DO I NEED TO ABIDE BY “SPECIAL FISHING REGULATIONS” (i.e. slot limits, minimum lengths, closures, etc) WHILE EXERCISING TREATY RIGHTS ON WATERS WITHIN THE 1854 TREATY AREA?
DEPENDS! Any special regulations that must be adhered to are found in the 1854 Treaty Authority Fishing Seasons flyer which is approved on an annual basis by the 1854 Board. Practically, that means that if there is a state regulation on a particular body of water, we may or may not have to abide by the same regulation. Again, consult the fishing season flyer to see if the particular body of water you are interested in has a special regulation applicable to it. Since our activities are subsistence based (as opposed to trophy pursuit), we tend to only adopt those special regulations that are required by the state agreement. If there are ever issues that are of a biologically based concern, we would take that into consideration.
