Columbia River Treaty definition
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The Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration, Department of the Interior, and the Division Engineer, North Pacific Division, Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, are hereby designated as an entity under Article XIV of the Treaty, to be known as the United States Entity for the Columbia River Treaty (hereinafter referred to as the Entity).
If that review suggests that the States of Oregon and Washington or the Columbia River Treaty Tribes will be unable to achieve the fisheries or harvest sharing objectives described in Part II of this Agreement by continuing to adhere to the harvest rates set forth in Part II.D.3.b. and c.
The Columbia River Treaty Tribes, Oregon and Washington agree that the Tribes should bear primary responsibility for enforcing agreed-upon regulations applicable to mainstem Treaty Indian fisheries.
To assist the Columbia River Treaty Tribes in carrying out this responsibility, Oregon and Washington may negotiate with each tribe for agreements to refer to the tribes for prosecution under tribal law those tribal fishermen cited by state enforcement officers for violating agreed upon mainstem fishing regulations and to cooperate with tribal authorities in making evidence and testimony available in tribal court proceedings.
The Parties, through this Agreement, in recognition of the Columbia River Treaty Tribes’ federally secured rights, the conservation requirements, and the rights of other fishermen to fishery resources under applicable federal law, have proposed fisheries as set out below.
To carry out this responsibility, the Columbia River Treaty Tribes agree to commit, to the maximum extent possible, the police, prosecutorial, and judicial resources necessary to ensure compliance with Tribal regulations governing mainstem fisheries.
This Agreement contemplates that in the implementation of the tribal fisheries, the Columbia River Treaty Tribes agree to manage their fisheries in a manner that will not exceed an URB harvest rate shown in Table A3.
Oregon, Washington, and the Columbia River Treaty Tribes agree to undertake a review of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ management regulations.
Oregon, Washington and the Columbia River Treaty Tribes have established a joint ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Management Task Force.
The Columbia River Treaty Tribes shall manage mainstem treaty subsistence fisheries in good faith to remain within harvest guidelines, in coordination with other Parties.