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| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.1.1.1 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | A | Subpart A—Introduction | § 20.1 Scope of regulations. | FWS | (a) In general. The regulations contained in this part relate only to the hunting of migratory game birds, and crows. (b) Procedural and substantive requirements. Migratory game birds may be taken, possessed, transported, shipped, exported, or imported only in accordance with the restrictions, conditions, and requirements contained in this part. Crows may be taken, possessed, transported, exported, or imported only in accordance with subpart H of this part and the restrictions, conditions, and requirements prescribed in § 20.133. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.1.1.2 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | A | Subpart A—Introduction | § 20.2 Relation to other provisions. | FWS | [38 FR 22021, Aug. 15, 1973, as amended at 68 FR 43027, July 21, 2003] | (a) Migratory bird permits. The provisions of this part shall not be construed to alter the terms of any permit or other authorization issued pursuant to part 21 of this subchapter. (b) Migratory bird hunting stamps. The provisions of this part are in addition to the provisions of the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act of 1934 (48 Stat. 451, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 718a). (c) National wildlife refuges. The provisions of this part are in addition to, and are not in lieu of, any other provision of law respecting migratory game birds under the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 927, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 668dd) or any regulation made pursuant thereto. (d) State Laws for the protection of migratory birds. No statute or regulation of any State shall be construed to relieve a person from the restrictions, conditions, and requirements contained in this part, however, nothing in this part shall be construed to prevent the several States from making and enforcing laws or regulations not inconsistent with these regulations and the conventions between the United States and any foreign country for the protection of migratory birds or with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, or which shall give further protection to migratory game birds. (e) Migratory bird subsistence harvest in Alaska. The provisions of this part, except for paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section, are not applicable to the regulations governing the migratory bird subsistence harvest in Alaska (part 92 of this subchapter) unless specifically referenced in part 92 of subchapter G of this chapter. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.10.1.1 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | J | Subpart J—Feathers or Skins | § 20.91 Commercial use of feathers. | FWS | [38 FR 22021, Aug. 15, 1973, as amended at 45 FR 70275, Oct. 23, 1980] | Any person may possess, purchase, sell, barter, or transport for the making of fishing flies, bed pillows, and mattresses, and for similar commercial uses the feathers of migratory waterfowl (ducks, geese, brant, and swans) killed by hunting pursuant to this part, or seized and condemned by Federal or State game authorities, except that: (a) No person shall purchase, sell, barter, or offer to purchase, sell, or barter for millinery or ornamental use the feathers of migratory game birds taken under authority of this part; and (b) No person shall purchase, sell, barter, or offer to purchase, sell, or barter mounted specimens of migratory game birds taken under authority of this part. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.10.1.2 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | J | Subpart J—Feathers or Skins | § 20.92 Personal use of feathers or skins. | FWS | Any person for his own use may possess, transport, ship, import, and export without a permit the feathers and skins of lawfully taken migratory game birds. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.11.1.1 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | K | Subpart K—Annual Seasons, Limits, and Shooting Hours Schedules | § 20.100 General provisions. | FWS | [44 FR 7147, Feb. 6, 1979, as amended at 88 FR 56491, Aug. 18, 2023] | (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. (c) Migratory Game Bird Seasons in the Atlantic Flyway: In the Atlantic Flyway States of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, if Sunday hunting of migratory birds is prohibited statewide by State law or regulation, all Sundays are closed to the take of all migratory game birds. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.11.1.10 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | K | Subpart K—Annual Seasons, Limits, and Shooting Hours Schedules | § 20.109 Extended seasons, limits, and hours for taking migratory game birds by falconry. | FWS | [44 FR 7148, Feb. 6, 1979] | This section provides annual regulations by which falconers may take permitted migratory game birds. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.11.1.11 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | K | Subpart K—Annual Seasons, Limits, and Shooting Hours Schedules | § 20.110 Regulations for certain Federal Indian reservations and ceded lands. | FWS | [88 FR 60382, Sept. 1, 2023] | (a) Tribal sovereignty. The Service recognizes Tribal sovereignty to exercise reserved hunting rights and, for some Tribes, recognition of their authority to regulate hunting by both Tribal and nontribal members on their reservation. Accordingly, Tribes may independently establish special (separate from the State or States in which the reservation is located) migratory game bird hunting regulations. Migratory birds may be taken if the take is consistent with the regulations in this section and applicable Tribal hunting regulations. (b) Applicability. Special Tribal migratory game bird hunting regulations may be established by Tribes that have reserved hunting rights on Federal Indian reservations (including off-reservation trust lands) and ceded lands. These regulations also may be applied to the establishment of migratory game bird hunting regulations for nontribal members on all lands within the reservations where Tribes have full wildlife-management authority over such hunting, or where the Tribes and affected States otherwise have reached agreement over hunting by nontribal members on non-Indian lands within the reservation. (c) Special regulations. Special Tribal migratory game bird hunting regulations must be consistent with the annual March 11 to August 31 closed season mandated by the 1916 Convention Between the United States and Great Britain (for Canada) for the Protection of Migratory Birds, as amended by the Protocol Between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America Amending the 1916 Convention Between the United Kingdom and the United States of America for the Protection of Migratory Birds in Canada and the United States, and with these provisions: (1) Tribes may establish on-reservation hunting regulations, for both Tribal and nontribal members, with hunting seasons that may differ from those in the State(s) in which the reservations are located. (i) Regulations for both Tribal and nontribal members: Opening and closing dates, season length, and daily ba… | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.11.1.2 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | K | Subpart K—Annual Seasons, Limits, and Shooting Hours Schedules | § 20.101 Seasons, limits and shooting hours for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. | FWS | [53 FR 24290, June 28, 1988] | This section provides for the annual hunting of certain doves, pigeons, ducks, coots, gallinules and snipe in Puerto Rico; and for certain doves, pigeons and ducks in the Virgin Islands. In these Commonwealths, the hunting of waterfowl and coots (and other certain species, as applicable) must be with the use of nontoxic shot beginning in the 1991-92 waterfowl season. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.11.1.3 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | K | Subpart K—Annual Seasons, Limits, and Shooting Hours Schedules | § 20.102 Seasons, limits, and shooting hours for Alaska. | FWS | [55 FR 35267, Aug. 28, 1990] | This section provides for the annual hunting of certain waterfowl (ducks, tundra swans, geese, and brant), common snipe, and sandhill cranes in Alaska. In Alaska, the hunting of waterfowl must be with the use of nontoxic shot beginning in the 1991-92 waterfowl season. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.11.1.4 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | K | Subpart K—Annual Seasons, Limits, and Shooting Hours Schedules | § 20.103 Seasons, limits, and shooting hours for mourning and white-winged doves and wild pigeons. | FWS | [44 FR 7147, Feb. 6, 1979] | This section provides for the annual hunting of certain doves and pigeons in the 48 contiguous United States. The mourning dove hunting regulations are arranged by the Eastern, Central, and Western Management Units. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.11.1.5 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | K | Subpart K—Annual Seasons, Limits, and Shooting Hours Schedules | § 20.104 Seasons, limits, and shooting hours for rails, woodcock, and common (Wilson's) snipe. | FWS | [44 FR 7148, Feb. 6, 1979] | This section provides for the annual hunting of certain rails, woodcock, and snipe in the 48 contiguous United States. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.11.1.6 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | K | Subpart K—Annual Seasons, Limits, and Shooting Hours Schedules | § 20.105 Seasons, limits and shooting hours for waterfowl, coots, and gallinules. | FWS | [53 FR 24290, June 28, 1988, as amended at 56 FR 22102, May 13, 1991] | This section provides for the annual hunting of certain waterfowl (ducks, geese [including brant]), coots and gallinules in the 48 contiguous United States. The regulations are arranged by the Atlantic, Mississippi, Central and Pacific Flyways. These regulations often vary within Flyways or States, and by time periods. Those areas of the United States outside of State boundaries, i.e. , the United States' territorial waters seaward of county boundaries, and including coastal waters claimed by the separate States, if not already included under the zones contained in § 20.108, are designated for the purposes of § 20.21(j) as nontoxic shot zones for waterfowl hunting beginning in the 1991-92 season. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.11.1.7 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | K | Subpart K—Annual Seasons, Limits, and Shooting Hours Schedules | § 20.106 Seasons, limits, and shooting hours for sandhill cranes. | FWS | [55 FR 35267, Aug. 28, 1990] | This section provides for the annual hunting of sandhill cranes in designated portions of the 48 contiguous United States. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.11.1.8 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | K | Subpart K—Annual Seasons, Limits, and Shooting Hours Schedules | § 20.107 Seasons, limits, and shooting hours for tundra swans. | FWS | [55 FR 39829, Sept. 28, 1990] | This section provides for the annual hunting of tundra swans in designated portions of the 48 contiguous United States. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.11.1.9 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | K | Subpart K—Annual Seasons, Limits, and Shooting Hours Schedules | § 20.108 Nontoxic shot zones. | FWS | [56 FR 22102, May 13, 1991] | Beginning September 1, 1991, the contiguous 48 United States, and the States of Alaska and Hawaii, the Territories of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and the territorial waters of the United States, are designated for the purpose of § 20.21(j) as nontoxic shot zones for hunting waterfowl, coots and certain other species. “Certain other species” refers to those species, other than waterfowl or coots, that are affected by reason of being included in aggregate bags and concurrent seasons. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.12.1.1 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | L | Subpart L—Administrative and Miscellaneous Provisions | § 20.131 Extension of seasons. | FWS | Whenever the Secretary shall find that emergency State action to prevent forest fires in any extensive area has resulted in the shortening of the season during which the hunting of any species of migratory game bird is permitted and that compensatory extension or reopening the hunting season for such birds will not result in a diminution of the abundance of birds to any greater extent than that contemplated for the original hunting season, the hunting season for the birds so affected may, subject to all other provisions of this subchapter, be extended or reopened by the Secretary upon request of the chief officer of the agency of the State exercising administration over wildlife resources. The length of the extended or reopened season in no event shall exceed the number of days during which hunting has been so prohibited. The extended or reopened season will be publicly announced. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.12.1.2 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | L | Subpart L—Administrative and Miscellaneous Provisions | § 20.132 Subsistence use in Alaska. | FWS | [68 FR 43027, July 21, 2003] | In Alaska, any person may, for subsistence purposes, take, possess, and transport, in any manner, from September 1 through April 1, snowy owls and cormorants for food and their skins for clothing, but birds and their parts may not be sold or offered for sale. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.12.1.3 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | L | Subpart L—Administrative and Miscellaneous Provisions | § 20.133 Hunting regulations for crows. | FWS | (a) Crows may be taken, possessed, transported, exported, or imported, only in accordance with such laws or regulations as may be prescribed by a State pursuant to this section. (b) Except in the State of Hawaii, where no crows shall be taken, States may by statute or regulation prescribe a hunting season for crows. Such State statutes or regulations may set forth the method of taking, the bag and possession limits, the dates and duration of the hunting season, and such other regulations as may be deemed appropriate, subject to the following limitations for each State: (1) Crows shall not be hunted from aircraft; (2) The hunting season or seasons on crows shall not exceed a total of 124 days during a calendar year; (3) Hunting shall not be permitted during the peak crow nesting period within a State; and (4) Crows may only be taken by firearms, bow and arrow, and falconry. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.12.1.4 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | L | Subpart L—Administrative and Miscellaneous Provisions | § 20.134 Approval of nontoxic shot types and shot coatings. | FWS | [78 FR 78280, Dec. 26, 2013] | The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service conducts a process to approve shot material determined not to impose a significant toxicity danger to migratory birds and other wildlife or their habitats. The regulations in this section set forth the approval process. Upon receipt of an application and supporting data submitted in accordance with this section, the Service will review the application materials together with all other relevant available evidence, including public comment. If the Director concludes that the spent shot material will not present a significant toxicity danger to migratory birds and other wildlife or their habitats, we will add the shot material to the list of approved nontoxic shot materials at 50 CFR 20.21(j). (a) Information collection approval. The Office of Management and Budget approved the information collection requirements contained in this section under 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. and assigned OMB Control No. 1018-0067. We collect this information so that we can conduct a methodical and objective review of a shot type you submit as nontoxic for hunting waterfowl. 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 OMB control number. You may submit comments on this information collection to the Service Information Collection Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240. (b) Limitations on nontoxic shot type approval. We will not approve as nontoxic any shot type or shot coating with a lead content of 1 percent or more. (1) Before we will approve any shot type or shot coating as nontoxic, a shotshell loaded with the shot type or coated shot must be demonstrated to be identifiable as not being lead in a portable field testing device for use by enforcement officers. (2) The testing device can be regular magnets, rare-earth magnets, or the “HOT*SHOT” field-testing device from Stream Systems of Concord, CA. We will consider other field-testing devices that may be read… | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.14.1.1 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | N | Subpart N—Special Procedures for Issuance of Annual Hunting Regulations | § 20.151 Purpose and scope. | FWS | The rules of this subpart N apply to the issuance of the annual regulations establishing seasons, bag limits, and other requirements for the seasonal hunting of migratory birds. The rules of this subpart N do not apply to the issuance of regulations under part 21 of this title or under subparts A through J and L through M of this part 20. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.14.1.2 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | N | Subpart N—Special Procedures for Issuance of Annual Hunting Regulations | § 20.152 Definitions. | FWS | As used in this subpart N: (a) Flyway Council means the Atlantic, Mississippi, Central, or Pacific Flyway Council; (b) Regulations Committee means the Migratory Bird Regulations Committee of the Fish and Wildlife Service; and (c) Significant, as used in reference to a communication or other form of information or data, means related to the merits of the regulation and received, utilized, or transmitted by an official of the Department who is or may reasonably be expected to be involved in the decisional process on the regulation. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.14.1.3 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | N | Subpart N—Special Procedures for Issuance of Annual Hunting Regulations | § 20.153 Regulations committee. | FWS | [46 FR 62079, Dec. 22, 1981, as amended at 86 FR 37889, July 16, 2021] | (a) Notice of meetings. Notice of each meeting of the Regulations Committee to be attended by any person outside the Department of the Interior will be published in the Federal Register or online on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Migratory Bird Program website at least 2 weeks before the meeting. The notice will state the time, place, and general subject(s) of the meeting, as well as the extent of public involvement. (b) Public observation and written comment. Each meeting of the Regulations Committee for which notice is published pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section will be open to the public for observation and the submission of written comments. (c) Public participation. Except for the mid-summer meetings held in Washington, DC, in conjuction with the public hearing on waterfowl and other late season frameworks, the public may participate in any meeting of the Regulations Committee for which notice is published pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section through the submission of oral statements that comply with the rules stated in the notice. (d) Minutes of meetings. Minutes will be made of each meeting of the Regulations Committee for which notice is published pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.14.1.4 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | N | Subpart N—Special Procedures for Issuance of Annual Hunting Regulations | § 20.154 Flyway Councils. | FWS | [46 FR 62079, Dec. 22, 1981, as amended at 86 FR 37889, July 16, 2021] | (a) Notice of meetings. Notice of each meeting of a Flyway Council to be attended by any official of the Department of the Interior will be published in the Federal Register or online on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Migratory Bird Program website at least 2 weeks before the meeting or as soon as practicable after the Department of the Interior learns of the meeting. The notice will state the time, place, and general subject(s) of the meeting. (b) [Reserved] | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.14.1.5 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | N | Subpart N—Special Procedures for Issuance of Annual Hunting Regulations | § 20.155 Public file. | FWS | (a) Establishment. A public file will be established for each rulemaking to which this subpart N is applicable. (b) Contents. Except for information exempt from disclosure under 5 U.S.C. 552, a public file established pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section will contain: (1) The minutes of Regulations Committee meetings made pursuant to paragraph (d) of § 20.153; (2) Any written comments and other significant written communications which occur after the notice of proposed rulemaking; (3) Summaries, identifying the source, of any significant oral communications which occur after the notice of proposed rulemaking; and (4) Copies of or references to any other significant data or information. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.2.1.1 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | B | Subpart B—Definitions | § 20.11 What terms do I need to understand? | FWS | [53 FR 24290, June 28, 1988, as amended at 64 FR 29804, June 3, 1999; 71 FR 45986, Aug. 10, 2006; 72 FR 46407, Aug. 20, 2007; 84 FR 28773, June 20, 2019; 84 FR 38885, Aug. 8, 2019] | For the purpose of this part, the following terms shall be construed, respectively, to mean and to include: (a) Migratory game birds means those migratory birds included in the terms of conventions between the United States and any foreign country for the protection of migratory birds, for which open seasons are prescribed in this part and belong to the following families: (1) Anatidae (ducks, geese [including brant] and swans); (2) Columbidae (doves and pigeons); (3) Gruidae (cranes); (4) Rallidae (rails, coots and gallinules); and (5) Scolopacidae (woodcock and snipe). A list of migratory birds protected by the international conventions and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act appears in § 10.13 of this subchapter. (b) Seasons —(1) Open season means the days on which migratory game birds may lawfully be taken. Each period precribed as an open season shall be construed to include the first and last days thereof. (2) Closed season means the days on which migratory game birds shall not be taken. (c) Bag limits —(1) Aggregate bag limit means a condition of taking in which two or more usually similar species may be bagged (reduced to possession) by the hunter in predetermined or unpredetermined quantities to satisfy a maximum take limit. (2) Daily bag limit means the maximum number of migratory game birds of single species or combination (aggregate) of species permitted to be taken by one person in any one day during the open season in any one specified geographic area for which a daily bag limit is prescribed. (3) Aggregate daily bag limit means the maximum number of migratory game birds permitted to be taken by one person in any one day during the open season when such person hunts in more than one specified geographic area and/or for more than one species for which a combined daily bag limit is prescribed. The aggregate daily bag limit is equal to, but shall not exceed, the largest daily bag limit prescribed for any one species or for any one specified geographic area in which taking occurs. (… | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.3.1.1 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | C | Subpart C—Taking | § 20.20 Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program. | FWS | [58 FR 15098, Mar. 19, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 53336, Oct. 21, 1994; 61 FR 46352, Aug. 30, 1996; 62 FR 45708, Aug. 28, 1997; 63 FR 46401, Sept. 1, 1998; 79 FR 43965, July 29, 2014] | (a) Information collection requirements. The collections of information contained in § 20.20 have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget under 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. and assigned clearance number 1018-0015. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The information will be used to provide a sampling frame for the national Migratory Bird Harvest Survey. Response is required from licensed hunters to obtain the benefit of hunting migratory game birds. Public reporting burden for this information is estimated to average 2 minutes per response for 3,300,000 respondents, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Thus the total annual reporting and record-keeping burden for this collection is estimated to be 112,000 hours. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Service's Information Collection Clearance Officer at the address provided at 50 CFR 2.1(b). (b) General provisions. Each person hunting migratory game birds in any State except Hawaii must have identified himself or herself as a migratory bird hunter and given his or her name, address, and date of birth to the respective State hunting licensing authority and must have on his or her person evidence, provided by that State, of compliance with this requirement. (c) Tribal exemptions. Nothing in paragraph (b) of this section shall apply to tribal members on Federal Indian Reservations or to tribal members hunting on ceded lands. (d) State exemptions. Nothing in paragraph (b) of this section shall apply to those hunters who are exempt from State-licensing requirements in the State in which they are hunting. (e) State responsibilities. The State hunting licensing aut… | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.3.1.2 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | C | Subpart C—Taking | § 20.21 What hunting methods are illegal? | FWS | [38 FR 22021, Aug. 15, 1973] | Migratory birds on which open seasons are prescribed in this part may be taken by any method except those prohibited in this section. No persons shall take migratory game birds: (a) With a trap, snare, net, rifle, pistol, swivel gun, shotgun larger than 10 gauge, punt gun, battery gun, machinegun, fish hook, poison, drug, explosive, or stupefying substance; (b) With a shotgun of any description capable of holding more than three shells, unless it is plugged with a one-piece filler, incapable of removal without disassembling the gun, so its total capacity does not exceed three shells. However, this restriction does not apply during: (1) A light-goose-only season (greater and lesser snow geese and Ross' geese) when all other waterfowl and crane hunting seasons, excluding falconry, are closed. (2) A Canada goose only season when all other waterfowl and crane hunting seasons, excluding falconry, are closed in the Atlantic, Central, and Mississippi Flyway portions of Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, as set forth below: (i) During the period of September 1 to September 15, when approved in the annual regulatory schedule in subpart K of this part; and (ii) During the period of September 16 to September 30, when approved in the annual regulatory schedule in subpart K of this part. (c) From or by means, aid, or use of a sinkbox or any other type of low floating device, having a depression affording the hunter a means of concealment beneath the surface of the water; (d) From or by means, aid, or use of any motor vehicle, motor-driven land conveyance, or aircraft of any kind, except that paraplegics and perso… | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.3.1.3 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | C | Subpart C—Taking | § 20.22 Closed seasons. | FWS | [73 FR 65951, Nov. 5, 2008] | No person shall take migratory game birds during the closed season except as provided in part 21 of this chapter. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.3.1.4 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | C | Subpart C—Taking | § 20.23 Shooting hours. | FWS | [73 FR 65951, Nov. 5, 2008, as amended at 87 FR 880, Jan. 7, 2022] | No person shall take migratory game birds except during the hours open to shooting as prescribed in subpart K of this part and 50 CFR 21.180 and 21.183 of this chapter. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.3.1.5 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | C | Subpart C—Taking | § 20.24 Daily limit. | FWS | [38 FR 22021, Aug. 15, 1973, as amended at 38 FR 22626, Aug. 23, 1973] | No person shall take in any 1 calendar day, more than the daily bag limit or aggregate daily bag limit, whichever applies. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.3.1.6 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | C | Subpart C—Taking | § 20.25 Wanton waste of migratory game birds. | FWS | [41 FR 31536, July 29, 1976] | No person shall kill or cripple any migratory game bird pursuant to this part without making a reasonable effort to retrieve the bird, and retain it in his actual custody, at the place where taken or between that place and either (a) his automobile or principal means of land transportation; or (b) his personal abode or temporary or transient place of lodging; or (c) a migratory bird preservation facility; or (d) a post office; or (e) a common carrier facility. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.3.1.7 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | C | Subpart C—Taking | § 20.26 Emergency closures. | FWS | [41 FR 31536, July 29, 1976] | (a) The Director may close or temporarily suspend any season established under subpart K of this part: (1) Upon a finding that a continuation of such a season would constitute an imminent threat to the safety of any endangered or threatened species or other migratory bird populations. (2) Upon issuance of local public notice by such means as publication in local newspapers of general circulation, posting of the areas affected, notifying the State wildlife conservation agency, and announcement on local radio and television. (b) Any such closure or temporary suspension shall be announced by publication of a notice to that effect in the Federal Register simultaneous with the local public notice referred to in paragraph (a)(2) of this section. However, in the event that it is impractical to publish a Federal Register notice simultaneously, due to the restriction in time available and the nature of the particular emergency situation, such notice shall follow the steps outlined in paragraph (a) of this section as soon as possible. (c) Any closure or temporary suspension under this section shall be effective on the date of publication of the Federal Register notice; or if such notice is not published simultaneously, then on the date and at the time specified in the local notification to the public. Every notice of closure shall include the date and time of closing of the season and the area or areas affected. In the case of a temporary suspension, the date and time when the season may be resumed shall be provided by a subsequent local notification to the public, and by publication in the Federal Register. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.4.1.1 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | D | Subpart D—Possession | § 20.31 Prohibited if taken in violation of subpart C. | FWS | No person shall at any time, by any means, or in any manner, possess or have in custody any migratory game bird or part thereof, taken in violation of any provision of subpart C of this part. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.4.1.10 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | D | Subpart D—Possession | § 20.40 Gift of migratory game birds. | FWS | [42 FR 39668, Aug. 5, 1977] | No person may receive, possess, or give to another, any freshly killed migratory game birds as a gift, except at the personal abodes of the donor or donee, unless such birds have a tag attached, signed by the hunter who took the birds, stating such hunter's address, the total number and species of birds and the date such birds were taken. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.4.1.2 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | D | Subpart D—Possession | § 20.32 During closed season. | FWS | No person shall possess any freshly killed migratory game birds during the closed season. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.4.1.3 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | D | Subpart D—Possession | § 20.33 Possession limit. | FWS | No person shall possess more migratory game birds taken in the United States than the possession limit or the aggregate possession limit, whichever applies. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.4.1.4 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | D | Subpart D—Possession | § 20.34 Opening day of a season. | FWS | No person on the opening day of the season shall possess any freshly killed migratory game birds in excess of the daily bag limit, or aggregate daily bag limit, whichever applies. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.4.1.5 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | D | Subpart D—Possession | § 20.35 Field possession limit. | FWS | [41 FR 31536, July 29, 1976] | No person shall possess, have in custody, or transport more than the daily bag limit or aggregate daily bag limit, whichever applies, of migratory game birds, tagged or not tagged, at or between the place where taken and either (a) his automobile or principal means of land transportation; or (b) his personal abode or temporary or transient place of lodging; or (c) a migratory bird preservation facility; or (d) a post office; or (e) a common carrier facility. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.4.1.6 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | D | Subpart D—Possession | § 20.36 Tagging requirement. | FWS | No person shall put or leave any migratory game birds at any place (other than at his personal abode), or in the custody of another person for picking, cleaning, processing, shipping, transportation, or storage (including temporary storage), or for the purpose of having taxidermy services performed, unless such birds have a tag attached, signed by the hunter, stating his address, the total number and species of birds, and the date such birds were killed. Migratory game birds being transported in any vehicle as the personal baggage of the possessor shall not be considered as being in storage or temporary storage. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.4.1.7 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | D | Subpart D—Possession | § 20.37 Custody of birds of another. | FWS | No person shall receive or have in custody any migratory game birds belonging to another person unless such birds are tagged as required by § 20.36. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.4.1.8 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | D | Subpart D—Possession | § 20.38 Possession of live birds. | FWS | Every migratory game bird wounded by hunting and reduced to possession by the hunter shall be immediately killed and become a part of the daily bag limit. No person shall at any time, or by any means, possess or transport live migratory game birds taken under authority of this part. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.4.1.9 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | D | Subpart D—Possession | § 20.39 Termination of possession. | FWS | [41 FR 31537, July 29, 1976] | Subject to all other requirements of this part, the possession of birds taken by any hunter shall be deemed to have ceased when such birds have been delivered by him to another person as a gift; or have been delivered by him to a post office, a common carrier, or a migratory bird preservation facility and consigned for transport by the Postal Service or a common carrier to some person other than the hunter. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.5.1.1 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | E | Subpart E—Transportation Within the United States | § 20.41 Prohibited if taken in violation of subpart C. | FWS | No person shall at any time, by any means, or in any manner, transport any migratory game bird or part thereof, taken in violation of any provision of subpart C of this part. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.5.1.2 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | E | Subpart E—Transportation Within the United States | § 20.42 Transportation of birds of another. | FWS | No person shall transport migratory game birds belonging to another person unless such birds are tagged as required by § 20.36. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.5.1.3 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | E | Subpart E—Transportation Within the United States | § 20.43 Species identification requirement. | FWS | [41 FR 31537, July 19, 1976] | No person shall transport within the United States any migratory game birds, except doves and band-tailed pigeons ( Columba fasciata ), unless the head or one fully feathered wing remains attached to each such bird at all times while being transported from the place where taken until they have arrived at the personal abode of the possessor or a migratory bird preservation facility. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.5.1.4 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | E | Subpart E—Transportation Within the United States | § 20.44 Marking package or container. | FWS | No person shall transport by the Postal Service or a common carrier migratory game birds unless the package or container in which such birds are transported has the name and address of the shipper and the consignee and an accurate statement of the numbers of each species of birds therein contained clearly and conspicuously marked on the outside thereof. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.6.1.1 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | F | Subpart F—Exportation | § 20.51 Prohibited if taken in violation of subpart C. | FWS | No person shall at any time, by any means, or in any manner, export or cause to be exported, any migratory game bird or part thereof, taken in violation of any provision of subpart C of this part. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.6.1.2 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | F | Subpart F—Exportation | § 20.52 Species identification requirement. | FWS | No person shall export migratory game birds unless one fully feathered wing remains attached to each such bird while being transported from the United States and/or any of its possessions to any foreign country. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.6.1.3 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | F | Subpart F—Exportation | § 20.53 Marking package or container. | FWS | No person shall export migratory game birds via the Postal Service or a common carrier unless the package or container has the name and address of the shipper and the consignee and an accurate statement of the numbers of each species of birds therein contained clearly and conspicuously marked on the outside thereof. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.7.1.1 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | G | Subpart G—Importations | § 20.61 Importation limits. | FWS | [40 FR 36346, Aug. 20, 1975] | No person shall import migratory game birds in excess of the following importation limits: (a) Doves and pigeons. (1) From any foreign country except Mexico, during any one calendar week beginning on Sunday, not to exceed 25 doves, singly or in the aggregate of all species, and 10 pigeons, singly or in the aggregate of all species. (2) From Mexico, not to exceed the maximum number permitted by Mexican authorities to be taken in any one day: Provided, That if the importer has his Mexican hunting permit date-stamped by appropriate Mexican wildlife authorities on the first day he hunts in Mexico, he may import the applicable Mexican possession limit corresponding to the days actually hunted during that particular trip. (b) Waterfowl. (1) From any foreign country except Canada and Mexico, during any one calendar week beginning on Sunday, not to exceed 10 ducks, singly or in the aggregate of all species, and five geese including brant, singly or in the aggregate of all species. (2) From Canada, not to exceed the maximum number permitted to be exported by Canadian authorities. (3) From Mexico, not to exceed the maximum number permitted by Mexican authorities to be taken in any one day: Provided, That if the importer has his Mexican hunting permit date-stamped by appropriate Mexican wildlife authorities on the first day he hunts in Mexico, he may import the applicable Mexican possession limit corresponding to the days actually hunted during that particular trip. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.7.1.2 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | G | Subpart G—Importations | § 20.62 Importation of birds of another. | FWS | No person shall import migratory game birds belonging to another person. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.7.1.3 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | G | Subpart G—Importations | § 20.63 Species identification requirement. | FWS | [41 FR 31537, July 19, 1976] | No person shall import migratory game birds unless each such bird has one fully feathered wing attached, and such wing must remain attached while being transported between the port of entry and the personal abode of the possessor or between the port of entry and a migratory bird preservation facility. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.7.1.4 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | G | Subpart G—Importations | § 20.64 Foreign export permits. | FWS | No person shall import, possess or transport, any migratory game birds killed in a foreign country unless such birds are accompanied by export permits, tags, or other documentation required by applicable foreign laws or regulations. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.7.1.5 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | G | Subpart G—Importations | § 20.65 Processing requirement. | FWS | [38 FR 22021, Aug. 15, 1973, as amended at 87 FR 880, Jan. 7, 2022] | No person shall import migratory game birds killed in any foreign country, except Canada, unless such birds are dressed (except as required in § 20.63), drawn, and the head and feet are removed: Provided, That this shall not prohibit the importation of legally taken, fully feathered migratory game birds consigned for mounting purposes to a taxidermist who holds a current taxidermist permit issued to him pursuant to § 21.63 of this chapter and who is also licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to decontaminate such birds. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.7.1.6 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | G | Subpart G—Importations | § 20.66 Marking of package or container. | FWS | No person shall import migratory game birds via the Postal Service or a common carrier unless the package or container has the name and address of the shipper and the consignee and an accurate statement of the numbers of each species of birds therein contained clearly and conspicuously marked on the outside thereof. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.8.1.1 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | H | Subpart H—Federal, State, and Foreign Law | § 20.71 Violation of Federal law. | FWS | No person shall at any time, by any means or in any manner, take, possess, transport, or export any migratory bird, or any part, nest, or egg of any such bird, in violation of any act of Congress or any regulation issued pursuant thereto. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.8.1.2 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | H | Subpart H—Federal, State, and Foreign Law | § 20.72 Violation of State law. | FWS | No person shall at any time, by any means or in any manner, take, possess, transport, or export any migratory bird, or any part, nest, or egg of any such bird, in violation of any applicable law or regulation of any State. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.8.1.3 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | H | Subpart H—Federal, State, and Foreign Law | § 20.73 Violation of foreign law. | FWS | No person shall at any time, by any means, or in any manner, import, possess, or transport, any migratory bird, or any part, nest, or egg of any such bird taken, bought, sold, transported, possessed, or exported contrary to any applicable law or regulation of any foreign country, or State or province thereof. | ||||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.9.1.1 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | I | Subpart I—Migratory Bird Preservation Facilities | § 20.81 Tagging requirement. | FWS | [41 FR 31537, July 29, 1976] | No migratory bird preservation facility shall receive or have in custody any migratory game birds unless such birds are tagged as required by § 20.36. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.9.1.2 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | I | Subpart I—Migratory Bird Preservation Facilities | § 20.82 Records required. | FWS | [41 FR 38510, Sept. 10, 1976] | (a) No migratory bird preservation facility shall: (1) Receive or have in custody any migratory game bird unless accurate records are maintained which can identify each bird received by, or in the custody of, the facility by the name of the person from whom the bird was obtained, and show (i) the number of each species; (ii) the location where taken; (iii) the date such birds were received; (iv) the name and address of the person from whom such birds were received; (v) the date such birds were disposed of; and (vi) the name and address of the person to whom such birds were delivered, or (2) Destroy any records required to be maintained under this section for a period of 1 year following the last entry on the record. (b) Record keeping as required by this section will not be necessary at hunting clubs which do not fully process migratory birds by removal of both the head and wings. | |||
| 50:50:9.0.1.1.3.9.1.3 | 50 | Wildlife and Fisheries | I | B | 20 | PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING | I | Subpart I—Migratory Bird Preservation Facilities | § 20.83 Inspection of premises. | FWS | [41 FR 31537, July 19, 1976] | No migratory bird preservation facility shall prevent any person authorized to enforce this part from entering such facilities at all reasonable hours and inspecting the records and the premises where such operations are being carried. |
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