The Act does not apply to a taking by a coastal Alaska Native
What the document says“Except as provided in section 109, the provisions of this Act shall not apply with respect to the taking of any marine mammal by any Alaska Native who resides in Alaska and who dwells on the coast of the North Pacific Ocean or the Arctic Ocean if such taking--”
The core of the new subsection. The provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act do not apply to the taking of any marine mammal by an Alaska Native who both resides in Alaska and dwells on the coast of the North Pacific Ocean or the Arctic Ocean. Two things are carried on the face of it: the exemption is subject to whatever section 109 of that Act provides, and it holds only where the conditions set out in the clauses that follow are met. This Act does not say what section 109 provides.
What the document actually says“Except as provided in section 109, the provisions of this Act shall not apply with respect to the taking of any marine mammal by any Alaska Native who resides in Alaska and who dwells on the coast of the North Pacific Ocean or the Arctic Ocean if such taking--”
The rules in the older law do not apply to some hunts. The hunter has to be an Alaska Native. That person has to live in Alaska and on the coast.
Taking a sea animal means hunting or catching it. The older law limits that. This part lifts the limit for these hunters. But it only lifts it if the tests below are met. One other part of the older law still applies.
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