Squaxin Island Tribe

FILING ORGANIZATION
MEDICINE CREEK TREATY TRIBES

REGULATION NUMBER
MCTC-03-2011/12

CATCH AREA
FOX ISLAND PENS FISHING AREA (AREA 13) – ALL MARINE WATERS OF HALE PASSAGE AND WOLLOCHET BAY INSIDE AND NORTHERLY OF A LINE DRAWN FROM THE OLD FERRY DOCK TO THE POINT ON THE OPPOSITE SHORE AT THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERLY ENTRANCE TO WOLLECHET BAY AND SOUTH OF THE FOX ISLAND BRIDGE

FISHERY TYPE
COMMERCIAL

SPECIES
CHINOOK

DATE ADOPTED
JULY 13, 2011

EFFECTIVE DATES
AUGUST 1 – SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

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 ALL GEARS
OPEN 7 DAYS/WEEK, 24 HOURS/DAY
BEGINNING NOON, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 2011.

JUSTIFICATION
HARVESTABLE CHINOOK

REMARKS
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.

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.