16 U.S.C. § 7901 — Congressional declaration of national policy
submitted 7 years ago by Pub. L. 116-9 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 196 words · no verdicts yet
Congress declares that Federal agencies should expand hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting on Federal land while conserving aquatic systems, game, and habitat. “Fishing” here excludes the specified commercial fishing.
(a) In general. United States policy is that Federal departments and agencies, consistent with their missions, Executive Orders 12962 and 13443, and applicable law, must (1) facilitate more and better hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting on Federal land, consulting the named councils, State and Tribal wildlife agencies, and the public; (2) conserve and improve aquatic systems and manage game species and their habitat on Federal land, including through hunting and fishing, while respecting (A) State wildlife-management authority and (B) private-property rights; and (3) consider these opportunities in every Federal land, resource, and travel-management plan.
(b) Exclusion. In this title, “fishing” does not include commercial fishing where harvested fish are intended, wholly or partly, to enter commerce through sale.
Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States that Federal departments and agencies, in accordance with the missions of the departments and agencies, Executive Orders 12962 and 13443 (60 Fed. Reg. 30769 (June 7, 1995); 72 Fed. Reg. 46537 (August 16, 2007)), and applicable law, shall—
facilitate the expansion and enhancement of hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting opportunities on Federal land, in consultation with the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council, the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council, State and Tribal fish and wildlife agencies, and the public;
conserve and enhance aquatic systems and the management of game species and the habitat of those species on Federal land, including through hunting and fishing, in a manner that respects—
State management authority over wildlife resources; and
private property rights; and
consider hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting opportunities as part of all Federal plans for land, resource, and travel management.
In this title,1 the term “fishing” does not include commercial fishing in which fish are harvested, either in whole or in part, that are intended to enter commerce through sale.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 116–9, title IV, § 4001, Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 756.)
- 2019Enacted · Pub. L. 116-9 · 133 Stat. 756
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