A minor between the age of ten (10) and seventeen (17) years of age who exercises treaty fishing rights for commercial purposes unaccompanied by an adult member of the Tribe is guilty of a class D offense.
If a minor under ten (10) years of age exercises treaty fishing rights for commercial or subsistence purposes unaccompanied by an adult member of the Tribe, the parent or guardian of that minor is guilty of a class D offense.
This prohibition does not apply to:
(1) 
A minor determined to be a head of household by the Fisheries Committee determined prior to the minor fishing; or
(2) 
A minor who has been exempted from this section by the Fisheries Committee prior to the minor fishing due to extreme hardship.
(Res. 94 A 109, 7/12/1994; Res. 15-A-167, 12/9/2015 changed this Section to give the violation to the parent of guardian if the minor is under 10 years old.)
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Cross Reference: “Minor” defined, 17.01.03; “Accompanied” defined, 17.01.03 “Head of Household” defined, 17.02.02 (a)
Any minor who exercises treaty fishing rights earlier than thirty (30) minutes after the school day ends or later than 10 p.m. on a day immediately preceding a school day is guilty of a class D offense.
This prohibition does not apply to:
(1) 
A minor determined to be a head of household by the Fisheries Committee determined prior to the minor fishing; or
(2) 
A minor who has been exempted from this section by the Fisheries Committee prior to the minor fishing due to extreme hardship; or
(3) 
A minor who has graduated from high school.
(Res. 94 A 109, 7/12/1994)
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Cross Reference: “Minor” defined, 17.01.03; “Head of Household,” defined 17.02.02 (a)
Any parent or guardian of a minor who allows that minor to fish in violation of any section of this Code, except Section 17.11.21, is guilty of a class D offense.
(Res. 94 A 109, 7/12/1994; amended by Res. 97 A 024, 3/21/1997; amended by Res. 97 A 053, 7/21/1997)
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Cross Reference: “Minor” defined 17.01.03, “Dives” defined 17.01.03, “Exercise treaty fishing rights defined 17.01.03
Any minor who dives in the exercise of his or her treaty fishing rights is guilty of a class B offense.
(Res. 97 A 024, 3/21/1997; Res. 17-A-109, 11/13/2017, changed this violation from class A to class B so that it is a civil and not a criminal offense.)
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Cross Reference: “Minor” defined 17.01.03, “Dives” defined 17.01.03, “Exercise treaty fishing rights defined 17.01.03; Section 17.11.23 Exemption.
Any parent or guardian of a minor who allows that minor to dive in the exercise of the minor’s treaty fishing rights is guilty of a class A offense.
Any owner or any operator of a vessel who allows a minor to exercise the minor’s treaty fishing rights by diving from the vessel is guilty of a class A offense.
(Res. 97 A 024, 3/21/1997; amended by Res. 97 A 053, 7/21/1997)
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Cross Reference: “Minor” defined 17.01.03, “Dives” defined 17.01.03, “Exercise treaty fishing rights defined 17.01.03; Section 17.11.23 Exemption]
Sections 17.11.21 and 17.11.22 shall not apply to minors who were awarded individual fisher quotas for the harvest of geoducks by the Tribe for the year 1997. All those who qualify for this exemption shall remain exempt for the remainder of their minority.
(Res. 97 A 053, 7/21/1997)