§ 3112. — Congressional statement of policy.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC3112]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 51--ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION
SUBCHAPTER II--SUBSISTENCE MANAGEMENT AND USE
Sec. 3112. Congressional statement of policy
It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress that--
(1) consistent with sound management principles, and the
conservation of healthy populations of fish and wildlife, the
utilization of the public lands in Alaska is to cause the least
adverse impact possible on rural residents who depend upon
subsistence uses of the resources of such lands; consistent with
management of fish and wildlife in accordance with recognized
scientific principles and the purposes for each unit established,
designated, or expanded by or pursuant to titles II through VII of
this Act, the purpose of this subchapter is to provide the
opportunity for rural residents engaged in a subsistence way of life
to do so;
(2) nonwasteful subsistence uses of fish and wildlife and other
renewable resources shall be the priority consumptive uses of all
such resources on the public lands of Alaska when it is necessary to
restrict taking in order to assure the continued viability of a fish
or wildlife population or the continuation of subsistence uses of
such population, the taking of such population for nonwasteful
subsistence uses shall be given preference on the public lands over
other consumptive uses; and
(3) except as otherwise provided by this Act or other Federal
laws, Federal land managing agencies, in managing subsistence
activities on the public lands and in protecting the continued
viability of all wild renewable resources in Alaska, shall cooperate
with adjacent landowners and land managers, including Native
Corporations, appropriate State and Federal agencies, and other
nations.
(Pub. L. 96-487, title VIII, Sec. 802, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2422.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in pars. (1) and (3), is Pub. L. 96-487, Dec.
2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2371, as amended, known as the Alaska National
Interest Lands Conservation Act. Titles II through VII of this Act
enacted sections 410hh to 410hh-5, 460mm to 460mm-3, 539 to 539e, and
1285b of this title, amended sections 1274, 1276, 1279, and 1280 of this
title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 431,
668dd, 1132, 1274, and 3145 of this title. For complete classification
of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3101
of this title and Tables.
