FILING ORGANIZATION:    POINT NO POINT TREATY COUNCIL

REGULATION NUMBER:      #S14-153

DATE ADOPTED:           JANUARY 29, 2015  

REGULATION MODIFIED:    PNPTC REGULATIONS #S14-041, SECTION 5 AND
                        SECTION 7

REGULATION SUPERCEDED:  REGULATION #S14-143

CATCH AREAS:            SHELLFISH MANAGEMENT REGION 2 WEST (CATCH REPORTING AREAS
                        25B, 25D, AND ALL S'KLALLAM U&A AREAS IN THAT PORTION OF
                        AREA 26A SOUTH AND WEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF POSSESSION
                        POINT ON WHIDBEY ISLAND).

FISHERY TYPE:           SUBSISTENCE/EMERGENCY CLOSURE

SPECIES:                DUNGENESS CRAB 

ON/OFF RESERVATION:     OFF 

EFFECTIVE DATES:        JANUARY 31, 2015

DAYS/HOURS:             1) ALL MANAGEMENT AREAS OF REGION 2 WEST: CLOSED 5:00 PM
                           SATURDAY, JANUARY 31. THE TREATY SHARE FOR THIS REGION 
                           HAS BEEN TAKEN.

LEGAL GEAR:             1) AS PER REGULATION #S14-041, SECTION 7 AND SECTION 8.
                        2) SUBSISTENCE POT LIMITS FOR REGION 2 WEST WILL BE 5 POTS/RING
                           NETS PER FISHER/DAY.
                        3) BUOY COLORS MAY BE ANY COLOR EXCEPT RED AND WHITE.  NO
                           RED AND WHITE COMBINATION OF ANY TYPE IS PERMITTED.  IF
                           ANY PORTION OF THE BUOY IS RED, NO REMAINING PORTION MAY
                           BE WHITE.  IF ANY PORTION OF THE BUOY IS WHITE, NO 
                           REMAINING PORTION MAY BE RED.
                        
HARVEST RESTRICTIONS:   1) THE MINIMUM SIZE LIMIT FOR LEGAL CRAB IS 6.25 
                           INCHES, CALIPER MEASUREMENT ACROSS THE BACK OF THE
                           CRAB, IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF THE TIPS.
                        2) ONLY MALE CRABS MAY BE TAKEN.  IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR 
                           FISHERS TO RETAIN AND POSSESS ANY FEMALE DUNGENESS
                           CRAB OR SOFT-SHELLED CRABS. ALL FEMALE CRAB AND ALL 
                           SOFT-SHELLED CRAB MUST BE RETURNED TO THE WATER 
                           UNHARMED.
                        3) THE DAILY SUBSISTENCE HARVEST LIMIT IN REGION 2 WEST
                           WILL BE 10 CRABS PER FISHER, UNLESS OTHERWISE 
                           PROVIDED IN SUBSEQUENT EMERGENCY REGULATIONS.

CATCH REPORTING:        ALL SUBSISTENCE CRAB HARVEST SHALL BE REPORTED ON SHELLFISH 
                        SUBSISTENCE CARDS IMMEDIATELY AFTER HARVEST.  CARDS ARE AVAILABLE
                        AT THE TRIBAL FISHERIES OFFICE.  SUBSISTENCE FISHERS MUST HAVE 
                        SUBSISTENCE CARDS ON THEIR PERSON WHEN FISHING.

JUSTIFICATION:          THE TREATY SHARE OF THE AVAILABLE CRAB RESOURCE IN REGION 2 WEST
                        HAS BEEN TAKEN.  



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