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

# §460z–7. Hunting, fishing, and trapping


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 [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Oregon, 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. 92–260, § 9, Mar. 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 101.)