LCL 10 Natural Resources

purpose than to impress buyer information on
the Treaty Indian Fish Receiving Ticket.
10.08.080 On Reservation Buyer’s
Reports
All persons or businesses purchasing or
processing fish and shellfish within the
bounds of the Lummi Reservation shall
provide the Lummi Natural Resources
Department with copies of all reports
submitted to the Washington State
Government on fish and shellfish activities or
monthly summaries of fish and shellfish
buying activities from non-Lummi fishers as
may be required by the Director.
It shall be a violation of this title to fail to
provide these reports when requested by the
Director, punishable by a civil penalties as
follows:
First Offense
$50.00 to $100.00
Second Offense
$100.00 to $200.00
Subsequent Offenses
$150.00 to $500.00 and loss of Lummi Fish
Buyers License.
10.08.090 Clam Shippers and Packers
It shall be unlawful to purchase clams or other
bivalve mollusks from Lummi fishers unless
the buyer has a valid Shellfish Sanitation
Certification as a Shipper or Packer under the
National Shellfish Sanitation Program , or if a
tribal buyer, has the authority from his or her
tribal government to purchase and ship
shellfish under the standards of the National
Shellfish Sanitation Program, and purchases
from Lummi fishers only clams which are
contained in an official Lummi Clam Harvest
Bag, sealed by the official monitor with an
attached, appropriately completed monitor tag.
Violation of any provision of this section shall
result in the forfeit of a current Lummi Buyers
License and any bond posted to guarantee
performance under the Buyers Agreement and
be punishable by civil penalties as follows:
First violation
$300.00 to $1,000.00
Second violation
$2,000.00, and revocation of the buyer’s
license. 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.
10.08.100 Lummi Clam Buyers
It shall be unlawful for any Lummi to
purchase clams or other bivalve mollusks for
resale without having a Shellfish Sanitation
Certification under the National Shellfish
Sanitation Program as a shellfish
shipper/packer or written permission to
operate under the Lummi Shellfish Sanitation
Certificate pursuant to a written agreement
with the Lummi Natural Resources
Department to comply with the requirements
established in the current National Shellfish
Sanitation Program.
Violations of any provision of this section
shall be punishable by civil penalties as
follows:
First violation
$300.00 to $1,000.00
Second violation
$2,000.00, and revocation of the buyer’s
license. 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.
10.08.110 Fish Processors and Sellers
All persons selling fish or shellfish in fresh or
processed form on the Lummi Reservation, or
Lummis selling such products off the
reservation must:
(a) Have an appropriate Buyer’s license
issued pursuant to Section 10.08.010, if
purchased from fishers, and any additional
license required by the Lummi Nation,
(b) Observe Lummi health and safety
standards set forth in regulations promulgated
by the Lummi Natural Resources Department
Title 10 Natural Resources Code (2008)
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