Executive Order 1733

by President of the United States

It is hereby ordered that all islands of the Aleutian chain, Alaska, including Unimak and Sannak Islands on the east, and extending to and including Attu Island on the west, be, and the same are hereby, reserved and set apart as a preserve and breeding ground for native birds, for the propagation of reindeer and fur-bearing animals, and for the encouragement and development of the fisheries. Jurisdiction over the wild birds and game and the propagation of reindeer and fur-bearing animals is hereby placed with the Department of Agriculture, and jurisdiction over the fisheries, seals, sea otter, cetaceans, and other aquatic species is placed with the Department of Commerce and Labor.

It is unlawful for any person to kill any otter, mink, marten, sable, or fur seal, or other fur-bearing animal within the limits of Alaska Territory, except under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor; and it is unlawful for any person to kill any game animals or birds in Alaska or ship such animals or birds out of Alaska except under the provisions of law and under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture.

Within the limits of this reservation it is unlawful for any person to hunt, trap, capture, willfully disturb, or kill any bird of any kind whatever, or to take the eggs of any such bird, except under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture.

Warning is expressly given to all persons not to commit any of the acts herein enumerated and which are prohibited by law.

The establishment of this reservation shall not interfere with the use of the islands for lighthouse, military, or naval purposes, or with the extension of the work of the Bureau of Education on Unalaska and Atka Islands.

This reservation to be known as the Aleutian Islands Reservation.

Wm. H. Taft.

The White House,

March 3, 1913.

Notes

Amended by:

• Executive Order 2442, August 11, 1916;
• Executive Order 4076, September 20, 1924;
• Executive Order 5318, April 7, 1930
• Proclamation 2416, July 25, 1940 (renamed)
• Public Law 96-487 (Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act), December 2, 1980

- Incorporated this reservation, as amended, into the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

Revoked (in part) by:

• Executive Order 5243, December 19, 1929