§ 16006 Indian Fishing Rights Agreement

• •The department can only act after the commission gives the green light.
• •Any agreement must be a mutual compact with the Covelo Indian Community.
• •The agreement is about who controls traditional fishing in the historic reservation streams.

The state wildlife department wants to work with the Covelo tribe to decide how many salmon can be caught in a creek that runs through the old Round Valley Reservation.

Because the law says the department can sign an agreement with the tribe about fishing rules, the two groups can sit down, agree on limits, and then follow those rules as long as the commission approves the deal.