FILING ORGANIZATION:    SKOKOMISH TRIBE

REGULATION NUMBER:	PTL-PGB-S#24-04
REGULATIONS MODIFIED:	PUB-S#24-02
REGULATION SUPERSEDED:	NONE
  
DATE ADOPTED:		11/31/24

SPECIES:                MANILA AND NATIVE LITTLENECK CLAMS

FISHERY TYPE:           COMMERCIAL
ON/OFF RESERVATION:     OFF                                                                   
                                                 
EFFECTIVE DATES:        11/7/24 

DAYS/HOURS/QUOTA:      	PORT GAMBLE HERITAGE (250900) (25C) (PG BAY)
			11/7/24 FROM 12:00 AM TO 4:00 AM
			TOTAL QUOTA OF 2,000 POUNDS

LEGAL GEAR:            	HAND HELD RAKE, FORK, OR SHOVEL

OTHER RESTRICTIONS: 	GROWING AREA STATUS CHECK (OPEN OR CLOSED): LICENSED 
			SHELLFISH BUYERS SHALL REGISTER WITH THE WASHINGTON 
			STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S COMMERCIAL SHELLFISHING 
			GROWING AREA MANAGEMENT EMAIL DISTRIBUTION LIST AND 
			VERIFY NO CLOSURE IS IN EFFECT PRIOR TO PURCHASING 
			AND/OR REMOVING SHELLFISH FROM THE BEACH. 
			CONDITIONALLY APPROVED AREA - SKOKOMISH FLATS (270446): FOR 
			SKOKOMISH FLATS, LICENSED SHELLFISH BUYERS SHALL ALSO 
			CHECK THE SKOKOMISH RIVER GAGE 
			(https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/
			12061500/#parameterCode=00065&period=P7D) TO CONFIRM 
			THAT THE BEACH IS NOT CLOSED MAY THOUGH DECEMBER DUE TO
			LEVELS REACHING 15 AND JANUARY THROUGH APRIL DUE TO LEVELS
			REACHING 17 FEET AND IF CLOSED NO SHELLFISH MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE 
			BEACH UNTIL REOPENED BY THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT 
			OF HEALTH. IF SHELLFISH ARE REMOVED DURING A RIVER 
			HEIGHT CLOSURE, THE LICENSED SHELLFISH BUYER SHALL 
			IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY SKOKOMISH FISHERIES AND THE WASHINGTON 
			STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS WELL AS, RECALL THE 
			SHELLFISH. 

			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#24-02, STC 7.0 AND:    

                        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#24-02 
			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.  

			MINORS MAY ONLY HARVEST AS PER STC 7.02.

			SOUTH OF AYOCK POINT: 

			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 ALEX GOULEY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR SKOKOMISH DNR, AT 
			AGOULEY@SKOKOMISH.ORG.
 

SKOKOMISH NATURAL RESOURCES	
N. 541 TRIBAL CENTER ROAD
SKOKOMISH NATION, WA 98584