[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 50, Volume 6]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 50CFR20.100]



[Page 45]

 

                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES

 

 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE 

                          INTERIOR (CONTINUED)

 

PART 20_MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING--Table of Contents

 

     Subpart K_Annual Seasons, Limits, and Shooting Hours Schedules

 

Sec.  20.100  General provisions.





    (a) The taking, possession, transportation, and other uses of 

migratory game birds by hunters is generally prohibited unless it is 

specifically provided for under regulations developed in accordance with 

the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Consequently, hunting is prohibited 

unless regulatory schedules are established for seasons, daily bag and 

possession limits, and shooting (or hawking) hours. Migratory game bird 

population levels, including production and habitat conditions, vary 

annually. These conditions differ over North America, and within the 

United States, by flyways, States, and frequently areas within States. 

Thus, it is necessary to make annual adjustments in the schedules to 

limit the harvests of migratory game birds to permissible levels.

    (b) The development of these schedules involves annual data 

gathering programs to determine migratory game bird population status 

and trends, evaluations of habitat conditions, harvest information, and 

other factors having a bearing on the anticipated size of the fall 

flights of these birds. The proposed hunting schedules are announced 

early in the spring, and following consideration of additional 

information as it becomes available, as well as public comment, they are 

modified and published as supplemental proposals. These are also open to 

public comment. Public hearings are held for the purpose of providing 

additional opportunity for public participation in the rulemaking 

process.



[44 FR 7147, Feb. 6, 1979]