FILING ORGANIZATION:      POINT NO POINT TREATY COUNCIL

REGULATION NUMBER:        #S16-128

DATE ADOPTED:             OCTOBER 10, 2016

REGULATION MODIFIED:      REGULATION #S16-001, SECTION 5

REGULATION SUPERCEDED:    NONE

CATCH AREAS:              CATCH REPORTING AREA 27A:
                          QUILCENE SW TIDELANDS (270950) QUILCENE BAY

FISHERY TYPE:             COMMERCIAL

SPECIES:                  NATIVE LITTLENECK AND MANILA CLAMS

ON/OFF RESERVATION:       OFF

LEGAL GEAR:               HAND HELD RAKE, FORK OR SHOVEL

EFFECTIVE DATES:          OCTOBER 20, 2016

DAYS AND HOURS:           QUILCENE SW TIDELANDS (270950) QUILCENE BAY,
                          MONITORED, OPEN FOR CLAMS: 
                          THU (10/20) 12:15 AM TO 4:15 AM,
                          TRIBAL QUOTA: 9,000 POUNDS.

OTHER RESTRICTIONS:       1) AS PER REGULATION #S16-001. THIS OPENING IS FOR THE PORT
                             GAMBLE S'KLALLAM AND JAMESTOWN S'KLALLAM TRIBES ONLY.
                          2) HARVEST LIMITED TO CLAMS 1.25 INCHES IN LENGTH OR GREATER.
                          3) COMMERCIALLY HARVESTED CLAMS MUST BE SOLD WITHIN 12 HOURS OF
                             THE CLOSING TIME OF THE FISHERY, OR PLACED IN REFRIGERATED
                             CONTAINERS.
                          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) THIS HARVEST OPENING WILL OCCUR WITH AN ON THE BEACH MONITOR
                             ACCOUNTING FOR CATCH AT THE END OF THE FISHERY. THE TRIBAL
                             HARVEST LIMIT FOR THIS FISHERY IS 9,000 POUNDS. ONCE THIS
                             LIMIT HAS BEEN REACHED ON THE BEACH BY ALL TRIBAL HARVESTERS,
                             AS DETERMINED BY THE BEACH MONITOR, THE BEACH WILL BE CLOSED
                             BY THE MONITOR.
                          6) ALL DIGGERS MUST REPORT THEIR HARVEST 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 WILL
                             BE 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) HARVESTERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CROSS PRIVATE PROPERTY IN ORDER
                             TO ACCESS TIDELANDS FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES WITHOUT THE
                             CONSENT OF THE PROPERTY OWNER(S).  

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 CLAM RESOURCE.  



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