Wildlife Biologist, Division of Migratory Bird Management

1018-BB73 201804 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1018 United States Fish and Wildlife Service FWS 1000 Department of the Interior DOI Migratory Bird Hunting; 2018-2019 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations

We propose to establish annual hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds for the 2018-2019 hunting season. We annually prescribe outside limits (frameworks), within which States may select hunting seasons. This proposed rule provides the regulatory schedule, describes the proposed regulatory alternatives for the 2018-2019 duck hunting seasons, requests proposals from Indian Tribes that wish to establish special migratory game bird hunting regulations on Federal Indian reservations and ceded lands, and requests proposals for the 2018 spring and summer migratory bird subsistence season in Alaska. Migratory game bird hunting seasons provide opportunities for recreation and sustenance; aid Federal, State, and Tribal governments in the management of migratory game birds; and permit harvests at levels compatible with migratory game bird population status and habitat conditions.

]]> Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Yes No Fully or Partially Exempt 50 CFR 20 16 U.S.C. 703 to 711 16 U.S.C. 742a-j No Notice of Public Meeting 06/15/2017 82 FR 27521 Public Meeting 06/21/2017 82 FR 27521 NPRM 08/03/2017 82 FR 36308 NPRM Comment Period End 09/05/2017 NPRM Supplemental 10/03/2017 82 FR 46011 NPRM Supplemental Comment Period End 01/15/2018 NPRM; Proposed Frameworks 02/02/2018 83 FR 4964 NPRM Comment Period End 03/05/2018 NPRM; Proposed Tribal Regulations 05/00/2018 Final Rule; Final Frameworks 05/00/2018 Final Rule; Final Season Selections 06/00/2018 Final Rule; Final Tribal Regulations 07/00/2018 Yes Businesses State Tribal No Yes No Ronald Kokel Wildlife Biologist, Division of Migratory Bird Management 1018 United States Fish and Wildlife Service FWS 703 358-1714 ronald_kokel@fws.gov MS MBSP-4107, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: MB, Falls Church VA 22041-3808