Colville Tribal Law and Order Code

CHAPTER 4-1 FISH, WILDLIFE AND RECREATION

GENERAL PROVISIONS

4-1-1 Title

This Chapter shall be known as the Colville Tribal Hunting and Fishing Chapter of this Code.

4-1-2 Policy

It is the policy of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (Confederated Tribes, Colville Tribes, Tribes) to restore, preserve, protect and perpetuate the fish and game resources (wildlife) on the Colville Indian Reservation, the North Half, and off the Colville Reservation to the extent that wildlife passes through or would pass through the usual and accustomed fishing grounds and stations, hunting areas, or aboriginal lands of the Tribes.

4-1-3 Legislative Intent

(a) Pursuant to the power vested in it by Article V of the Constitution of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, the Business Council of the Tribes recognizes the spiritual, cultural, and economic value of the wildlife and recreation resources of the Colville Reservation and on the North Half and within the aboriginal territory of the Colville Confederated Tribes; that these resources are an irreplaceable tribal asset; that unregulated use of the wildlife and recreation resources of the Tribes would threaten the political integrity, economic security, and health and welfare of the Tribes; it is the duty of the Tribes to regulate, manage and properly harvest wildlife resources located within the aboriginal territory of the Tribes and hereby enacts this Fish, Wildlife and Recreation Chapter to ensure proper and support management of these vital resources.

(b) The Colville Tribal people alone have the absolute, inherent, retained sovereign right to use and enjoy the Colville Reservation and the resources located thereon. In regulating wildlife and recreation resources of the Reservation, the Business Council intends that tribal members shall be afforded the greatest possible freedom to use and enjoy these resources consistent with the preservation and improvement of these resources for future generations. All wildlife found on the Reservation, whether resident or migratory or introduced, is the property of the membership of the Colville Tribes and shall be regulated by the Tribes, and may be taken only at such times, in such places, and in such a manner as provided by tribal law.

(c) Of secondary importance is the policy of permitting the limited use of the wildlife and recreation resources of the Reservation by non-members for the economic benefit of the Tribes as a whole, and for the promotion of intercultural education and good will.

(d) The Tribes has a special duty to manage the wildlife resources located off the Reservation, and on the North Half of the Colville Reservation in order to ensure that tribal members have a fair and equitable opportunity to harvest wildlife there available, ensure the proper conservation of wildlife located off the Reservation and to work for the mitigation and enhancement of the resources available so to guarantee that wildlife will be available into the future.

4-1-4 Scope and Coverage of Chapter

This Chapter and all regulations adopted under this Chapter shall apply to all persons who hunt, fish, engage in recreational activities or engage in any activity related to hunting or fishing or recreational pursuits on the Colville Indian Reservation, to members hunting and fishing on the North Half, and to members who hunt or fish off-Reservation pursuant to rights held by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation to the full extent of the Colville Tribes' authority and jurisdiction.

4-1-5 Jurisdiction and Management

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this Chapter, the Colville Tribes, through its Business Council, Tribal Court, and such other tribal entities as are designated by tribal law, shall have absolute, original, and exclusive jurisdiction to regulate and adjudicate all matters pertaining to wildlife (whether resident or migratory, native or introduced) found on the Reservation, such other lands as have been or may be added to the Reservation, and allotments, and all matters pertaining to the recreation resources of the Reservation.

(b) To the greatest extent permissible by law, the provisions of this Chapter shall apply to any person on lands in the North Half and on other lands where the Colville Confederated Tribes may be authorized to enforce its interests or rights and to any member asserting rights held by the Tribe without regard to location. By agreement approved by the Business Council such authority may be delegated, or carried out through cross deputization agreements.

(c) The Colville Tribal Court or such other tribunal as designated by the Council shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all violations of this Chapter and any regulation adopted pursuant thereto except as this Chapter reserves that authority to the Business Council or allows for potential federal prosecution.

(d) In addition to the other jurisdictional provisions of this section, the Colville Confederated Tribes:

(1) Hereby assumes exclusive control and management of all National Park Service designated campsites in the Freeboard Area within the Indian zone, namely: Sanpoil Campground, Three-Mile, Wilmont Creek, and Barnaby Island. Such sites shall be designated for camping and picnicking by nonmembers subject to the hunting, fishing and camping provisions of this Chapter;

(2) Will designate other shoreline and free board areas where it will permit without charge casual daytime stopping and picnicking without fires for the convenience and enjoyment of the general public in its use of Lake Roosevelt for boating, swimming, water skiing, hunting, fishing and other recreational purposes. Such designated areas will be suitably posted and publicized. The general public is forbidden to so utilize any beach, shoreline or freeboard area that is not so designated;

(3) Except as authorized by regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter, hereby designates all shorelines of Lake Roosevelt Reservoir area bordering the Colville Reservation to the 1310 line for the exclusive use by residents of the Colville Reservation, tribal members and their children and spouses, and other Indians for swimming, picnicking and other recreational uses. No other person will be permitted to enter said area or to boat within two hundred (200) feet of its shoreline or within a larger water surface area that may be marked off with suitable buoys;

(4) Hereby designates the Omak Lake beach areas located in Sections 29 and 30, T.32N., R.28E, WMW, be restricted to use by enrolled members of the Colville Confederated Tribes and their immediate families and their invited guests, and that, Colville Tribal Forestry, construct and place wooden signs in prominent locations on Omak Lake advising the public of these new restrictions.

(5) It hereby assumes exclusive jurisdiction and control over Indian boats and boating within the Indian zone adopting by reference, however, the safety regulations of the National Coast Guard with regard to the operation of boats. The Coast Guard, National Park Service and/or State of Washington are acknowledged, until further notice, to have jurisdiction concurrent with that of the Tribes to enforce among non-Indians all of their relevant rules and regulations regarding boat registration, safety regulations and related matters;

(6) Unless, otherwise provided by federal law, it hereby assumes exclusive jurisdiction to govern and regulate the issuance of permits for concessions, docks, pumping stations and other activities and structures within the Indian Zone.

4-1-6 Definitions

In this Chapter, unless the context requires another meaning, the following terms shall mean:

(a) "Aboriginal hunting and fishing rights" means those rights to hunt and fish in the territory occupied by the Colville Tribes at and before 1872.

(b) "Artificial light" means any light produced by other than natural sources, including but not limited to, jacklights, spotlights, flashlights or vehicular headlights.

(c) "Bait" means any biological organism, vertebrate or invertebrate, live, dead, or artificial that may be used for the purpose of taking fish or trapping animals.

(d) "Beach seine" (drag seine) shall be defined as fishing gear consisting of a lead line, cork line, auxiliary lines, and a mesh net webbing fashioned in such a manner that it can be used to encircle fish in waters adjacent to any beach, with the catch landed directly on the beach.

(e) "Biological personnel" means persons trained in biological and/or wildlife management who are employed by, or are working with, the Colville Tribes and whose duties include advising on the management and/or enhancement of Tribal fishing or hunting.

(f) "Business Council" or "Council" means the elected governing body of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation as prescribed in Article II of the Colville Constitution.

(g) "Buyer" means a person who purchases fish or game for resale.

(h) "Camping" means the erecting of a tent or shelter of natural or synthetic material, preparing a sleeping bag or other bedding material for use, parking of a motor vehicle, motor home or trailer, or mooring of a vessel, for the apparent purpose of overnight occupancy.

(i) "Ceremonial fishing" means the taking of fish for use in traditional tribal ceremonies and/or for religious purposes. Only enrolled members of the Colville Tribes shall exercise ceremonial fishing rights.

(j) "Ceremonial hunting" means taking of game for use in traditional tribal ceremonies and/or for religious purposes. Only enrolled members of the Colville Tribes shall exercise ceremonial hunting rights.

(k) "Chumming" means scattering feed or other material to attract fish to a location.

(l) "Closed area" means those portions of the Colville Reservation not open for either hunting and/or fishing of a species, and those areas off the Reservation or on the North Half not open for tribal hunting and/or fishing.

(m) "Closed season" means all of the time during the entire calendar year excepting the "open season" as specified by this Chapter or regulation.

(n) "Closed waters" means any lake, river, stream, body of water, or any part thereof on or off the Reservation described or designated by this Chapter or regulation wherein it shall be unlawful to fish for certain species.

(o) "Colville Indian people" means enrolled members of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.

(p) "Commercial fishing" means the harvesting of fish with the intent to sell, trade or barter them to any person in return for money, property or other consideration. Commercial fishing shall not include the sale or exchange of fish with other tribal members for use by the tribal member purchaser for personal consumption. Only fish caught in accordance with commercial fishing regulations may be sold.

(q) "Commercial management area" means an area designated as a commercial fish management and catch reporting area by the Fish and Wildlife Department. Specific areas may be subdivided by tribal fisheries personnel where more detailed information on a particular fish species or fishery is desired.

(r) "Committee" means the Natural Resources Committee established pursuant to this Chapter.

(s) "Daily bag limit" means the maximum number of wildlife which may be taken or possessed by any person, specified and fixed by this Chapter or any regulations of the Business Council for any twenty-four (24) hour period, including size, sex or species.

(t) "Department" means within the subpart of this Chapter shall be defined within its contexts as either the Fish and Wildlife Department of the Colville Tribes or the Natural Resources Department of the Colville Tribes.

(u) "Depredation" means any act by a wild animal that causes the destruction of or damage to property.

(v) "Depths of net" means the total distance between cork and lead lines measured perpendicular to either cork or lead line.

(w) "Designated campground" means a site where tent or trailer camping is permitted. Designated campgrounds are of two types:

(1) Primitive (outhouses, picnic tables, and grills); and

(2) Developed (flush toilets, water, picnic tables, and grill).

(x) "Director" means the person selected to administer the Tribal Fish and Wildlife Department.

(y) "Drift net" (pole net) means a gill net which is not staked, anchored or weighted so that it may drift free.

(z) "Fish" when used as a noun herein, shall include, all animals included in the order Pisces.

(aa) "Fish" used as an adjective or verb and its derivatives, "fishing, fished, etc." means any effort made to kill, injure, disturb, capture or catch fish.

(bb) "Fishery management period" means a time interval during which the majority of individuals of a fish species is accessible to capture. A management period is specific to a species and a single species may have more than one management period during the course of the year depending upon the cycle of that species.

(cc) "Fishing permit" means a permit required by the Business Council for the taking of fish on the Reservation.

(dd) "Fishing gear" means all types and sizes of apparatus including scaffolds used to take fish defined in this Chapter or by regulation including but not limited to hooks, nets, spears, gaffs, lines, traps and appliances. The functional definition of any type of gear may be modified by Tribal regulation notwithstanding any definition contained herein.

(ee) "Fishing lure" means any artificial bait, that may be used for the purpose of taking fish.

(ff) "Fur-bearing animals" means those animals whose skins are used commercially as fur and are designated as fur bearing animals by the Council.

(gg) "Gaff or snag line" means hand operated gear which are used to impale fish by pursuing and striking the individual fish with the gear.

(hh) "Game animals" means wild animals that are normally hunted for food or sport and are designated as game animals by the Council.

(ii) "Game birds" means wild birds that are normally hunted for food or sport and are designated as game birds by the Council.

(jj) "Game fish" means aquatic cold blooded wildlife that are normally harvested for food and are designated as "game fish" by the Council.

(kk) "Gill net" means a net of a single web construction bound at the top by a cork line and at the bottom by a lead line. Gill nets operated when mature salmon are present shall not exceed one-thousand eight-hundred (1,800) feet in overall length unless other length requirements are provided by tribal regulations.

(ll) "Guest" means any non-member, not qualifying as family of a tribal member, who engages in trail, off-road use, or camping activities in the company of one or more adult tribal member.

(mm) "Hand dip net" (dip bag net) means a section of netting distended by a rigid frame, operated by a process commonly recognized as dipping. Such nets may be of a size as determined by tribal regulation.

(nn) "Harassing" or "harassment of person" means a course of conduct directed at a specific person that causes substantial emotional distress in such person and serves no legitimate purpose.

(oo) "Harassment of wildlife" means to engage in any act which demonstrates a disregard for the well being of wildlife or which creates the likelihood of injury, or disrupts normal behavior patterns of wildlife including feeding, watering, resting, and breeding. Such acts include, but are not limited to, chasing, pursuing, herding, or attempting to take wildlife.

(pp) "Head of household" means any member of the Tribes who is solely or substantially responsible for providing his or her own care and maintenance or that of his family.

(qq) "Highway legal" means any motorized vehicle legal to operate on all public, all primary and secondary highways, state highways and interstate highways, including the entire right-of-way.

(rr) "Highway road" means all primary and secondary state highways and interstate highways, including the entire right-of-way.

(ss) "Hook and Line" means a simple line, attached to no more than two (2) single barbed hooks or a single triple-barbed hook.

(tt) "Hunt or Hunting" means shooting, shooting at, chasing, driving, flushing, attracting, brushing, pursuing, trapping, stalking or lying in wait for any wildlife whether or not such wildlife is then or subsequently captured, killed, taken, or wounded. Such term does not include stalking, attracting, searching for or lying in wait for any wildlife by an unarmed person solely for the purpose of watching wildlife or taking pictures or making sound recordings thereof.

(uu) "Immediate family" or "family of tribal member" means for the purpose of section 4-1-480, Nonmember Camping, shall be defined as related persons and immediate kin of both a tribal member and a nonmember spouse, whether relater by blood or marriage, including parents, children (including foster children and children of previous marriages), brother, sister, aunts, uncles, grandparents, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, as well as members of the household of a tribal member living under the same roof to the extent inconsistent with this definition Resolution No. 1990-477 (Omak Lake), 1988-338 (Restricted Beach Area), and 1997-547 (certain campgrounds and recreation areas) are hereby repealed.

(vv) "Indian" means any person of Indian descent who is a member of a federally recognized Indian Tribe according to the laws of that tribe, and any other person recognized by federal or tribal law as an Indian for any purpose, and denotes both the singular and the plural.

(ww) "Lampara" (round haul) means fishing gear having no purse line or rings, but employing a lead line, cork line, special tag, or auxiliary lines attached to the lead line and webbing in such a manner that the fish are encircled in open water.

(xx) "Loaded weapon" means a firearm that has a bullet in the magazine or chamber.

(yy) "Member" or "tribal member" means any person who is enrolled in the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (Colville Confederated Tribes, Colville Tribes, or Tribes).

(zz) "Migratory waterfowl" means those birds classified as waterfowl and protected under the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

(aaa) "Minor" means for purpose of this Chapter only, any person under the age of sixteen (16) years.

(bbb) "Natural resources enforcement officer(s)" means the person or persons charged with the responsibility of enforcing this Chapter regulations and tribal resolutions promulgated hereunder and shall include all Colville Tribal:

(1) Police officers;

(2) Parks & Recreation Program law enforcement personnel;

(3) Fish & Wildlife Program law enforcement personnel;

(4) Regulatory enforcement officer; and

(5) Any other qualified individual authorized by the Business Council to act as a natural resources enforcement officer under this Chapter.

(ccc) "Non-highway road" means any public road within the boundaries of the Colville Reservation, except highways.

(ddd) "Non-motorboats" means boats that are not powered by a motor, power plant, gas or electric engine, i.e., boats powered by oars, canoe, paddleboat, float tube, kayak and rubber rafts.

(eee) "Non-motorized vehicle" commonly known as a mountain bike.

(fff) "Non-protected animals" means wild birds and animals that may be hunted throughout the year as authorized by the Council.

(ggg) "Net length measure" means that length of any net measured along the cork or top line.

(hhh) "North Half" means all lands of the Colville Reservation as set apart in the Executive Order of July 2, 1872, that were ceded to the United States pursuant to the Agreement of May 9, 1891, in which the Tribes holds reserved rights to hunt, fish, and gather, and which consists generally of the lands between the current northern boundary of the Reservation and the Canadian border and between the Okanogan and Columbia rivers.

(Amended 8/11/98, Resolution 1998-603)

(iii) "Nuisance device" is any device designed to silence, muffle, or minimize the report of any firearm, whether separated from or attached to such firearm; any net, trap, crossbow, explosive, poisonous or stupefying substance, or device which is set, used or intended for use in taking wildlife in violation of this Chapter.

(jjj) "Off-reservation" means all lands, territories, waters and streams located outside the Colville Reservation as defined in section 1-1-361 of this Code, including but not limited to the North Half.

(Amended 8/11/98, Resolution 1998-603)

(kkk) "Off-road vehicle" or "ORV" means any motorized vehicle, when used for recreational travel on trails, non-highway roads and cross-country travel over natural terrain; such vehicles include but are not limited to: motorcycles, dune buggies, snowmobiles, and all-terrain vehicles.

(lll) "On reservation" means within the exterior boundaries of the Colville Reservation as defined in section 1-1-361 of this Code.

(Amended 8/11/98, Resolution 1998-603)

(mmm) "Open season" means the time specified by regulation or this Chapter when it is lawful to fish or hunt.

(nnn) "Open waters" means those waters opened by in-season regulation for specific management purposes.

(ooo) "Open and Unclaimed Lands" means all lands located outside the Colville Indian Reservation and other Reservations where the Colville Tribes reserved by Treaty or other agreement the right to hunt or fish.

(ppp) "Operator" means any person who operates or is in physical control of an ORV.

(qqq) "ORV closed area" means that portion of the Colville Reservation where the use of an ORV is prohibited.

(rrr) "Owner" means any person, other than a mere lien holder, having a property interest in an ORV and entitled to use or possess said ORV.

(sss) "Undeveloped and un-maintained areas" means areas where the Tribes has no campground facilities and which the Tribes does not maintain. Because there is no garbage pick-up in these areas, everything that is packed in must be packed out.

(ttt) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, association or corporation.

(uuu) "Pollution" or "to pollute" means the introducing by any means of any substance in liquid, solid or gaseous form into or upon Reservation resources in sufficient quantities as may be directly or indirectly injurious to the health, safety or welfare of the Reservation population or which may be directly or indirectly injurious to livestock, wildlife, and their habitat.

(vvv) "Possession limit" means the maximum numbers of a given wildlife species that may be possessed.

(www) "Predator" means wild birds and animals:(1) whose primary method of feeding is by killing and eating other animals and (2) that may be hunted throughout the year as authorized by the Council.

(xxx) "Protected wildlife or species" means those species of wildlife whose members exist in Washington in a wild state and for which hunting is closed or otherwise regulated.

(1) "Endangered species" means wildlife identified under federal or state law as being likely to become extinct.

(2) "Threatened species" means wildlife identified under federal or state law as being likely to become endangered of extinction.

(yyy) "Public housing site" means areas of public housing on trust or tribal land. Examples include: Colville Indian Housing Authority or HUD housing sites, trailer courts, and the Nespelem Agency Campus public housing.

(zzz) "Random camping" means camping outside designated camping areas.

(aaaa) "Recreational vehicle" means a vehicle or unit that is self-propelled or mounted on or drawn by another vehicle designed for temporary living which may be moved on public highways. Recreational vehicles include travel trailers, camping trailers, truck campers, and motor homes.

(bbbb) "Regulation" means any rule, regulation, resolutions or ordinance promulgated pursuant to this Chapter.

(cccc) "Resolution" means a written action or decision by the Business Council of the Colville Confederated Tribes including the enactment of a tribal law or laws.

(dddd) "Reservation" means the Colville Reservation as defined in section 1-1-361 of this Code.

(Amend 8/11/98, Resolution 1998-603)

(eeee) "Scaffold" means the permanent or temporary structure attached to the shore from which fishing takes place.

(ffff) "Shoreline" means all Type 1, Type 2, Type 3, and Type 4 waters of the Reservation as defined in CTC § 4-15-5 et seq., including reservoirs, and their associated shorelines, floodplains and wetlands, together with the lands underlying them. Shoreline includes all beaches of the Reservation.

(gggg) "Shoreline jurisdiction" means those lands subject to the regulation contained in the Shoreline Management Program. Such lands include those extending landward 400 feet on a horizontal plane from the ordinary high water mark of Type 1 waters; 300 feet on the horizontal plane from the ordinary high water mark of Type 2 waters; 200 feet on a horizontal plane from the ordinary high water mark of Type 3 waters; and 100 feet on the horizontal plane from the ordinary high water mark of Type 4 waters; including any floodways and contiguous floodplain areas and all wetlands associated with the streams and lakes which are subject to the provisions of this policy.

(hhhh) "Shorelines of the Reservation" are the total of all "shorelines" within the Reservation.

(iiii) "Spouse" for purposes of this Chapter means a wife or husband of an enrolled tribal member.

(jjjj) "Stretched mesh measure" means the distance between the inside of one (1) knot to the outside (vertical) knot of one (1) mesh when while wet, by using a tension of ten (10) pounds of any three (3) consecutive meshes, then measuring the middle mesh of the three (3) while under tension.

(kkkk) "Subsistence fishing" means the taking of fish by enrolled Colville members for consumption by tribal members and their immediate families or other tribal members. Subsistence fishing is exclusive of fishing for commercial or ceremonial fishing, except that subsistence fish may be sold for personal consumption to other Tribal members.

(llll) "Taking" means pursuing, hunting, netting, (including placing or setting any net or other capturing device), fishing, killing, capturing, snaring, or trapping wildlife or attempting any of the foregoing.

(mmmm) "Taxidermy" means the art or process of stuffing and mounting fish or wildlife skins in lifelike form.

(nnnn) "Test fishery" means a fishery allowed on a limited basis for the purpose of acquiring technical or management information including run strength, time, composition, gear selectivity, exploitation rate and enhancement possibilities.

(oooo) "Trail" means any path used for travel, which is not necessarily suitable for travel by automobile.

(pppp) "Treaty fishing and hunting rights" means those rights reserved by the Treaty at Walla Walla with the Yakimas and other Tribes including Entiat, Wenatchee, Columbia, Paluse, Chelan, and the Treaty with the Nez Perce including the Chief Joseph Band of Nez Perce Indians, and in both cases, the United States Government.

(qqqq) "Trespass" means to:

(1) Enter upon the real property of another that is posted to prohibit trespassing, is fenced or contains obvious outward signs of habitability without permission of the owner or the owner's agent;

(2) Enter tribal lands that are not specifically posted as open to the public;

(3) Refuse to depart from or re-enter the Colville Reservation in violation of an order of exclusion issued by the Tribal Court as provided by this Code; or

(4) Take any other action identified as trespassing under this Chapter.

(rrrr) "Tribal fishers" means any person a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes, who is exercising any tribal fishing right.

(ssss) "Tribal land" means land owned in fee by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation or a tribal member and/or land held in trust by the United States for the Tribes or individual Tribal members.

(tttt) "Troll line" shall be defined as a fishing line used to drag lures or fresh bait behind a moving vessel.

(uuuu) "Unprocessed wildlife" means the carcass or edible parts of any wildlife that have not yet been processed for final storage or consumption.

(vvvv) "Unprotected species" means any species which may be hunted or taken at any time of year in any number.

(wwww) "Usual and accustomed grounds and stations" means all those fishing places and areas where ancestral members of the Confederated Tribes fished prior to entering into Treaties or other agreements with the United States, and where today access is protected by Treaty, other agreement or aboriginal rights.

(xxxx) "Waste" means the abandonment or deterioration of those portions of fish or game normally utilized for human consumption.

(yyyy) "Watercraft" means any boat or other floating device of rigid or inflatable construction which is designed to carry people or cargo on the water, and which is propelled by machinery, oars, paddles, or wind action on a sail; except makeshift contrivances constructed of inner tubes or other floatable material and not propelled by machinery, personal floatation devices worn or held in hand, and other objects used as floating or swimming aids.

(zzzz) "Wildlife" means all fish, birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, designated aquatic invertebrates and insects located on the Colville Reservation or migrating to the Colville Reservation, or available on the North Half, or off the Reservation at usual and accustomed grounds and stations, on open and unclaimed lands, or in aboriginal lands, excluding domestic animals.

NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE; DIRECTOR, FISH AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT; MEMBERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITIES

4-1-40 Director, Fish and Wildlife Department

(a) The Business Council shall appoint or direct the appointment of a Director of the Fish and Wildlife Department who shall be responsible for:

(1) Managing Colville tribal hunting and fishing;

(2) Coordinating the management of tribal hunting and fishing with the tribal biological personnel and with other tribal, federal and state regulatory agencies;

(3) Adopting general hunting and fishing regulations subject to review and approval by the Natural Resources Committee and the Business Council, and in-season regulations as allowed under this Chapter;

(4) Wildlife restoration and enhancement efforts of the Tribes;

(5) Supervising and controlling all activities, and personnel of the Fish and Wildlife Department, enforcing all provisions of this Chapter, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; except natural resources enforcement officers shall serve under the Chief of Natural Resources Enforcement.

(6) Hiring and firing pursuant to tribal policy all Fish and Wildlife Department Conservation officers, and other department personnel;

(7) Carrying out any other duties delegated under this Chapter or by the Business Council;

(8) Providing for the assembly and distribution of information to the public relating to wildlife and the activities of the Fish and Wildlife Department.

(b) The director may be removed from his position pursuant to the Tribal Plan of Operations.

4-1-41 Natural Resources Committee, Members, Meetings

(a) The laws of the Tribes relating to conservation and management of wildlife and recreation resources shall be coordinated by the Natural Resources Committee, which shall be appointed by the Business Council. Members shall be well informed on the subject of wildlife and the requirements for its conservation.

(b) The Business Council may remove a committee member for inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in office. A decision by the business council under this subsection shall be final and shall not be subject to judicial review.

(c) Each member of the committee, while attending general or special meetings of the committee and performing official duties for the committee shall receive per diem, plus necessary travel and other expenses as provided by tribal policy. A committee member who is otherwise employed as a public officer of the Tribes shall not receive such payment. Compensation and expenses shall be paid from the Fish and Wildlife budget unless a Committee of the Business Council is serving as the Natural Resources Committee as provided by this section.

(d) In lieu of appointing a separate Natural Resources Committee, an appropriate Committee of the Business Council may serve as the Natural Resources Committee established under this section. In such case, the members of the Business Council Committee shall receive the benefits and compensation otherwise available to Council members while performing duties required under this Chapter.

4-1-42 General Powers and Duties of the Fish and Wildlife Committee

(a) The Committee shall:

(1) Review rules and regulations proposed by the director of the Natural Resources Department and the director of the Fish and Wildlife Department, and where appropriate make such rules and regulations and establish such services as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Chapter, subject to the approval of the Business Council;

(2) Recommend to the Business Council broad policies and long range programs for the restoration, management, preservation, and harvest of wildlife;

(3) Review rules and regulations proposed by the director, and where appropriate, establish hunting and fishing regulations, and prescribe the manner and methods which may be used in taking wildlife, subject to the approval of the Business Council;

(4) Be responsible to see that the laws to protect game and recreation resources are enforced;

(5) Prescribe a budget for approval by the Business Council for the expenditures of all funds obtained by the Fish and Wildlife Department from appropriations, licenses, gifts and other sources which are specifically intended to be used for the preservation or propagation of wildlife.

(6) Exercise such powers and duties as are necessary to fully carry out the provisions of this Chapter, or that are delegated to it by the Business Council.

(b) Unless otherwise provided by this Chapter, any decision by the committee on a contested case proceeding under this Chapter, shall be considered final for purposes of judicial review in accordance with the administrative procedures provisions of this Code.

FISHING, HUNTING ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

4-1-70 Those Eligible to Hunt and Fish

(a) Members; Those persons enrolled in the Colville Tribes shall be eligible to exercise fishing and hunting rights under this Chapter.

(b) Tribal members may exercise fishing and hunting rights on-Reservation, on the North Half and off-Reservation pursuant to tribal regulation.

(c) Nonmembers may exercise the privilege to hunt and fish on the Colville Reservation only pursuant to tribal regulation and only after first obtaining the required permit or license.

4-1-71 Minors; Fishing

(a) No minor who is otherwise eligible to fish under this Chapter shall fish for commercial purposes unless:

(1) He is accompanied by a parent or guardian who is an enrolled member of the Tribes;

(2) He is the head of a household; or

(3) There is a showing of extreme hardship.

(b) The determination of whether a person is a head of household or whether there is a showing of extreme hardship sufficient to allow a minor to exercise fishing rights without being accompanied by a parent or guardian shall be made by the Committee according to procedures established in regulations promulgated under this Code. A decision of the Natural Resources Committee may be appealed to the Business Council whose decision shall be final and shall not be subject to further appeal.

(c) The committee may adopt special regulations addressing the time that minors may fish commercially in order to insure proper attendance in school, compliance with school assignment, or adequate academic performance in school.

(d) It is the duty of the parent or guardian of any minor who is to exercise fishing rights pursuant to this section to ensure compliance with this section. A parent or guardian who knowingly permits his child or ward to violate any provisions of this Chapter or regulations adopted under this Chapter shall be subject to the prescribed penalty as if the adult had committed the respective offense.

4-1-72 Biological Personnel

(a) Biological personnel of the Colville Tribes may take and possess fish and game of all species for scientific, management and/or enhancement purposes, Provided, that such personnel:

(1) Obtain an identification card from the director,

(2) Keep a cumulative record of all fish and/or game taken, which shall be produced for inspection upon request by the director;

(b) Fish taken under the authority of this section are not to be sold or used by biological personnel for personal gain, but are to be disposed of only as directed by the director.

(c) Any attempt by biological personnel to circumvent this section or to abuse the privilege granted herein shall be grounds for immediate dismissal from employment with the Tribes.

4-1-73 Spouse Identification

The committee may develop and issue special spouse identification cards that would serve as identification for spouses fishing or hunting on the Colville Indian Reservation pursuant to regulations adopted by the Business Council as provided by this Chapter.

TRIBAL IDENTIFICATION, GEAR IDENTIFICATION AND REPORTING

4-1-100 General Provisions

Persons eligible to exercise fishing and hunting rights under this Chapter shall, prior to the exercise of such rights, first obtain the required documents listed in this subchapter. Fishers and hunters must have the appropriate documents in their possession while:

(a) Fishing, or hunting;

(b) Traveling to or from fishing or hunting activity;

(c) Engaged in the sale of fish.

4-1-101 Tribal Identification

A member who fishes or hunts shall utilize his tribal membership card as identification.

4-1-102 Other Identification, Tribal Member Permits

(a) Biological personnel authorized to take and possess fish under the provisions of this Chapter shall obtain an identification card issued by the director. Said identification card shall show:

(1) The name, photograph and physical description of the employee;

(2) The tribal employer;

(3) Any other information the Business Council deems appropriates.

(b) An identification card issued pursuant to this section shall be surrendered to the director upon request, or upon termination of tribal employment.

(c) A tribal member who hunts only for personal subsistence off-Reservation shall obtain a license or tag from the department if required by regulation. The license or tag shall be issued without cost.

(d) Tribal members hunting or fishing on the Colville Reservation, or on the North Half during special hunts shall also obtain a tag or special membership permits if established by regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter.

(e) The director may require each person exercising off-reservation fishing or hunting rights under this Chapter to also secure any other identification that may be required through any inter-tribal agreement that the Tribes may become a party to.

(f) All special identification cards and permits issued pursuant to this Chapter (excluding tribal membership cards) shall remain the property of the Colville Tribes and shall be returned to the department upon request of the Business Council, as recommended by the director or the committee, or pursuant to Tribal Court order. The director may propose additional requirements necessary to properly manage the resource.

(g) It shall be unlawful for any tribal member to fish or hunt on or off the Reservation or on the North Half without first obtaining and having on his possession all identification required by this subchapter.

4-1-103 Payment of all Taxes and Fee Required

(a) No person shall be issued a license or permit, or be authorized to exercise commercial fishing rights pursuant to this Chapter until all fish taxes, required fees, and unpaid fines levied by the Colville Tribal Court then due and owing are paid to the department. The committee may approve repayment schedules.

(b) If a member contests the amount of fish tax alleged to be owing, he may appeal to the committee in accordance with the procedures for administrative appeals provided by this Code.

4-1-104 Reporting

(a) Any member fishing for commercial purposes shall be required to fill out separate fish receiving tickets, as distributed by or at the direction of the Tribes, for each day and each separate area fished, when such fishing results in the sale of fish to other than another tribal member.

(b) When filling out a fish ticket, each member shall be responsible for the following information if appropriate:

(1) Date;

(2) Total price received, and price per pound;

(3) Gear type used;

(4) Number and total weight of each species caught;

(5) Management area within which the fish was caught;

(6) Buyer to whom the catch was sold;

(7) Fisher's name and identification card number;

(8) Whether or not tribal tax is withheld.

(c) It is the responsibility of each fisher at the time of each fish sale, to be sure that the fish ticket is filled out completely and accurately. Improperly filled out fish tickets are in violation of this Chapter.

(d) Copies of any or all fish tickets shall be supplied to the director, or biological personnel as directed by the director.

(e) Any member who off Reservation, or on the North Half, is fishing for subsistence or ceremonial purposes, or hunting shall report to the department on a weekly basis for any week within which wildlife was taken the following:

(1) The date fishing or hunting took place;

(2) The area hunted or fished;

(3) The number and species of fish or game taken.

Provided, that by special rule a member may be required to report weekly to the department their fishing activity even if they do not harvest any fish. Provided, further, a member who reports his or her catch to a field census taker need not also report the catch to the department.

4-1-105 Registration/Identification of Fishing Boats/Gear

(a) All vessels and fishing gear used in the exercise of commercial fishing off reservation pursuant to this Chapter shall be clearly identified as required by regulations, and this section.

(b) The committee shall determine after reviewing recommendations from the director what gear is authorized in a particular season at a particular place and for a particular reason.

(c) Unless otherwise provided in this Chapter or regulation adopted hereunder, each fisher shall only operate a single piece of gear at one (1) time. No gear shall be operated unless specifically authorized as provided in this section.

(d) Each owner of a fishing boat or operator of a particular net or other gear shall identify his gear as follows:

(1) All vessels shall have a boat identification plaque displayed in a manner visible from a distance often (10) yards from the vessel;

(2) All nets of whatever type shall be clearly identified and marked with the owner's name and tribal identification number and Tribe. The identification shall be at both ends of a net that is not attached to a vessel; or,

(3) On the outboard end of a net attached to a vessel. All identification shall be easily visible without having to remove the gear from the water. It shall be unlawful to operate any gear without having all identification required by this section properly attached.

ON-RESERVATION, NONMEMBER PERMITS

4-1-140 Permit Required

(a) Except as provided under this subchapter, no person who is not a member of the Colville Tribes shall take or attempt to take any wildlife on the Colville Reservation unless at the time of taking or attempted taking he has a valid tribal permit to do so in his possession.

(b) No person taking or attempting to take wildlife on the Reservation shall fail or refuse to exhibit his permit(s) to a natural resources enforcement officer upon request.

(c) Fees and regulations to carry out the provisions of this section shall be prescribed by the committee and approved by the Business Council.

4-1-141 Form and Contents of Permits; Duplicated Permits; Period of Validity

(a) Permits shall be prepared by the Fish and Wildlife Department and furnished to the dealers authorized to issue permits. Permits shall be issued in the name of the Colville Tribes. Each permit shall be signed by the permittee in ink on the face thereof, and any permit not so signed is invalid. With each permit the department shall provide such tags as the committee may prescribe, which the permittee shall attach to the game animal in such a manner as is prescribed by the committee.

(b) It shall be unlawful, except as provided by the committee, for any person to obtain and sign as a permittee in any one permit period more than one original permit for the taking of each wildlife species. The director may issue a duplicate permit, provided that the person requesting such duplicate permit furnishes the information deemed necessary. A fee to be determined and published by the committee shall be collected for each duplicate permit issued.

4-1-142 Permit Agreement Required

(a) All persons to whom permits are issued by the Colville Tribes shall be required to sign a PERMIT AGREEMENT before any such permit shall be valid. The PERMIT AGREEMENT shall be in the form provided by this section. The PERMIT AGREEMENT shall be signed by the applicant.

(b) Permit Agreement Form:

(1) PERMIT AGREEMENTS shall be printed on all permits and shall take the following form:

I, hereby agree, as consideration for the granting of this permit, that the following terms and conditions govern my use of the permit, my presence on the Reservation, and my use of tribal resources and services:

(A) I agree to obey all tribal and relevant federal laws and regulations.

(B) I consent to the jurisdiction of the Colville Tribal Court as the forum for the resolution of any civil disputes which arise from my use of this permit to hunt or fish on the Reservation.

(C) I understand that the permission for me to enter the Colville Reservation and to hunt or fish is conditioned on my obeyance of tribal laws and regulations and that violation of such laws and regulations may make me a trespasser and may subject me to arrest by tribal officers, tribal and federal court action, expulsion from the Reservation, and seizure of property as security for payment of potential financial obligations to the Tribes.

(D) I understand that willfully using tribal resources or services contrary to the terms of tribal law or regulation constitutes theft of tribal assets and is a violation of tribal and federal law.

(E) I agree to be bound by the liquidated damages provisions of tribal law in the event that I am found liable to the Colville Tribes for violations of tribal law.

(F) Unless specifically designated, this permit does not authorize hunting or the carrying of firearms on the Colville Indian Reservation. I have read and understand the above terms and agree to be bound by them.

_____________________          ____________________

Signature of Permittee                  Date

4-1-143 Particular Permits

(a) Hunting permits:

(1) Permits for hunting by non-Tribal members shall be issued only pursuant to special regulations approved by the Business Council.

(2) The Business Council may approve general hunting seasons, or if required to conserve the resources or property, allocate its harvest or appropriate special hunting seasons for other game and game birds.

(3) Game hunting shall be controlled by season and area regulations developed by the Fish and Wildlife Department and approved by the Business Council for the particular species to be hunted.

(b) Fishing permits: Any nonmember may purchase a fishing permit which shall entitle him to fish during the open season of the permit year at all waters of the Reservation that are open to non-Indians. Fees and regulations, including seasons and the fishing areas to be opened, shall be prescribed by the committee and approved by the Business Council.

(1) Nonmembers who are married to tribal members shall not have any hunting or fishing privileges by reason of such marriage unless specifically allowed pursuant to regulations approved by the Business Council.

(2) The committee, with the approval of the Business Council, may prescribe additional regulations to implement the permit provisions of this Chapter.

4-1-144 Duty to Open

Nothing in this subchapter shall create a duty to allow any on Reservation nonmember hunting or fishing.

4-1-145 Sale of Permits; Bond of Permit Dealers

(a) Hunting, fishing, and other permits shall be issued by persons designated as permit dealers by the committee. The committee may suspend or revoke a dealer's license for failure to comply with this Chapter or rules and regulations adopted under this Chapter. Prior to suspending or revoking a dealer's license the committee shall provide the dealer with notice and an opportunity for a hearing on the record as provided by the administrative procedures provisions of this Code. Notwithstanding such provisions, the decision of the committee under this section shall be final and shall not be subject to further appeal.

(b) Permit dealers may be required to furnish the Tribes a bond in an amount deemed necessary by the committee to protect the interest of the Tribes, and the premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the permit dealer.

4-1-146 Reports and Returns by License Dealers; Penalty for Noncompliance

Each license dealer shall by the first day of March or within thirty (30) days of a demand by the department, return to the department all unused permits. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section may result in civil and/or criminal liability.

4-1-147 Revocation and Denial of Right to Obtain Permit: Notice

(a) In addition to pursuing the other remedies provided by this Chapter, the director may, after notice and hearing on the record as provided by the administrative procedures provisions of this Code, suspend or revoke, for a period not to exceed five (5) years, the privilege to take wildlife of any nonmember who has been found by the Tribal Court to be liable to the Tribes for:

(1) Unlawfully taking or possessing fish or wildlife;

(2) Carelessly using a firearm or other weapon;

(3) Destroying, injuring, or molesting livestock, or damaging or destroying crops, personal property, notices, signboards, or other improvements while taking wildlife;

(4) Polluting lands or waters within the Colville Indian Reservation while taking wildlife. The decision of the director may be appealed to the committee within thirty (30) days of the rendering of that decision.

The decision of the committee shall be final and not subject to further appeal.

(b) The committee shall furnish to permit dealers the names and addresses of persons whose permits have been revoked or suspended, and the periods for which they have been denied the right to secure permits.

(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to issue a permit of any kind to a person whose privilege to obtain that permit he knows to have been suspended or revoked. Any permit issued to a person whose privilege to have that permit has been revoked or suspended shall be void.

4-1-148 Obtaining Permit by Fraud or Assignment

No person shall, by fraud, misrepresentation, or assignment, obtain a permit to take wildlife, or provide such a permit to another person by such means, and a permit so obtained is void and of no effect from the date of issuance thereof.

4-1-149 Transportation Permits

(a) A person may transport wildlife legally taken by another where the person actually transporting the wildlife shall have in his possession a writing signed by the person who killed the wildlife, where such writing shall include at least the following:

(1) Name and address of the person killing the wildlife;

(2) Total number and species taken;

(3) Date the wildlife was taken; and,

(4) License or permit number of person killing the wildlife.

(b) A person who lawfully takes wildlife on the Reservation and who wishes to transport the wildlife off the Reservation shall utilize and retain in his possession the hunting or fishing license used to take the wildlife. Provided, the committee may for specific species prescribe a transportation permit or tag that must be used to transport the wildlife. Transportation tags if required shall be issued without cost by the director.

4-1-150 Shipment by Common Carrier

(a) No person shall deliver for transportation to any common carrier, and no carrier shall transport, any wildlife except as provided under this Chapter.

(b) Unprocessed wildlife may be shipped during the open season, or within two (2) weeks thereafter, but such shipment shall not exceed the possession limit for any one species, and no more than one such possession limit may be shipped in a period of seven (7) consecutive days. When shipped, valid transportation permits as provided under this subchapter shall be firmly attached to such shipment and the shipment shall be clearly and conspicuously labeled with the name and address of the cosigner and consignee and an accurate statement of the contents of the package.

4-1-151 Guides; Appointment; Licenses; Duties; Reports; Carrying Firearms

(a) The director shall be responsible for issuing licenses under this section.

(b) No person shall act as a guide without first satisfying the director as to the prospective guide's qualifications to act as a guide and without having procured a permit to do so. No person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be issued a guide permit. No person who is not a tribal member shall serve as a guide unless specifically allowed by regulation approved by the Business Council. If a licensed guide fails to comply with the provision of this Chapter or is found liable for violating any provision of this Chapter, the license may, after notice and a hearing on the record as provided by the administrative procedures provisions of this Code, be revoked by the director in addition to any other remedy provided by this Chapter for the underlying violation.

(c) Each guide shall, by the tenth (10) of January of each year, or at the earlier request of the Department, report to the department on forms provided therefor, the name and address of each person guided, the number of days the guide has been so employed, and the number and species of game animals taken. No guide permit shall be issued to any person who has failed to deliver the report to the department for the preceding permit year, or until he has met such other requirements as the department may prescribe.

(d) No person while acting as a guide shall carry firearms other than a pistol, except where authorized by the department to protect the public safety.

(e) Regulations that authorize on Reservation game hunting may require that all nonmembers be accompanied by a tribally certified guide.

(f) Action by the director to either deny a permit or to revoke a permit may be taken only after a hearing on the record as provided by the administrative procedures provisions of this Code and may be appealed to the committee within fifteen (15) days of the date that the director takes action.

TRIBAL HUNTING AND FISHING REGULATIONS PROCEDURE

4-1-180 Adoption of Regulations

(a) Unless otherwise provided by this subchapter, the Council shall adopt annual or special regulations covering all aspects of hunting and fishing under this Chapter.

(b) In adopting regulations under this section, the Business Council shall consider all recommendations made to it by the Natural Resources Committee, the director, and the Tribal Biologist.

(c) The regulations regarding anadromous fish species shall be adopted in April of each year and shall cover the period of May 1 of each year through the April 30 of the next succeeding year, Provided, however, that formal adoption of regulations for any particular run of fish may be deferred until such time as the Business Council has adequate run strength information; Provided, further, that the regulations for any particular run are distributed to the state and any court with continuing jurisdiction over off-Reservation fishing to which the Colville Confederated Tribes is a party prior to a proposed opening of fishing as provided by federal law, or court order.

(d) The Business Council may adopt regulations for any species of fish in addition to those named in subsection (b) and for the taking of game both on or off the Reservation. If such regulations are adopted, they shall be adopted no later than thirty (30) days prior to the proposed opening; Provided, the failure to comply with the thirty (30) day requirement shall not invalidate the enacted regulation. Provided, further, such hunting or fishing seasons, and species available to be taken may be established from time to time during the year by the Business Council. The Natural Resources Committee and/or Director may make recommendations for such regulations.

(e) Notice of regulations related to hunting and fishing which are adopted pursuant to this subchapter shall be posted in a conspicuous place in Nespelem, Keller, Omak and Inchelium. The notice shall state that the regulations will be available for review at the Tribal Fish and Wildlife Department and the office of the Tribal Code Reviser. Failure to have regulations at the Code Reviser shall not affect the enforceability of the regulations.

4-1-181 In-season Regulations

(a) Except as provided by this section, the director without obtaining approval from the committee or the Business Council may adopt in-season regulations relating to all aspects of hunting or fishing affecting an established season when necessary to conserve the resources, allocate the resources, or conform to applicable federal law. Such regulations may include off-Reservation in-season fishing or hunting regulations to establish special areas, season, gear, harvest limits, special ceremonial or subsistence fishing, or relating to any other aspect of fishing or hunting.

(b) The director shall notify the committee of any in-season regulations he has adopted as soon as possible.

(c) All in-season regulations shall be consistent with this Chapter, and applicable federal law dealing with off-Reservation hunting and fishing for the necessary conservation and/or equitable allocation of the resource.

(d) The committee may propose a modification to or elimination of an in-season regulation adopted by the director by petitioning the Business Council to overrule the director.

(e) The Business Council shall resolve any dispute between the director and the committee. A challenge commenced under this section shall not affect the in-season regulations until final action by the Business Council.

(f) In-season regulations shall be effective upon their adoption or as provided in the in- season regulation, and shall be enforced:

(1) Upon service on a person either hunting or fishing under the authority of this Chapter; or

(2) After the passage of twenty-four (24) hours from the regulation's adoption whichever is earlier.

In-season regulations shall also be filed with the Code Reviser; Provided, failure to file with the Code Reviser shall not effect the enforceability of the in-season regulations.

4-1-182 Intertribal Agreements

The director in conjunction with the committee is authorized to negotiate intergovernmental agreements relating to management, allocation, cooperative enforcement, or Treaty protection with any other Treaty tribe, tribal group, the State of Washington, or the Federal Government. No such agreement shall be binding unless approved by the Business Council.

4-1-183 Policy Consideration

(a) The Business Council recognizes that appropriate management and conservation of the off-Reservation fishery resource may require limiting the total member fishing boats, the type and numbers of gear authorized, the location where certain gear can be authorized, and other policy regulations. These regulations may be necessary to ensure a fair distribution of the resource and its conservation.

(b) The director shall be responsible for the development and presentation of regulations limiting the size of the tribal fishing fleet, and numbers of gear the location where certain gear can be authorized as well as other necessary regulations. All proposed fishing and hunting regulations authorized under this section shall be presented to the Natural Resources Committee for review. Proposed regulations along with any recommendations or comments from the Natural Resources Committee shall be presented to the Business Council. No regulation authorized under this section shall be implemented until approved by the Business Council. Provided, nothing in this section shall limit the director's authority to impose in-season regulations as provided by this subchapter.

(c) In consideration the need for any limitation on the growth of the tribal fleet, the Business Council shall consider the number of harvestable fish available where those fish are best harvested, potential gear conflicts, intertribal relationships, and the need to maximize the income of the tribal fisher.

4-1-184 Other Regulations

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the Business Council may adopt, amend or repeal rules and regulations covering any activity or procedure under this Chapter other than those related to fishing or hunting in accordance with the administrative procedures provisions for rulemaking under this Code.

(b) The notice of the proposed rulemaking shall specify the time and place at which the Council will discuss and the public may appear and comment in person on the proposed rules and regulations. Notwithstanding the administrative procedures provisions of this Code, neither the tribal department proposing the rule nor the Business Council shall be required to accept or consider written comments or hold a public hearing on the proposed rulemaking unless otherwise determined by the Council.

TRIBAL TAX (RESERVED)

GENERAL FISHING AND HUNTING PROVISIONS, PROHIBITED ACTS

4-1-210 Persons Responsible to Access Regulation Information

Persons entering the tribal lands of the lands of the Colville Reservation shall bear the responsibility of obtaining and/or accessing information on the regulations and rules of this Chapter and for complying with emergency measures as they are adopted, such as but not limited to, fire restrictions and emergency closures of hunting and fishing areas.

4-1-211 Closure

The Colville Indian Reservation and all lands and water off Reservation fished or hunted by the Colville Tribes and the North Half of the Colville Indian Reservation are closed to fishing and hunting unless specifically opened by properly adopted annual, special or in-season regulations promulgated under this Chapter.

4-1-212 Manner of Net Fishing

(a) All fishing authorized pursuant to this Chapter shall be done in a safe and businesslike manner.

(b) All set nets shall be lifted at least once every twenty-four (24) hour period.

(c) The use of explosive, caustic or lethal chemicals in any form is expressly prohibited in all fisheries. The use of any method of disabling or capturing fish not expressly authorized in this Chapter or by regulation is prohibited.

(d) All nets and boats must be properly lighted. All boats or other craft used in exercising tribal fishing rights shall conform to the applicable United States Coast Guard regulations. The director may develop appropriate regulations to implement this section.

4-1-213 Test Fishing

(a) Test fishing is permitted under the following conditions:

(1) Decision to conduct test fishery: The director shall have the power to authorize a test fishery when in his opinion such a fishery is justified. The director shall determine the type and amount of gear to be used in, and the time period and fishing area for the test fishery. There shall be no test fishery other than as directed by the director.

(2) Selection of participants in test fishery: In order to participate in a test fishery, a fisher must:

(A) Be an enrolled member of the Colville Tribes; or

(B) Be biological personnel employed by the Tribes and authorized under this Chapter to take and possess fish for scientific, management, and/or enhancement purposes; and

(C) Be familiar with both the gear type and the area for which the test fishery has been designated; and

(D) Agree to record and provide to the director all the information regarding the test fishery requested by the director.

In the event more than the number of eligible fishers necessary for the test fishery are interested in participating in said test fishery, the participants shall be chosen by a drawing conducted by the director.

(b) Responsibilities of test fishers:

(1) Test fishers shall report all information requested by the director to the director on a daily basis. Failure to report on a daily basis constitutes withdrawal from the test fishery program. Such a withdrawal shall date from the time of the immediately preceding report of information.

(2) Fish taken in test fisheries shall not be sold for the personal profit of the fisher. Fish caught shall be sold on a tribal fish ticket; with the proceeds going to the Tribes.

(3) The test fishers shall strictly obey the gear, time and area restrictions of the test fishing program.

(4) The test fisher shall be compensated for his work at a rate set by the Business Council.

(c) Failure to Comply-Withdrawal: Failure to comply with any of the provisions of this section or any regulation adopted to implement a test fishery shall constitute withdrawal from the test fishing program. Any fishers fishing subsequent to withdrawal from the test fishery shall not be covered by the test fishing regulations of this Chapter; and shall be subject to the other provisions of this Chapter and adopted regulations.

(d) Records to be kept: The director shall maintain permanent records of all data collected in the test fisheries.

4-1-214 Harvest Reporting

The director may develop regulations setting out special reporting procedures or requirements related to fishing and hunting under this Chapter if such additional reporting is deemed necessary to manage and conserve the resource.

4-1-215 Sale of Wildlife

(a) The Colville Indian Tribal fishers are prohibited from selling fish caught while exercising fishing rights to those fish buyers declared unauthorized pursuant to this Chapter.

(b) It shall be unlawful to sell fish or game taken for subsistence or ceremonial purposes except that salmon taken for subsistence purposes may be sold to another tribal member when the purchaser intends to use the salmon for personal consumption, or the consumption of his immediate family. Unlawful sale of game or fish shall be a crime whether the game or fish was taken from the Reservation, or off the Reservation.

(c) A tribal fisher who sells fish to a person, organization or other entity other than fish buyers licensed by the Tribes, the state or other Treaty tribe shall complete a fish ticket for the sale and return the ticket to the Tribal Fish and Wildlife Department. All sales under this section shall be subject to Tribal tax under this Chapter.

4-1-216 Accidents

Any person who, while taking wildlife, is involved in an accident resulting in injury to any person shall:

(a) Give every possible assistance to the injured person;

(b) Immediately report the accident to the nearest law enforcement officer after giving such assistance; and

(c) Within ten (10) days file with the director a full and complete written report of such accident.

4-1-217 Fires

The willful or careless setting or starting of a forest fire, brush, or grass fire or other destructive fire by any person while on the Reservation is a violation of this Chapter. Provided, enforcement action under this Chapter for the violation of this section shall not relieve a person from liability under any other provision of tribal law relating to fire control.

4-1-218 Wild Animals Depredations

(a) Any person suffering depredation may:

(1) Exercise all reasonable measures to alleviate such damage not including injuring or killing wildlife except in cases where the offending animal poses an immediate threat of death or injury to any person;

(2) After resorting to such relief, as is provided in this subsection, file a written report with the director advising him of the damage suffered, the species of animals causing such damage and any abatement actions that have been or are being taken.

(b) Upon the filing of a report by a person suffering depredation under this section, the director shall forthwith order an investigation, report and recommendation by an employee trained in the handling of wild animal depredations. The complainant shall be informed of the results of the report and any recommended action to be taken.

(c) If removal of animals is found to be necessary to prevent further damage, the Natural Resources Committee may:

(1) With the approval of the Business Council, establish special seasons and/or special bag limits and either set reduced fees or waive any or all permit fees required by this Chapter for the taking of such wildlife;

(2) Issue a special permit for the taking of such wildlife to the property owner suffering damage, if the director determines that the method authorized by subsection 4-1-21 8(a)(1) is impractical. The edible portions of all such wildlife taken by the person suffering damage shall be turned over to the director for delivery to a public institution, charitable organization or for the non-commercial use of a tribal member or tribal Indian organization; or,

(3) Direct a natural resources enforcement officer to trap, capture, or otherwise take such wildlife for removal.

(d) The natural resources enforcement officers shall provide technical advice and shall assist in the necessary anti-depredation measures established by the Fish and Wildlife Committee.

(e) Uncontrolled dogs that are pursuing, harassing, attacking or killing game animals, game birds or other protected wildlife may be taken into custody or destroyed if necessary, by any department personnel. Department personnel who take into custody or destroy a dog pursuant to this subsection are immune from civil or criminal liability arising from their actions.

(f) It shall be unlawful for any person to kill or injure any deer, elk, moose, or big horn sheep involved in a depredation or nuisance situation unless expressly authorized by this Chapter or the Business Council. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the taking of any wildlife by persons lawfully authorized to do so by regulation or permit.

4-1-219 Nuisance Animals

The director may establish procedures for the abating of nuisance animals on the Colville Reservation, and/or the taking and destroying of injured animals, subject to the approval of the Natural Resources Committee. Any person who has knowledge of animals that are creating the nuisance or injured shall contact the director. The definition of "nuisance animals" shall be by regulation.

4-1-220 Wildlife Research

The taking of wildlife for research or data gathering purposes conducted by biological personnel may be authorized permit issued by the director of the Fish and Wildlife Department.

PROHIBITED ACTS

4-1-240 Prohibited Acts

Unless modified by rule or regulation the following prohibited acts are established.

4-1-241 Violations of Chapter or Regulations

No person shall take any action which is a violation of any provision of this Chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant to this Chapter. No person shall kill, take or catch any species of bird, animal or fish in excess of the number fixed as the bag or possession limit. No person shall hunt or trap for any birds or animals within the boundaries of any closed area or fish within any closed waters.

4-1-242 Possession

(a) No person shall have in his possession or under his control any unprocessed bird, animal or fish during the closed season or in excess of the bag limit, or without the required permit or tag.

(b) No non-tribal member shall be in possession of unmarked (wild) salmon, steelhead, cutthroat, and/or kokanee.

(c) Tribal members who shall take, incidental to their lawful fishing activities, unmarked (wild) salmon, cutthroat, and/or kokanee must report the species taken and date to the department.

4-1-243 Hunting While Intoxicated

No person shall hunt with firearms or bow and arrow or fish while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.

4-1-244 Waste

No person shall permit the edible portion of any game animal, game bird or game or food fish to go to waste after taking possession of same.

4-1-245 Resisting

No person shall resist or obstruct any conservation officer or other duly authorized tribal law enforcement officer or other peace officer in the discharge of his duty while enforcing the provisions of this Chapter or other tribal regulations pertaining to hunting and fishing.

4-1-246 Defacing

No person shall destroy, tear down, shoot at, deface or erase any printed matter or signs placed or posted by or under the instructions of the Colville Business Council or the committee to assist in the enforcement of tribal hunting and fishing regulations.

4-1-247 Shooting

No person shall shoot any other person or any domestic livestock while hunting.

4-1-248 Weapons

Unless otherwise authorized by law or regulation, no person:

(a) Who is not an enrolled member of the Colville Tribes, shall, possess or have in his physical control, a weapon with the bullet in the magazine or chamber within the boundaries of the Colville Indian Reservation;

(b) Shall possess or have in his physical control a weapon with the bullet in the chamber anywhere within the North Half.

4-1-249 Spotlighting

No person shall hunt using any artificial light of any kind unless use of such light is approved by regulation for a specific hunt. No person shall hun