Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§460o–5 Hunting and Fishing

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LXXIII — DELAWARE WATER GAP NATIONAL RECREATION AREA › § 460o–5

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior must allow hunting and fishing on the lands and waters he manages in the area, as long as people follow the relevant state and federal laws. He may set up places and times where hunting is not allowed for public safety, wildlife management, administration, or when other public uses don’t fit with hunting. He may also set aside areas for active fish and wildlife management that include public hunting and fishing. He must make rules after talking with the state officials and must encourage those officials to use the same rules across the whole Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460o–5

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The Secretary of the Interior shall permit hunting and fishing on lands and waters under his jurisdiction within the area in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations of the States concerned and of the United States. The Secretary of the Interior may designate zones where, and establish periods when, no hunting shall be permitted for reasons of public safety, wildlife management, administration, or public use and enjoyment not compatible with hunting, and may, in his plan for the area, provide areas for intensive fish and wildlife management, including public hunting and fishing, and shall issue appropriate regulations after consultation with appropriate officials of the States concerned. The Secretary of the Interior shall encourage such officials to adopt uniform regulations applicable to the whole of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460o–5

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102