Federal Register #DOI-2024-0011

Final rule updating Alaska subsistence wildlife-taking regulations

This final rule updates subsistence wildlife-taking regulations on public lands in Alaska. - Issuing agencies: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, and U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary of the Interior. - Program administration: The Federal Subsistence Board administers the Federal Subsistence Management Program and considers wildlife proposals and closure reviews. - Regulatory changes: Revises hunting and trapping seasons, harvest limits, and permitted methods; updates general subsistence rules for fish and wildlife and customary and traditional use determinations. - Specific topics: Addresses deferred proposals concerning eulachon harvest in District 1 and the sale of brown bear hides, and makes administrative corrections. - Decision considerations: Includes subsistence priority, scientific evidence, traditional ecological knowledge, conservation, and effects on rural subsistence users. - Procurement scope: This is a regulatory action, not a procurement. No OEMs, vendors, products, quantities, or services are identified.

Description

This final rule revises regulations for hunting and trapping seasons, harvest limits, and methods and means for taking wildlife for subsistence uses during the 2026–27 and 2027–28 regulatory years. It revises existing wildlife-taking rules, general subsistence regulations for fish and wildlife, and customary and traditional use determinations. It also addresses deferred proposals concerning eulachon harvest in District 1 and brown bear hide sales, and makes administrative corrections and corrections of errors. The rule is effective October 27, 2026.

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