FILING ORGANIZATION:	SKOKOMISH TRIBE 
 
REGULATION NUMBER:	F#24-47
REGULATION MODIFIED:	F#24-10 SECTION VI.		
REGULATION SUPERSEDED: 	NONE
DATE ADOPTED:		OCTOBER 16, 2024
 
SPECIES:		CHUM

FISHERY TYPE:		COMMERCIAL

ON/OFF RESERVATION:	OFF
                          
CATCH AREA(S):          AREA 12C (THE AREA WITHIN 1,500 FT FROM SHORE
                          FROM THE POWERHOUSE TO THE MOUTH OF NALLEY'S
                          SLOUGH IS CLOSED).
                        
                        AREA 12D IS CLOSED.
                                                                                    
EFFECTIVE DATES:        OCTOBER 20, 2024 THROUGH NOVEMBER 27, 2024.
                         
DAYS/HOURS:             OPEN CONTINUOUS 7:00 A.M. SUNDAY (10/20)
                         THROUGH 5:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY (11/27).
                
LEGAL GEAR:             SET AND DRIFT GILLNETS, BEACH SEINES AND HAND HELD
                        GEAR; AS PER REG. F#24-10.
 
OTHER RESTRICTIONS:     1)  PER REG F#24-10.
                        2)  ALL CATCH MUST BE REPORTED ON FISH TICKETS OR
                            ROADSIDE SALE REPORTING FORMS, INCLUDING
                            REPORTING KEPT & DISPOSED FISH AS "TAKE HOME".
                        3)  ALL CATCH MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE TO SKOKOMISH
                            FISHERIES STAFF OR WDFW STAFF FOR SAMPLING
                            PURPOSES.
                        4)  ALL SALMON CARCASSES MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE
                            BEACH. NO CARCASSES MAY BE THROWN BACK IN THE
                            WATER.
                        5)  NO BEACH SEINES MAY BE OPERATED CLOSER THAN
                            1,000 FEET FROM ANY STREAM OR RIVER MOUTH
                            THAT IS NOT OPEN TO NET FISHING. FOR THE
                            DEWATTO RIVER, THE STREAM MOUTH IS DEFINED
                            BY A NORTH-SOUTH LINE FROM THE TWO-STORY WHITE
                            BUILDING AT DEWATTO POINT (MAP ON SKOKOMISH
                            WEBSITE).
                        6)  MARINE DRIFT NETS RESTRICTIONS AREAS 9,
                            9A, 12, 12A, 12B, 12C: 5 INCH MINIMUM MESH WITH
                              MAXIMUM LENGTH 330 FATHOMS.
                        7)  BEACH SEINE LENGTH RESTRICTIONS MARINE AREAS 9,
                              9A, 12, 12A, 12B, 12C: 3.5 INCH MINIMUM MESH,
                              3.5 INCH MAXIMUM AT THE BUNT, A MAXIMUM
                              LENGTH 165 FATHOMS WITH 200 MESH MAXIMUM
                              DEPTH, MULTIFILAMENT NET ONLY.
                        8)  SET GILLNET MARINE AREAS 9, 9A, 12, 12A, 12B,
                              12C: 5 INCH MINIMUM MESH WITH MAXIMUM LENGTH
                              110 FATHOMS. 
                        9)  IN 12C, GILLNETS MUST BE AT LEAST 400 FEET
                            APART FROM THE WATER LINE.
                        10) IN ORDER TO CLAIM A POSITION FOR YOUR NET, YOU
                            MUST BE IN YOUR BOAT AND ON THE BEACH OR IN THE
                            WATER AT 7:00 A.M. ON SUNDAY (10/20).
                        11) BEACH SEINES MUST HAVE ONE END ON THE BEACH
                            WHILE BEING FISHED FOR THAT GEAR TYPE TO BE
                            CONSIDERED AS BEACH SEINING AS SET BY STANDARDS
                            OF THE CO-MANAGER'S OF WASHINGTON STATE
                            (TREATY TRIBES AND WDFW) AND ACCEPTED BY NOAA.
                        12) DUTCH SEINING IS NOT ALLOWED.       
                  
JUSTIFICATIONS:        HARVEST AVAILABLE CHUM SALMON.
                     
SKOKOMISH FISHERIES
N.541 TRIBAL CENTER ROAD
SKOKOMISH NATION, WA 98584