LCL 10 Natural Resources

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10.02.170 In-Season Regulations
In-Season regulations shall be changes in the
pre-season regulations with respect to time
and area openings and fishing method
restrictions required to meet pre-season
objectives in light of new information
developed during the season.
10.02.180 Lampara
Lampara gear shall mean fishing gear having
no purse line or rings but employing a lead
line, cork line special tag, or auxiliary lines
attached to the lead line and webbing in such a
manner that the fish are encircled in open
water.
10.02.190 Leased Gear
Leased gear shall mean fishing gear owned by
a person or entity who is not a member of the
Lummi Nation, or in off reservation fisheries,
fishing gear owned by a member of a
recognized Indian tribe which does not have
the same usual and accustomed fishing
grounds and stations as the Lummi Nation, but
which is operated by a Lummi member.
10.02.200 Lummi
For the purpose of Title 10, Lummi shall mean
the Lummi Nation or a citizen thereof.
10.02.210 Marine Mammal Act
Marine Mammal Act shall refer to the Marine
Mammal Protection Act of the United States
as amended in 1988, or as amended in the
future.
10.02.220 Mesh Measurements
The mesh size of any net shall be defined as
the distance between the inside of one knot to
the outside of the opposite vertical knot of one
mesh when the mesh is stretched vertically
while using a moderate tension applied to any
three consecutive meshes, and then measuring
the middle mesh of three while under tension.
10.02.230 Nation
Nation shall mean the Lummi Nation.
10.02.240 N.O.A.A.
N.O.A.A. shall refer to the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration of the U.S.
Department of Commerce.
10.02.250 Pre-season Regulation
Pre-Season regulations shall be openings and
closings of fisheries by area with
recommended restrictions in fishing methods
proposed in advance of the season.
10.02.260 Purse Seine
Purse Seine includes all types of fishing gear
consisting of a lead line, auxiliary lines, purse
line and purse rings and mesh net webbing
fashioned in a manner that it is used to
encircle fish, and in addition prevents their
escape under the bottom or lead line of the net
by drawing in the bottom of the net by means
of the purse line so that it forms a closed bag.
The bunt is the portion of a purse seine
located at the end of the net designed to form
the bag that holds the net’s catch after the net
is pursed and is the last portion of the net to be
pulled aboard the catching vessel.
10.02.270 Reef Net
Reef Net means a non-self fishing open buntsquare
or rectangular section of mesh netting
suspended between two anchored boats
fashioned in such a manner that to impound
salmon passing over the net, the net be raised
to the surface. The lead lines or leads of any
reef net must be floating at all times, except
under the stress of tidal conditions, and shall
not be fixed to any piling whatsoever, nor
shall the lead or leads be constructed of any
kind of mesh webbing. In the construction of
the reef net no principle fyke net or fish trap
may be employed.
10.02.280 Ring Net
Ring Net means all fishing gear having a rigid
frame measuring no more than ten feet in
diameter that is used to take shellfish in a live
condition and does not entrap or restrict the
free movement of shellfish until lifted.
10.02.290 Season
Season shall mean the period of the year when
fisheries may be opened for commercial
harvest, and shall be year around unless
otherwise closed for conservation or
allocation purposes.
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