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[CITE: 16USC459h-2]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
         SUBCHAPTER LXIII--NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS
 
Sec. 459h-2. Designation of hunting and fishing zones; 
        regulation of maritime activities
        

(a) In general

    The Secretary shall permit hunting and fishing on lands and waters 
within the seashore in accordance with applicable Federal and States 
laws: Provided, That he may designate zones where, and establish periods 
when, no hunting or fishing will be permitted for reasons of public 
safety, administration, fish or wildlife management, or public use and 
enjoyment. Except in emergencies, any regulations issued by the 
Secretary pursuant to this section shall be put into effect only after 
consultation with the appropriate State agencies responsible for hunting 
and fishing activities.

(b) No authority to regulate maritime activities

    Nothing in sections 459h to 459h-10 of this title \1\ or any other 
provision of law shall affect any right of the State of Mississippi, or 
give the Secretary any authority, to regulate maritime activities, 
including nonseashore fishing activities (including shrimping), in any 
area that, on December 21, 2000, is outside the designated boundary of 
the seashore (including the buffer zone).
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    \1\ See References in Text note below.
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(Pub. L. 91-660, Sec. 3, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1968; Pub. L. 106-554, 
Sec. 1(a)(4) [div. B, title I, Sec. 137(c)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 
2763, 2763A-232.)

                       References in Text

    Sections 459h to 459h-10 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), 
was in the original ``this title'', and was translated as reading ``this 
Act'', meaning Pub. L. 91-660, which enacted sections 459h to 459h-10 of 
this title, to reflect the probable intent of Congress, because Pub. L. 
91-660 does not contain titles.


                               Amendments

    2000--Pub. L. 106-554 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), 
inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 459h, 459h-1, 459h-4, 459h-
5, 459h-6, 459h-8, 459h-9 of this title.
