his/her
possession at any one time.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears...................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
Unit 23--1 bear by State Aug. 1-May 31.
registration permit.
Caribou:
15 caribou per day; however, July 1-June 30.
cow caribou may not be taken
May 16-June 30.
Sheep:
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Unit 23--south of Rabbit Aug. 10-April 30. If the allowable
Creek, Kiyak Creek, and the harvest levels are reached before
Noatak River, and west of the regular season closing date, the
the Cutler and Redstone Superintendent of the Western Arctic
Rivers (Baird Mountains)--1 National Parklands will announce an
sheep by Federal early closure.
registration permit. The
total allowable harvest of
sheep is 21, of which 15 may
be rams and 6 may be ewes.
Federal public lands are
closed to the taking of
sheep except by Federally
qualified subsistence users
hunting under these
regulations.
Unit 23--north of Rabbit Aug. 10-April 30. If the allowable
Creek, Kiyak Creek, and the harvest levels are reached before
Noatak River, and west of the regular season closing date, the
the Aniuk River (DeLong Superintendent of the Western Arctic
Mountains)--1 sheep by National Parklands will announce an
Federal registration permit. early closure.
The total allowable harvest
of sheep for the DeLong
Mountains is 8, of which 5
may be rams and 3 may be
ewes.
Unit 23, remainder (Schwatka Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
Mountains)--1 ram with \7/8\
curl or larger horn.
Unit 23, remainder (Schwatka Oct. 1-Apr. 30.
Mountains)--1 sheep.
Moose:
Unit 23--that portion north July 1-Mar. 31.
and west of and including
the Singoalik River
drainage, and all lands
draining into the Kukpuk and
Ipewik Rivers--1 moose; no
person may take a calf or a
cow accompanied by a calf.
Unit 23--that portion lying Aug. 1-Mar. 31.
within the Noatak River
drainage--1 moose; however,
antlerless moose may be
taken only from Nov. 1-Mar.
31; no person may take a
calf or a cow accompanied by
a calf.
Unit 23, remainder--1 moose; Aug. 1-Mar. 31.
no person may take a calf or
a cow accompanied by a calf.
Musk ox:
Unit 23--south of Kotzebue Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
Sound and west of and
including the Buckland River
drainage--1 bull by Federal
permit or State permit
or
1 musk ox by Federal permit Jan. 1-Mar. 15.
or State permit.
Federal public lands are
closed to the taking of musk
ox except by Federally
qualified subsistence users
hunting under these
regulations. Annual harvest
quotas and any needed
closures will be announced
by the Superintendent of the
Western Arctic National
Parklands, in consultation
with ADF&G and BLM.
Unit 23--Cape Krusenstern Aug. 1-Mar. 15.
National Monument--1 bull by
Federal permit. Annual
harvest quotas and any
needed closures will be
announced by the
Superintendent of Western
Arctic National Parklands.
Cape Krusenstern National
Monument is closed to the
taking of musk oxen except
by resident zone community
members with permanent
residence within the
Monument or the immediately
adjacent Napaktuktuk
Mountain area, south of
latitude 67[deg]05' N and
west of longitude
162[deg]30' W hunting under
these regulations.
Unit 23, remainder........... No open season.
Beaver:
No limit..................... July 1-June 30.
Coyote:
2 coyotes.................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White
Phase):
No limit..................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
No limit..................... Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):
No limit..................... July 1-June 30.
Lynx:
2 lynx....................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf:
15 wolves.................... Oct. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
1 wolverine.................. Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Muskrat:
No limit..................... July 1-June 30.
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed):
15 per day, 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 23--the Kobuk and July 1-June 30.
Selawik River drainages--50
beaver.
Unit 23, remainder--30 beaver July 1-June 30.
Coyote:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White
Phase):
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Lynx:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Marten:
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No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Mink and Weasel:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Jan. 31.
Muskrat:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-June 10.
Otter:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
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(24) Unit 24.
(i) Unit 24 consists of the Koyukuk River drainage upstream from
but not including the Dulbi River drainage:
(A) Unit 24A consists of the Middle Fork of the Koyukuk River
drainage upstream from but not including the Harriet Creek and North
Fork Koyukuk River drainages, to the South Fork of the Koyukuk River
drainage upstream from Squaw Creek, the Jim River Drainage, the Fish
Creek drainage upstream from and including the Bonanza Creek drainage,
to the 1,410 ft. peak of the hydrologic divide with the northern fork
of the Kanuti Chalatna River at N. Lat. 66[deg]33.303[min] W. Long.
151[deg]03.637[min] and following the unnamed northern fork of the
Kanuti Chalatna Creek to the confluence of the southern fork of the
Kanuti Chalatna River at N. Lat 66[deg]27.090[min] W. Long.
151[deg]23.841[min], 4.2 miles SSW (194 degrees true) of Clawanmenka
Lake and following the unnamed southern fork of the Kanuti Chalatna
Creek to the hydrologic divide with the Kanuti River drainage at N.
Lat. 66[deg]19.789[min] W. Long. 151[deg]10.102[min], 3.0 miles ENE (79
degrees true) from the 2,055 ft. peak on that divide, and the Kanuti
River drainage upstream from the confluence of an unnamed creek at N.
Lat. 66[deg]13.050[min] W. Long.151[deg]05.864[min], 0.9 miles SSE (155
degrees true) of a 1,980 ft. peak on that divide, and following that
unnamed creek to the Unit 24 boundary on the hydrologic divide to the
Ray River drainage at N. Lat. 66[deg]03.827[min] W. Long.
150[deg]49.988[min] at the 2,920 ft. peak of that divide.
(B) Unit 24B consists of the Koyukuk River Drainage upstream from
Dog Island to the Subunit 24A boundary.
(C) Unit 24C consists of the Hogatza River Drainage, the Koyukuk
River Drainage upstream from Batza River on the north side of the
Koyukuk River and upstream from and including the Indian River Drainage
on the south side of the Koyukuk River to the Subunit 24B boundary.
(D) Unit 24D consists of the remainder of Unit 24.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) You may not use firearms, snowmobiles, licensed highway
vehicles, or motorized vehicles, except aircraft and boats, in the
Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area, which consists of those
portions of Units 20, 24, 25, and 26 extending 5 miles from each side
of the Dalton Highway from the Yukon River to milepost 300 of the
Dalton Highway, except as follows: Residents living within the Dalton
Highway Corridor Management Area may use snowmobiles only for the
subsistence taking of wildlife. You may use licensed highway vehicles
only on designated roads within the Dalton Highway Corridor Management
Area. The residents of Alatna, Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Bettles,
Evansville, and Stevens Village, and residents living within the
Corridor may use firearms within the Corridor only for subsistence
taking of wildlife.
(B) You may not use aircraft for hunting moose, including
transportation of any moose hunter or moose part in the Kanuti
Controlled Use Area, which consists of that portion of Unit 24 bounded
by a line from the Bettles Field VOR to the east side of Fish Creek
Lake, to Old Dummy Lake, to the south end of Lake Todatonten (including
all waters of these lakes), to the northernmost headwaters of Siruk
Creek, to the highest peak of Double Point Mountain, then back to the
Bettles Field VOR; however, this does not apply to transportation of a
moose hunter or moose part by aircraft between publicly owned airports
in the controlled use area or between a publicly owned airport within
the area and points outside the area.
(C) You may not use aircraft for hunting moose, including
transportation of any moose hunter or moose part in the Koyukuk
Controlled Use Area, which consists of those portions of Unit 21s and
24 bounded by a line from the north bank of the Yukon River at Koyukuk
at 64[deg]52.58[min] N. lat., 157[deg]43.10[min] W. long., then
northerly to the confluences of the Honhosa and Kateel Rivers at
65[deg]28.42[min] N. lat., 157[deg]44.89[min] W. long., then
northeasterly to the confluences of Billy Hawk Creek and the Huslia
River (65[deg]57 N. lat., 156[deg]41 W. long.) at 65[deg]56.66[min]; N.
lat., 156[deg]40.81[min] W. long., then easterly to the confluence of
the forks of the Dakli River at 66[deg]02.56[min] N. lat.,
156[deg]12.710 W. long., then easterly to the confluence of McLanes
Creek and the Hogatza River at 66[deg]00.31[min] N. lat.,
155[deg]18.57[min] W. long., then southwesterly to the crest of
Hochandochtla Mountain at 65[deg]31.87[min] N. lat., 154[deg]52.18[min]
W. long., then southwest to the mouth of Cottonwood Creek at
65[deg]13.00[min] N. lat., 156[deg]06.43[min] W. long., then southwest
to Bishop Rock (Yistletaw) at 64[deg]49.35[min] N. lat.,
157[deg]21.73[min] W. long., then westerly along the north bank of the
Yukon River (including Koyukuk Island) to the point of beginning.
However, this does not apply to transportation of a moose hunter or
moose part by aircraft between publicly owned airports in the
controlled use area or between a publicly owned airport within the area
and points outside the area. All hunters on the Koyukuk River passing
the ADF&G-operated check station at Ella's Cabin (15 miles upstream
from the Yukon on the Koyukuk River) are required to stop and report to
ADF&G personnel at the check station.
(iii) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu
of a resident tag if you have obtained a State registration permit
prior to hunting. You may not use aircraft in any manner for brown bear
hunting under the authority of a brown bear State registration permit,
including transportation of hunters, bears, or parts of bears. However,
this prohibition does not apply to transportation of bear hunters or
bear parts by regularly scheduled flights to and between communities by
carriers that normally provide scheduled service to this area, nor does
it apply to transportation of aircraft to or between publicly owned
airports.
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(iv) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
30; and in the Koyukuk Controlled Use Area, you may also use bait to
hunt black bear between September 1 and September 25;
(B) Arctic fox, incidentally taken with a trap or snare intended
for red fox, may be used for subsistence purposes.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears...................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
Unit 24--1 bear by State Aug. 10-June 30.
registration permit.
Caribou:
Unit 24--that portion south Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
of the south bank of the
Kanuti River, upstream from
and including that portion
of the Kanuti-Kilolitna
River drainage, bounded by
the southeast bank of the
Kodosin-Nolitna Creek, then
downstream along the east
bank of the Kanuti-Kilolitna
River to its confluence with
the Kanuti River--1 caribou.
Unit 24, remainder--5 caribou July 1-June 30.
per day; however, cow
caribou may not be taken May
16-June 30.
Sheep:
Unit 24A and 24B--(Anaktuvuk July 15-Dec. 31.
Pass residents only)--that
portion within the Gates of
the Arctic National Park--
community harvest quota of
60 sheep, no more than 10 of
which may be ewes and a
daily possession limit of 3
sheep per person, no more
than 1 of which may be a ewe.
Unit 24A and 24B--(excluding Aug. 1-Apr. 30.
Anaktuvuk Pass residents)--
that portion within the
Gates of the Arctic National
Park--3 sheep.
Unit 24A--except that portion Aug. 20-Sept. 30.
within the Gates of the
Arctic National Park--1 ram
with \7/8\-curl or larger
horn by Federal registration
permit only.
Unit 24, remainder--1 ram Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
with \7/8\-curl or larger
horn.
Moose:
Unit 24A--1 antlered bull by Aug. 25-Oct. 1.
Federal registration permit.
Unit 24B--that portion within Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
the John River Drainage--1
moose.
Unit 24B--All drainages of Aug. 25-Oct. 1.
the Koyukuk River downstream Dec. 15-Apr. 15 (until Jun. 30,
from and including the 2014).
Henshaw Creek drainage--1
antlered bull by Federal
registration permit.
Federal public lands in the
Kanuti Controlled Use Area,
as described in Federal
regulations, are closed to
taking of moose, except by
Federally qualified
subsistence users of Unit
24, Koyukuk, and Galena
hunting under these
regulations.
Unit 24B, remainder 1 Aug. 25-Oct. 1.
antlered bull. A Federal
registration permit is
required for the Sept. 26-
Oct. 1 period.
Federal public lands in the
Kanuti Controlled Use Area,
as described in Federal
regulations, are closed to
taking of moose, except by
Federally qualified
subsistence users of Unit
24, Koyukuk, and Galena
hunting under these
regulations.
Unit 24C and 24D--that Sept. 1-25.
portion within the Koyukuk
Controlled Use Area and
Koyukuk National Wildlife
Refuge--1 bull.
1 antlerless moose by Federal Mar. 1-5 to be announced.
permit if authorized by
announcement by the Koyukuk/
Nowitna National Wildlife
Refuge Manager and BLM Field
Office Manager Central Yukon
Field Office. Harvest of cow
moose accompanied by calves
is prohibited. A harvestable
surplus of cows will be
determined for a quota.
or........................... or
1 antlered bull by Federal Apr. 10-15 to be announced.
permit, if there is no Mar.
1-5 season and if authorized
by announcement by the
Koyukuk/Nowitna National
Wildlife Refuge Manager and
BLM Field Office Manager
Central Yukon Field Office.
Harvest of cow moose
accompanied by calves is
prohibited. Announcement for
the Mar. and Apr. seasons
and harvest quotas will be
made after consultation with
the ADF&G Area Biologist and
the Chairs of the Western
Interior Alaska Subsistence
Regional Advisory Council,
and the Middle Yukon and
Koyukuk River Fish and Game
Advisory Committees.
Unit 24C, remainder and Unit Aug. 25-Oct. 1.
24D, remainder--1 antlered
bull. During the Sept. 5-25
season, a State registration
permit is required.
Coyote:
10 coyotes................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
10 foxes; however, no more Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
than 2 foxes may be taken
prior to Oct. 1.
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit..................... July 1-June 30.
Lynx:
2 lynx....................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Wolf:
15 wolves; however, no more Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
than 5 wolves may be taken
prior to Nov. 1.
Wolverine:
5 wolverine; however, no more Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
than 1 wolverine may be
taken prior to Nov. 1.
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-
tailed):
15 per day, 30 in possession. Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow):
20 per day, 40 in possession. Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Trapping
Beaver:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-June 10.
Coyote:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
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Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Lynx:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Marten:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Muskrat:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-June 10.
Otter:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
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(25) Unit 25.
(i) Unit 25 consists of the Yukon River drainage upstream from but
not including the Hamlin Creek drainage, and excluding drainages into
the south bank of the Yukon River upstream from the Charley River:
(A) Unit 25A consists of the Hodzana River drainage upstream from
the Narrows, the Chandalar River drainage upstream from and including
the East Fork drainage, the Christian River drainage upstream from
Christian, the Sheenjek River drainage upstream from and including the
Thluichohnjik Creek, the Coleen River drainage, and the Old Crow River
drainage.
(B) Unit 25B consists of the Little Black River drainage upstream
from but not including the Big Creek drainage, the Black River drainage
upstream from and including the Salmon Fork drainage, the Porcupine
River drainage upstream from the confluence of the Coleen and Porcupine
Rivers, and drainages into the north bank of the Yukon River upstream
from Circle, including the islands in the Yukon River.
(C) Unit 25C consists of drainages into the south bank of the Yukon
River upstream from Circle to the Subunit 20E boundary, the Birch Creek
drainage upstream from the Steese Highway bridge (milepost 147), the
Preacher Creek drainage upstream from and including the Rock Creek
drainage, and the Beaver Creek drainage upstream from and including the
Moose Creek drainage.
(D) Unit 25D consists of the remainder of Unit 25.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) You may not use firearms, snowmobiles, licensed highway
vehicles or motorized vehicles, except aircraft and boats in the Dalton
Highway Corridor Management Area, which consists of those portions of
Units 20, 24, 25, and 26 extending 5 miles from each side of the Dalton
Highway from the Yukon River to milepost 300 of the Dalton Highway,
except as follows: Residents living within the Dalton Highway Corridor
Management Area may use snowmobiles only for the subsistence taking of
wildlife. You may use licensed highway vehicles only on designated
roads within the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area. The residents
of Alatna, Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Bettles, Evansville, Stevens
Village, and residents living within the Corridor may use firearms
within the Corridor only for subsistence taking of wildlife.
(B) The Arctic Village Sheep Management Area consists of that
portion of Unit 25A north and west of Arctic Village, which is bounded
on the east by the East Fork Chandalar River beginning at the
confluence of Red Sheep Creek and proceeding southwesterly downstream
past Arctic Village to the confluence with Crow Nest Creek, continuing
up Crow Nest Creek, through Portage Lake, to its confluence with the
Junjik River; then down the Junjik River past Timber Lake and a larger
tributary, to a major, unnamed tributary, northwesterly, for
approximately 6 miles where the stream forks into 2 roughly equal
drainages; the boundary follows the easternmost fork, proceeding almost
due north to the headwaters and intersects the Continental Divide; the
boundary then follows the Continental Divide easterly, through Carter
Pass, then easterly and northeasterly approximately 62 miles along the
divide to the headwaters of the most northerly tributary of Red Sheep
Creek then follows southerly along the divide designating the eastern
extreme of the Red Sheep Creek drainage then to the confluence of Red
Sheep Creek and the East Fork Chandalar River.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
30 and between August 1 and September 25; you may use bait to hunt
wolves on FWS and BLM lands.
(B) You may take caribou and moose from a boat moving under power
in Unit 25.
(C) The taking of bull moose outside the seasons provided in this
part for food in memorial potlatches and traditional cultural events is
authorized in Unit 25D west provided that:
(1) The person organizing the religious ceremony or cultural event
contacts the Refuge Manager, Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge prior
to taking or attempting to take bull moose and provides to the Refuge
Manager the name of the decedent, the nature of the ceremony or
cultural event, number to be taken, and the general area in which the
taking will occur;
(2) Each person who takes a bull moose under this section must
submit a written report to the Refuge Manager, Yukon Flats National
Wildlife Refuge not more than 15 days after the harvest specifying the
harvester's name and address, and the date(s) and location(s) of the
taking(s);
(3) No permit or harvest ticket is required for taking under this
section; however, the harvester must be an Alaska rural resident with
customary and traditional use in Unit 25D west;
(4) Any moose taken under this provision counts against the annual
quota of 60 bulls.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
Units 25A, 25B, and 25C--3 Jul. 1-June 30.
bears or 3 bears by State
community harvest permit.
Unit 25D--5 bears............ Jul. 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
Units 25A and 25B--1 bear.... Aug. 10-June 30.
Unit 25C--1 bear............. Sept. 1-May 31.
Unit 25D--2 bears every Jul. 1-June 30.
regulatory year..
Caribou:
Unit 25A--in those portions Jul. 1-June 30
west of the east bank of the
East Fork of the Chandalar
River extending from its
confluence with the
Chandalar River upstream to
Guilbeau Pass and north of
the south bank of the
mainstem of the Chandalar
River at its confluence with
the East Fork Chandalar
River west (and north of the
south bank) along the West
Fork Chandalar River--10
caribou. However, only bulls
may be taken May16-Jun. 30.
Unit 25C--1 caribou; a joint Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
Federal/State registration Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
permit is required. During
the Aug. 10-Sept. 30 season,
the harvest is restricted to
1 bull. The harvest quota
between Aug. 10-29 in Units
20E, 20F, and 25C is 100
caribou.
Unit 25D--that portion of Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
Unit 25D drained by the west Dec.1-31.
fork of the Dall River west
of 150[deg] W. long.--1 bull.
Unit 25A remainder, 25B, and July 1-Apr. 30.
Unit 25D, remainder--10
caribou.
Sheep:
Unit 25A--that portion within No open season.
the Dalton Highway Corridor
Management Area.
Units 25A--Arctic Village Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Sheep Management Area--2
rams by Federal registration
permit only. Federal public
lands are closed to the
taking of sheep except by
rural Alaska residents of
Arctic Village, Venetie,
Fort Yukon, Kaktovik, and
Chalkyitsik hunting under
these regulations.
Unit 25A, remainder--3 sheep Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
by Federal registration
permit only.
Moose:
Unit 25A--1 antlered bull.... Aug. 25-Sept. 25.
Dec. 1-10.
Unit 25B--that portion within Aug. 20-Sept. 30.
Yukon-Charley National
Preserve--1 bull.
Unit 25B--that portion within Aug. 25-Sept. 30.
the Porcupine River drainage Dec. 1-10.
upstream from, but excluding
the Coleen River drainage--1
antlered bull.
Unit 25B--that portion, other Sept. 5-30.
than Yukon-Charley Rivers Dec. 1-15.
National Preserve, draining
into the north bank of the
Yukon River upstream from
and including the Kandik
River drainage, including
the islands in the Yukon
River--1 antlered bull.
Unit 25B, remainder--1 Aug. 25-Sept. 25.
antlered bull. Dec. 1-15.
Unit 25C--1 antlered bull.... Aug. 20-Sep. 30.
Unit 25D (west)--that portion Aug. 25-Feb. 28.
lying west of a line
extending from the Unit 25D
boundary on Preacher Creek,
then downstream along
Preacher Creek, Birch Creek,
and Lower Mouth of Birch
Creek to the Yukon River,
then downstream along the
north bank of the Yukon
River (including islands) to
the confluence of the
Hadweenzic River, then
upstream along the west bank
of the Hadweenzic River to
the confluence of Forty and
One-Half Mile Creek, then
upstream along Forty and One-
Half Mile Creek to Nelson
Mountain on the Unit 25D
boundary--1 bull by a
Federal registration permit.
Permits will be available in
the following villages:
Beaver (25 permits), Birch
Creek (10 permits), and
Stevens Village (25
permits). Permits for
residents of 25D (west) who
do not live in one of the
three villages will be
available by contacting the
Yukon Flats National
Wildlife Refuge Office in
Fairbanks or a local Refuge
Information Technician.
Moose hunting on public land
in Unit 25D (west) is closed
at all times except for
residents of Unit 25D (west)
hunting under these
regulations. The moose
season will be closed by
announcement of the Refuge
Manager Yukon Flats NWR when
60 moose have been harvested
in the entirety (from
Federal and non-Federal
lands) of Unit 25D (west).
Unit 25D, remainder--1 Aug. 25-Oct. 1.
antlered moose. Dec. 1-20.
Beaver:
Unit 25A, 25B, and 25D--1 Apr. 16-Oct. 31.
beaver per day; 1 in
possession.
Unit 25C..................... No open season.
Coyote:
10 coyotes................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
10 foxes; however, no more Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
than 2 foxes may be taken
prior to Oct. 1.
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit..................... July 1-June 30.
Lynx:
Unit 25C--2 lynx............. Dec. 1-Jan. 31.
Unit 25, remainder--2 lynx... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Muskrat:
Unit 25B and 25C, that Nov. 1-June 10.
portion within Yukon-Charley
Rivers National Preserve--No
limit.
Unit 25, remainder........... No open season.
Wolf:
Unit 25A--No limit........... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Unit 25, remainder--10 wolves Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
1 wolverine.................. Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-
tailed):
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Unit 25C--15 per day, 30 in Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
possession.
Unit 25, remainder--15 per Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
day, 30 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow):
Unit 25C--those portions Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
within 5 miles of Route 6
(Steese Highway)--20 per
day, 40 in possession.
Unit 25, remainder--20 per Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
day, 40 in possession..
Trapping
Beaver:
Unit 25C--No limit........... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Unit 25--remainder--50 beaver Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Coyote:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Lynx:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Marten:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Muskrat:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-June 10.
Otter:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf:
No limit..................... Oct. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
Unit 25C--No limit........... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Unit 25, remainder--No limit. Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
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(26) Unit 26.
(i) Unit 26 consists of Arctic Ocean drainages between Cape
Lisburne and the Alaska-Canada border, including the Firth River
drainage within Alaska:
(A) Unit 26A consists of that portion of Unit 26 lying west of the
Itkillik River drainage and west of the east bank of the Colville River
between the mouth of the Itkillik River and the Arctic Ocean;
(B) Unit 26B consists of that portion of Unit 26 east of Unit 26A,
west of the west bank of the Canning River and west of the west bank of
the Marsh Fork of the Canning River;
(C) Unit 26C consists of the remainder of Unit 26.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) You may not use aircraft in any manner for moose hunting,
including transportation of moose hunters or parts of moose during the
periods July. 1-Sept. 14 and Jan. 1-Mar. 31 in Unit 26A; however, this
does not apply to transportation of moose hunters, their gear, or moose
parts by aircraft between publicly owned airports.
(B) You may not use firearms, snowmobiles, licensed highway
vehicles or motorized vehicles, except aircraft and boats, in the
Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area, which consists of those
portions of Units 20, 24, 25, and 26 extending 5 miles from each side
of the Dalton Highway from the Yukon River to milepost 300 of the
Dalton Highway, except as follows: Residents living within the Dalton
Highway Corridor Management Area may use snowmobiles only for the
subsistence taking of wildlife. You may use licensed highway vehicles
only on designated roads within the Dalton Highway Corridor Management
Area. The residents of Alatna, Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Bettles,
Evansville, Stevens Village, and residents living within the Corridor
may use firearms within the Corridor only for subsistence taking of
wildlife.
(iii) You may hunt brown bear in Unit 26A by State registration
permit in lieu of a resident tag if you have obtained a State
registration permit prior to hunting. You may not use aircraft in any
manner for brown bear hunting under the authority of a brown bear State
registration permit, including transportation of hunters, bears or
parts of bears. However, this does not apply to transportation of bear
hunters or bear parts by regularly scheduled flights to and between
communities by carriers that normally provide scheduled service to this
area, nor does it apply to transportation of aircraft to or between
publicly owned airports.
(iv) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may take caribou from a boat moving under power in Unit 26.
(B) In addition to other restrictions on method of take found in
this section, you may also take swimming caribou with a firearm using
rimfire cartridges.
(C) In Kaktovik, a Federally qualified subsistence user (recipient)
may designate another Federally qualified subsistence user to take
sheep or musk ox on his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member
of a community operating under a community harvest system. The
designated hunter must obtain a designated hunter permit and must
return a completed harvest report. The designated hunter may hunt for
any number of recipients but may have no more than two harvest limits
in his/her possession at any one time.
(D) For the DeLong Mountain sheep hunts--A Federally qualified
subsistence user (recipient) may designate another Federally qualified
subsistence user to take sheep on his or her behalf unless the
recipient is a member of a community operating under a community
harvest system. The designated hunter must obtain a designated hunter
permit and must return a completed harvest report. The designated
hunter may hunt for only one recipient in the course of a season and
may have both his and the recipient's harvest limits in his/her
possession at the same time.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears...................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
Unit 26A--1 bear by State July 1-June 30.
registration permit.
Unit 26B--1 bear............. Jan. 1-Dec. 31.
Unit 26 C--1 bear............ Aug. 10-June 30.
Caribou:
Unit 26A--10 caribou per day; July 1-June 30.
however, cow caribou may not
be taken May 16-June 30..
Unit 26B--10 caribou per day; July 1-June 30
however, cow caribou may be
taken only from Oct. 1-Apr.
30..
Unit 26C--10 caribou per day. July 1-Apr. 30
(You may not transport more
than 5 caribou per
regulatory year from Unit 26
except to the community of
Anaktuvuk Pass.)
Sheep:
Unit 26A and 26B--(Anaktuvuk July 15-Dec. 31.
Pass residents only)--that
portion within the Gates of
the Arctic National Park--
community harvest quota of
60 sheep, no more than 10 of
which may be ewes and a
daily possession limit of 3
sheep per person, no more
than 1 of which may be a ewe.
Unit 26A--(excluding Aug. 1-Apr. 30.
Anaktuvuk Pass residents)--
those portions within the
Gates of the Arctic National
Park--3 sheep.
Unit 26A--that portion west Aug. 10-April 30.
of Howard Pass and the
Etivluk River (DeLong
Mountains)--1 sheep by
Federal registration permit.
The total allowable harvest
of sheep for the DeLong
Mountains is 8, of which 5
may be rams and 3 may be
ewes. If the allowable
harvest levels are reached
before the regular season
closing date, the
Superintendent of the
Western Arctic National
Parklands will announce an
early closure.
Unit 26B--that portion within Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
the Dalton Highway Corridor
Management Area--1 ram with
\7/8\-curl or larger horn by
Federal registration permit
only.
Unit 26A, remainder and 26B, Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
remainder--including the
Gates of the Arctic National
Preserve--1 ram with \7/8\-
curl or larger horn.
Unit 26C--3 sheep per Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
regulatory year; the Aug. 10- Oct. 1-Apr. 30.
Sept. 20 season is
restricted to 1 ram with \7/
8\-curl or larger horn. A
Federal registration permit
is required for the Oct. 1-
Apr. 30 season.
Moose:
Unit 26A--that portion of the Aug. 1-Sept. 14.
Colville River drainage
upstream from and including
the Anaktuvuk River
drainage--1 bull.
Unit 26A--that portion of the Feb. 15-Apr. 15.
Colville River drainage
upstream from and including
the Anaktuvuk River
drainage--1 moose; however,
you may not take a calf or a
cow accompanied by a calf.
Unit 26A--that portion west July 1-Sept. 14.
of 156[deg]00' W. longitude
excluding the Colville River
drainage--1 moose, however,
you may not take a calf or a
cow accompanied by a calf.
Unit 26A, remainder--1 bull.. Aug. 1-Sept. 14
Unit 26B, excluding the Sept. 1-14.
Canning River drainage--1
bull.
Units 26B, remainder and 26C-- Jul. 1-Mar. 31.
1 moose by Federal
registration permit by
residents of Kaktovik only.
The harvest quota is 3 moose
(2 antlered bulls and 1 of
either sex), provided that
no more than 2 antlered
bulls may be harvested from
Unit 26C and cows may not be
harvested from Unit 26C. You
may not take a cow
accompanied by a calf in
Unit 26B. Only 3 Federal
registration permits will be
issued. Federal public lands
are closed to the taking of
moose except by a Kaktovik
resident holding a Federal
registration permit and
hunting under these
regulations.
Musk ox:
Unit 26C--1 bull by Federal Jul. 15-Mar. 31.
registration permit only.
The number of permits that
may be issued only to the
residents of the village of
Kaktovik will not exceed
three percent (3%) of the
number of musk oxen counted
in Unit 26C during a pre-
calving census. Public lands
are closed to the taking of
musk ox, except by rural
Alaska residents of the
village of Kaktovik hunting
under these regulations.
Coyote:
2 coyotes.................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White
Phase):
2 foxes...................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
Units 26A and 26B--10 foxes; Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
however, no more than 2
foxes may be taken prior to
Oct. 1.
Unit 26C--10 foxes........... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):
No limit..................... July 1-June 30.
Lynx:
2 lynx....................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf:
15 wolves.................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
5 wolverine.................. Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow):
20 per day, 40 in possession. Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Trapping
Coyote:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White
Phase):
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black
and Silver Phases):
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
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Lynx:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Marten:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Mink and Weasel:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Jan. 31.
Muskrat:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-June 10.
Otter:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
No limit..................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
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Dated: May 11, 2012.
Peter J. Probasco,
Assistant Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Acting
Chair, Federal Subsistence Board.
Dated: May 11, 2012.
Steve Kessler,
Subsistence Program Leader, USDA-Forest Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-13866 Filed 6-12-12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-11-P; 4310-55-P
