LCL 10 Natural Resources

(o) Any other terms and conditions which
may be required by the Accounting
Department and the Lummi Natural Resources
Department.
(p) The buyer agrees to surrender the license
and emblem upon official notice from Lummi
that requires it.
(q) The buyer agrees to abide by all laws,
titles, and regulations of the Lummi Nation,
all applicable Federal Law and all regulations
of the U.S. District Court.
(r) The buyer, if purchasing clams, will
within two (2) days of a purchase, deliver to
the Lummi Natural Resources Department the
cleaned official harvest bags in which clams
were delivered by Lummi harvesters, and
return harvest tags which were attached to the
harvest bags in which clams were delivered by
Lummi harvesters, after the National Shellfish
Sanitation Program required holding period
has expired.
(s) The buyer will not purchase oysters from
citizens of the Lummi Nation, except
authorized representatives of the Lummi
Natural Resources Department.
In the case of severely limited fisheries,
particularly shrimp and crab fisheries, where
timely reporting of catches is essential to good
management, buyers will report the daily
landings by area, number of fishers and
poundage on a message phone identified on
the hotline prior to midnight each day of the
fishery.
(u) Violation of any portion of the Buyers
Agreement issued under the provisions of this
Section may lead to the following action by
the Accounting office in consultation with the
Commission:
(1) Revocation of the Buyers License.
(2) A penalty of 10% of unpaid taxes and
accrued interest for reinstatement after
license revocation.
(3) An administrative penalty of $10
dollars for each of the first 10 incorrectly
filled in Treaty Indian Fish Receiving
Tickets, or ticket not presented in a timely
manner as required each year, and $25.00
for every such violation thereafter.
10.08.020 Purchase Without a Buyers
License
It shall be unlawful to purchase fish or
shellfish from Lummi member without a
current valid Buyers License issued pursuant
to Section 10.08.010. Violation of any
provision of this section shall be punishable
by civil penalties of $100.00, for minor
offenses, to $5,000.00, for a buyer who has
had his license revoked. If the license has
been revoked, the violator must appear before
the Council and the Commission before a
Buyer’s License may be reissued to the buyer
or to the facilities owned by the violator at the
time of the violation, and
10.08.030 Illegal Purchases
(a) It shall be illegal for buyers to knowingly
purchase from Lummi member’s fish and
shellfish which has been harvested illegally
and not otherwise prohibited in this section.
Violation of any provision of this sub-section
shall be punishable by civil penalties:
First violation
$300.00 to $600.00
Second violation
$500.00 to $1,000.00
Subsequent violations
$750.00 to $5,000.00
(b) It shall be illegal to purchase crab which
are smaller than the 6.25” caliper measure
across the back in front of the horns. Any
processor shaking crab shall retain the backs
of all crab currently being processed for
inspection of the Natural Resources
Enforcement Patrol. Penalty for violation of
this sub-section shall be $100.00 per crab
smaller than 6.25” caliper measure across the
back in front of the horns.
(c) It shall be illegal to purchase crab from
any fisher not at the at the buyer’s station
within 4 hours of a fishery closure. Violation
of this sub-section shall be punishable by a
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