Natural Resources
Carr Inlet Regulation
FILING ORGANIZATION
MEDICINE CREEK TREATY TRIBES
REGULATION NUMBER: MCTC-7-2009/10
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
CHUM
DATE ADOPTED
OCTOBER 25, 2009
EFFECTIVE DATES
OCTOBER 25 - DECEMBER 5, 2009
LEGAL GEAR
SET GILL NETS
900' MAXIMUM LENGTH
5" MINIMUM MESH SIZE
DRIFT GILL NETS
1,800' MAXIMUM LENGTH
5" MINIMUM MESH SIZE
BEACH SEINES
900' MAXIMUM LENGTH
3" MINIMUM
4" MAXIMUM MESH SIZE
DAYS/HRS ALL GEARS:
BEGINNING NOON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2009
OPEN 7 DAYS/WEEK, 24HOURS/DAY
CLOSES NOON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2009
ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS:
THOSE WATERS WITHIN 1,000' RADIUS OF THE MOUTH OF MINTER CREEK, INCLUDING MINTER BAY WILL REMAIN CLOSED.
ALL WATERS WITHIN A 300' RADIUS OF THE MOUTH OF GLEN COVE AND ALL WATERS WEST OF A LINE PROJECTING NORTH FROM THE THOMPSON SPIT TO THE OPPOSITE SHORE) ARE CLOSED TO ALL FISHING TO PROTECT NATURALLY SPAWNING CHUM.
BURLEY LAGOON (THOSE WATERS NORTH OF THE STATE HIGHWAY 302 BRIDGE AND CAUSEWAY) IS CLOSED TO ALL FISHING UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED BY THE MEDICINE CREEK TREATY TRIBES.
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 CHUM
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. SUCH REGS 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.
