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Fish and Game Code - Division 13.5; State-Tribal Agreements Governing Indian Fishing on the Klamath River (secs. 16500 - 16541).

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
California
Document type
Legislation
Date
1986 (2015)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Non-commercial fishing Artisanal fishing Traditional rights/customary rights Indigenous peoples Contract/agreement Inland fisheries
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Division of the Fish and Game Code of California empowers the Director of Fish and Game to enter into a mutual agreement or compact with the Hoopa Valley Business Council regarding the taking of fish from the Trinity River within the exterior boundaries of the Hoopa Valley Reservation or with the Yurok Tribe, or the Bureau of Indian Affairs acting as trustee for the Yurok Indians, regarding the taking of fish from the Klamath River within the exterior boundaries of the Yurok Reservation. The compact or agreement may include provisions for commercial sales of salmon allocated to qualified Indian members of the Klamath River Indian Tribes and that the salmon may be taken by traditional Indian methods, including, but not limited to, use of gill nets, if the agreement or compact includes provisions for all of the following: (a) Separating the salmon taken for commercial purposes from the salmon taken for subsistence use, which may include tagging or marking of the salmon to be sold; (b) limiting the number of the salmon to be sold; (c) a portion of the sales to benefit the members or programs of the Klamath River Indian Tribes in accordance with the wishes of the tribes or the Bureau of Indian Affairs acting on behalf of the tribes as trustee.

Full text
English
Website
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov