Squaxin Island Tribe

FILING ORGANIZATION
MEDICINE CREEK TREATY TRIBES

REGULATION NUMBER
MCTC-02-2011/12

CATCH AREA
CARR INLET (13A)
THOSE MARINE WATERS NORTH OF A LINE PROJECTED FROM GREEN POINT ON THE EAST SHORELINE TO PENROSE POINT (SIGNAL TOWER NO 4) ON THE LONGBRANCH PENINSULA AND SOUTH OF THE STATE HIGHWAY 302 BRIDGE AND CAUSEWAY, EXCLUDING THE WATERS OF MINTER BAY.

FISHERY TYPE
COMMERCIAL

SPECIES
CHINOOK

DATE ADOPTED
JULY 13, 2011

EFFECTIVE DATES
AUGUST 1 – SEPT 17, 2011

LEGAL GEAR:
SET GILL NETS – 900′ MAXIMUM LENGTH WITH A 5″ MINIMUM MESH SIZE
DRIFT GILL NETS – 1,800′ MAXIMUM LENGTH WITH A 5″ MINIMUM MESH SIZE
BEACH SEINES – 900′ MAXIMUM LENGTH WITH A 3″ MINIMUM AND 4″ MAXIMUM MESH
SIZE

DAYS/HRS BY GEAR:
BEGINNING NOON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 2011
DRIFT NETS AND BEACH SEINES:
OPEN 7 DAYS PER WEEK, 24 HOURS PER DAY.
SET NETS: OPEN 4PM-9AM/7 DAYS/WEEK.
(SET NETS HAVE PRIORITY OVER BEACH SEINES TO FISH 4PM-9AM).
CLOSES NOON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS:
THE WATERS WITHIN A 1000′ RADIUS OF THE MOUTH OF MINTER CREEK, INCLUDING MINTER BAY, SHALL BE CLOSED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 16, THE BEGINNING OF THE COHO MANAGEMENT PERIOD.

BURLEY LAGOON (THOSE WATERS INSIDE OF THE STATE HIGHWAY 302 BRIDGE AND CAUSEWAY) IS CLOSED TO ALL FISHING.

LAY INLET (THOSE WATERS EAST OF THE ACCESS BRIDGE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RAFT ISLAND AND EAST OF A LINE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RAFT ISLAND RUNNING FROM THE WESTERNMOST LARGE DOCK ON RAFT ISLAND (BELOW THE LARGE WHITE HOUSE WITH THE MULTI-TERRACED YARD) NORTHERLY TO THE MULTI-PLATFORMED STAIRWAY AT THE EAST END OF THE ROCK BULKHEAD) IS CLOSED TO ALL FISHING.

JUSTIFICATION
HARVESTABLE CHINOOK

REMARKS:
THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS WILL BE SUBJECT TO PENALTIES AND/OR FINES IN ACCORDANCE WITH TRIBAL FISHING ORDINANCES ADOPTED BY THE MEDICINE CREEK TREATY TRIBES:

WANTONLY WASTING OR DESTROYING FOOD FISH.

DISPOSING OF LITTER INTO THE WATER OR ONTO SHORE WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THE INCOMMON FISHERIES OF THE MEDICINE CREEK TREATY TRIBES.

ADDITIONAL REMARK:
MARINE SET NETS SHALL BE TENDED NOT LESS THAN ONCE EVERY 24 HOURS. INDIVIDUAL TRIBES MAY FILE REGULATIONS WITH SHORTER TENDING TIMES OF SET NETS. THESE REGULATIONS WILL BE ENFORCEABLE ON THE FILING TRIBE’S MEMBERS ONLY.