---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 230d"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "230d"
heading: "Hunting, fishing, and trapping; public safety; consultation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/230d"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter XXV — Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve"
  - "Part A — Generally"
---

# §230d. Hunting, fishing, and trapping; public safety; consultation


Within the Barataria [Preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2) [Unit](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=4), the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall permit hunting, fishing (including commercial fishing), and trapping in accordance with applicable Federal and [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) laws on land, and interests in land and water managed by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1), except that the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) may designate zones where and establish periods when no hunting, fishing, or trapping shall be permitted for reasons of public safety. Except in emergencies, any regulations of the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) promulgated under this section shall be put into effect only after consultation with the appropriate fish and game agency of Louisiana.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–625, title IX, § 905, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3536; Pub. L. 111–11, title VII, § 7105(d), (f)(2)(A), Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1192, 1193.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2009—Pub. L. 111–11, in first sentence, substituted “Barataria Preserve Unit” for “Barataria Marsh Unit” and “on land, and interests in land and water managed by the Secretary, except that the Secretary” for “, except that within the core area and on those lands acquired by the Secretary pursuant to section 230a(c) of this title, he”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### “Secretary” Defined

Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, see section 2 of Pub. L. 95–625, set out as a note under section 45f of this title.