Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§60 Hunting or fishing prohibited
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VI— - SEQUOIA AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKS › § 60
Summary
Hunting or harming wild birds and animals in parks is banned, except dangerous animals may be killed to protect people; fish may be taken only by hook and line as the Interior Secretary directs.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §60
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All hunting or the killing, wounding, or capturing at any time of any wild bird or animal, except dangerous animals, when it is necessary to prevent them from destroying human lives or inflicting personal injury, is prohibited within the limits of said parks; nor shall any fish be taken out of any of the waters of the said parks, or any one of them, in any other way than by hook and line, and then only at such seasons and such times and manner as may be directed by the Secretary of the Interior.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 60
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73