Rules may be set for a stock the Secretary finds depleted
What the document says“Notwithstanding paragraph (2), if, under this Act, the Secretary determines any species or stock of marine mammal subject to taking by Alaska Natives to be depleted, the Secretary may prescribe regulations upon the taking of such marine mammals by any Alaska Native described in this subsection.”
The exemption in paragraph (2) is not absolute. Where the Secretary determines that a species or stock taken by Alaska Natives is depleted, the Secretary may prescribe regulations on the taking of those marine mammals by any Alaska Native the subsection covers. The word is may, so the text creates a power rather than a duty, and the determination has to be made under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
What the document actually says“Notwithstanding paragraph (2), if, under this Act, the Secretary determines any species or stock of marine mammal subject to taking by Alaska Natives to be depleted, the Secretary may prescribe regulations upon the taking of such marine mammals by any Alaska Native described in this subsection.”
The Secretary may find that a kind of sea animal is running low. Then the Secretary can set rules on the hunt.
The Secretary is the head of the department that runs this law. Above, the law lifts the limits on some hunts. This part lets the Secretary put limits back. It only lets that happen when a kind of animal is running low.
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