POINT NO POINT TREATY COUNCIL SECTION 4.6 CRAB REGULATION FOR REGION 5

The following regulation is promulgated by the Point No Point Treaty Council and
shall govern the conduct of off-reservation commercial Dungeness crab fisheries by
the Port Gamble S'Klallam and the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribes in Region 5, Hood
Canal. The term of this regulation is from June 1, 2020 through May 31, 2021, 
unless superceded, and is intended to regulate the Dungeness crab harvest by the
Port Gamble and Jamestown Tribes in Region 5 under provisions of Paragraph 4.6 of
United States v. Washington, 898 F. supp. 1453 (W.D. Wash. 1995), as amended by
the Stipulation and Order Amending Shellfish Implementation Plan, dated April 8,
2002, (hereafter "Implementation Order").  In the event the Region 5 Crab Harvest
Management Plan is completed before the end of this regulation term, this
regulation will be superceded by a new regulation conforming to the provisions of
the Region 5 Crab Harvest Management Plan.


FILING ORGANIZATION:         POINT NO POINT TREATY COUNCIL  

REGULATION NUMBER:           #S20-061

DATE ADOPTED:                JUNE 15, 2020

REGULATION MODIFIED:         NONE

REGULATION SUPERCEDED:       NONE

CATCH AREAS:                 REGION 5: CATCH REPORTING AREAS 25C, 27A, AND THAT PART OF
                             AREA 27B NORTH OF AYOCK PT.

FISHERY TYPE:                COMMERCIAL / EMERGENCY CLOSURE

SPECIES:                     DUNGENESS CRAB AND RED ROCK CRAB (CANCER PRODUCTUS)

EFFECTIVE DATES:             JUNE 17 THROUGH JUNE 19, 2020

DAYS/HOURS:                  FOR THE PORT GAMBLE AND JAMESTOWN S'KLALLAM TRIBES, THIS
                             FISHERY WILL REMAIN CLOSED.

JUSTIFICATION:               THIS SCHEDULED OPENING HAS BEEN DELAYED UNTIL FURTHER 
                             NOTICE. 
                          




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