FILING ORGANIZATION:    POINT NO POINT TREATY COUNCIL

REGULATION NUMBER:      #S14-024

DATE ADOPTED:           APRIL 25, 2014  

REGULATION MODIFIED:    NONE

REGULATION SUPERCEDED:  NONE

CATCH AREAS:            CRUSTACEAN MANAGEMENT REGION 3, DESCRIBED AS:
                          SUBREGION 3-1 (SHELLFISH CATCH REPORTING AREAS 23A,
                          AND 23B), SUBREGION 3-2 (SHELLFISH CATCH REPORTING 
                          AREAS 23D AND 25A), AND SUBREGION 3-3 (SHELLFISH 
                          CATCH REPORTING AREAS 23C AND 29).
                        
FISHERY TYPE:           SUBSISTENCE

SPECIES:                TANNER CRAB (CHI0NOECETES BAIRDI)

ON/OFF RESERVATION:     OFF 

EFFECTIVE DATES:        JUNE 1, 2014 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2015

DAYS/HOURS:             1) ALL SUBREGIONS: OPEN FROM 8:00 AM SUNDAY, JUNE 1 THROUGH
                           5:00 PM TUESDAY, MARCH 31. 
                        2) POTS MAY ONLY BE CHECKED FROM 30 MINUTES BEFORE SUNRISE
                           TO 30 MINUTES AFTER SUNSET EACH DAY.

HARVEST RESTRICTIONS:   1) THE MINIMUM SIZE FOR TANNER CRABS WILL BE 110 MM (4 3/8 INCHES). 
                           SIZE IS MEASURED BY CALIPER ACROSS THE BACK OF THE CRAB INSIDE
                           THE SPINES.
                        2) ONLY MALE TANNER CRABS MAY BE HARVESTED. IT IS UNLAWFULL FOR
                           FISHERS TO RETAIN AND POSSESS ANY FEMALE, UNDERSIZED AND 
                           SOFT-SHELLED TANNER CRABS. ALL FEMALE, UNDERSIZED AND SOFT-SHELLED
                           CRABS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE WATER UNHARMED.
                        3) THE DAILY SUBSISTENCE LIMIT IN REGION 3 WILL BE 10 CRABS PER FISHER,
                           UNLESS OTHERWISE STIPULATED IN EMERGENCY REGULATIONS.

GEAR RESTRICTIONS:      1) THE MAXIMUM TOTAL NUMBER OF POTS FOR THIS FISHERY IS 5
                           POTS PER FISHER. 
                        2) POTS AUTHORIZED FOR THIS FISHERY WILL BE TOP LOADING PYRAMIDAL
                           TANNER CRAB TRAPS COVERED WITH 70 MM SYNTHETIC MESH AND CONTAINING
                           ONE OR MORE ESCAPE PORTS IN THE TOP 1/2 OF THE TRAP. IN ADDITION,
                           TANNER CRABS CAUGHT AS A BY-CATCH IN DUNGENESS CRAB POTS DURING 
                           LEGALLY AUTHORIZED DUNGENESS CRAB FISHERIES MAY ALSO BE RETAINED, AS
                           PROVIDED HEREIN.
                        3) ALL LONG LINES AS WELL AS SINGLE POTS SHALL HAVE
                           BUOYS ATTACHED. EACH BUOY SHALL BE CONSPICUOUSLY MARKED 
                           WITH THE INITIALS OF THE FISHER'S TRIBE (JT FOR JAMESTOWN, PG FOR
                           PORT GAMBLE) FOLLOWED BY THE TRIBAL IDENTIFICATION CARD NUMBER OF 
                           THE FISHER OPERATING THE GEAR.  EACH BUOY SHALL BE MARKED IN SUCH
                           A WAY THAT THE FISHER AND TRIBAL AFFILIATION CAN BE IDENTIFIED
                           WITHOUT REMOVING THE GEAR FROM THE WATER.

JUSTIFICATION:          PROVIDE SUBSISTENCE FISHING OPPORTUNITY FOR TRIBAL FISHERS IN
                        PUGET SOUND. 


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