### Question
How does the law define region?


### Answer
Under *16 U.S.C. § 3183*, **region** is defined as:

> the land (other than any land within the National Park System) within the Bristol Bay Cooperative Region as generally depicted on the map entitled “Bristol Bay-Alaska Peninsula”, dated October 1979

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 3183*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 51-ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION > SUBCHAPTER V-FEDERAL-STATE COOPERATION**

