Migratory Bird Hunting; Seasons and Bag and Possession Limits for Certain Migratory Game Birds

AGENCY:

Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION:

Final rule; correction.

SUMMARY:

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, published a final rule in the Federal Register on July 25, 2016, that prescribes the hunting seasons, hours, areas, and daily bag and possession limits for migratory game birds during the 2016-17 season. Taking of migratory birds is prohibited unless specifically provided for by annual regulations. In that final rule, we identified several errors concerning season dates, and bag and possession limits, for certain States, as well as a number of formatting and other errors in tables and table notes. With this document, we correct those errors.

DATES:

This correction is effective August 16, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ron W. Kokel, Division of Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, (703) 358-1714.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

In a final rule published in the Federal Register on July 25, 2016, at 81 FR 48648, the following corrections are made:

1. On page 48652, § 20.103(a) is amended by revising the entry for Pennsylvania under the heading EASTERN MANAGEMENT UNIT in the table to read as follows:

2. On page 48656, § 20.104 is amended by revising table note (14) to read as follows:

3. Section 20.105 is amended as follows:

a. On page 48657, in paragraph (c), by revising the entry for Iowa under the heading MISSISSIPPI FLYWAY in the table;

b. On page 48659, in paragraph (d), by revising table note (11);

c. In paragraph (e):

i. On pages 48660 through 48665, under the heading ATLANTIC FLYWAY, by revising the entries for Georgia, Maine, New Jersey, and Rhode Island in the table; by adding an entry for South Carolina in the table; and by revising table note (14);

ii. On pages 48668 through 48670, under the heading MISSISSIPPI FLYWAY, by revising the entries for Minnesota and Tennessee in the table, and by removing and reserving table note (6); and

iii. On page 48670, under the heading CENTRAL FLYWAY, in the introductory text under the heading “Duck Limits”, by removing the words “1 mottled duck,”; and

d. In paragraph (f), in the table:

i. On page 48678, under the heading MISSISSIPPI FLYWAY, by revising the entry for Iowa; and

ii. On page 48679, under the heading CENTRAL FLYWAY, by revising the entry for Kansas.

The revisions read as follows:

4. Amend § 20.109 by:

a. On page 48682, revising the entry for New York under the heading ATLANTIC FLYWAY in the table; and

b. On page 48683, revising the entry for Montana under the heading CENTRAL FLYWAY in the table.

The revisions read as follows: