---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460dd–4"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460dd–4"
heading: "Hunting and fishing"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460dd-4"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LXXXVIII — Glen Canyon National Recreation Area"
---

# §460dd–4. Hunting and fishing


The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall permit hunting, fishing, and trapping 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 [States](/usc/16/544.md?p=r) of Utah and Arizona, 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, administration, or public use and enjoyment. Except in emergencies, any regulation 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. 92–593, § 5, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1312.)