SECTIONS 16530-16532 - California Statutes

FISH AND GAME CODE

SECTION 16530-16532

16530. The director may 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.

16531. Negotiations shall take place following the completion each
year of the salmon allocation agreement recommended by the Klamath
Fishery Management Council, and subsequently adopted by the Pacific
Fishery Management Council and the United States Department of
Commerce. Any agreement or compact under this division shall reflect
those allocations.

16532. Notwithstanding Sections 8434, 8685.5, 8685.6, and 8685.7,
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.