16 U.S.C. § 704 : US Code - Section 704: Determination as to when and how migratory birds may be taken, killed, or possessed

Search 16 U.S.C. § 704 : US Code - Section 704: Determination as to when and how migratory birds may be taken, killed, or possessed

(a) Subject to the provisions and in order to carry out the
purposes of the conventions, referred to in section 703 of this
title, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed,
from time to time, having due regard to the zones of temperature
and to the distribution, abundance, economic value, breeding
habits, and times and lines of migratory flight of such birds, to
determine when, to what extent, if at all, and by what means, it is
compatible with the terms of the conventions to allow hunting,
taking, capture, killing, possession, sale, purchase, shipment,
transportation, carriage, or export of any such bird, or any part,
nest, or egg thereof, and to adopt suitable regulations permitting
and governing the same, in accordance with such determinations,
which regulations shall become effective when approved by the
President.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to -
(1) take any migratory game bird by the aid of baiting, or on
or over any baited area, if the person knows or reasonably should
know that the area is a baited area; or
(2) place or direct the placement of bait on or adjacent to an
area for the purpose of causing, inducing, or allowing any person
to take or attempt to take any migratory game bird by the aid of
baiting on or over the baited area.