---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 32.6"
title: "50"
number: "32.6"
heading: "What are the procedures for publication of refuge-specific sport fishing regulations?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/32.6"
---

# §32.6. What are the procedures for publication of refuge-specific sport fishing regulations?

- (a) Refuge-specific fishing regulations are issued only at the time of or after the opening of a wildlife refuge area to sport fishing.
- (b) Refuge-specific fishing regulations may contain the following items:
  - (1) Fish species that may be taken;
  - (2) Seasons;
  - (3) Creel limits;
  - (4) Methods of fishing;
  - (5) Description of areas open to fishing; or
  - (6) **Other provisions as required.**
- (c) Refuge-specific fishing regulations will not liberalize existing State laws or regulations.
- (d) Refuge-specific fishing regulations are subject to change and the public is invited to submit suggestions and comments for consideration at any time.
- (e) We initially publish refuge-specific sport fishing regulations in the daily issue of the Federal Register, and subsequently they appear in [§§ 32.20 through 32.72](/cfr/50/32.20..32.72.md).
- (f) Refuge-specific fishing regulations may be amended as needed when unpredictable changes occur in fish and wildlife populations, habitat conditions or in other factors affecting a refuge's fish and wildlife resources.

## Notes

### Amendments

[58 FR 5064, Jan. 19, 1993, as amended at 67 FR 58943, Sept. 18, 2002]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 16 U.S.C. 460k, 664, 668dd-668ee, and 715i; Pub. L. 115-20, 131 Stat. 86.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 5064, Jan. 19, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[58 FR 5064, Jan. 19, 1993, as amended at 67 FR 58943, Sept. 18, 2002]