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CSV.1.9.090 Setlines and Set or Bank Poles Regulated

(a) No member or duly authorized non-member shall use or possess any setline or set or bank pole on any body of water unless the member possesses a valid permit authorizing the use of a setline or set or bank pole 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 additional limits on the use or possession of setlines or set or bank poles provided that the tribal conservation department determines is in the best interest of the Tribe to do so. No member or duly authorized non-member shall fish with or set any setline or set or bank pole except in accordance with the following provisions:

(1) A maximum of 50 set or bank poles and 5 setlines may be used in no more than 3 bodies of water at any one time.

(2) Each set or bank pole and each setline shall have attached securely to it an identification tag issued by the tribal conservation department showing the user's tribal identification number or tribal fishing identification number.

(3) Setlines or set or bank poles shall not be equipped with stainless steel hooks.

(4) A set or bank pole may not be equipped with more than one line which shall not have more than 2 hooks.

(5) A setline shall not have more than 10 hooks.

(6) Each set or bank pole and setline shall be lifted and the catch removed at least once each day following the day it was set.

(7) The Tribal Governing Board may impose such other terms and conditions as it deems appropriate or necessary, including such biological monitoring requirements appropriate to the level of harvest activity on any body of water.

(c) No member or duly authorized non-member shall fish by the use of any set or bank pole or setline contrary to the terms and conditions of any netting permit which has been issued to him or her.

(d) No member or duly authorized non-member shall fish with the use of set or bank pole or setline which does not meet the requirements of Section CSV.1.2.010(kkk) of this ordinance [Set or Bank Pole Defined], or Section CSV.1.2.010(lll) of this ordinance [Setline Defined].

(e) No member or duly authorized non-member shall share any set or bank pole or setline 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].