CSV.1.9.080 Gillnets Regulated

(a) No member shall use or possess any gillnet on any body of water unless the member possesses a valid permit authorizing the use of a gillnet on that body of water. Such a permit may be the member's tribal identification card required by Section CSV.1.3.030(c) of this ordinance.

(b) The Tribal Governing Board reserves the right to impose limits on gillnetting provided that the tribal conservation department determines is in the best interest of the Tribe to do so, including but not limited to the following:

(1) The establishment of limitations on the open season that exists for walleye, muskellunge, or any other species;

(2) The establishment of limitations on permit duration for the gillnetting of walleye, muskellunge, or any other species;

(3) The establishment of respective individual harvest limits or daily bag limits for walleye, muskellunge, or any other species for any designated body of water;

(4) The establishment of limitations on the respective number of gillnetting permits which may be issued at any one time for walleye, muskellunge, or any other species for any designated body of water.

(c) No member or duly authorized non-member shall fish with the use of a gillnet which does not meet the maximum length, depth and bar size of a gillnet as follows:

DATE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LENGTH MAXIMUM DEPTH BAR SIZE RANGE

Year Around 100 feet 4 feet 1.50 - 1.75 inches

(d) No member or duly authorized non-member shall fish by the use of a gillnet contrary to the terms and conditions of any netting permit which has been issued to him or her.

(e) No member or duly authorized non-member shall fish with the use of a gillnet which does not meet the requirements of Section CSV.1.2.010(gg) of this ordinance [Gillnet Defined].

(f) No member or duly authorized non-member shall share gillnetting equipment with any person who is not a member as provided in Section CSV.1.3.290 of this ordinance [Permissible Conduct/Assistance by Non-Members].

(g) No member or duly authorized non-member shall fish with any gillnet unless the gillnet is marked in compliance with the following provisions:

(1) Each gillnet shall be marked with marked with flagged buoys or floats on each end.

(2) An identification tag issued by the tribal conservation department showing the user's tribal identification number or tribal fishing identification number securely attached to the topline or floatline on each net.

(h) No member or duly authorized non-member shall set a gillnet in open water with a topline within 3 feet of the water's surface unless the gillnet is buoyed at 100 foot intervals.

(i) No member or duly authorized non-member shall set any gillnet in a manner in an unsafe manner which shall unreasonably expose boaters and other users of the lake to a foreseeable risk of imminent bodily harm or property damage, or contrary to such other restrictions as the Tribal Governing Board may require.

(j) No member or duly authorized non-member shall remove a gillnet from a lake without first removing from the gillnet and returning all crayfish to the water or killing all crayfish entangled in the gillnet.

(k) No member or duly authorized non-member shall fail to lift any gillnet at least two times in each continuous 24 hour period during which the net is set, or more frequently as water temperatures may require so as to avoid the spoilage of any fish taken by the net.