---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 459g–3"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "459g–3"
heading: "Hunting and fishing provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/459g-3"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LXIII — National Seashore Recreational Areas"
---

# §459g–3. Hunting and fishing provisions


The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall permit hunting and fishing, including shellfishing, on lands, marshlands, and waters under his jurisdiction within the Cape Lookout National Seashore in accordance with the laws of the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of North Carolina and the United States, to the extent applicable, except that the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) may designate zones where, and establish periods when, no hunting or fishing shall be permitted for reasons of public safety, administration, fish or wildlife management, or public use and enjoyment. Except in emergencies, any rules and 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 North Carolina Wildlife Resources [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) and the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–366, § 4, Mar. 10, 1966, 80 Stat. 35.)