FILING ORGANIZATION:    SKOKOMISH TRIBE

REGULATION NUMBER:	PUB-S#22-42
REGULATION MODIFIED:	PUB-S#22-02
REGULATION SUPERSEDED:  NONE
 
DATE ADOPTED:           12/1/22

EFFECTIVE DATES:        12/1/22 THROUGH 12/31/22

SPECIES:                MANILA AND NATIVE LITTLENECK CLAMS

FISHERY TYPE:           COMMERCIAL

RESERVATION:            OFF
				             
DAYS/HOURS/QUOTA:       DOSEWALLIPS NORTH (270201) (27A) (HC3)
			12/5/22 FROM 7:15 PM TO 11:15 PM
			TOTAL QUOTA OF 5,000 POUNDS

			QUILCENE SW (270950) (27A) (QUILCENE BAY) 
			12/7/22 FROM 8:15 PM TO 12/8/22 AT 12:15 AM
			TOTAL QUOTA OF 5,000 POUNDS

			QUILCENE W (270910) (27A) (QUILCENE BAY)
			12/19/22 FROM 6:30 PM TO 9:30 PM
			TOTAL QUOTA OF 3,000 POUNDS

			QUILCENE SW (270950) (27A) (QUILCENE BAY) 
			12/21/22 FROM 7:00 PM TO 11:00 PM
			TOTAL QUOTA OF 5,000 POUNDS

			INDIVIDUAL QUOTA OF 150 POUNDS ON ALL 
			BEACHES SOUTH OF AYOCK POINT

LEGAL GEAR:             HAND HELD RAKE, FORK, OR SHOVEL

OTHER RESTRICTIONS:     HARVESTERS MUST BAG, TAG, AND REMOVE THE SHELLFISH 
			FROM THE HARVEST SITE BY PLACING THE SHELLFISH IN A 
			VEHICLE ON THE UPLANDS OR IN A FLOATING BOAT AT TIME 
			OF SALE TO THE DOH LICENSED BUYER. IF THE BOAT IS 
			OWNED BY A SKOKOMISH TRIBAL MEMBER HOLDING A
			SHELLSTOCK SHIPPER LICENSE, THE BOAT NEED NOT BE
			FLOATING.  ELDERS (55+) AND DISABLED HARVESTERS MAY 
			BE ASSISTED BY A SKOKOMISH MEMBER.

			AS PER REGULATION S#22-02 AND:

			HARVESTERS, BUYERS, MONITORS AND ENFORCEMENT MUST 
			PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND STAY AT LEAST SIX
			FEET APART AT ALL TIMES.  ANYONE WITH COLD OR FLU
			SYMPTOMS MAY NOT PARTICIPATE AND WILL BE ASKED TO 
			LEAVE.  MASKS ARE REQUIRED IF NOT SOCIALLY 
			DISTANCED.    

                        THE HARVEST MAY BE HALTED BY THE MONITOR AT ANY
                        TIME OR ONCE THE HARVEST LIMIT IS REACHED.                     
                    
			HARVESTERS MUST PICK OWN LIMIT - NO ASSISTING OTHER 
                        HARVESTERS.
                        
                        HARVEST AMOUNT MUST BE REPORTED TO THE HARVEST
                        MONITOR BEFORE LEAVING THE BEACH.  MONITOR MAY STOP
			THE HARVEST AT ANY TIME.

                        HARVEST ACTIVITY INCLUDES ALL DIGGING, COLLECTING
                        AND BAGGING OF CLAMS.

                        SUBSISTENCE HARVESTING ALLOWED ONLY ONE HOUR BEFORE 
			OR ONE HOUR AFTER COMMERCIAL OPENING.

                        ALL COMMERCIAL HARVEST MUST BE RECORDED ON TREATY
                        INDIAN FISH RECEIVING TICKETS AT THE POINT OF SALE
                        AS SPECIFIED IN THE TRIBAL FISHERIES ORDINANCE.
	
                        A SHELLFISH BAG TAG MUST BE AFFIXED TO EACH BAG OF
                        COMMERCIALLY HARVESTED SHELLFISH PRIOR TO LEAVING
                        THE BEACH. BAG TAGS MUST EITHER BE ISSUED FROM THE
                        FISHERIES OFFICE AS PER REGULATION S#22-02 
			OR MEET THE TAGGING REQUIREMENTS FOUND IN THE
                        NATIONAL SHELLFISH SANITATION MODEL ORDINANCE
                        SECTION .05, SHELLSTOCK IDENTIFICATION, AND ALSO
                        CONTAIN THE ORIGINAL HARVESTER'S IDENTIFICATION
                        NUMBER AND THE SKOKOMISH TRIBE CERTIFICATION
                        NUMBER.

ADDITIONALLY:           HARVEST LIMITED TO CLAMS 1.5 INCHES (38 MM)
			IN LENGTH OR GREATER.  
	
                        COMMERCIALLY HARVESTED SHELLFISH MUST BE SOLD
                        WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THE CLOSE OF THE FISHERY OR
                        PLACED IN REFRIGERATED CONTAINERS. ANY
                        SHELLFISH STORED IN WATER PRIOR TO SALE MUST BE
                        KEPT IN AN APPROVED WET STORAGE SITE.

                        HARVESTERS MUST HAVE THEIR TRIBAL ID ON HAND IN
                        ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN A TRIBAL DIG OR PICK.

			SHELLFISH BAG TAGS MAY NOT BE ALTERED IN ANY WAY.
			TAGS MUST CONTAIN BIDN AND GROWING AREA AND MUST
			BE LEGILBLE.  

			SOUTH OF AYOCK POINT:

			MINORS (THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF 18) MAY ONLY HARVEST ON 
			NON-SCHOOL NIGHTS.  

			NON-SKOKOMISH INDIAN SPOUSES MAY NOT HARVEST A QUOTA 
			BUT MAY ASSIST THEIR SKOKOMISH TRIBAL MEMBER SPOUSE.

JUSTIFICATION:          HARVEST AVAILABLE CLAM RESOURCE. FOR MORE INFORMATION 
			CONTACT JONATHON WOLF, SHELLFISH HARVEST MANAGER, AT 
			JWOLF@SKOKOMISH.ORG.
                        
SKOKOMISH NATURAL RESOURCES
N.541 TRIBAL CENTER ROAD
SKOKOMISH NATION, WA 98584