Federal Subsistence Regulations Updated to Reflect Office Transfer

For Immediate Release: 
July 21, 2025 

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Office of Subsistence Management announced a change today in how federal subsistence regulations are organized. The rules have been moved from one part of the federal code (50 CFR part 100) to a new location (43 CFR part 51) to reflect an administrative change in the federal government.


Last year, the Office of Subsistence Management was moved from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to a different part of the Department of the Interior known as the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget. This change was directed by Congress and followed input from tribal consultations.


The Office of Subsistence Management is still based in Alaska and continues to handle all the same responsibilities it had before. Only the office’s place within the Interior Department has changed.


For more information about the Federal Subsistence Management Program, visit www.doi.gov/subsistence or www.facebook.com/subsistencealaska. To receive email updates, send a message to subsistence@ios.doi.gov.

 

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07/21/2025
Last edited 07/21/2025
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