16510-16520
FISH AND GAME CODE
SECTION 16510-16520
16510. The definition in this chapter shall govern the construction of this division. 16511. "Klamath River Indian Tribes" means those tribes existing within the boundaries of the Yurok Reservation and the Hoopa Valley Reservation, located in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties in California, which tribes are recognized as Indian tribes by the Secretary of the Interior. 16512. "Take" means pursue, catch, capture, or kill, or attempt to pursue, catch, capture, or kill. 16513. "Traditional Indian fishing practice" means a mode, method, or way of taking fish that is recognized in the customs and traditions of the Klamath River Indian Tribes. 16514. "Yurok Reservation" means the land extending one mile in width on each side of the Klamath River from the mouth of the Klamath River to the confluence of the Trinity and Klamath Rivers. "Hoopa Valley Reservations" means those lands lying within the Hoopa Square. 16515. "Disputed area" means that part of the Klamath River or Trinity River where jurisdiction to regulate Indian fishing is asserted by both the State of California and by one or more of the Indian tribes in the Klamath River Indian Tribes or by the United States government acting as trustee therefor. 16516. "Subsistence purposes" means fish or game taken by qualified Indian tribal members of the Klamath River Indian Tribes for personal consumption by the tribal members or their immediate families. 16517. "Ceremonial or religious purposes" means fish taken by qualified Indian tribal members of the Klamath River Indian Tribes for recognized religious or ceremonial activities, which activities are consistent with the customs and traditions of the particular tribe in the Klamath River Indian Tribes. 16518. "Commercial fishing" means the taking of fish by qualified Indian tribal members of the Klamath River Indian Tribes, for sale or to be offered for sale within California. 16520. "Klamath Fishery Management Council" means that council created pursuant to Section 46055 of Title 16 of the United States Code which is composed of one representative each from the Pacific Fishery Management Council, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of the Interior, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, California Department of Fish and Game, the Hoopa Valley Business Council, non-Hoopa Indians, the California commercial salmon fishing industry, the Oregon commercial salmon fishing industry, the Klamath River in-river sportfishing community, and the California offshore recreational fishing industry.