Regulatory Compliance, Environmental Management 21 Jan 2025 regulations, wildlife, alaska, fish and wildlife service, wildlife management, treaties, hunting, migratory birds, subsistence harvest

🦅Proposed Regulations on Migratory Bird Subsistence Harvest in Alaska

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are proposing changes to the migratory bird subsistence harvest regulations in Alaska. Subsistence harvest regulations allow for the continuation of customary and traditional subsistence uses of migratory birds in Alaska and establish when and where the harvesting of certain migratory birds may occur within each subsistence region. Subsistence harvest regulations, including these proposed changes, were developed under a co-management process involving the Service, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and Alaska Native representatives.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 2 Jan 2025 alaska, polar bears, marine mammals, stock assessment, fish and wildlife service, regulation compliance

🐻‍❄️Draft Stock Assessment Reports for Polar Bears in Alaska

In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended, and its implementing regulations, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), have developed draft revised marine mammal stock assessment reports (SARs) for the Chukchi/Bering Seas and Southern Beaufort Sea polar bear (Ursus maritimus) stocks in Alaska. We invite comments on the two draft revised SARs from the public and from Federal, Tribal, State, and local governments.

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