LCL 10 Natural Resources

$100.00
Violations in excess of 10 pots
$200.00 per pot and suspension of Crabbing
privileges for 30 to 60 days.
10.13.050 Identification
It shall be unlawful to take or possess crab for
commercial purposes without the vessel
operator having a Treaty Fishing
Identification Card currently validated for
crab pursuant to Sections 10.04.020 and
10.04.030 above in his/her possession.
Helpers need only a Treaty Fishing
Identification Card issued pursuant to Sections
10.04.020 above, which has a current general
fishing validation. Violation of this section
shall be treated as a violation of Section
10.04.050 above.
10.13.060 Registration of Commercial
Crab and Shrimp Gear
All commercial crab and shrimp gear used in
fisheries under the jurisdiction of the Nation
must be registered with the Lummi Natural
Resources Department. A validation for the
commercial crab or shrimp fisheries shall not
be issued pursuant to Section 10.04.030 above
until the applicant has registered commercial
crab gear (crab pots or crab ring nets) or
shrimp gear as follows by:
(a) Proven ownership (including but not
limited to a valid bill of sale) of no less than
50 legal commercial crab gear equal in
condition to the average of those being used in
the fishery, which shall include but not be
limited to a photograph taken just prior to
registration and verification by Lummi
Natural Resources Department authorized
staff of the number of the gear units and the
nature of the individual markings.
(b) Identification of the vessel which will be
used to fish the registered gear, and any
changes in the vessel which will be used to
fish the gear. Vessels recorded in the crab or
shrimp gear registry must be powered and
capable of independent operation under
conditions experienced in the crab fishery.
(c) The Director in consultation with the
Commission and the Council may require
registration and unique identification of each
registered pot.
(d) Each pot must be registered by the owner,
and new pots added during the year must be
added to the current registration.
(e) All sales of pots during the year must be
reported to the Lummi Natural Resources
Department to ensure the registration statistics
remain current.
Violations of this section are punishable by
civil penalties of $50.00 per pot.
10.13.070 On Reservation Crab
Management Areas
(a) Bellingham Bay - The Bellingham Bay on
reservation crab management area shall be
that area landward to the north, and west of a
line drawn from the large boulder exposed at
low tide at Point Francis to the single piling to
the east of Stevie’s Point, once used to mark
the Bellingham side of the river mouth.
(b) Lummi Bay - The Lummi Bay on
reservation crab management area shall be
that area landward to the east of a line from
the Entrance Buoy at Sandy Point to
Gooseberry Point.
10.13.080 Crab Harvest Seasons
Currently there are three Crab Management
Regimes in areas under the jurisdiction of the
Nation.
The Spring Management Regime extends
from April 15 through July15 yearly and may
be restricted by regulation in gear limit, area
or time.
The Summer Management Regime extends
from July 15 through September 15 yearly and
is severely restricted by regulation in gear
limit, area and time.
The In Common Winter Fishery Regime
extends from September 15 of one year until
April 15 of the following year.
10.13.090 Crab Openings
(a) It shall be unlawful to have in the water
any commercially registered crab pots except
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