---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 160g"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "160g"
heading: "Designation by Secretary of recreational fishing zones; consultation with appropriate State agency; continuation of seining of fish to secure eggs for propagation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/160g"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter XIX — Voyageurs National Park"
---

# §160g. Designation by Secretary of recreational fishing zones; consultation with appropriate State agency; continuation of seining of fish to secure eggs for propagation

- (a) The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall permit recreational fishing on lands and waters under his jurisdiction within the boundaries of the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) in accordance with applicable laws of the United States and of the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Minnesota, except that the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) may designate zones where and establish periods when no fishing shall be permitted for reasons of public safety, administration, [fish and wildlife](/usc/16/3102.md?p=17) management, or public use and enjoyment. Except in emergencies, any regulations of the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) pursuant to this section shall be put into effect only after consultation with the appropriate agency of the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Minnesota.
- (b) The seining of fish at Shoepac Lake by the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Minnesota to secure eggs for propagation purposes shall be continued in accordance with plans mutually acceptable to the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) and the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 91–661, § 302, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1972.)