FILING ORGANIZATION:         POINT NO POINT TREATY COUNCIL

REGULATION NUMBER:           #S20-086

DATE ADOPTED:                JULY 19, 2020

REGULATION MODIFIED:         REGULATION #S20-026, SECTION 3.

REGULATION SUPERCEDED:       NONE

CATCH AREAS:                 SHRIMP MANAGEMENT REGION 3,
                             CATCH AREA 23A CENTRAL (THOSE WATERS OF AREA 23A SOUTH OF A
                             LINE PROJECTED 48.22.50 DEGREES NORTH LATTITUDE AND EAST OF
                             A LINE PROJECTED 335 DEGREES TRUE FROM DUNGENESS LIGHTHOUSE);
                             CATCH AREA 23B.

FISHERY TYPE:                COMMERCIAL

SPECIES:                     SPOT SHRIMP

ON/OFF RESERVATION:          OFF 

EFFECTIVE DATES:             JULY 22, 2020

DAYS/HOURS:                  FOR THE PORT GAMBLE S'KLALLAM TRIBE ONLY, THE FISHERY IS OPEN
                             FROM 7:00 AM THROUGH 12:00 PM WEDNESDAY, JULY 22.

GEAR RESTRICTIONS:           1) AS PER REGULATION #S20-026, SECTION 5.
                             2) THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE TOTAL NUMBER OF POTS AND/OR RING
                                NETS COMBINED, IS 25 POTS PER FISHER.     
                             3) THE MINIMUM MESH SIZE FOR SHRIMP POTS AND RING NETS IS ONE
                                INCH, AS DEFINED IN REGULATION #S20-026, SECTION 5, EXCEPT
                                FOR FLEXIBLE (WEB) MESH POTS, FOR WHICH THE MESH MUST BE A
                                MINIMUM OF 1 3/4 INCH STRETCH MEASURE. THERE IS NO MINIMUM
                                MESH SIZE FOR ENTRY TUNNELS, BUT TUNNELS CAN ONLY BE
                                LOCATED ON THE SIDES OF THE POTS.
                             4) ALL POTS AND RING NETS SHALL HAVE BUOYS ATTACHED. BUOYS
                                MAY BE ANY COLOR EXCEPT YELLOW OR ANY COMBINATION OF RED
                                AND WHITE. BUOYS MUST REMAIN FLOATING AT ALL TIMES EXCEPT
                                DURING EXTREME TIDES. BUOYS WILL ALSO BE MARKED WITH THE
                                TRIBE'S INITIALS AND WITH THE FISHER'S ID NUMBER. BUOY
                                LINES WILL BE WEIGHTED TO KEEP THE LINES FROM FLOATING.

HARVEST RESTRICTIONS:        1) FISHERS MUST BE REGISTERED FOR THIS FISHERY WITH THE
                                PORT GAMBLE TRIBAL FISHERIES OFFICE BEFORE PARTICIPATING
                                IN THE FISHERY. 
                             2) THE TOTAL TRIBAL QUOTA IN 23AC-23B IS 50,994 LBS. 
                             3) ALL COMMERCIAL SHRIMP SALES MUST BE MADE TO TRIBALLY
                                APPROVED BUYERS WHO HAVE FILLED OUT A BUYER'S AGREEGMENT
                                WITH THE PORT GAMBLE TRIBE.
                             4) FISHERS MUST ADHERE TO ANY TRIBAL SOCIAL DISTANCING
                                PROTOCOLS WHILE AT THE BOAT LAUNCH AND ON THE WATER.
                             
CATCH REPORTING:             1) AS PER REGULATION #S20-026, SECTION 8.
                             2) ALL DAILY HARVEST INFORMATION WILL BE REPORTED TO THE
                                PORT GAMBLE TRIBAL FISHERIES OFFICE WITHIN 24 HOURS OF
                                EACH HARVEST. HARVEST INFORMATION SHALL INCLUDE THE DATE,
                                VESSEL NAME, NUMBER OF POTS, MESH SIZE, POT SOAK TIMES,
                                CATCH AREA, LOCATION FISHED, POUNDS LANDED BY SPECIES AND
                                TOTAL POUNDS LANDED. HARVEST INFORMATION WILL BE UPLOADED
                                ON THE NWIFC TICKET DATABASE WITHIN 7 DAYS OF REPORTING.
                             3) ALL COMMERCIAL AND SUBSISTENCE CATCHES SHALL BE REPORTED
                                ON TREATY INDIAN FISH RECEIVING TICKETS AS SPECIFIED IN
                                TRIBAL FISHERIES ORDINANCES. ALSO, ALL COMMERCIAL SHRIMP
                                POT LANDINGS MUST BE RECORDED ON RECEIVING TICKETS AS
                                WHOLE WEIGHT.  
                            
JUSTIFICATION:               COMMENCE HARVEST OF SPOT SHRIMP FOR THE PORT GAMBLE
                             S'KLALLAM TRIBE IN THE SPECIFIED SUBAREAS OF REGION 3.

                             


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