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50 CFR § 31.13 - Do we allow commercial harvest of fishery resources?

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title: "50 CFR § 31.13 - Do we allow commercial harvest of fishery resources?"
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "31.13"
section_name: "Do we allow commercial harvest of fishery resources?"
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
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subchapter_name: "THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM"
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part_name: "WILDLIFE SPECIES MANAGEMENT"
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# 31.13 Do we allow commercial harvest of fishery resources?

Refuge managers may allow commercial harvest of fishery resources by issuance of a permit or by refuge-specific regulation in compliance with applicable State and Federal laws when compatible and in compliance with § 29.1 of this subchapter C.

[69 FR 54362, Sept. 8, 2004]