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Title 16
Chapter 7
Subchapter II
§ 711. Breeding and sale for foo...
Subchapter III - MIGRATORY BIRD ...
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§ 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
(1)
In accordance with the various migratory bird treaties and conventions with Canada, Japan, Mexico, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to issue such regulations as may be necessary to assure that the taking of migratory birds and the collection of their eggs, by the indigenous inhabitants of the State of Alaska, shall be permitted for their own nutritional and other essential needs, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, during seasons established so as to provide for the preservation and maintenance of stocks of migratory birds.
(2)
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to issue such regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of the convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds concluded
August 16, 1916
, the convention between the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals concluded
February 7, 1936
, the convention between the United States and the Government of Japan for the protection of migratory birds in danger of extinction, and their environment concluded
March 4, 1972
, and the convention between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for the conservation of migratory birds and their environment concluded
November 19, 1976
.
(
Pub. L. 95–616, § 3(h)(2)
, (3),
Nov. 8, 1978
,
92 Stat. 3112
.)
cite as:
16 USC 712
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