13.01.050 Definitions
"Registered Fishing Agent" Means a Tribal member or Tribal Member's business that is recognized for the sale, distribution of Temporary SRMT nonmember fishing permits.
"Angling/ Fishing" means taking fish by hook and line. This includes bait and fly fishing, casting, trolling and the use of landing nets to complete the catch. Anglers must be in immediate attendance when their lines are in the water. An angler may operate no more than two lines with or without a rod, and each line is limited to not more than five lures or baits or a combination of both, and in addition, each line shall not exceed fifteen hook points in any combination of single, double or treble hooks. Snatching, lifting, hooking and use of tip-ups are not angling.
"Artificial fly" means a hook with no more than two points dressed with feathers, hair, thread, tinsel or any similar material to which no additional hooks, spinners, spoons or similar devices have been added.
"Artificial lures or bait" means artificial imitations of natural bait, man-made flies, spinners, spoons, plugs, jigs and other lures including those that may contain some natural substances such as deer hair and feathers.
"Compliance Inspector" means any staff member of the Compliance Department who is assigned to patrol, monitor and enforce this chapter, either by water vessel or land patrols of Tribal waterways.
"Black bass" means both largemouth and smallmouth bass.
"Blind snatching" means the taking of fish by snatching when the fish is not visible to the angler.
"Catch and release" means catching and immediately releasing the caught fish without harm. Measuring, weighing and photographing of the fish are permitted as long as the fish is not removed from the water for an extended period of time or handled in a manner that could cause it harm. Fish may not be placed in a bucket, tub, live well, on a string or any other holding device.
"Chumming" means depositing in the water any substance, not attached to a hook, which may attract fish.
"Closed Season" means the period of time as identified in Appendix A as it may be amended from time to time attached hereto and made a part hereof within which it is unlawful to harvest any species or group of species.
"Foul-hooked" means not hooked in the mouth.
"Hook gap" means the distance from the shank to the point of the hook.
"LL Salmon" means landlocked salmon or Atlantic salmon.
"Minimum length" means the greatest possible length measured from the tip of the fish's snout to the tip of the tail. The mouth may be open or closed and the tail may be spread or compressed in order to achieve the greatest length.
"Member" means any individual who is an enrolled/registered member of the SRMT, Mohawks of Akwesasne (MCA) and/or Mohawk Nation or may include an enrolled member of any other federally recognized Tribe or First Nations Member in certain instances.
"Natural bait" means all baits which entice or might be ingested or swallowed by fish including, but not limited to, fish (dead or alive), fish eggs, worms, shellfish, crustacean, amphibians (salamanders, frogs and toads), insects (including all stages of development such as larvae, pupae, etc.), pork rinds, liver, meat, corn or other vegetable matter, tapioca, candy, cheese, bread and putty or dough-like scented baits.
"Night "means 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise.
"Non-Member" means any individual that is not a Member as defined herein.
"Open Season" means the period of time as identified in Appendix A as it may be amended from time to time attached hereto and made a part hereof within which it is lawful to harvest a species or group of species.
"Permit" means a Permit issued pursuant to the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Fishing Regulation & Law.
"Registered Fishing Agent" means an Individual Tribal Member or Tribal Member business that the Compliance Department has certified to distribute applications to Non-Members and collect fees for a fishing license.
"Registered Member Guide" means any Tribal Member or Tribal Member business who is authorized to offer guide services to Non-Members. He/she must fill out an application with the required information and remit the application with the required fee of [insert sum] to the Tribe's Compliance Department. The application is attached in Appendix D.
"Charter Boat / Fishing Guides" means a party or charter boat owner must purchase a license to carry recreational fishing passengers in the Tribe's waterways or to land fish taken within the territorial waters of the Tribe.
"Snatching" means taking fish not attracted by bait or artificial lure with hooks, gangs or similar devices whether or not baited. Snagging, lifting, and single hook snagging are types of snatching. Snatching is indicated by repeated or exaggerated jerking motions of the fishing rod.
"Spear fishing or Spear" means taking a fish with a hand-propelled single or multiple pronged pike, blade or harpoon. It does not include the mechanically propelled device commonly called a spear gun.
"Sport Angling or Fishing" means the taking or attempting to take any fish species by using a rod and reel, hook and line including casting and trolling for the retrieval of fish for one's own enjoyment or use. Any fish or fish species that are taken are not to be sold, traded or harvested for any commercial purposes.
"SRMT jurisdiction" includes, but is not limited to, the waters of the St Lawrence River and the tributaries known as the St. Regis River, Raquette River, Salmon River and Grasse River.
"Tip-up" means any device used for fishing through the ice that has a signaling device attached, except a bobber or other floating object on the water that will visually or audibly signal a strike.
"Tournament Fishing" means the retrieval of fish with the use of a rod and reel for the purpose of participating in an advertised tournament that will be offering monetary and non- monetary prizes for participating.
"Tribal Court" means the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Court.
"Tribal Member" means a person who is an enrolled member of the SRMT.
"Trout" means brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout and hybrids of these species including lake.
"Vehicle" means a vehicle that is drawn, propelled, or driven by any means, including muscular power, motor fuel and/or any other kind of power.
"Vessel" means a boat, ship, skiff, canoe, punt and raft regardless of how it may be propelled, which includes muscular power, motor fuel and or other means.
