---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460v–3"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460v–3"
heading: "Hunting, fishing, and trapping"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460v-3"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LXXX — Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area"
---

# §460v–3. Hunting, fishing, and trapping


The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) 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 Federal and [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) laws: 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. Nothing in this subchapter shall affect the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the [States](/usc/16/544.md?p=r) of Utah and Wyoming under other provisions of [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) laws with respect to hunting and fishing.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 90–540, § 4, Oct. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 904.)