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Annual Waterfowl Hunting Regulations

. Migratory Bird Treaty Act - 1918 . MBTA made it unlawful to hunt, kill, or possess migratory birds except as permitted by regulations set by the Secretary of the Interior.MBTA authorizes the Secretary to determine when, if at all, to allow the hunting of birds. SEASON IS CLOSED UNTIL OPENEDM

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Annual Waterfowl Hunting Regulations

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    7. •Therefore, to set hunting regulations all States and several Canadian provinces within the same Flyway meet to go over monitoring, survey, harvest and scientific data that is collected before each season The Flyway meetings have each State’s biologists coming together to analyze data and then come up with a group of Flyway recommendations. These recommendations are presented to the Service’s Regulations Committee (SRC) for evaluation, modification, and acceptance. The SRC evaluates proposals by each Flyway and must also factor in across Flyway impacts - - because several duck/geese populations (pintails, canvasbacks, etc.) are impacted by numerous Flyway proposals. The SRC then submits its findings and recommendations to the Director of the Service and the final approval is by the Assistant Secretary of the Interior.•Therefore, to set hunting regulations all States and several Canadian provinces within the same Flyway meet to go over monitoring, survey, harvest and scientific data that is collected before each season The Flyway meetings have each State’s biologists coming together to analyze data and then come up with a group of Flyway recommendations. These recommendations are presented to the Service’s Regulations Committee (SRC) for evaluation, modification, and acceptance. The SRC evaluates proposals by each Flyway and must also factor in across Flyway impacts - - because several duck/geese populations (pintails, canvasbacks, etc.) are impacted by numerous Flyway proposals. The SRC then submits its findings and recommendations to the Director of the Service and the final approval is by the Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

    11. Public Meetings Letters/phone calls/internet USFWS State Agency

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