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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 134 / Friday, July 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
Special September Duck Seasons Florida, Kentucky, and Tennessee: In lieu of a special September teal season, a 5-consecutive-day teal/wood duck season may be selected in September.
The daily bag limit may not exceed 6
teal and wood ducks in the aggregate, of which no more than 2 may be wood ducks. In addition, a 4-consecutive-day teal-only season may be selected in September either immediately before or immediately after the 5-consecutive-day teal/wood duck season. The daily bag limit is 6 teal.
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Ducks, Mergansers, and Coots Outside Dates: Between the Saturday nearest September 24 September 25
and January 31.
Hunting Seasons and Duck Limits: 60
days. The daily bag limit is 6 ducks, including no more than 2 mallards no more than 1 of which can be female, 2
black ducks, 1 pintail, 1 mottled duck, 1 fulvous whistling duck, 3 wood ducks, 2 redheads, 2 canvasbacks, 4 scoters, 4
eiders, and 4 long-tailed ducks. The season for scaup may be split into 2
segments, with one segment consisting of 40 consecutive days with a 1-scaup daily bag limit, and the second segment consisting of 20 consecutive days with a 2-scaup daily bag limit.
Closures: The season on harlequin ducks is closed.
Merganser Limits: The daily bag limit of mergansers is 5, only 2 of which may be hooded mergansers. In States that include mergansers in the duck bag limit, the daily limit is the same as the duck bag limit, only 2 of which may be hooded mergansers.
Coot Limits: The daily bag limit is 15
coots.
Lake Champlain Zone, New York: The waterfowl seasons, limits, and shooting hours should be the same as those selected for the Lake Champlain Zone of Vermont.
Connecticut River Zone, Vermont:
The waterfowl seasons, limits, and shooting hours should be the same as those selected for the Inland Zone of New Hampshire.
Zoning and Split Seasons: Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and West Virginia may split their seasons into 3 segments. Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Vermont may select seasons in each of 3 zones; Pennsylvania may select seasons in each of 4 zones; and New York may select seasons in each of 5 zones; and all these States may split their season in each zone into 2

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segments. Connecticut, Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia may select seasons in each of 2 zones; and all these States may split their season in each zone into 3 segments. Connecticut, Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia must conduct an evaluation of the impacts of zones and splits on hunter dynamics e.g., hunter numbers, satisfaction and harvest during the 202125 seasons.
Scoters, Eiders, and Long-tailed Ducks Special Sea Duck Seasons:
Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia may select a Special Sea Duck Season in designated Special Sea Duck Areas. If a Special Sea Duck Season is selected, scoters, eiders, and long-tailed ducks may be taken in the designated Special Sea Duck Areas only during the Special Sea Duck Season dates; scoters, eiders, and longtailed ducks may be taken outside of Special Sea Duck Areas during the regular duck season, in accordance with the frameworks for ducks, mergansers, and coots specified above.
Outside Dates: Between September 15
and January 31.
Special Sea Duck Seasons and Daily Bag Limits: 60 consecutive days, or 60
days that are concurrent with the regular duck season, with a daily bag limit of 5, of the listed sea duck species, including no more than 4 scoters, 4
eiders, and 4 long-tailed ducks. Within the special sea duck areas, during the regular duck season in the Atlantic Flyway, States may choose to allow the above sea duck limits in addition to the limits applying to other ducks during the regular season. In all other areas, sea ducks may be taken only during the regular open season for ducks and are part of the regular duck season daily bag not to exceed 4 scoters, 4 eiders, and 4 long-tailed ducks and possession limits.
Special Sea Duck Areas: In all coastal waters and all waters of rivers and streams seaward from the first upstream bridge in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York; in New Jersey, all coastal waters seaward from the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea COLREGS
Demarcation Lines shown on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Nautical Charts and further described in 33 CFR 80.165, 80.501, 80.502, and 80.503; in any waters of the Atlantic Ocean and in any tidal waters of any bay that are
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separated by at least 1 mile of open water from any shore, island, and emergent vegetation in South Carolina and Georgia; and in any waters of the Atlantic Ocean and in any tidal waters of any bay that are separated by at least 800 yards of open water from any shore, island, and emergent vegetation in Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia; and provided that any such areas have been described, delineated, and designated as special sea duck hunting areas under the hunting regulations adopted by the respective States.
Canada and Cackling Geese Special Early Canada and Cackling Goose Seasons Season Lengths and Outside Dates: A
Canada and cackling goose season of not more than 15 days during September 1
15 may be selected for the Eastern Unit of Maryland. Seasons not to exceed 30
days during September 130 may be selected for Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, New York Long Island Zone only, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and South Carolina.
Seasons may not exceed 25 days during September 125 in the remainder of the Flyway. Areas open to the hunting of Canada and cackling geese must be described, delineated, and designated as such in each States hunting regulations.
Daily Bag Limits: Not to exceed 15
Canada and cackling geese in the aggregate.
Shooting Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset, except that during any special early Canada and cackling goose season, shooting hours may extend to one-half hour after sunset if all other waterfowl seasons are closed in the specific applicable area.
Regular Dark Goose Seasons Season Lengths, Outside Dates, and Limits: Specific regulations are provided below by State. The daily bag limit for Canada, cackling, and white-fronted geese is in the aggregate. Unless subsequently provided, seasons may be split into 2 segments.
Connecticut North Atlantic Population NAP
Zone: Between October 1 and January 31, a 60-day season may be held with a 2-bird daily bag limit.
Atlantic Population AP Zone: A 30day season may be held between October 10 and February 5, with a 1bird daily bag limit.
South Zone: A special season may be held between January 15 and February 15, with a 5-bird daily bag limit.
Resident Population RP Zone: An 80-day season may be held between
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