---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460aa–7"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460aa–7"
heading: "Hunting and fishing regulations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460aa-7"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LXXXV — Sawtooth National Recreation Area"
---

# §460aa–7. Hunting and fishing regulations


The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall permit hunting and fishing on lands and waters under his jurisdiction within the boundaries of the recreation [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) in accordance with applicable laws of the United States and the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Idaho, 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, 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 [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) fish and game department.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 92–400, § 8, Aug. 22, 1972, 86 Stat. 614.)