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

# §460q–4. Hunting and fishing


Each [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall permit hunting and fishing on lands and waters under his jurisdiction within the recreation [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) in accordance with the applicable laws of the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of California and of the United States: Provided, That each [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 not compatible with hunting or fishing. Regulations prescribing any such restrictions shall be issued after consultation with the California Department of Fish and Game.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–336, § 5, Nov. 8, 1965, 79 Stat. 1298.)