50 CFR 20 - MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING
- SUBPART A — Introduction (§§ 20.1 - 20.2)
- SUBPART B — Definitions (§§ 20.11 - 20.11)
- SUBPART C — Taking (§§ 20.20 - 20.26)
- SUBPART D — Possession (§§ 20.31 - 20.40)
- SUBPART E — Transportation Within the United States (§§ 20.41 - 20.44)
- SUBPART F — Exportation (§§ 20.51 - 20.53)
- SUBPART G — Importations (§§ 20.61 - 20.66)
- SUBPART H — Federal, State, and Foreign Law (§§ 20.71 - 20.73)
- SUBPART I — Migratory Bird Preservation Facilities (§§ 20.81 - 20.83)
- SUBPART J — Feathers or Skins (§§ 20.91 - 20.92)
- SUBPART K — Annual Seasons, Limits, and Shooting Hours Schedules (§§ 20.100 - 20.110)
- SUBPART L — Administrative and Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 20.131 - 20.134)
- SUBPART M — [Reserved]
- SUBPART N — Special Procedures for Issuance of Annual Hunting Regulations (§§ 20.151 - 20.155)
Title 50 published on 2011-10-01
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GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-23072 RIN 1018-AX97 FF09M21200-123-FXMB1231099BPP0L2 Docket No. FWS-R9-MB-2012-0005 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule takes effect on September 20, 2012. 50 CFR Part 20 The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) prescribes final late-season frameworks from which States may select season dates, limits, and other options for the 2012-13 migratory bird hunting seasons. These late seasons include most waterfowl seasons, the earliest of which commences on September 22, 2012. The effect of this final rule is to facilitate the States' selection of hunting seasons and to further the annual establishment of the late-season migratory bird hunting regulations.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-21969 RIN 1018-AX97 FF09M21200-123-FXMB1231099BPP0L2 Docket No. FWS-R9-MB-2012-0005 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule takes effect on September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 20 This rule prescribes special early-season migratory bird hunting regulations for certain tribes on Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands, and ceded lands. This rule responds to tribal requests for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service or we) recognition of tribal authority to regulate hunting under established guidelines. This rule allows the establishment of season bag limits and, thus, harvest, at levels compatible with populations and habitat conditions.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-21294 RIN 1018-AX97 FF09M21200-123-FXMB1231099BPP0L2 Docket No. FWS-R9-MB-2012-0005 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule is effective on September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 20 This rule prescribes the hunting seasons, hours, areas, and daily bag and possession limits of mourning, white-winged, and white-tipped doves; band-tailed pigeons; rails; moorhens and gallinules; woodcock; common snipe; sandhill cranes; sea ducks; early (September) waterfowl seasons; migratory game birds in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; youth waterfowl day; and some extended falconry seasons. Taking of migratory birds is prohibited unless specifically provided for by annual regulations. This rule permits taking of designated species during the 2012-13 season.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-21293 RIN 1018-AX97 Docket No. FWS-R9-MB-2012-0005: FF09M21200-123-FXMB1231099BPP0L2 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule takes effect on August 30, 2012. 50 CFR Part 20 This rule prescribes final early-season frameworks from which the States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands may select season dates, limits, and other options for the 2012-13 migratory bird hunting seasons. Early seasons are those that generally open prior to October 1, and include seasons in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The effect of this final rule is to facilitate the selection of hunting seasons by the States and Territories to further the annual establishment of the early-season migratory bird hunting regulations.
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§ 703 - Taking, killing, or possessing migratory birds unlawful
§ 704 - Determination as to when and how migratory birds may be taken, killed, or possessed
§ 705 - Transportation or importation of migratory birds; when unlawful
§ 706 - Arrests; search warrants
§ 707 - Violations and penalties; forfeitures
§ 708 - State or Territorial laws or regulations
§ 709 - Omitted
§ 709a - Authorization of appropriations
§ 710 - Partial invalidity; short title
§ 711 - Breeding and sale for food supply
§ 712 - Treaty and convention implementing regulations; seasonal taking of migratory birds for essential needs of indigenous Alaskans to preserve and maintain stocks of the birds; protection and conservation of the birds
§ 742a - Declaration of policy
§ 742b - United States Fish and Wildlife Service
16 USC § 742b–1 - Assistant Director for Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs
§ 742c - Loans for financing or refinancing of cost of purchasing, constructing, equipping, maintaining, repairing, or operating commercial fishing vessels or gear
16 USC § 742c–1 - Investment in obligations of the United States; proceeds to be used for fisheries
§ 742d - Investigations; preparation and dissemination of information; reports
16 USC § 742d–1 - Studies of effects in use of chemicals
§ 742e - Transfer of functions to Secretary
§ 742f - Powers of Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce
16 USC § 742f–1 - National Volunteer Coordination Program
§ 742g - Cooperation with State Department
§ 742h - Reports on fishery products
§ 742i - Effect on rights of States and international commissions
§ 742j - Authorization of appropriations
113 Stat. 1491
Title 50 published on 2011-10-01
The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 50 CFR 20 after this date.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-23657 RIN s 1018-AY61, 1018-AY66 FF09M21200-123-FXMB1231099BPP0L2 Docket No. s No. FWS-R9-MB-2012-0028 and FWS-R9-MB-2012-0038 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule; availability of draft environmental assessments. Electronic comments on this proposal via http://www.regulations.gov must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on October 26, 2012. Comments submitted by mail must be postmarked no later than October 26, 2012. 50 CFR Part 20 We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, propose to approve copper-clad iron shot and fluoropolymer coatings for hunting waterfowl and coots. We published a notice of application for nontoxic shot approval for copper-clad iron shot in the Federal Register on June 20, 2012 (77 FR 36980), and one for the fluoropolymer shot coatings on July 6, 2012 (77 FR 39983). Having completed our review of the application materials for both, we have concluded that neither the shot nor the coatings are likely to adversely affect fish, wildlife, or their habitats.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-23074 RIN 1018-AX97 FF09M21200-123-FXMB1231099BPP0L2 Docket No. FWS-R9-MB-2012-0005 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule is effective on September 22, 2012. 50 CFR Part 20 This rule prescribes the hunting seasons, hours, areas, and daily bag and possession limits for general waterfowl seasons and those early seasons for which States previously deferred selection. Taking of migratory birds is prohibited unless specifically provided for by annual regulations. This rule permits the taking of designated species during the 2012-13 season.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-23073 RIN 1018-AX97 FF09M21200-123-FXMB1231099BPP0L2 Docket No. FWS-R9-MB-2012-0005 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule takes effect on September 24, 2012. 50 CFR Part 20 This rule prescribes special late-season migratory bird hunting regulations for certain tribes on Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands, and ceded lands. This rule responds to tribal requests for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service or we) recognition of their authority to regulate hunting under established guidelines. This rule allows the establishment of season bag limits and, thus, harvest at levels compatible with populations and habitat conditions.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-23072 RIN 1018-AX97 FF09M21200-123-FXMB1231099BPP0L2 Docket No. FWS-R9-MB-2012-0005 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule takes effect on September 20, 2012. 50 CFR Part 20 The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) prescribes final late-season frameworks from which States may select season dates, limits, and other options for the 2012-13 migratory bird hunting seasons. These late seasons include most waterfowl seasons, the earliest of which commences on September 22, 2012. The effect of this final rule is to facilitate the States' selection of hunting seasons and to further the annual establishment of the late-season migratory bird hunting regulations.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-21969 RIN 1018-AX97 FF09M21200-123-FXMB1231099BPP0L2 Docket No. FWS-R9-MB-2012-0005 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule takes effect on September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 20 This rule prescribes special early-season migratory bird hunting regulations for certain tribes on Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands, and ceded lands. This rule responds to tribal requests for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service or we) recognition of tribal authority to regulate hunting under established guidelines. This rule allows the establishment of season bag limits and, thus, harvest, at levels compatible with populations and habitat conditions.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-21294 RIN 1018-AX97 FF09M21200-123-FXMB1231099BPP0L2 Docket No. FWS-R9-MB-2012-0005 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule is effective on September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 20 This rule prescribes the hunting seasons, hours, areas, and daily bag and possession limits of mourning, white-winged, and white-tipped doves; band-tailed pigeons; rails; moorhens and gallinules; woodcock; common snipe; sandhill cranes; sea ducks; early (September) waterfowl seasons; migratory game birds in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; youth waterfowl day; and some extended falconry seasons. Taking of migratory birds is prohibited unless specifically provided for by annual regulations. This rule permits taking of designated species during the 2012-13 season.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-21293 RIN 1018-AX97 Docket No. FWS-R9-MB-2012-0005: FF09M21200-123-FXMB1231099BPP0L2 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule takes effect on August 30, 2012. 50 CFR Part 20 This rule prescribes final early-season frameworks from which the States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands may select season dates, limits, and other options for the 2012-13 migratory bird hunting seasons. Early seasons are those that generally open prior to October 1, and include seasons in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The effect of this final rule is to facilitate the selection of hunting seasons by the States and Territories to further the annual establishment of the early-season migratory bird hunting regulations.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-20078 RIN 1018-AX97 FF09M21200-123-FXMB1231099BPP0L2 Docket No. FWS-R9-MB-2012-0005 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule; supplemental. You must submit comments on the proposed migratory bird hunting late-season frameworks by August 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 20 The Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service or we) is proposing to establish the 2012-13 late-season hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds. We annually prescribe frameworks, or outer limits, for dates and times when hunting may occur and the number of birds that may be taken and possessed in late seasons. These frameworks are necessary to allow State selections of seasons and limits and to allow recreational harvest at levels compatible with population and habitat conditions.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-20072 RIN 1018-AX97 FF09M21200-123-FXMB1231099BPP0L2 Docket No. FWS-R9-MB-2012-0005 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule. We will accept all comments on the proposed regulations that are postmarked or received in our office by August 27, 2012. 50 CFR Part 20 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter, Service or we) proposes special migratory bird hunting regulations for certain Tribes on Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands, and ceded lands for the 2012-13 migratory bird hunting season.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-17728 RIN 1018-AX97 FF09M21200-123-FXMB1231099BPP0L2 Docket No. FWS-R9-MB-2012-0005 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule; supplemental. Comments: You must submit comments on the proposed early-season frameworks by July 30, 2012. Meetings: The Service Migratory Bird Regulations Committee (SRC) will meet to consider and develop proposed regulations for late-season migratory bird hunting and the 2013 spring/summer migratory bird subsistence seasons in Alaska on July 25 and 26, 2012. All meetings will commence at approximately 8:30 a.m. 50 CFR Part 20 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service or we) is proposing to establish the 2012-13 early-season hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds. We annually prescribe frameworks, or outer limits, for dates and times when hunting may occur and the maximum number of birds that may be taken and possessed in early seasons. Early seasons may open as early as September 1, and include seasons in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. These frameworks are necessary to allow State selections of specific final seasons and limits and to allow recreational harvest at levels compatible with population status and habitat conditions. This proposed rule also provides the final regulatory alternatives for the 2012-13 duck hunting seasons.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-16543 RIN 1018-AY66 FF09M21200-123-FXMB1231099BPP0L2 Docket No. FWS-R9-MB-2012-0038 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Notice of application for nontoxic shot approval. This notice announces the initiation of our review of a Tier 1 application submitted in accordance with 50 CFR 20.134. We will complete the review of the application by September 4, 2012. 50 CFR Part 20 We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce that Spectra Shot, LLC, of Lafayette, Louisiana, has applied for approval of steel shot with fluoropolymeric coatings as nontoxic for waterfowl hunting in the United States. Steel shot has long been approved for waterfowl hunting. The coatings will add less than 2 mg to the mass of a shot pellet. We have initiated review of the shot coatings under the criteria we have set out in our nontoxic shot approval procedures in our regulations.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-14956 RIN 1018-AY61 FF09M21200-123-FXMB1231099BPP0L2 Docket No. FWS-R9-MB-2012-0028 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Notice of application for nontoxic shot approval. This notice announces the initiation of our review of a Tier 1 application submitted in accordance with 50 CFR 20.134. We will complete the review of the application by August 20, 2012. 50 CFR Part 20 We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce that Environ-Metal, Inc., of Sweet Home, Oregon, has applied for our approval of shot composed of copper and iron as nontoxic for waterfowl hunting in the United States. The shot contains a maximum of 44.1 percent copper by weight, with iron composing the rest of the shot. We have initiated review of the shot under the criteria we have set out in our nontoxic shot approval procedures in our regulations.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-14288 RIN 1018-AX97 FF09M21200-123-FXMB1231099BPP0L2 Docket No. FWS-R9-MB-2012-0005 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule; notice of meeting date change. The Service Migratory Bird Regulations Committee (SRC) will meet to consider and develop proposed regulations for early-season migratory bird hunting on June 19 and 20, 2012. The meetings are open to the public and will commence at approximately 8:30 a.m. 50 CFR Part 20 We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), proposed in an earlier document to establish annual hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds for the 2012-13 hunting season. This notice revises the previously announced dates of the June 2012 Service Migratory Bird Regulations Committee meetings.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-11941 RIN 1018-AX97 FF09M21200-123-FXMB1231099BPP0L2 Docket No. FWS-R9-MB-2012-0005 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule; supplemental. Comments: You must submit comments on the proposed regulatory alternatives for the 2012-13 duck hunting seasons on or before June 22, 2012. Following subsequent Federal Register notices, you will be given an opportunity to submit comments for proposed early-season frameworks by July 27, 2012, and for proposed late-season frameworks and subsistence migratory bird seasons in Alaska by August 31, 2012. Meetings: The Service Migratory Bird Regulations Committee will meet to consider and develop proposed regulations for early-season migratory bird hunting on June 20 and 21, 2012, and for late-season migratory bird hunting and the 2013 spring/summer migratory bird subsistence seasons in Alaska on July 25 and 26, 2012. All meetings will commence at approximately 8:30 a.m. 50 CFR Part 20 We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), proposed in an earlier document to establish annual hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds for the 2012-13 hunting season. This supplement to the proposed rule provides the regulatory schedule, announces the Service Migratory Bird Regulations Committee and Flyway Council meetings, and provides Flyway Council recommendations resulting from their March meetings.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-9125 RIN 1018-AX97 FF09M21200-123-FXMB1231099BPP0L2 Docket No. FWS-R9-MB-2012-0005 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule; availability of supplemental information. You must submit comments on the proposed regulatory alternatives for the 2012-13 duck hunting seasons on or before June 22, 2012. Following subsequent Federal Register notices, you will be given an opportunity to submit comments for proposed early-season frameworks by July 27, 2012, and for proposed late-season frameworks and subsistence migratory bird seasons in Alaska by August 31, 2012. Tribes must submit proposals and related comments on or before June 1, 2012. Proposals from the Co-management Council for the 2014 spring and summer migratory bird subsistence harvest season must be submitted to the Flyway Councils and the Service on or before June 15, 2012. 50 CFR Part 20 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter the Service or we) proposes to establish annual hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds for the 2012-13 hunting season. We annually prescribe outside limits (frameworks) within which States may select hunting seasons. This proposed rule provides the regulatory schedule, describes the proposed regulatory alternatives for the 2012-13 duck hunting seasons, requests proposals from Indian tribes that wish to establish special migratory game bird hunting regulations on Federal Indian reservations and ceded lands, and requests proposals for the 2014 spring and summer migratory bird subsistence season in Alaska. Migratory game bird hunting seasons provide opportunities for recreation and sustenance; aid Federal, State, and tribal governments in the management of migratory game birds; and permit harvests at levels compatible with migratory game bird population status and habitat conditions.