FILING ORGANIZATION:    POINT NO POINT TREATY COUNCIL

REGULATION NUMBER:      #S20-047

DATE ADOPTED:           MAY 27, 2020

REGULATION MODIFIED:    NONE

REGULATION SUPERCEDED:  NONE

CATCH AREAS:            20A (SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE BETWEEN TOE POINT ON PATOS ISLAND 
                        AND POINT MIGLEY ON LUMMI ISLAND), 20B, 21A (SOUTH AND WEST OF
                        LUMMI ISLAND AND A LINE RUNNING BETWEEN CARTER POINT ON LUMMI
                        ISLAND AND THE NORTHER TIP OF VENDOVI ISLAND), 22A, 22B (NORTH
                        AND WEST OF A LINE BETWEEN CLARK POINT ON GUEMES ISLAND AND THE 
                        SOUTHERN TIP OF VENDOVI ISLAND, WEST OF GUEMES ISLAND AND SOUTH
                        AND WEST OF A LINE RUNNING DUE SOUTH FROM KELLY'S POINT ON 
                        GUEMES ISLAND), 23A, 23B, 23C 23D 25A, 25B, 25C 25D, 25E, 26A
                        WEST (S’KLALLAM U&A AREAS IN THAT PORTION OF 26A SOUTH AND WEST
                        OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF POSSESSION POINT ON WHIDBEY ISLAND), 27A,
                        27B (NORTH OF AN EAST-WEST LINE FROM AYOCK PT.), 29.

FISHERY TYPE:           SUBSISTENCE

SPECIES:                OCTOPUS (OCTOPUS DOFLEINI).  

ON/OFF RESERVATION:     OFF 

EFFECTIVE DATES:        JUNE 1, 2020 THROUGH MAY 31, 2021.

DAYS/HOURS:             THE SUBSISTENCE OCTOPUS FISHERY FOR THE PORT GAMBLE AND 
                        JAMESTOWN S’KLALLAM TRIBES WILL BE OPEN CONTINUOUSLY THROUGHOUT
                        THE TERM OF THIS REGULATION, SUBJECT TO EMERGENCY MODIFICATION.
			                                            
LEGAL GEAR:             1) OCTOPUSES MAY BE TAKEN BY HOOK AND LINE, HAND, POT OR OTHER 
                           INSTRUMENTS THAT DO NOT PENETRATE THE ANIMAL.
                        2) THE USE OF CHEMICAL IRRITANTS IS NOT ALLOWED.
                        3) SHELLFISH POTS, WHEN USED, MUST REMAIN SUBMERGED AT ALL 
                           TIMES AND TIDAL STAGES.

CLOSED AREAS:           1) FALSE BAY - ALL TIDELANDS OF THE BAY
                        2) FRIDAY HARBOR - UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON TIDELANDS EXTENDING
                           FROM THE BOUNDARY MARKER 1,500 FEET NORTH OF POINT CAUTION, 
                           THEN SOUTH ALONG THE SHORE TO THE BOUNDARY MARKER LOCATED 100
                           FEET NORTH OF THE ENTRANCE OF THE FLOATING BREAKWATER OF THE
                           PORT OF FRIDAY HARBOR. 
                        3) ARGYLE LAGOON - THOSE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON OWNED TIDELANDS
                           AND ALL BEDLANDS ENCLOSED BY THE INNER SPIT OF ARGYLE LAGOON ON
                           SAN JUAN ISLAND.
                        4) GARRISON BAY - ALL TIDELANDS OF GUSS ISLAND AND ALL STATE AND
                           FEDERALLY OWNED TIDELANDS SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY MARKER 
                           APPROXIMATELY 1,000 YARDS SOUTH OF BELL POINT.  
                        5) YELLOW AND LOW ISLANDS - ALL TIDELANDS.
                        6) SHAW ISLAND - UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON TIDELANDS EXTENDING FROM
                           THE BOUNDARY MARKER IN HICKS BAY WEST AND NORTH ALONG THE
                           SHORE, AROUND POINT GEORGE INTO AND INCLUDING ALL OF PARKS BAY.
                        6) PITSHIP POINT (BIDN 250057).

HARVEST RESTRICTIONS:   THE DAILY SUBSISTENCE LIMIT IS TWO OCTOPUSES PER FISHER.

CATCH REPORTING:        ALL SUBSISTENCE OCTOPUS HARVEST SHALL BE REPORTED USING THE
                        SPECIES CODE "541." FISHERS MUST REPORT THEIR CATCH TO THEIR
                        RESPECTIVE FISHERIES OFFICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS
                        OF THE RESPECTIVE CATCH REPORTING CARDS OR PERMITS. SUBSISTENCE
                        FISHERS MUST HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF REGISTRATION ON THEIR PERSON
                        WHEN FISHING. 

JUSTIFICATION:          HARVEST AVAILABLE RESOURCE FOR SUBSISTENCE NEEDS.                                            




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