50 Cfr 92.6

50 CFR 92.6 (up to date as of 5/23/2023)
Use and possession of migratory birds.

50 CFR 92.6 (2023-05-23)

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Title 50 —Wildlife and Fisheries
Chapter I —United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Subchapter G —Miscellaneous Provisions
Part 92 —Migratory Bird Subsistence Harvest in Alaska
Subpart A —General Provisions
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 703–712.
Source: 67 FR 53517, Aug. 16, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

§ 92.6 Use and possession of migratory birds.
You may not sell, offer for sale, purchase, or offer to purchase migratory birds, their parts, or their eggs taken under
this part, except as provided in this section.
(a) Giving and receiving migratory birds. Under this part, you may take migratory birds for human
consumption only. Harvest and possession of migratory birds must be conducted using nonwasteful
taking. Edible meat of migratory birds may be given to immediate family members by eligible persons.
Inedible byproducts of migratory birds taken for food may be used for other purposes, except that
taxidermy is prohibited, and these byproducts may only be given to other eligible persons or Alaska
Natives.
(b) Authentic native articles of handicraft or clothing.
(1) Under this section, authentic native articles of handicraft or clothing may be produced for sale only
from the following bird species:
(i)

Tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus).

(ii) Blue-winged teal (Anas discors).
(iii) Redhead (Aythya americana).
(iv) Ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris).
(v) Greater scaup (Aythya marila).
(vi) Lesser scaup (Aythya affinis).
(vii) King eider (Somateria spectabilis).
(viii) Common eider (Somateria mollissima).
(ix) Surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata).
(x) White-winged scoter (Melanitta fusca).
(xi) Barrow's goldeneye (Bucephala islandica).
(xii) Hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus).
(xiii) Pacific loon (Gavia pacifica).
(xiv) Common loon (Gavia immer).
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50 CFR 92.6 (up to date as of 5/23/2023)
Use and possession of migratory birds.

50 CFR 92.6(b)(1)(xv)

(xv) Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus).
(xvi) Black oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani).
(xvii) Lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes).
(xviii) Semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris semipalmatus).
(xix) Western sandpiper (Calidris mauri).
(xx) Wilson's snipe (Gallinago delicata).
(xxi) Bonaparte's gull (Larus philadelphia).
(xxii) Mew gull (Larus canus).
(xxiii) Red-legged kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris).
(xxiv) Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea).
(xxv) Black guillemot (Cepphus grylle).
(xxvi) Cassin's auklet (Ptychoramphus aleuticus).
(xxvii) Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus).
(2) Only Alaska Natives may sell or re-sell any authentic native article of handicraft or clothing that
contains an inedible byproduct of a bird listed in paragraph (b)(1) of this section that was taken for
food during the Alaska migratory bird subsistence harvest season. Eligibility under this paragraph
(b)(2) can be shown by a Tribal Enrollment Card, Bureau of Indian Affairs card, or membership in the
Silver Hand program. All sales and transportation of sold items are restricted to within the United
States. Each sold item must be accompanied by either a certification (FWS Form 3–2484) signed by
the artist or a Silver Hand insignia. Purchasers must retain this documentation and produce it upon
the request of a law enforcement officer.
(3) Sales by consignment are allowed. Each consigned item must be accompanied by either a
certification (FWS Form 3–2484) signed by the artist or Silver Hand insignia. All consignees, sellers,
and purchasers must retain this documentation with each item and produce it upon the request of a
law enforcement officer. All consignment sales are restricted to within the United States.
(4) The Office of Management and Budget reviewed and approved the information collection
requirements contained in this section and assigned OMB Control No. 1018–0168. We use the
information to monitor and enforce the regulations. We may not conduct or sponsor and you are not
required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control
number. You may send comments on the information collection requirements to the Information
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, at the address listed at 50 CFR 2.1(b).
[82 FR 34270, July 24, 2017]

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