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

# §460n–4. Hunting, fishing and trapping


The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior shall permit hunting, fishing, and trapping on the lands and waters under his jurisdiction within the recreation [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations of the United States and the respective [States](/usc/16/544.md?p=r): Provided, That the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1), after consultation with the respective [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) fish and game [commissions](/usc/16/544.md?p=c), may issue regulations designating zones where and establishing periods when no hunting, fishing, or trapping shall be permitted for reasons of public safety, administration, or public use and enjoyment.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 88–639, § 5, Oct. 8, 1964, 78 Stat. 1040.)