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REGULATION SUPERCEDED:       NONE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.

                             

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