LCL 10 Natural Resources

(f) No more than 25 pound of shrimp in the
round may be retained per fisher on any day.
(g) The fisher maintains a record the date of
harvest and pounds per species of shrimp
taken for subsistence purposes and provides
this information to the Lummi Natural
Resources Department on request.
(h) Shrimp may be taken for subsistence
purposes during a commercial fishery
provided that the quantity taken for
subsistence purposes is accurately reported on
the Treaty Indian Fish Receiving Ticket.
Violations of this section are punishable by
civil penalties as follows:
First violation
$50.00 to $100.00
Subsequent violations
$100.00 to $200.00
10.13.030 Ceremonial Crab or Shrimp
Permit
The Director, or his designee, may issue a
permit for the ceremonial harvest of hard,
male crab for funeral, memorial or other
ceremonial purposes approved by the
Commission. All crab taken under a
ceremonial permit must be held in a container
clearly marked for ceremonial harvest. This
permit shall contain the name of the
harvesters, the purpose of the harvest, the
number of pots to be used, the quantity of crab
and/or shrimp to be harvested, the area of
harvest and the dates of permit validity. At
the expiration of the permit, the permitee shall
report the area fished and the quantity of crab
and/or shrimp taken.
It shall be a violation of this section to have
more than 10% of the numbers of crab taken
between 6” and 6.25” caliper measure across
the back in front of the horns and any; male
crab smaller than 6” caliper measure across
the back in front of the horns.
Violations of the provisions of a permit shall
jeopardize the ability of the permittee to
obtain permits in the future and be punishable
by civil penalties as follows:
First violation
$50.00 to $100.00
Subsequent violations
$100.00 to $200.00
10.13.040 Commercial Crab Legal
Gear
It shall be unlawful to harvest Dungeness
Crab (Cancer magister), have on board a
registered crab vessel, or to have in a staging
area during or immediately before a
commercial crab opening, gear, which does
not meet the following specifications:
(a) Crab pots - standard commercial crab pots
with:
(1) Two escape rings of not less than 4.25
inches inside diameter in the fixed upper
half of the pot, and
(2) Pot lid hooks or tie down straps secured
with a biodegradable single strand or loop
of untreated natural fiber twine no larger
thread than #120 strand of untreated
natural, or an opening in the pot mesh no
less than 3” x 5” which is laced or sewn
closed with untreated natural fiber twine no
larger than thread size 120; and
(3) Each pot or string of pots attached to a
surface buoy of durable material capable of
floating at the surface with a 5 pound
weight attached, and each buoy clearly
marked in a permanent fashion with the
Fishing Identification Card number of the
registered operator of the pots.
(4) Each pot shall be registered with the
Lummi Natural Resources department as
required in Section 10.13.060 below.
(b) Ring Nets - in addition to the confiscation
of crab pots without escape rings or obstructed
escape rings which shall be forfeit, each and
every failure to comply with the requirements
in this section shall be an offense punishable
by civil penalties per illegal pot as follows:
First violation involving less than 10 pots
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