The Department of Fish and Game is responsible for the management of fish and game resources in the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve

(1) under applicable law and consistent with the purposes of Alaska Stat. § 41.21.61041.21.630;
(2) subject to the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to permit the taking of bald eagles for the religious purposes of an Indian tribe under 16 U.S.C. § 668a (Sec. 2, Bald Eagle Protection Act).