FILING ORGANIZATION: POINT NO POINT TREATY COUNCIL REGULATION NUMBER: #S20-116 DATE ADOPTED: SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 REGULATION MODIFIED: REGULATION #S20-026, SECTION 3. REGULATION SUPERCEDED: NONE CATCH AREAS: SHRIMP MANAGEMENT REGION 2 WEST, CATCH REPORTING AREAS 25B, 25C, 25D, AND ALL S'KLALLAM U&A IN THAT PORTION OF 26A SOUTH AND WEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF POSSESSION POINT ON WHIDBEY ISLAND. FISHERY TYPE: COMMERCIAL SPECIES: SPOT SHRIMP ON/OFF RESERVATION: OFF EFFECTIVE DATES: SEPTEMBER 2 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 DAYS/HOURS: FOR THE PORT GAMBLE S'KLALLAM TRIBE ONLY, THE FISHERY WILL OPEN 8:00 AM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, AND REMAIN OPEN THROUGH 6:00 PM TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, OR UNTIL THE TARGET HARVEST HAS BEEN TAKEN, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. SETTING AND PULLING OF POTS IS PERMITTED FROM ONE HOUR BEFORE SUNRISE UNTIL ONE HOUR AFTER SUNSET. GEAR RESTRICTIONS: 1) AS PER REGULATION #S20-026, SECTION 5. 2) THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE TOTAL NUMBER OF POTS AND/OR RING NETS COMBINED IS 40 POTS PER FISHER IN REGION 2W. SHRIMP POTS REGISTERED TO A PARTICULAR VESSEL MUST BE SET AND PULLED BY THAT VESSEL, UNLESS OTHERWISE APPROVED BY THE RESPECTIVE TRIBAL FISHERIES OFFICE. 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) THIS OPENING HAS A MAXIMUM LIMIT OF TWO PERMITS. 2) EACH FISHER MUST BE IN POSSESSION OF A PERMIT ISSUED FROM THE PORT GAMBLE FISHERIES OFFICE. EACH PERMIT IS VALID FOR ONE WEEK. 3) THE HARVEST LIMIT FOR THIS OPENING IS 340 POUNDS. 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. 4) ALL COMMERCIAL SHRIMP SALES MUST BE MADE TO TRIBALLY APPROVED BUYERS WHO HAVE FILLED OUT A BUYER'S AGREEGMENT WITH THE PORT GAMBLE TRIBE. JUSTIFICATION: CONTINUE COMMERCIAL HARVEST OF SPOT SHRIMP FOR THE PORT GAMBLE TRIBE IN THE SPECIFIED CATCH AREAS OF REGION 2W. POINT NO POINT TREATY COUNCIL 19472 POWDER HILL PLACE NE, SUITE 210 POULSBO, WA 98370