CSV.2.8.060 Small Game Quotas

(a) Unless a tribal otter, bobcat and fisher quota system is triggered by the provisions of Section CSV.2.8.060(b) of this section, there shall be no limit on the number of otter, bobcat and fisher available for harvest under this ordinance.

(b) The Commission's Biological Services Director, or his or her designate, is hereby delegated the authority to implement the provisions of Section XI.C of the Stipulation for Technical, Management and other Updates: Second Amendment of Stipulations Incorporated Into Final Judgment [hereafter referred to in this section as "Stipulation" entered into between the tribal and state parties in Lac Courte Oreilles Band, et al. v. State of Wisconsin, et al., Case No. 74-C-313 (United States District Court, Western District of Wisconsin) regarding the implementation of a quota management system for otter, bobcat and fisher .

(c) When a tribal otter and/or bobcat quota is required, or a tribal fisher quota is required in a particular tribal fisher management zone, the number of otter, bobcat and fisher (tribal quota) which shall be available for harvest pursuant to this ordinance for each twelve month period commencing July 1 and ending June 30 shall be limited to the number established pursuant to the Chippewa Intertribal Agreement Governing Resource Management and Regulation of Off-Reservation Treaty Rights in the Ceded Territory.

(d)(1) When a tribal otter and/or bobcat quota is required, no member shall hunt or trap otter and/or bobcat in the ceded territory when it has been closed to further otter and/or bobcat harvest pursuant to Section CSV.2.8.240.

(2) When a tribal fisher quota is required, no member shall hunt or trap fisher in any fisher zone which have been closed to further fisher harvest pursuant to Section CSV.2.8.240.