LCL 10 Natural Resources

privileges for 30 to 60 days.
Subsequent violations
$500.00 to $1,000.00 and suspension of
fishing privileges for 60 to 120 days.
10.09.070 In-River Fishing Restriction
It shall be unlawful to fish a drift gill net from
bank to bank in any river fishery under the
jurisdiction of this title.
Violation of any provision of this section shall
be punishable by civil penalties as follows:
First violation
$ 50.00 to $100.00
Second violation
$100.00 to $200.00
Subsequent violations
$150.00 to $300.00
Chapter 10.10 Herring Fishery
10.10.010 Lawful Herring Gear
(a) Purse Seine - Not to exceed 300 fathoms
in length, 1/2 inches [maximum] mesh.
(b) Gill Net - as established by Regulation
promulgated pursuant to Chapter 10.06.
(c) Beach Seine - By authorization of the
Commission.
The use of unlawful herring gear in a herring
fishery shall be an offense requiring forfeiture
of catch, or catch value if sold, and additional
civil penalties as follows:
First violation
$100.00 to $200.00 and suspension of fishing
privileges for 14 to 28 days.
Second violation
$250.00 to $500.00 and suspension of fishing
privileges for 30 to 60 days.
Third violation
$500.00 to $1,000.00 and suspension of
fishing privileges until after the period of a
year, the violator meets with the Council and
the Commission and has fishing privileges
reinstated.
10.10.020 Management Regimes
When the herring stocks within the Lummi
usual and accustomed fishing areas are not
sufficiently abundant to support the harvest of
a normal open fishery by members the
Director, in consultation with the Lummi
Natural Resources Commission, may establish
limited entry fisheries, and in the worst case,
enterprise fisheries to ensure preservation of
the access to the commercial harvest and
maximum benefits to all Lummi members.
The conduct of normal and limited entry
fisheries shall be by regulations promulgated
pursuant to Chapter 10.06 above, while
enterprise fisheries will be governed by the
terms of the contract with the Council.
Chapter 10.11 Halibut Fisheries
10.11.010 Legal Halibut Gear
The following are lawful gear for use in the
halibut fishery:
(a) Hook and Line - a rod and reel with no
more than two (2) hooks.
(b) Hand line - a single line with no more than
two (2) hooks.
(c) Longline - A weighted ground line with
fixed gear tied to, or attached to line with snap
hooks. The size of the hooks, the number of
skates or the number of hooks, and/or the
amount of halibut which can be landed during
a day of an opening may be limited by
regulation.
(1) A long line skate shall be no more than
1800 feet in length and anchored at each
end.
(2) Each long line skate or combination of
skates shall be attached at either end by an
anchor or fishing boat and marked by
buoys, one at each end of the line marked
with fishermen’s Treaty Indian Fishing
Identification Card Number.
(d) Troll Line - Troll line when related to its
use for commercial purposes shall be defined
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