ELR Citation: ELR 20156
No(s). 86-3657 (9th Cir. Oct 9, 1987)

The court holds that a 1925 statute authorizing migratory bird subsistence hunting in Alaska does not supersede the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) or its implementing regulations, which prohibit subsistence hunting of migratory game birds during the closed season. The court first holds that p...