Originally Posted By: Krijack




NISQUALLY INDIAN COMMUNITY
EMERGENCY REGULATION 7-2017
DECEMBER 18, 2017.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 14.23.02 NISQUALLY TRIBAL CODE, TITLE 14-Chapter 2, AS AMENDED BY THE BUSINESS COMMITTEE EFFECTIVE 7/31/91, THE NISQUALLY FISH COMMISSION HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING FISHERY OPEN EFFECTIVE AT 12:00 NOON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2017.
REGULATION SUPERCEDED/MODIFIED: NONE
SPECIES: CHUM
FISHERY TYPE: COMMERCIAL
GEAR: GILL NET
OPEN DAYS/HOURS:
DECEMBER 19TH AT NOON TO DECEMBER 22ND AT NOON.
STARTING DECEMBER 24TH SUNDAYS NOON TO WEDNESDAYS NOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, BUT NO LATER THAN JANUARY 31ST.
AREA: NISQUALLY RIVER MOUTH TO TOM BROWN’S LOG JAM AT FLAGGING
Nisqually Commercial Regulations:

1. Chum-Any combination of 3 nets combined cannot exceed 250 feet in length. No singular set net can exceed 150 feet in length. No drift gill net can exceed 85 feet in length.

2. No net shall extend beyond 1/2 the width of the channel of the Nisqually River at low tide.

3. No net shall exceed beyond 2/3 the width of the channel below I-5 on McAllister Creek at low tide.
4. All nets shall be clearly identified with owner’s name (first and last) and fishing ID number to allow net identification by tribal enforcement staff.

5. All nets can be tended only by owner and or authorized assistant, we will help and assist as we always have done.

6. Fishing locations in freshwater areas shall be not less than 250 feet apart, unless otherwise agreed as per section 14.23.04 of the Nisqually Tribal Code, Title 14, Chapter II-Fishing.


7. All net mesh restrictions refer to stretched mesh.


8. All nets are to be removed from the river at the end of Coho season, noon November 22nd. If the either of the Chum ISU models allows for Chum opener nets will be removed the last day of the fishery. Nets remaining after the river is closed by the Nisqually Fish Commission will be considered abandoned and will be removed by the Tribal Law Enforcement Patrol.

SPECIAL SPECIES CONCERN: GREEN AND WHITE STURGEON
FISHERY TYPE: INCEDENTAL; ALL STURGEON CAUGHT DURING ANY DIRECTED FISHERY IS TO BE RELEASED ALIVE.

JUSTIFICATION: HARVEST OF CHUM
NISQUALLY FISH COMMISSION


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