FILING ORGANIZATION:    POINT NO POINT TREATY COUNCIL

REGULATION NUMBER:      #F17-012

DATE ADOPTED:           MAY 19, 2017

REGULATION(S)
SUPERSEDED/MODIFIED:    F17-002 SECTION II,2,(b) MODIFIED

CATCH AREAS:            AS PER ANNUAL HALIBUT REGULATION F17-002.

FISHERY TYPE:           COMMERCIAL (RESTRICTED LANDING FISHERY)

SPECIES:                PACIFIC HALIBUT

ON/OFF RESERVATION:     OFF

LAWFUL GEAR:            SETLINES, HANDLINES, BOTTOMFISH TROLL, JIGS
                        AS PER ANNUAL HALIBUT REGULATION #F17-002

EFFECTIVE DATES:        MAY 22 THROUGH MAY 23, 2017

DAYS/HOURS:	        OPEN 8:00 AM MONDAY MAY 22 THROUGH
                        6:00 PM TUESDAY MAY 23, 2017.
                                              
OTHER RESTRICTIONS:     AS PER ANNUAL HALIBUT REGULATION #F17-002;

                        A FISHER MAY HARVEST HALIBUT WITH A 2,500 POUND
                        LIMIT PER VESSEL FOR THE OPEN PERIOD.
  
                        A LANDING LIMIT IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL
                        CATCH FROM A SINGLE VESSEL, AFTER BEING PERSONALLY
                        HARVESTED BY THAT VESSEL’S CREW, WHICH MAY BE 
                        OFFLOADED FROM THE VESSEL TO A SHORE-BASED 
                        FACILITY OR BUYER DURING THE OPEN PERIOD.
                         
EXPECTED EFFORT:        UP TO 23 BOATS FOR THE PORT GAMBLE AND
                        JAMESTOWN S'KLALLAM TRIBES COMBINED.

JUSTIFICATION (S)       HARVEST OF TRIBAL SHARE OF HALIBUT IN
                        ACCORDANCE WITH THE IPHC, PFMC, AND THE
                        TRIBAL HALIBUT FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN.
                       

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POULSBO WA, 98370)