{"data":{"id":"us/50-cfr-20.117","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"50 CFR 20.117","heading":"Duck season regulatory alternatives.","body":"For the general duck season authorization conditions, each Flyway has four possible regulatory alternatives (closed, restrictive, moderate, and liberal), each with a different expected harvest level. The open season alternatives are specified as:\n(a) For Atlantic Flyway:\nTable 1 to Paragraph (a)\nAuthorization conditions Alternative\nRestrictive Moderate Liberal\nBracket dates Oct. 1-Jan. 31 Saturday nearest Sep. 24-Jan. 31 Saturday nearest Sep. 24-Jan. 31.\nSeason length (days) 30 45 60.\nDaily bag limit 3 6 6.\n(b) For Mississippi Flyway:\nTable 2 to Paragraph (b)\nAuthorization conditions Alternative\nRestrictive Moderate Liberal\nBracket dates Saturday nearest Sep. 24-Jan. 31 Saturday nearest Sep. 24-Jan. 31 Saturday nearest Sep. 24-Jan. 31.\nSeason length (days) 30 45 60.\nDaily bag limit 3 6 6.\nMallard restriction 2 4 4.\nMallard female restriction 1 1 2.\n(c) For Central Flyway:\nTable 3 to Paragraph (c)\nAuthorization conditions Alternative\nRestrictive Moderate Liberal\nBracket dates Saturday nearest Sep. 24-Jan. 31 Saturday nearest Sep. 24-Jan. 31 Saturday nearest Sep. 24-Jan. 31.\nSeason length (days) 39 60 74.\nDaily bag limit 3 6 6.\nMallard restriction 3 5 5.\nMallard female restriction 1 1 2.\n(d) For Pacific Flyway, except Alaska:\nTable 4 to Paragraph (d)\nAuthorization conditions Alternative\nRestrictive Moderate Liberal\nBracket dates Saturday nearest Sep. 24-Jan. 31 Saturday nearest Sep. 24-Jan. 31 Saturday nearest Sep. 24-Jan. 31.\nSeason length (days) 60 86 107.\nDaily bag limit 4 7 7.\nMallard restriction 3 5 7.\nMallard female restriction 1 2 2.\n(e) For Alaska:\nTable 5 to Paragraph (e)\nAuthorization conditions Alternative\nRestrictive Moderate Liberal\nBracket dates Sep. 1-Jan. 26 Sep. 1-Jan. 26 Sep. 1-Jan. 26.\nSeason length (days) 107 107 107.\nDaily bag limit 5, except Gulf Coast Zone is 6 and North Zone is 8 7, except Gulf Coast Zone is 8 and North Zone is 10 7, except Gulf Coast Zone is 8 and North Zone is 10.\n(f) Shooting and hawking hours are from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset daily.\n(g) In the Central Flyway High Plains Mallard Management Unit, the season length may be extended 12 additional days in the restrictive alternative and 23 additional days in the moderate and liberal alternatives; additional days must be on or after the Saturday nearest December 10.\n(h) In the Pacific Flyway Columbia Basin Mallard Management Unit, the season length may be extended 7 additional days in the restrictive and moderate alternatives.\n(i) Additional species-specific restrictions may be established in the authorization conditions.\n(j) Duck season regulatory alternatives are fixed for a period of not less than 5 years.","path":["Title 50—Wildlife and Fisheries","CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER B—TAKING, POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, SALE, PURCHASE, BARTER, EXPORTATION, AND IMPORTATION OF WILDLIFE AND PLANTS","PART 20—MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING","Subpart K—Process for Issuing Authorization Conditions for Migratory Game Bird Hunting"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-50.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:39Z","sha256":"47c8ef179d17340fd9427b7e047ecf5c1b626f14a6394e33e18b2ae89dd65f97","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/50-cfr-20.115","next":"us/50-cfr-20.119"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}