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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 33 / Monday, February 22, 2021 / Proposed Rule A. All seasons are by permit only.
B. No more than 1 emperor goose may be harvested per hunter per season.
C. Total harvest may not exceed 500
emperor geese.
D. In State Game Management Unit 8, the Kodiak Island Road Area is closed to hunting. The Kodiak Island Road Area consists of all lands and water including exposed tidelands east of a line extending from Crag Point in the north to the west end of Saltery Cove in the south and all lands and water south of a line extending from Termination Point along the north side of Cascade Lake extending to Anton Larsen Bay.
Marine waters adjacent to the closed area are closed to harvest within 500
feet from the waters edge. The offshore islands are open to harvest, for example:
Woody, Long, Gull, and Puffin islands.
Brant: The daily bag limit will be determined based on the upcoming brant winter survey results and the Pacific brant harvest strategy.
Snipe: The daily bag limit is 8.
Sandhill Cranes: The daily bag limit is 2 in the Southeast, Gulf Coast, Kodiak, and Aleutian Zones, and Unit 17 in the North Zone. In the remainder of the North Zone outside Unit 17, the daily bag limit is 3.
Tundra Swans: Open seasons for tundra swans may be selected subject to the following conditions:
A. All seasons are by permit only.
B. All season framework dates are September 1October 31.
C. In Unit 17, no more than 200
permits may be issued during this operational season. No more than 3
tundra swans may be authorized per permit, with no more than 1 permit issued per hunter per season.
D. In Unit 18, no more than 500
permits may be issued during the operational season. No more than 3
tundra swans may be authorized per permit. No more than 1 permit may be issued per hunter per season.
E. In Unit 22, no more than 300
permits may be issued during the operational season. No more than 3
tundra swans may be authorized per permit. No more than 1 permit may be issued per hunter per season.
F. In Unit 23, no more than 300
permits may be issued during the operational season. No more than 3
tundra swans may be authorized per permit. No more than 1 permit may be issued per hunter per season.
Hawaii Outside Dates: Between October 1 and January 31.
Hunting Seasons: Not more than 65
days 75 under the alternative for mourning doves.

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Bag Limits: Not to exceed 15 12
under the alternative mourning doves.
Note: Mourning doves may be taken in Hawaii in accordance with shooting hours and other regulations set by the State of Hawaii, and subject to the applicable provisions of 50 CFR part 20.

Puerto Rico Doves and Pigeons Outside Dates: Between September 1
and January 15.
Hunting Seasons: Not more than 60
days.
Daily Bag and Possession Limits: Not to exceed 30 Zenaida, mourning, and white-winged doves in the aggregate, of which not more than 10 may be Zenaida doves and 3 may be mourning doves.
Not to exceed 5 scaly-naped pigeons.
Closed Seasons: The season is closed on the white-crowned pigeon and the plain pigeon, which are protected by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Closed Areas: There is no open season on doves or pigeons in the following areas: Municipality of Culebra, Desecheo Island, Mona Island, El Verde Closure Area, and Cidra Municipality and adjacent areas.
Ducks, Coots, Gallinules, and Snipe Outside Dates: Between October 1 and January 31.
Hunting Seasons: Not more than 55
days may be selected for hunting ducks, common gallinules, and snipe. The season may be split into 2 segments.
Daily Bag Limits Ducks: Not to exceed 6 ducks.
Common Gallinules: Not to exceed 6
common gallinules.
Snipe: Not to exceed 8 snipe.
Closed Seasons: The season is closed on ruddy duck, white-cheeked pintail, West Indian whistling duck, fulvous whistling duck, and masked duck, which are protected by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The season is closed for purple gallinule, American coot, and Caribbean coot.
Closed Areas: There is no open season on ducks, common gallinules, and snipe in the Municipality of Culebra and on Desecheo Island.
Virgin Islands Doves and Pigeons Outside Dates: Between September 1
and January 15.
Hunting Seasons: Not more than 60
consecutive days.
Daily Bag and Possession Limits: Not to exceed 10 Zenaida doves.
Closed Seasons: No open season is prescribed for ground or quail doves or pigeons.

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Closed Areas: There is no open season for migratory game birds on Ruth Cay just south of St. Croix.
Local Names for Certain Birds:
Zenaida dove, also known as mountain dove; bridled quail-dove, also known as Barbary dove or partridge; common ground-dove, also known as stone dove, tobacco dove, rola, or tortolita; scalynaped pigeon, also known as red-necked or scaled pigeon.
Ducks Outside Dates: Between December 1
and January 31.
Hunting Seasons: Not more than 55
consecutive days.
Daily Bag Limits: Not to exceed 6
ducks.
Closed Seasons: The season is closed on the ruddy duck, white-cheeked pintail, West Indian whistling duck, fulvous whistling duck, and masked duck.
Special Falconry Regulations In accordance with 50 CFR 21.29, falconry is a permitted means of taking migratory game birds in any State except for Hawaii. States may select an extended season for taking migratory game birds in accordance with the following:
Extended Seasons: For all hunting methods combined, the combined length of the extended season, regular season, and any special or experimental seasons must not exceed 107 days for any species or group of species in a geographical area. Each extended season may be split into 3 segments.
Outside Dates: Seasons must fall between September 1 and March 10.
Daily Bag Limits: Falconry daily bag limits for all permitted migratory game birds must not exceed 3 birds in the aggregate, during extended falconry seasons, any special or experimental seasons, and regular hunting seasons in all States, including those that do not select an extended falconry season.
Regular Seasons: General hunting regulations, including seasons and hunting hours, apply to falconry.
Regular season bag limits do not apply to falconry. The falconry bag limit is not in addition to shooting limits.
Area, Unit, and Zone Descriptions Ducks Including Mergansers and Coots Atlantic Flyway Connecticut North Zone: That portion of the State north of I-95.
South Zone: Remainder of the State.

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