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4. Aliens are not allowed to take any protected game animals or 

 to possess firearms, except under an alien special license issued by 

 the Commission and costing $100. 



5. The sale of pelts is prohibited. 



6. The use of poison to kill bears or other fur or game animals is 

 prohibited. 



7. Dogs may not be used in taking any game animals, and shooting 

 from power boats is not allowed. 



8. A resident may kill a brown or a grizzly bear at any time or 

 place when such animal is about to molest persons or property. 



BEAR MANAGEMENT 



In the sections that follow are presented the essential details of the 

 bear-management plan for Admiralty Island, agreed upon between 

 the Forest Service, the Bureau of Biological Survey, and the Alaska 

 Game Commission. 



OBJECTIVE 



Every effort will be made to maintain the present bear population 

 of the island. Other resources will be so managed as not to cause a 

 diminution of the number of these animals. 



An attempt to increase the- bear population will be made if studies 

 and experience show that a larger number can be maintained with- 

 out undue interference with the use of other important resources of 

 the island. 



A number, subject to revision from time to time, will be set up as 

 the maximum that can be taken yearly without jeopardizing the bear 

 population desired. This number will be based on and not exceed the 

 net increase, as determined by field studies at such intervals as appear 

 necessary. Until better information is available on the life history of 

 the brown bear and on mortality, population, and other important 

 factors, the number set as the maximum permissible kill will be very 

 conservative. 



SEASONAL CLOSED AREAS AND BAG LIMITS 



In case overhunting develops or becomes imminent, all or any 

 portion of the island, as may be deemed necessary, will be closed to 

 bear hunting for entire seasons or for parts of seasons until the de- 

 ficiency, as far as can be determined, has been made up. As an alter- 

 native, the bag limit on the island will be reduced if this appears 

 to be the more desirable conservation measure under the then-existing 

 conditions. 



SEMIPERMANENT CLOSED AREAS 



In addition to the seasonal closing of portions of the island to bear 

 hunting because of overshooting, semipermanent closed areas will be 

 established from time to time. Bear hunting and such other recrea- 

 tional or commercial activities as appear objectionable on any par- 

 ticular area will be forbidden there. Closed areas of this kind will 

 be extended, vacated, or replaced by others as changing conditions 

 warrant. This type of refuge will be extended particularly to such 

 localities as the following: 



1. Areas with an outstanding heavy stocking in the spring, when 

 the cubs are small. Under this provision there is now withdrawn 



