FILING ORGANIZATION:      PORT GAMBLE S'KLALLAM TRIBE

REGULATION NUMBER:        #S21-01 COMM

DATE ADOPTED:             DECEMBER 18, 2020

REGULATION MODIFIED       REGULATION PGST #S20-13 SECTION 4

REGULATION SUPERCEDED:    NONE

CATCH AREAS:              SHELLFISH AREAS 25C:
			  GRAVEL PLOT (257009-PG BAY) PORT GAMBLE

FISHERY TYPE:             COMMERCIAL/SUBSISTENCE 

SPECIES:                  NATIVE LITTLENECK AND MANILA CLAMS 

ON/OFF RESERVATION:       ON

LEGAL GEAR:               HAND HELD RAKE, FORK OR SHOVEL

EFFECTIVE DATE(S):        JANUARY 4, 2021

OPEN DAYS AND HOURS:      GRAVEL PLOT (257009-PG BAY) PORT GAMBLE,
                          MONITORED, OPEN FOR CLAMS:
                          MON (12/6) 12:01 AM TO 3:30 AM.
                          
OTHER RESTRICTIONS:       1) AS PER REGULATION PNPTC #S20-001 AND PGST #S20-13.
                          2) HARVEST LIMITED TO CLAMS 1.5 INCHES IN LENGTH OR GREATER.
			  3) COMMERCIALLY HARVESTED CLAMS MUST BE SOLD WITHIN 24 HOURS OF
                             THE CLOSING TIME OF THE FISHERY OR PLACED IN REFRIGERATED
                             CONTAINERS UNTIL SOLD. 
                          4) A LABEL ISSUED BY THE HARVESTERS TRIBAL FISHERIES OFFICE MUST
                             BE AFFIXED TO EACH BAG OR CONTAINER OF COMMERCIALLY HARVESTED
                             CLAMS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING HARVEST. EACH LABEL SHALL INCLUDE
                             THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: 
                                     i) TRIBE
                                    ii) TRIBE CERTIFICATION NUMBER
                                         a.     PORT GAMBLE - WA589HA
                                         b.     JAMESTOWN - WA588SS
                                   iii) HARVESTER NAME AND/OR ID NUMBER
                                    iv) HARVEST DATE
                                     v) DOH GROWING AREA DESIGNATION
                                    vi) BEACH NUMBER (BIDN)
                                   vii) SHALLFISH TYPE
                                  viii) QUANTITY HARVESTED
                                    ix) TAG SEQUENCE NUMBER
                             REQUIRED INFORMATION ON THE LABELS SHALL BE ENTERED LEGIBLY
                             USING AN INDELIBLE MARKER.
                          5) THE HARVEST LIMIT IS 5,000 POUNDS. 
			     ONCE THIS LIMIT HAS BEEN REACHED, AS DETERMINED BY THE
                             BEACH MONITOR, THE BEACH WILL BE CLOSED BY THE MONITORS.
                          6) ALL DIGGERS (COMMERCIAL AND SUBSISTENCE) MUST REPORT TO THE 
                             MONITOR DURING AND IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE HARVEST. ALL 
                             HARVESTERS MUST INSURE THAT THEIR HARVEST IS REPORTED TO THE
                             MONITOR BEFORE LEAVING THE BEACH. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS
                             PROVISION WILLBE A VIOLATION OF THIS REGULATION. 
                          7) ALL HARVESTING WILL CEASE WHEN THE OPENING EXPIRES OR WHEN
                             THE MONITOR CLOSES THE FISHERY, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST.
                             HARVESTING ACTIVITY INCLUDES ALL DIGGING, COLLECTING AND
                             SACKING OF CLAMS.
                          8) TRIBAL HARVESTERS WHO SELL TO A BUYER OTHER THAN THAT 
                             REPORTED TO THE MONITOR MUST NOTIFY THEIR RESPECTIVE TRIBAL
                             FISHERIES OFFICE OF THE DISCREPANCY WITHIN 12 HOURS OF THE
                             TIME OF SALE.
			  9) SUBSISTENCE HARVESTERS MUST HAVE A VALID SUBSISTENCE CARD IN 
		             THEIR POSSESSION WHILE HARVESTING AND HARVEST RECORDED ON THE 
                             CART PRIOR TO LEAVING THE BEACH. SUBSISTENCE HARVEST IS LIMITED
                             TO MANILA/LITTLENECK CLAMS WITH A INDIVIDUAL HARVEST LIMIT OF
                             20 POUNDS.
                             
COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS:    1) HARVESTERS MUST MAINTAIN A DISTANCE OF AT LEAST 6 FEET
                             BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND ALL OTHER HARVESTERS, MONITORS,
                             ENFORCEMENT AND BUYERS THROUGHOUT THIS OPENING.
                          2) HARVESTERS WITH COLD OR FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS ARE NOT ALLOWED
                             TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS OPENING. HARVESTERS EXHIBITING 
                             THESE SYMPTOMS MAY BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE TIDELANDS.

CATCH REPORTING:          ALL COMMERCIAL HARVEST MUST BE REPORTED ON TREATY 
                          INDIAN FISH RECEIVING TICKETS.  THE GROWING AREA AND 
                          BIDN MUST BE RECORDED ON THE FISH TICKET AT THE POINT OF 
                          SALE.

JUSTIFICATION:            HARVEST AVAILABLE TRIBAL RESOURCE.
                          



(PORT GAMBLE S'KLALLAM TRIBE
 31912 LITTLE BOSTON RD NE
 KINGSTON, WASHINGTON 98346)