Squaxin Island Tribe

FILING ORGANIZATION
MEDICINE CREEK TREATY TRIBES

REGULATION NUMBER
MCTC-01-2011/12

CATCH AREA
CHAMBER’S BAY FISHING AREA (13C) – ALL WATERS EASTERLY OF A LINE 100′ EAST OF THE RAILROAD TRESTLE AT THE MOUTH OF CHAMBER’S BAY TO WITHIN 400′ OF THE DAM AND CAUSEWAY

FISHERY TYPE
COMMERCIAL

SPECIES
CHINOOK

DATE ADOPTED
JULY 13, 2011

EFFECTIVE DATES
JULY 24 – OCTOBER 8, 2011

LEGAL GEAR
BEACH SEINES – 900′ MAXIMUM LENGTH WITH A 3″ MINIMUM AND 4″
MAXIMUM MESH SIZE

MARINE SET GILL NETS – 100′ MAXIMUM LENGTH, MINIMUM 5″ MESH SIZE. SET NETS SHALL BE TENDED NOT LESS THAN ONCE EVERY 24 HOURS. ALL SET NETS MUST BE ATTACHED TO THE SHORE OR ANCHORED. EACH END NOT ATTACHED TO SHORE MUST BE MARKED WITH A FLOATING BUOY NOT LESS THAN 20″ IN DIAMETER; EACH  BUOY MUST BE LIT AND MARKED IN LETTERS NO LESS THAN 1″ IN HEIGHT WITH OWNER’S FULL NAME AND TRIBE NAME.

DAYS/HRS:
BEGINNING 12:00 NOON SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2011
BEACH SEINES: OPEN 2 DAYS PER WEEK, FROM SUNDAY 12:00 NOON TO TUESDAY 12:00 NOON.
SET NETS: OPEN 2 DAYS PER WEEK, FROM WEDNESDAY 12:00 NOON TO FRIDAY 12:00 NOON.

COMMENTS:
REVISIONS TO THE FISHING SCHEDULE MAY BE MADE ACCORDING TO INSEASON UPDATE. IF NO REVISION TO THE FISHING SCHEDULE IS MADE, THE AREA WILL CLOSE WHEN THE HARVESTABLE NUMBER HAS BEEN REACHED, AND WILL RE-OPEN WHEN ESCAPEMENT NEEDS HAVE BEEN SATISFIED, OR WHEN THE CHINOOK MANAGEMENT PERIOD HAS ENDED.

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.