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Northwest Territories Fishery Regulations (C.R.C., c. 847)

Regulations are current to 2024-03-06 and last amended on 2020-04-01. Previous Versions

Northwest Territories Fishery Regulations

C.R.C., c. 847

FISHERIES ACT

Northwest Territories Fishery Regulations

 [Repealed, SOR/2005-108, s. 2]

Interpretation

  •  (1) In these Regulations,

    Act

    Act means the Fisheries Act; (Loi)

    Agreement

    Agreement has the same meaning as in the Western Arctic (Inuvialuit) Claims Settlement Act; (Convention)

    angling

    angling means fishing with a line to which one or more hooks are attached and that is held in the hand or attached to a rod that is held in the hand or closely attended; (pêche à la ligne)

    Area

    Area means any portion of the waters described in Schedule II; (secteur)

    barbless hook

    barbless hook includes a hook that has all of its barbs compressed to be in complete contact with the shaft of the hook, except those barbs on the shank that are designed solely to retain bait; (hameçon sans ardillon)

    beneficiary

    beneficiary means a person who is enrolled as a beneficiary under the Agreement; (bénéficiaire)

    certificate

    certificate means a registration certificate issued pursuant to section 14.1; (certificat)

    commercial fishing

    commercial fishing means fishing for sale or barter; (pêche commerciale)

    commercial licence

    commercial licence means a licence authorizing a person to engage in commercial fishing; (permis de pêche commerciale)

    commercial licensee

    commercial licensee means a person to whom a commercial licence has been issued under the Act or these Regulations; (titulaire d’un permis de pêche commerciale)

    Department

    Department means the Department of the Environment; (ministère)

    domestic fishing

    domestic fishing means fishing for personal use but not for sale or barter; (pêche domestique)

    domestic fishing licence

    domestic fishing licence means a licence authorizing a person to engage in domestic fishing; (permis de pêche domestique)

    explosive

    explosive means a substance or device that, when detonated or fired, creates a violent shock wave in water; (explosif)

    fork length

    fork length means the length of a fish measured from the tip of the nose to the centre of the fork of the tail; (longueur à la fourche)

    game fish

    game fish means any fish named in Schedule I; (poisson gibier)

    gill net

    gill net means a net that catches fish by enmeshing them but that does not enclose an area of water; (filet maillant)

    hook

    hook means a single pointed or multiple-pointed hook on a common shaft and includes an artificial lure that has one or more hooks attached to it; (hameçon)

    Indian

    Indian means an Indian as defined in the Indian Act; (Indien)

    Inuk

    Inuk means a person who is a direct descendant of a person of the race of aborigines commonly known as Inuit; (Inuk)

    Inuvialuit Settlement Region

    Inuvialuit Settlement Region has the same meaning as in the Agreement; (région désignée)

    Minister

    Minister means the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans; (ministre)

    non-resident

    non-resident means a person other than a resident Canadian; (non-résident)

    Northwest Territories resident

    Northwest Territories resident means a resident Canadian who has resided continuously in the Northwest Territories for a period of,

    • (a) in respect of sport fishing, three months immediately preceding the day on which the person begins to fish; and

    • (b) in respect of commercial fishing, six months immediately preceding the day on which the person applies for a commercial fishing licence. (résident des Territoires du Nord-Ouest)

    officer

    officer means a fishery officer, fishery guardian or a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; (fonctionnaire)

    permanent resident

    permanent resident [Revoked, SOR/93-59, s. 1]

    person of mixed blood

    person of mixed blood means a person of

    • (a) mixed Indian and non-Indian blood who is at least one-quarter Indian, or

    • (b) mixed Inuk and non-Inuk blood who is at least one-quarter Inuk; (personne de sang mêlé)

    Regional Director-General

    Regional Director-General means the Director-General of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans for the Central and Arctic Region; (directeur général régional)

    resident

    resident [Revoked, SOR/91-481, s. 1]

    resident Canadian

    resident Canadian means a person who is a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident; (résident canadien)

    snagging

    snagging means fishing by impaling a fish on a hook through some part of its body instead of luring the fish to take the hook into its mouth; (casaquer)

    special management area

    special management area means the waters described in an item in Schedule VIII; (secteur de gestion spécial)

    sport fish

    sport fish means fish that is taken for pleasure and not for sale or barter; (poisson de sport)

    sport fishing

    sport fishing means fishing for pleasure and not for sale or barter and includes angling, spear fishing and dip netting; (pêche sportive)

    sport fishing licence

    sport fishing licence means a sport fishing licence set out in Schedule IV that authorizes a person to engage in sport fishing; (permis de pêche sportive)

    subsistence usage

    subsistence usage has the same meaning as in paragraph (a) of the definition of that expression in the Agreement; (utilisation à des fins de subsistance)

    Tree River

    Tree River means

    • (a) the waters of Coronation Gulf within 3 km of a point at 67°45′N., 111°56′W.;

    • (b) all the waters of Port Epworth lying between lines of latitude at 67°45′N. and at 67°41′N.;

    • (c) the waters of the Tree River and its tributaries lying between lines of latitude at 67°41′N. and 67°37′N.; and

    • (d) all other waters that flow directly into any waters described in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c). (Rivière Tree)

  • (2) No Area shall be regarded as including any waters described in Schedule III.

  • SOR/79-485, s. 1
  • SOR/81-119, s. 1
  • SOR/91-428, s. 1
  • SOR/91-481, s. 1
  • SOR/93-59, ss. 1, 17(F)
  • SOR/2003-137, s. 2
  • SOR/2004-38, s. 1
  • SOR/2005-108, s. 3

Application

  •  (1) These Regulations apply in respect of

    • (a) Canadian fisheries waters in and adjacent to the Northwest Territories; and

    • (b) the tidal waters of the provinces of Ontario and Manitoba.

  • (2) These Regulations do not apply with respect to fishing and related activities carried out under the authority of a licence issued under the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations.

  • SOR/93-59, s. 2
  • SOR/2002-225, s. 1

General

 The Minister may issue a licence or certificate set out in column I of an item of Schedule IV on payment of the appropriate fee, if any, set out in column II of that item.

  • SOR/93-59, s. 2

 The licences referred to in paragraphs (c.1) and (e.1) of item 3 of Schedule IV are not valid in Nunavut waters.

  •  (1) No person shall fish except under the authority of a licence issued under these Regulations or under the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations.

  • (2) to (5) [Revoked, SOR/93-59, s. 3]

  • (6) No person shall fish in any lake that has been stocked with game fish except by angling.

  • (7) No person shall fish in any waters set out in Column I of an item of Schedule VII for the species of fish set out in Column II of that item by the method set out in Column IV of that item during the close time set out in Column III of that item.

  • (8) No person shall fish in the waters of Fish Creek at 67°43′42″ north latitude and 136°15′44″ west longitude, or in the waters of the Big Fish River at 68°39′48″ north latitude and 135°52′35″ west longitude, including all their tributaries, except for educational or scientific purposes under the authority of a licence.

  • SOR/78-519, s. 1
  • SOR/87-508, s. 1
  • SOR/93-59, s. 3
  • SOR/93-340, s. 1
  • SOR/2009-83, s. 1

 [Revoked, SOR/93-59, s. 4]

  •  (1) No person shall catch, kill, molest or injure fish by using firearms, spears, arrows, gaffs, lights, sticks, stones, clubs, snares, dip nets or gill nets except under the authority of a licence.

  • (2) No person shall fish by snagging.

  • (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), dip nets may be used to land fish caught by angling.

  • SOR/93-59, s. 5

 A person who erects or maintains a structure for fishing upon the ice shall remove the structure at the direction of an officer.

 Except with the permission of an officer, no person shall leave a gill net in the water

  • (a) during the period from May 16th to October 31st inclusive, for more than 30 consecutive hours, or

  • (b) during the period from November 1st to May 15th inclusive, for more than 72 consecutive hours,

without withdrawing the net from the water and removing the fish therefrom.

  •  (1) No person shall dispose of dead fish or any remains or offal of fish by leaving it in the water or on ice over the water.

  • (2) When gurry grounds have been designated or defined by an officer, a person who has in his possession dead or decaying fish or remnants thereof or other refuse from fishing shall place that fish, remnants or refuse in the gurry ground.

Stream Crossings

  •  (1) No person shall construct a temporary crossing over any ice-covered stream, unless he

    • (a) uses snow or adds to the thickness of the ice by the use of snow or ice, or

    • (b) is authorized by an officer.

  • (2) [Revoked, SOR/93-59, s. 6]

  • SOR/93-59, s. 6

Logging and Gravel Removal

  •  (1) Where, in the opinion of the Minister, the fishery in any waters would be harmed by any of the following operations:

    • (a) placing logs in or releasing logs into those waters,

    • (b) driving, towing or booming logs in those waters,

    • (c) removing gravel from or displacing gravel in any spawning grounds in those waters, or

    • (d) any similar operation,

    he may authorize the placing of signs at appropriate places on the shore designating those waters as waters in respect of the fishery of which that operation is harmful.

  • (2) Where, pursuant to subsection (1), any waters have been designated in respect of any operation referred to therein, no person shall carry on any such operation in those waters.

Commercial Fishing

  •  (1) No person shall be issued a commercial licence to fish in the waters of Lac la Martre unless that person has resided continuously in the settlement of Lac la Martre for a period of not less than six months immediately preceding the day he applies for that licence.

  • (2) No person shall be issued a commercial licence to fish in the waters of Kakisa Lake unless that person has resided continuously in the settlement of Kakisa Lake for a period of not less than six months immediately preceding the day he applies for that licence.

 [Revoked, SOR/93-59, s. 7]

  •  (1) No person shall operate, for the purpose of commercial fishing on Great Slave Lake, a vessel or vehicle unless he is the holder of a valid commercial fishing licence and unless the vessel or vehicle has been registered by the Department for that purpose and a registration certificate bearing a registration number has been issued in respect of that vessel or vehicle.

  • (2) A Class A certificate may be issued only in respect of

    • (a) a vessel of more than 900 kg gross weight, when weighed with its attached mechanical equipment; or

    • (b) a vehicle of more than 900 kg gross weight.

  • (3) A Class B certificate may be issued in respect of vessels or vehicles other than those referred to in subsection (2).

  • (4) The holder of a certificate issued in respect of a vessel shall not permit the vessel to be operated in commercial fishing, unless the holder of a commercial fishing licence is on board.

  • (5) No person shall use a vehicle in fishing under subsection (1) unless the registration number issued under these Regulations in respect of that vehicle is painted on the vehicle or securely affixed to it by some other means and meets the requirements set out in subsection (5.1).

  • (5.1) A registration number referred to in subsection (5) shall be

    • (a) legible and unobstructed;

    • (b) in solid Arabic numerals of at least 15 cm in height that are without ornamentation;

    • (c) of a colour that contrasts with the background; and

    • (d) aligned horizontally.

  • (6) No person shall work on or fish from a vessel or vehicle engaged in commercial fishing on Great Slave Lake unless he is the holder of a commercial fishing licence or a helper’s licence.

  • (7) No person shall dump from a vehicle that is used in commercial fishing any fish that has been caught in accordance with these Regulations.

  • SOR/79-485, s. 2
  • SOR/81-468, s. 1
  • SOR/93-59, s. 8
  •  (1) In this section, registration means,

    • (a) in reference to a vessel, registration under the Canada Shipping Act; and

    • (b) in reference to a vehicle, registration under the Ordinances of the Northwest Territories.

  • (2) Every person who applies for a certificate in respect of a vessel or vehicle shall state

    • (a) the name, the registration or serial number and the size of the vessel or vehicle;

    • (b) the name of the owner and operator of the vessel or vehicle; and

    • (c) information relating to all auxiliary vessels or vehicles to be used in conjunction with the vessel or vehicle.

  • SOR/79-485, s. 2

 [Revoked, SOR/93-59, s. 9]

  •  (1) [Revoked, SOR/93-59, s. 10]

  • (2) Every net used in commercial fishing and every gang of nets so used shall be marked at each end

    • (a) during open water fishing, by a flag that is not less than 45 cm square supported by a buoy; and

    • (b) during winter fishing, by a stake the top of which is at least 1 m above the surface of the water or ice.

  • SOR/79-485, s. 3
  • SOR/81-468, s. 2
  • SOR/93-59, s. 10

 The web of a gill net used for commercial fishing shall not be hung on any portion of the cork line of the net at a ratio greater than 2 m of web to 1 m of cork line and no additional nets shall be hung on, added to or inserted in the web of the net to increase that ratio at any place in the net.

  • SOR/81-468, s. 3
  •  (1) No person shall fish for commercial purposes except in waters set out in Schedule V.

  • (2) No person shall fish for commercial purposes in waters set out in Schedule III.

  •  (1) No person shall fish in any waters set out in Column I of an item of Schedule V for any species of fish set out in Column II of that item,

    • (a) unless the person uses a gill net having a mesh size not less than that set out in Column III of that item, where applicable; or

    • (b) during the closed season set out in Column IV of that item.

  • (2) For the purpose of subsection (1) or any licence condition, the mesh size of a net shall be determined by measuring the distance between the extreme angles of a single mesh inside and between the knots after the twine has been immersed in water for at least 30 minutes and extended until straight without stretching or straining the twine or slipping a knot.

  • (3) The measurement referred to in subsection (2) shall be made by means of a measuring device certified under the Weights and Measures Act.

  • SOR/98-388, s. 1
  •  (1) No person shall fish in the waters set out in column I of an item of Schedule V after the time specified in a notice issued by the Regional Director-General or a fishery officer stating that the quota set out in column V of that item has been or is about to be reached.

  • (2) A notice referred to in subsection (1) shall be brought to the attention of the persons affected or likely to be affected by it by one or more of the methods set out in subsection 7(1) of the Fishery (General) Regulations.

  • SOR/78-369, s. 1
  • SOR/81-119, s. 4
  • SOR/93-59, s. 11

 For the purpose of calculating the quotas for the water areas of Great Slave Lake, each annual quota shall commence on November 1st and end on October 31st next following.

 No person shall set a net or running line in any waters at any time during the closed season for those waters.

Native and Domestic Fishing

  •  (1) Notwithstanding subsections 5(1) and 7(1), an Indian, Inuk or person of mixed blood may fish without a licence by angling or by means of gill nets, set lines, spears, snares or dip nets, for food for himself, his family or his dogs.

  • (2) No person shall give any fish caught under the authority of subsection (1) to any person other than an Indian, Inuk or person of mixed blood.

  • (3) No person, other than an Indian, Inuk or person of mixed blood, shall accept or be in possession of any fish caught under the authority of subsection (1).

  • (4) [Revoked, SOR/93-59, s. 12]

  • SOR/81-119, s. 5
  • SOR/93-59, ss. 12, 17(F)
  •  (1) Notwithstanding subsections 5(1) and 7(1), a beneficiary may fish for subsistence usage within the Inuvialuit Settlement Region without a licence.

  • (2) Notwithstanding subsection 5(4) and subject to section 12 of the Agreement, a beneficiary may sell to or trade or barter with

    • (a) other beneficiaries, fish or any portions thereof taken for subsistence usage within the Inuvialuit Settlement Region; and

    • (b) any other person, the non-edible by-products of fish taken from the Inuvialuit Settlement Region for personal use.

  • (3) No person other than a beneficiary shall possess any edible portions of fish taken for subsistence usage from the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.

  • SOR/91-481, s. 2

 A domestic fishing licence may be issued to a person who

  • (a) has resided in the Northwest Territories for at least two years;

  • (b) needs fish for food for himself or his family; or

  • (c) needs fish for food for his dogs.

  • SOR/79-485, s. 4
  • SOR/93-59, s. 13

 [Revoked, SOR/93-59, s. 13]

 Every person who is the holder of a domestic fishing licence shall, upon request by an officer, state the area or areas in which he fished and the species and number of kilograms of fish taken by him during the term of the licence.

  • SOR/81-468, s. 4

 An officer may mark for identification purposes any fish caught by any person in domestic fishing.

Sport Fishing

  •  (1) Notwithstanding subsection 5(1) and subject to subsection (2), a person may engage in sport fishing without a sport fishing licence if the person is

    • (a) a Northwest Territories resident or a resident Canadian under the age of 16 years or 65 years of age or over; or

    • (b) a non-resident under the age of 16 years who is accompanied by a person who holds a sport fishing licence.

  • (2) No person shall engage in sport fishing

    • (a) in a special management area without

      • (i) a sport fishing licence, and

      • (ii) a special management area fishing licence which has been validated for that special management area; or

    • (b) in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region without a sport fishing licence which has been validated for the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.

  • SOR/91-481, s. 3
  •  (1) Subject to section 38, no person angling or spear-fishing in the waters set out in column II of an item of Schedule VI shall catch and retain in any one day more fish of a species set out in column I of that item than the number set out in column III of that item.

  • (2) [Revoked, SOR/93-59, s. 14]

  • (3) [Revoked, SOR/87-508, s. 2]

  • SOR/79-485, s. 5
  • SOR/81-119, s. 6
  • SOR/87-508, s. 2
  • SOR/91-428, s. 2
  • SOR/93-59, s. 14
  •  (1) Subject to section 38, no person shall have in their possession at any time more fish of a species set out in column I of Schedule VI taken from the waters set out in column II than the number set out in column IV.

  • (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) and subsection 28(1), where a fish has been filleted, two fillets shall be regarded as one fish.

  • (3) Subject to subsection 38(3), no person shall have in his possession any fish taken by sport fishing at any place other than his permanent residence or transport any such fish unless the fish are

    • (a) whole;

    • (b) eviscerated; or

    • (c) filleted with the skin attached.

  • (4) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(c), fillets shall be separated before being frozen so that the number of fish can be readily determined.

  • (5) No person shall place, or permit to be placed, in a storage facility any fish taken by sport fishing unless such fish are identified by the name and the sport fishing licence number of the person who caught them.

  • SOR/79-485, s. 6
  • SOR/91-428, s. 3
  • SOR/2003-137, s. 3

 No person shall engage in sport fishing while employed as a guide by a person engaged in fishing.

  •  (1) No person shall, in any year, sportfish in the Tree River after notice is given by a fishery officer that 700 arctic char have been taken from that river in that year.

  • (2) No person fishing in the waters of the Tree River shall take away or cause to be taken away from those waters more than two arctic char during any fishing trip.

  • (3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to an Indian, Inuk or person of mixed blood.

  • (4) A notice referred to in subsection (1) shall be brought to the attention of the persons affected or likely to be affected by it by one or more of the methods set out in subsection 7(1) of the Fishery (General) Regulations.

  • SOR/81-119, s. 7
  • SOR/91-428, s. 4
  • SOR/93-59, s. 15
  •  (1) No person shall engage in spear fishing except while swimming and under authority of a sport fishing licence.

  • (2) [Repealed, SOR/2003-137, s. 4]

  • (3) All spears used in spear fishing shall be fastened to the spear gun or to the person operating the spear by a line of adequate strength to withstand without breaking any strain that is likely to be placed on the line while the gun is being operated.

  • (4) The shaft of every spear referred to in subsection (3) shall be fastened to the spear gun or the person using the spear by a line not exceeding 5 m in length.

  • (5) No person shall use, as a propellant in a spear gun, any explosive charge or any gas contained in a bottle or cartridge.

  • SOR/81-468, s. 5
  • SOR/2003-137, s. 4

 No person shall use or be in possession of a gaff while sport fishing.

  • SOR/78-369, s. 2
  •  (1) Notwithstanding subsection 7(1) but subject to subsection (2), no person shall use a dip net having a hoop width greater than 1 m in fishing for cisco and suckers.

  • (2) Any fish of a species other than ciscos and suckers taken by means of a dip net shall be returned to the water immediately.

  • SOR/79-485, s. 7
  • SOR/81-468, s. 6
  • SOR/93-59, s. 17(F)

 No person shall, while sport fishing,

  • (a) fish in open water with more than a single line or rod and line;

  • (b) fish through the ice with more than two lines or two rods with lines attached;

  • (c) have more than two hooks attached to a line; or

  • (d) leave any line with hooks attached unattended.

 No person shall engage in sport fishing in ice-covered water if he is more than 50 m from his line.

  • SOR/81-468, s. 7

 No person shall, when sport fishing, use any live fish for bait.

  • SOR/79-485, s. 8
  •  (1) No person engaged in angling shall use or possess a hook that is attached to the end of a fishing line if the hook is not a barbless hook.

  • (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to angling in Nunavut waters.

  • SOR/2004-38, s. 2
  • SOR/2005-108, s. 4

Size Limits

  •  (1) No person shall have in his possession

    • (a) any arctic grayling that is less than 36 cm fork length, or

    • (b) more than one northern pike that is more than 90 cm fork length

    taken from that portion of the Mackenzie River and tributary streams lying between 116° west longitude and 118° west longitude.

  • (2) No person shall

    • (a) possess more than one lake trout that is longer than 70 cm fork length taken from Stark Lake or Great Slave Lake, including all tributary streams from their mouths to 1 km upstream; or

    • (b) remove from the area referred to in paragraph (a) more than two lake trout.

  • (3) No person shall, on or adjacent to the waters described in subsection (1), have in his possession any Arctic grayling from which the head and tail have been removed unless the length of any such fish has been checked by a fishery officer before the head and tail were removed.

  • (4) No person shall

    • (a) possess more than two lake trout taken from the waters of the special management area described in item 1 of Schedule VIII; or

    • (b) remove from the area referred to in paragraph (a) more than one lake trout.

  • SOR/79-485, s. 9
  • SOR/81-468, s. 8
  • SOR/91-481, s. 4
  • SOR/2003-137, s. 5

 [Revoked, SOR/93-59, s. 16]

SCHEDULE I(Section 2)

Species of Game Fish

ItemCommon NameScientific Name
1Arctic CharSalvelinus alpinus
2Arctic CiscoCoregonus autumnalis
3Arctic GraylingThymallus arcticus
4Broad WhitefishCoregonus nasus
5Brook TroutSalvelinus fontinalis
6Bull TroutSalvelinus confluentus
7BurbotLota lota
8Dolly VardenSalvelinus malma
9GoldeyeHiodon alosoides
10InconnuStenodus leucichthys
11Lake CiscoCoregonus artedii
12Lake TroutSalvelinus namaycush
13Lake WhitefishCoregonus clupeaformis
14Least CiscoCoregonus sardinella
15Longnose SuckerCatostomus catostomus
16Northern PikeEsox lucius
17Rainbow TroutSalmo gairdneri
18Round WhitefishProsopium cylindraceum
19WalleyeStizostedion vitreum vitreum
20White SuckerCatostomus commersoni
  • SOR/78-369, s. 3
  • SOR/79-485, s. 11
  • SOR/81-119, s. 9
  • SOR/2004-38, ss. 3, 4
  • SOR/2005-108, s. 5

SCHEDULE II(Section 2)

PART IAreas of Great Slave Lake

Area I (West)

That portion of Great Slave Lake lying

  • (a) east of a line drawn from Point Desmarais in 61°00′48 north latitude and 116°28′12 west longitude to a point on Big Island in 61°05′18 north latitude and 116°30′06 west longitude; THENCE to a point on Big Island in 61°11′06 north latitude and 116°39′24 west longitude; and THENCE to a point in 61°12′26 north latitude and 116°41′06 west longitude; and

  • (b) west of a line drawn from Point de Roche to Slave Point.

Area I (East)

That portion of Great Slave Lake lying east of a line drawn from Point de Roche to Slave Point and west of a line drawn from Jones Point in 61°27′ north latitude and 115°43′ west longitude to Sulphur Point in 60°56′ north latitude and 114°49′ west longitude.

Area II

That portion of Great Slave Lake lying north and east of Area I (East) and south and west of a line drawn from the mouth of the north branch of the Jean River in 61°22′ north latitude and 113°33′ west longitude to the most northerly tip of Hardisty Island in 61°45′ north latitude and 114°37′ west longitude and THENCE to a fishing boundary marker on the mainland, and north of a straight line drawn between the mouth of the north branch of the Jean River and Slave Point to where the said line intersects the east boundary of Area I (East).

Area III

That portion of Great Slave Lake lying east of Area I (East) and south of Area II.

Area IV

That portion of Great Slave Lake lying between Area II and Water Area V.

Area V

That portion of Great Slave Lake lying east of the meridian of 113°30′00 west longitude and west of a line drawn from a point on the mainland in 62°04′43 north latitude 112°30′00 west longitude to a point on the north shore of Blanchette Island in 62°01′45 north latitude and 112°30′00″ west longitude, THENCE along the north shore of Blanchette Island to the most easterly point of Blanchette Island, THENCE to the most westerly point of Et Then Island, THENCE along the south shore of Et Then Island, THENCE along the south shore of Et Then Island to the most easterly point of Et Then Island THENCE due east to the mainland.

Area VI

That portion of Great Slave Lake lying east and north of Area V.

PART IIAreas of the Mackenzie River Delta and Lower Mackenzie River

Area I

That portion of the Mackenzie Delta bounded

  • (1) in the east by the west bank of the Middle Channel from the point at 67°41.5′ north latitude, 134°32.8′ west longitude to the point on the west bank of the Middle Channel at 68°13′ north latitude, 134°28′ west longitude;

  • (2) in the north by the parallel of latitude at 68°13′ north from the point on the west bank of the Middle Channel at 134°28′ west longitude to the point on the west bank of the Husky Channel at 135°06′ west longitude;

  • (3) in the west by the west bank of the Husky Channel from the point at 68°13′ north latitude, 135°06′ west longitude to the point where the Husky Channel meets the Peel River at 67°37′ north latitude, 134°52′ west longitude; and

  • (4) in the south by the south bank of the Peel River from the point at 67°37′ north latitude, 134°52′ west longitude to the point on the west bank of the Middle Channel at 67°41.5′ north latitude, 134°32.8′ west longitude.

Area II

That portion of the Mackenzie Delta bounded

  • (1) in the east by the east bank of the East Channel from the point at Point Separation at 67°37′ north latitude, 134°05′ west longitude to the point at 68°13′ north latitude, 133°47′ west longitude;

  • (2) in the north by the parallel of latitude at 68°13′ north from the point on the east bank of the East Channel at 133°47′ west longitude to the point on the west bank of the Middle Channel at 134°28′ west longitude;

  • (3) in the west by the west bank of the Middle Channel from the point at 68°13′ north latitude, 134°28′ west longitude to the point opposite Point Separation at 67°37′ north latitude, 134°10′ west longitude; and

  • (4) in the south by the parallel of latitude extending across the Mackenzie River at 67°37′ north from the point at 134°10′ west longitude to the point at Point Separation at 134°05′ west longitude.

Area III

That portion of the Mackenzie Delta bounded

  • (1) in the east by the west bank of the Middle Channel from the point at 68°13′ north latitude, 134°28′ west longitude to the junction of the Raymond Channel and the Middle Channel at 68°15.5′ north latitude, 134°25′ west longitude, then by the west bank of the Raymond Channel to the junction of the Raymond Channel and Napoiak Channel at 68°26′ north latitude, 134°24′ west longitude, then by the west bank of the Napoiak Channel to the point at the mouth of the Napoiak Channel at Shallow Bay at 68°41′ north latitude, 135°14′ west longitude, then by a line through Shallow Bay to the point at 68°59.5′ north latitude, 136°27′ west longitude;

  • (2) in the west by the meridian at 136°27′ west longitude from the point at 68°59.5′ north latitude to the Moose Channel at 68°44′ north latitude; then by the south bank of the Moose Channel to the point at the junction of the Moose Channel and the West Channel at 68°39′ north latitude, 135°45′ west longitude, then by the west bank of the West Channel to the community of Aklavik at 68°13′ north latitude, 135°00′ west longitude, then by the west bank of the Husky Channel to the point at 68°13′ north latitude, 135°06′ west longitude; and

  • (3) in the south by the parallel of latitude at 68°13′ north from the point on the west bank of the Husky Channel at 135°06′ west longitude to the point on the west bank of the Middle Channel at 134°28′ west longitude.

Area IV

That portion of the Mackenzie Delta bounded

  • (1) in the east by the east bank of the East Channel from the point at 68°13′ north latitude, 133°47′ west longitude to the Beaufort Sea, then by the coast of the Beaufort Sea to the point at 69°38′ north latitude, 132°54′ west longitude, then by the meridian at 132°54′ west longitude to the extent of the territorial sea of Canada as defined in subsection 3(1) of the Territorial Sea and Fishing Zones Act;

  • (2) in the north by the extent of the territorial sea of Canada as defined in subsection 3(1) of the Territorial Sea and Fishing Zones Act from the meridian at 132°54′ west longitude to the meridian at 136°27′ west longitude;

  • (3) in the west by the meridian at 136°27′ west longitude from the extent of the territorial sea of Canada as defined in subsection 3(1) of the Territorial Sea and Fishing Zones Act to the point at 68°59.5′ north latitude, then by a line through Shallow Bay to the point at 68°41′ north latitude, 135°14′ west longitude at the mouth of the Napoiak Channel, then by the west bank of the Napoiak Channel to the junction of the Napoiak Channel and the Raymond Channel at 68°26′ north latitude, 134°24′ west longitude, then by the west bank of the Raymond Channel to the junction of the Raymond Channel and the Middle Channel at 68°15.5′ north latitude, 134°25′ west longitude, then by the west bank of the Middle Channel to the point at 68°13′ north latitude, 134°28′ west longitude; and

  • (4) in the south by the parallel of latitude at 68°13′ north from the point on the west bank of the Middle Channel at 134°28′ west longitude to the point on the east bank of the East Channel at 133°47′ west longitude.

Area V

  • 1 That portion of the Mackenzie River bounded

    • (1) in the north by the parallel of latitude across the River at Point Separation at 67°37′ north latitude from the point at 134°05′ west longitude to the point at 134°10′ west longitude; and

    • (2) in the south by the meridian of longitude at 128°49′ west extending across the River at the confluence of the Mountain River at 65°41′ north latitude.

  • 2 Also that portion of the Arctic Red River from its confluence with the Mackenzie River to the point 16 km upstream at 67°19′ north latitude, 133°42′ west longitude.

Area VI

That portion of the Mackenzie River Delta bounded:

  • (1) in the east by a straight line joining a point at 68°40′ north latitude and 135°45′ west longitude to a point at 68°53′ north latitude and 135°45′ west longitude,

  • (2) in the north by a straight line joining a point at 68°53′ north latitude and 135°45′ west longitude to a point at 68°53′ north latitude and 136°27′ west longitude,

  • (3) in the west by a straight line joining a point at 68°53′ north latitude and 136°27′ west longitude to a point at 68°44′ north latitude and 136°27′ west longitude, and

  • (4) in the south by a straight line joining a point at 68°44′ north latitude and 136°27′ west longitude to a point at 68°38.5′ north latitude and 136°03′ west longitude, on the north bank of the Big Fish River and THENCE by the north bank of the Big Fish River from that point at 68°38.5′ north latitude and 136°03′ west longitude to the junction of the Big Fish River and Little Moose Channel and THENCE by a straight line across the mouth of the Big Fish River from the junction of the Big Fish River and Little Moose Channel to a point at 68°40′ north latitude and 135°52′ west longitude and THENCE by a straight line joining that point at 68°40′ north latitude and 135°52′ west longitude to a point at 68°40′ north latitude and 135°45′ west longitude.

  • SOR/78-720, s. 1
  • SOR/81-119, s. 10
  • SOR/81-468, s. 9
  • SOR/87-508, ss. 3 to 5
  • SOR/91-481, s. 5

SCHEDULE III(Sections 2 and 17)

PART IWaters Areas of Great Slave Lake Not Included in Areas Described in Schedule II

  • 1 Waters within 8 km of the shore between a line drawn 360° true from Point de Roche in 60°53′ north latitude and 116°07′ west longitude and a line drawn 360° true from Fish Point in 60°50′ north latitude and 115°22′ west true longitude.

  • 2 Waters within

    • (a) 16 km of the settlement of Resolution; or

    • (b) 8 km of the settlement of Trout Rock in 62°27′ north latitude and 114°58′ west longitude.

    • (c) [Repealed, SOR/2004-38, s. 5]

  • 3 Waters lying north and west of a line drawn across the North Arm from Whitebeach Point in 62°28′ north latitude and 115°16′ west longitude, to a point on the mainland at 62°31′ north latitude and 115°13′ west longitude.

  • 4 Waters of Yellowknife Bay north of a line drawn from the northernmost tip of Ruth Island (62°19′ north latitude and 114°14′ west longitude) in a westerly direction to the northernmost tip of Inner Island (62°18′ north latitude and 114°18′ west longitude) THENCE in a westerly direction to an island at 62°19′ north latitude and 114°27′ west longitude and THENCE in a northwesterly direction to a point on the mainland at 62°21′ north latitude and 114°30′ west longitude.

  • 5 All of the waters of Great Slave Lake lying east and north of Area V including the waters of Stark Lake and the river connecting Stark Lake and Great Slave Lake.

PART IIWater Areas Closed to Commercial Fishing

  • 1 Waters of Rankin Inlet within 8 km of the mouth of the Diana River at 62°50′ north latitude and 92°24′ west longitude.

  • 2 Waters of Prairie Bay in Rankin Inlet within 8 km of the mouth of the Meliadine River at 62°52′ north latitude and 92°06 west longitude.

  • SOR/81-468, s. 10
  • SOR/83-503, s. 1
  • SOR/2004-38, s. 5

SCHEDULE IV(Section 4)

Licences, Validation Stamps and Certificate

Column IColumn II
1Commercial fishing licence
  • (a) Northwest Territories resident

$ 5.00
  • (b) a beneficiary fishing within the Inuvialuit Settlement Region

No fee
  • (c) any other person

10.00
2Domestic fishing licence
  • (a) a person 65 years of age or over

No fee
  • (b) any other person

10.00
3Sport fishing licence
  • (a) Northwest Territories resident (annual)

10.00
  • (b) resident Canadian (annual)

20.00
  • (c) resident Canadian (three days)

15.00
  • (c.1) resident Canadian (one day)

10.00
  • (d) non-resident (annual)

40.00
  • (e) non-resident (three days)

30.00
  • (e.1) non-resident (one day)

10.00
  • (f) a person described in paragraph 27(1)(a) or (b) fishing in a special management area

No fee
  • (g) a beneficiary fishing within Inuvialuit Settlement Region

No fee
3.1Special management area fishing licence
  • (a) a person described in paragraph 27(1)(a) or (b)

No fee
  • (b) any other person

9.00
3.2Validation of a licence for a special management area
  • (a) a person described in paragraph 27(1)(a) or (b)

No fee
  • (b) any other person

1.00
3.3Validation of a licence for the Inuvialuit Settlement RegionNo fee
4Commercial fishing vessel or vehicle certificate for Great Slave Lake
  • (a) Class A

50.00
  • (b) Class B

25.00
5Helper’s Licence for Great Slave LakeNo fee

SCHEDULE V(Sections 17, 18 and 19)

Species, Mesh Sizes, Closed Seasons and Quotas for Commercial Fishing

Column IColumn IIColumn IIIColumn IVColumn V
WatersSpeciesMesh Size (in millimetres)Closed SeasonsQuota — (in Kilograms round weight)
REGION I — MACKENZIE DELTA
1Alfred Lake

(65-34N, 126-33W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 152,800
2Akyuk Lake

(70-04N, 127-10W)

Whitefish and Trout139September 1 to October 31700
3Billy Lake

(69-10N, 124-08W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63September 1 to October 315,400
4Biname Lake

(69-04N, 124-35W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63September 1 to October 318,200
5Brackett Lake

(65-13N, 125-20W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 152,800
6Cape Parry Area

(69-30N, 124-45W)

Cod139September 1 to October 3111,400
Herring63June 1 to June 3020,000
Whitefish and Trout139September 1 to October 31300
7Doris Lake

(65-10N, 128-15W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15300
8Eskimo (Husky) Lake

(69-20N, 132-30W)

Whitefish139September 1 to October 3111,400
Cisco63September 1 to October 3111,400
Lake trout139September 1 to October 3111,400
Inconnu139September 1 to October 311,200
9Hornaday River

(69-20N, 123-45W)

Arctic char (searun)139August 15 to October 156,800
10Lennie Lake

(65-34N, 126-33W)

Whitefish139August 15 to October 152,800
11Liverpool Bay

(69-45N, 130-00W)

Herring63June 1 to June 3020,000
Cisco63September 1 to October 3111,400
Inconnu139September 1 to October 311,200
12Mackenzie River Delta Area IWhitefish139May 15 to June 152,300
Arctic char139August 7 to September 15900
Lake trout139May 15 to June 152,300
Cisco63May 15 to June 152,300
Burbot and Northern pike139May 15 to June 154,600
13Mackenzie Delta Area IIBurbot and Northern pike139May 15 to June 154,600
Cisco63May 15 to June 152,300
Whitefish139May 15 to June 159,100
Lake trout139May 15 to June 152,300
14Mackenzie Delta Area IIIWhitefish139May 15 to June 1545,500
Cisco63May 15 to June 152,300
Lake trout139May 15 to June 152,300
Burbot and Northern pike139May 15 to June 154,600
15Mackenzie Delta Area IVHerring63May 15 to June 1520,000
Lake trout139May 15 to June 152,300
Inconnu139May 15 to June 154,600
Whitefish139May 15 to June 154,600
16Mackenzie Delta Area VWhitefish139May 15 to June 154,600
Herring63May 15 to June 15500
Cisco63May 15 to June 15500
17Mahoney Lake

(65-30N, 125-20W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 154,600
18Manuel Lake

(67-00N, 128-56W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15800
19Middle Lake

(70-02N, 127-02W)

Whitefish and Trout139September 1 to October 31700
20Old Horton River

(70-08N, 127-30W)

Whitefish, Trout and Arctic char139September 1 to October 31900
21Peel River

(67-37N, 134-52W)

Junction of Satah R.

Whitefish139May 15 to June 152,300
22Reuben Lake

(69-16N, 124-16W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63September 1 to October 311,600
23Rorey Lake

(66-55N, 128-25W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15800
24[Repealed, SOR/2011-194, s. 2]
25Sitidgi Lake

(68-30N, 132-40W)

Whitefish and Trout139May 15 to June 15300
26Tagatui Lake

(64-57N, 125-12W)

Whitefish139August 15 to October 15900
27Tasseriuk Lake

(69-24N, 124-40W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63September 1 to October 317,200
28Thrasher Lake

(69-16N, 124-08W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63September 1 to October 311,600
29Whitefish Lake

(65-43N, 125-00W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15500
30Unnamed Lake

(69-12N, 123-50W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63September 1 to October 311,400
31Unnamed Lake

(69-12N, 123-59W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63September 1 to October 31900
32Unnamed Lake

(69-14N, 123-45W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63September 1 to October 31400
33Unnamed Lake

(69-28N, 124-28W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63September 1 to October 313,000
34Unnamed Lake

(69-37N, 124-20W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63September 1 to October 31300
REGION II — SLAVE MACKENZIE
1Beaver Lake

(61-07N, 117-08W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 1520,800
2Bedarch Lake

(60-19N, 109-57W)

Whitefish and Trout139September 1 to October 312,000
3Bennathy Lake

(60-38N, 110-33W)

Whitefish and Trout139September 1 to October 31900
4Blackwater Lake

(64-00N, 123-05W)

Whitefish and Trout139September 1 to October 3112,500
5Champagne Lakes

(60-40N, 111-10W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15300
6Deskenatlata Lake

(60-55N, 112-03W)

Whitefish, Trout and Walleye133August 15 to October 153,600
7Disappointment Lake

(60-05N, 110-27W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,400
8Dogface (Trefiak) Lake

(60-17N, 119-05W)

Walleye108April 15 to June 152,300
9Fork Lake

(60-53N, 111-05W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15900
10Gagnon Lake

(62-08N, 110-27W)

Whitefish and Trout133August 15 to October 156,300
11Gertrude Lake

(60-23N, 111-21W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15200
11.1Grandin Lake

(63-59N, 119-00W)

Whitefish and Trout133August 15 to October 1513,000
12Great Slave Lake Area I (West)Whitefish and Troutn/aMay 15 to May 30227,300
13Great Slave Lake Area I (East)Whitefish and Troutn/aMay 15 to May 30318,200
14Great Slave Lake Area IIWhitefish and Troutn/aMay 15 to May 30318,200
15Great Slave Lake Area IIIWhitefish and Troutn/aMay 15 to May 3045,500
16Great Slave Lake Area IVWhitefish and Troutn/aMay 15 to May 30409,100
17Great Slave Lake Area VWhitefish and Troutn/aMay 15 to May 30363,600
18Hanging Ice Lake

(60-13N, 110-55W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15700
19High Level Lake

(60-50N, 110-39W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15700
20Hjalmar Lake

(61-33N, 109-25W)

Whitefish and Trout133August 15 to October 158,800
21Hotel Lake

(60-25N, 110-05W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,000
22Indian Shack Lake

(60-39N, 111-05W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15500
23Jack Lake

(60-46N, 111-08W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15300
24Kakisa Lake

(60-55N, 117-40W)

Walleye108May 15 to May 3020,000
25Keller Lake

(64-00N, 121-25W)

Whitefish and Trout133August 15 to October 1522,700
26King Lake

(61-05N, 110-32W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 153,000
27Lac La Loche

(62-02N, 110-53W)

Whitefish and Trout133August 15 to October 155,200
28[Repealed, SOR/2011-194, s. 5]
29Largepike Lake

(60-04N, 110-19W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,900
30Leland Lake

(60-00N, 110-59W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15600
31McDonald Lake

(62-07N, 111-13W)

Whitefish and Trout133August 15 to October 154,600
32McEwan Lake

(60-48N, 119-57W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15600
33MacInnis Lake

(61-21N, 110-12W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 152,300
34Margaret Lake

(63-40N, 109-47W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 155,600
35Mistigi Lake

(60-25N, 111-47W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15500
36Naskethey Lake

(61-19N, 109-24W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,700
37Naylor Lake

(60-33N, 111-27W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15300
38Nonacho Lake

(61-42N, 109-40W)

Whitefish and Trout133August 15 to October 1531,800
39O’Conner Lake

(61-18N, 111-52W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 152,300
40Oulton Lake

(60-46N, 111-20W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,000
41Piers Lake

(60-20N, 111-06W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 154,200
42Reade Lake

(60-53N, 119-55W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15300
43Robinson Lake

(60-48N, 110-55W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15600
44Ruelling Lake

(61-22N, 109-33W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,900
45Rutledge Lake

(61-33N, 110-47W)

Whitefish and Trout133August 15 to October 159,500
46Salkeld Lake

(61-35N, 109-50W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,800
46.1Scott Lake

(60-00N, 106-05W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 1521,000
47Shark Lake

(60-29N, 109-32W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15600
48Sibbeston Lake

(61-47N, 122-43W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15500
49Soulier Lake

(60-41N, 110-08W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,900
50Sparks Lake

(61-12N, 109-40W)

Whitefish and Trout133August 15 to October 156,500
51Taltson Lake

(61-30N, 110-15W)

Whitefish and Trout133August 15 to October 154,600
52Taltson River mouth to confluence of Rat R.

(61-20N, 112-40W)

Walleye114April 15 to June 1511,400
53Tathlina Lake

(60-30N, 117-30W)

Walleye108May 15 to May 3020,000
54Telklini Lake

(60-02N, 111-15W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15400
55Tetcho Lake

(60-25N, 120-45W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,000
56Thekulthili Lake

(61-03N, 110-04W)

Whitefish and Trout133August 15 to October 1513,800
57Thubun Lakes

(61-34N, 111-45W)

Whitefish and Trout133August 15 to October 159,300
58Tourangeau Lake

(60-19N, 110-31W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,400
59Trainor Lake

(60-24N, 120-17W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,900
60Tronka Chua Lake

(61-30N, 109-54W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,900
61Trudel Lake

(60-21N, 111-19W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15200
62Tsetso Lake

(61-51N, 123-01W)

Walleye114April 15 to June 15800
63Vandyck Lake

(60-12N, 109-28W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,200
64Walker Lake

(61-52N, 109-57W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15600
65Willow Lake

(62-11N, 119-10W)

Whitefish and Trout133August 15 to October 151,400
66Wrigley Lake

(63-51N, 126-10W)

Whitefish and Trout133August 15 to October 151,700
67Yatsore Lake

(60-46N, 110-15W)

Whitefish and Trout133August 15 to October 152,400
68Zinto Lake

(61-06N, 116-22W)

Whitefish and Trout133August 15 to October 154,200
69Unnamed Lake

(60-10N, 117-55W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,800
70Unnamed Lake

(60-10N, 118-10W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,100
71Unnamed Lake

(61-15N, 111-59W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15700
72Unnamed Lake

(61-28N, 109-35W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 155,000
73Unnamed Lake

(61-50N, 119-28W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,700
74Unnamed Lake

(61-51N, 119-27W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,500
75Unnamed Lake

(61-51N, 119-32W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15800
REGION III — CENTRAL INLAND
1Alcantara Lake

(60-57N, 108-09W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 152,300
2Angus Lake

(63-27N, 111-57W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,400
3Arseno Lake

(64-34N, 115-39W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 152,300
4Atzinging Lake

(60-13N, 103-10W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 156,000
5Bartlett Lake

(63-05N, 118-20W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 1511,200
6Basler Lake

(63-55N, 116-00W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 156,000
7Belanger Lake

(66-08N, 114-57W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15600
8Beaverlodge Lake

(64-42N, 118-12W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 152,300
9Beniah Lake

(63-24N, 112-17W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 155,700
10Big Rocky Lake

(62-19N, 102-15W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 154,200
11Blaisdelle Lake

(62-47N, 113-34W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15800
12Blatchford Lake

(62-11N, 112-35W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,500
13Buckham Lake

(62-18N, 112-37W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,900
14Camsell Lake

(63-35N, 111-15W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 159,100
15[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5]
16Chedabucto Lake

(62-24N, 115-30W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 152,600
17Chipp Lake

(62-28N, 112-38W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 154,500
18Crapaud Lake

(62-56N, 114-01W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15400
19Desperation Lake

(62-35N, 112-25W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,500
20Doran Lake

(61-14N, 108-05W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 152,900
21[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5]
22Germaine Lake

(63-13N, 114-35W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,000
23Gordon Lake

(63-10N, 113-12W)

Whitefish and Trout133August 15 to October 156,300
24[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5]
25Grant Lake

(64-54N, 116-35W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 153,100
26Halliday Lake

(61-21N, 108-56W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 152,700
27Hardisty Lake

(64-30N, 117-45W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 1518,500
28Helmer Lake

(62-50N, 114-03W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15700
29Hottah Lake

(65-00N, 118-30W)

Whitefish and Trout133August 15 to October 1549,200
30Ingray Lake

(64-20N, 116-10W)

Whitefish and Trout133August 15 to October 158,600
31Kasba Lake

(60-18N, 102-07W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 1575,900
32Labrish Lake

(63-40N, 116-15W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15800
33Lac La Martre

(63-20N, 118-00W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 1545,000
34Little Crapeau Lake

(64-50N, 116-27W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 152,300
35Markham Lake

(62-30N, 102-37W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 156,500
36Mary Lake

(62-24N, 103-31W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 159,200
37Mattberry Lake

(64-05N, 115-54W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 155,400
38Mazenod Lake

(63-42N, 117-02W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 152,200
39Mackay Lake

(63-55N, 110-25W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 1567,400
40Mosher Lake

(63-06N, 115-26W)

Walleye114August 15 to October 151,100
41Pauline Lake

(62-03N, 113-12W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15700
42Plante Lake

(62-31N, 113-34W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15500
43Porter Lake

(61-41N, 108-05W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 156,100
44Prestige Lake

(62-57N, 113-39W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15500
45Rebesca Lake

(64-32N, 116-22W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 153,700
46Rivett Lake

(63-18N, 111-48W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,800
47Ross Lake

(62-41N, 113-16W)

Whitefish and Trout133August 15 to October 151,800
48Saddle Lake

(63-54N, 116-31W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 155,100
49[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5]
50Selwyn Lake

(60-05N, 104-25W)

Whitefish and Trout133August 15 to October 1522,700
51Slemon Lake

(63-13N, 116-01W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 152,700
52Sparrow Lake

(62-37N, 113-40W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15900
53Thistlethwaite Lake

(63-10N, 113-37W)

Whitefish and Trout133August 15 to October 151,900
54Upper Ross Lake

(62-43N, 113-08W)

Whitefish and Trout133August 15 to October 15600
55Victory Lake

(62-40N, 113-05W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15800
56Wecho Lake

(63-58N, 113-50W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 156,000
57Wedge Lake

(62-51N, 113-41W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15600
58Whitefish Lake

(62-41N, 106-48W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15300
59Unnamed Lake

(62-32N, 113-48W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,000
60Unnamed Lake

(62-45N, 114-05W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15800
61Unnamed Lake

(62-45N, 114-07W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,400
62Unnamed Lake

(63-16N, 116-15W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 15500
REGION IV — CENTRAL ARCTIC
1Agnew River Area Ilaunnallic Bay

(70-40N, 92-40W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 314,500
2Arrowsmith River

(68-23N, 90-17W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 319,100
2.1Back River

(67-15N, 95-15W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 319,100
3Becher River

(68-45N, 90-08W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 314,500
4Buffit Lake

(69-43N, 106-55W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 311,200
5Casey Lake

(69-37N, 107-50W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 313,400
6Coppermine River

(67-49N, 115-04W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 31600
7Curtis River (Committee Bay)

(67-12N, 87-28W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 314,500
8Ekalluk Lake

(69-45N, 104-30W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 319,100
9Ekalluk River

(69-25N, 106-17W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 3114,500
10Ellice River

(68-03N, 104-00W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 319,100
11Ferguson Lake

(69-25N, 105-30W)

Trout139April 1 to March 3111,200
12Flying Horse Lake

(69-47N, 105-12W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 314,100
13Halovik River (30 Mi. R.)

(69-10N, 107-04W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 316,800
13.1Hayes River

(67-08N, 95-17W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 314,500
14Jayco River, Albert Edward Bay

(69-34N, 103-21W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 3113,600
15[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5]
16Kagloryuak River

(70-18N, 111-24W)

Arctic char (searun)139September 1 to October 314,500
16.1Kaleet River

(67-40N, 97-11W)

Arctic cisco63April 1 to March 311,000
17Keith Bay (Committee Bay)

(68-15N, 88-15W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 314,500
18Kellett River

(68-21N, 90-07W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 319,100
19Kitiga Lake

(69-15N, 105-40W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 316,400
20Kulgayuk River (Dease Pt.)

(68-16N, 105-03W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 3111,400
21Kuujjuar River, Minto Inlet Area

(71-16N, 116-48W)

Arctic char (searun)139September 1 to October 31600
22Lauchlan River (Byron Bay)

(68-56N, 108-30W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 319,100
23Lord Lindsay Lake

(70-10N, 92-25W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 313,000
24Merkley Lake

(69-45N, 107-40W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 315,500
25Murchison River

(68-35N, 93-30W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 319,100
26Norway Bay River Area

(71-05N, 104-33W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 314,500
27Paliryuak (Surrey) River

(69-27N, 106-40W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 319,100
28Pangtium Lake

(69-42N, 106-22W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 311,100
29Perry River

(67-43N, 102-10W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 314,500
30Port Parry Area

(69-40N, 97-20W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,300
31Shead Lake

(69-40N, 108-24W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 314,500
32Simpson River

(67-48N, 100-45W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 314,500
33Stanwell-Fletcher Lake

(72-39N, 94-41W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 316,800
34Surrey Lake

(69-40N, 107-13W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 319,100
35Tahoe Lake

(70-15N, 108-45W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 319,100
36[Repealed, SOR/2011-194, s. 14]
37Toassie Lake

(69-41N, 106-39W)

Whitefish and Arctic cisco139April 1 to March 31900
38Washburn Lake

(70-05N, 107-30W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 3114,500
39Wickware Lake

(69-48N, 108-25W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 314,100
40Unnamed River, east of Ellice River

(67-53N, 103-07W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 3111,400
41Unnamed River (Dease Pt.)

(68-16N, 104-58W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 319,100
42Unnamed Lake

(68-55N, 104-53W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31800
43Unnamed Lake

(68-57N, 104-17W)

Lake Trout, Whitefish and Arctic char (landlocked)139April 1 to March 312,700
44Unnamed Lake

(68-57N, 104-45W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 311,000
45Unnamed Lake

(68-57N, 104-58W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
46Unnamed Lake

(69-00N, 104-22W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31600
47Unnamed Lake

(69-01N, 104-38W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31300
48Unnamed Lake

(69-02N, 103-17W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 311,100
49Unnamed Lake

(69-03N, 104-47W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31400
50Unnamed Lake

(69-04N, 103-01W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 311,600
51Unnamed Lake

(69-04N, 103-14W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 312,200
52Unnamed Lake

(69-04N, 103-55W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 311,500
53Unnamed Lake

(69-04N, 104-20W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 311,400
54Unnamed Lake

(69-04N, 104-47W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31400
55Unnamed Lake

(69-05N, 104-10W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 311,800
56Unnamed Lake

(69-05N, 104-40W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 312,100
57Unnamed Lake

(69-06N, 103-40W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31800
58Unnamed Lake

(69-06N, 104-00W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
59Unnamed Lake

(69-06N, 104-40W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 312,100
60Unnamed Lake

(69-07N, 104-50W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31300
61Unnamed Lake

(69-09N, 102-57W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 312,600
62Unnamed Lake

(69-09N, 104-10W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31400
63Unnamed Lake

(69-09N, 104-42W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
64Unnamed Lake

(69-09N, 105-20W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31800
65Unnamed Lake

(69-11N, 103-55W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
66Unnamed Lake

(69-11N, 105-24W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 311,400
67Unnamed Lake

(69-12N, 103-50W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 311,500
68Unnamed Lake

(69-12N, 104-44W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 311,100
69Unnamed Lake

(69-14N, 103-31W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31700
70Unnamed Lake

(69-14N, 104-05W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 313,200
71Unnamed Lake

(69-14N, 105-18W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 311,400
72Unnamed Lake

(69-15N, 104-35W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 311,000
73Unnamed Lake

(69-15N, 104-44W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 311,400
74Unnamed Lake

(69-15N, 105-07W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31800
75Unnamed Lake

(69-17N, 104-05W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
76Unnamed Lake

(69-16N, 104-06W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
77Unnamed Lake

(69-16N, 105-05W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
78Unnamed Lake

(69-17N, 104-42W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 311,100
79Unnamed Lake

(69-18N, 104-52W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31300
80Unnamed Lake

(69-17N, 104-45W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 311,200
81Unnamed Lake

(69-19N, 104-57W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31300
82Unnamed Lake

(69-22N, 103-10W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 312,300
83Unnamed Lake

(69-22N, 105-05W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 313,200
84Unnamed Lake

(69-23N, 103-49W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 311,100
85Unnamed Lake

(69-23N, 103-57W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 312,500
86Unnamed Lake

(69-24N, 104-01W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 311,200
87Unnamed Lake

(69-28N, 104-06W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
88Unnamed Lake

(69-29N, 104-02W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 311,400
89Unnamed Lake

(69-31N, 105-47W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
90Unnamed Lake

(69-32N, 106-01W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31600
91Unnamed Lake

(69-33N, 104-05W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31700
92Unnamed Lake

(69-33N, 104-35W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
93Unnamed Lake

(69-33N, 105-37W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
94Unnamed Lake

(69-33N, 105-46W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31300
95Unnamed Lake

(69-33N, 105-50W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
96Unnamed Lake

(69-33N, 106-58W)

Arctic char (landlocked)73April 1 to March 311,000
97Unnamed Lake

(69-34N, 104-10W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31700
98Unnamed Lake

(69-34N, 104-58W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
99Unnamed Lake

(69-34N, 105-47W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 311,600
100Unnamed Lake

(69-35N, 104-25W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 312,600
101Unnamed Lake

(69-35N, 104-58W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
102Unnamed Lake

(69-36N, 105-29W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31400
103Unnamed Lake

(69-37N, 104-57W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31400
104Unnamed Lake

(69-37N, 105-46W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
105Unnamed Lake

(69-37N, 105-48W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
106Unnamed Lake

(69-38N, 105-20W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
107Unnamed Lake

(69-38N, 105-32W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
108Unnamed Lake

(69-38N, 105-39W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 311,100
109Unnamed Lake

(69-38N, 105-57W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31800
110Unnamed Lake

(69-38N, 106-02W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31600
111Unnamed Lake

(69-39N, 106-00W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31300
112Unnamed Lake

(69-39N, 106-01W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31300
113Unnamed Lake

(69-40N, 104-05W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 314,800
114Unnamed Lake

(69-41N, 104-10W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31400
115Unnamed Lake

(69-41N, 104-37W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
116Unnamed Lake

(69-40N, 105-18W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31900
117Unnamed Lake

(69-42N, 104-50W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 311,500
118Unnamed Lake

(69-42N, 105-52W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31800
118.1Unnamed Lake

(69-42N, 106-25W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 319,100
119Unnamed Lake

(69-43N, 104-07W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
120Unnamed Lake

(69-43N, 105-27W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 312,100
121Unnamed Lake

(69-43N, 105-42W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
122Unnamed Lake

(69-43N, 105-47W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31900
123Unnamed Lake

(69-45N, 104-00W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 316,100
124Unnamed Lake

(69-45N, 104-20W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 313,500
125Unnamed Lake

(69-48N, 104-12W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31800
126Unnamed Lake

(69-48N, 104-59W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 311,200
127Unnamed Lake

(69-50N, 104-00W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 317,700
128Unnamed Lake

(69-50N, 104-07W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
129Unnamed Lake

(69-52N, 104-06W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 311,100
130Unnamed Lake

(69-52N, 104-15W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
131Unnamed Lake

(69-53N, 104-20W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 311,000
132Unnamed Lake

(69-53N, 104-26W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
133Unnamed Lake

(69-55N, 104-08W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
134Unnamed Lake

(69-55N, 105-06W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 311,400
135Unnamed Lake

(69-56N, 104-15W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 311,800
136Unnamed Lake

(69-57N, 104-00W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 314,800
137Unnamed Lake

(69-57N, 104-10W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 314,300
138Unnamed Lake

(69-57N, 104-20W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31700
139Unnamed Lake

(69-57N, 104-29W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31700
140Unnamed Lake

(69-58N, 104-12W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 31500
141Unnamed Lake

(69-58N, 104-34W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 312,000
142Unnamed River and Lake

(69-35N, 112-58W)

Arctic char (searun) and Lake trout139April 1 to March 31900
143Unnamed River, Cape Adelaide Area, Nauyuak

(69-16N, 102-00W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 314,500
144Unnamed River Collinson Peninsula

(69-56N, 101-25W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 314,500
REGION V — KEEWATIN
1Alda Lake

(65-45N, 88-56W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 31900
2[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5]
3Baker Lake

(64-19N, 96-03W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 3122,700
4Baker Foreland

(62-55N, 90-48W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,300
5Banks Lake

(63-10N, 94-25W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 311,400
6Baralzon Lake

(60-00N, 98-00W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 312,700
7Belcher Islands Area

(56-15N, 78-45W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 314,500
Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 31900
8Bennett Bay, Wager Bay

(65-55N, 89-40W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,300
9[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5]
10Blakely Lake

(63-18N, 94-55W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 31400
11Boland Lake

(61-41N, 99-38W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 314,000
12Bray Lake

(61-29N, 98-04W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 31700
13Brown River

(65-55N, 90-55W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 316,800
13.1Button Bay (Churchill Area)

(58-45N, 94-23W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 31500
14Carr Lake

(62-05N, 95-45W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 311,000
14.1Casimir Lake

(61-30N, 102-45W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 1514,500
15Charlie Lake

(60-00N, 100-35W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 311,700
16Chesterfield Inlet (Fish Bay)

(63-19N, 90-45W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,300
17Churchill River Area

(58-47N, 94-12W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 31500
Whitefish139April 1 to March 31500
Cisco63April 1 to March 31500
18Christie Lake

(66-49N, 87-10W)

Whitefish, Trout and Arctic char139April 1 to March 31900
19Cleveland River

(65-13N, 84-48W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 319,100
20Copperneedle River

(61-52N, 93-37W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 314,500
21Corbett Inlet

(62-28N, 92-20W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 314,500
22Cullaton Lake

(61-20N, 98-26W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 31800
23de Bartok Lake

(60-14N, 99-00W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 318,000
24Diana Lake

(62-58N, 92-45W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,300
25Dubawnt Lake

(63-08N, 101-30W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 31214,000
26East Point

(63-44N, 91-56W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 311,000
26.1Ecklund Lake

(62-28N, 102-59W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 1520,100
27Elliot Lake

(61-05N, 99-27W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 319,300
28Eskimo Point Area

(61-07N, 94-04W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 314,500
29Ferguson River

(62-03N, 93-20W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 3113,600
30Flett Lake

(60-25N, 104-09W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 1513,000
31Garry Lake

(66-00N, 100-00W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 317,600
32[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5]
33Gordon River

(64-31N, 87-49W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 311,100
34Gore Bay

(66-19N, 84-24W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 313,600
35Grant Lake

(63-38N, 100-30W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 312,600
36Hanway River

(63-32N, 92-23W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,300
37Haviland Bay Area

(66-31N, 85-25W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,300
38Jenne Lake

(60-31N, 103-36W)

Whitefish and Trout139August 15 to October 151,000
39Josephine River

(63-02N, 90-41W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 314,500
40Kamarvik Creek

(64-45N, 87-29W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,300
41Kaminak Lake

(62-10N, 95-00W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 3122,700
42Kaminuriak Lake

(62-55N, 95-30W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 3145,500
43Machum Lake

(63-15N, 92-35W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 31800
44MacQuoid Lake

(63-25N, 94-40W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 311,000
45Maguse River

(61-17N, 94-03W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 314,500
46Mallery Lake

(63-55N, 98-25W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 3116,200
47McAleese Lake

(60-19N, 98-38W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 313,800
48Merles Harbour

(63-42N, 91-24W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,300
49Mistake Bay

(62-10N, 92-57W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,300
50North Henik Lake

(61-45N, 97-40W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 3114,000
51North Pole River

(66-32N, 86-45W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,300
52North Pole Lake

(66-37N, 86-53W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 31500
53Nueltin Lake

(60-30N, 99-30W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 3175,800
54O’Neil Lake

(62-27N, 95-17W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 31500
55Parker Lake A

(63-30N, 95-15W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 311,900
56Parker Lake B

(63-17N, 95-15W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 311,500
57Peter Lake

(63-08N, 92-48W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 317,600
58Piksimanik River (Douglas Harbour)

(65-38N, 88-24W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,300
59Pistol Bay

(62-28N, 92-44W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,300
60Pitz Lake

(64-00N, 96-45W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 312,300
61Princess Mary Lake

(64-00N, 97-35W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 313,800
62Quartzite Lake

(62-25N, 94-35W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 31900
63Ranger Seal Bay

(63-45N, 91-42W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 319,100
64Rankin Inlet Area

(62-45N, 92-05W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 319,100
65Robinhood Bay

(63-45N, 92-02W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 316,800
66Sandy Point

(61-44N, 93-15W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 31900
67Savage Lake

(62-24N, 95-20W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 31300
68Schultz Lake

(64-45N, 97-30W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 313,000
69Snowbank River

(65-53N, 86-22W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,300
70South Henik Lake

(61-30N, 97-30W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 3128,800
71Steep Bank Bay

(63-36N, 91-37W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 314,500
72Stoney Point Area

(63-51N, 92-48W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 316,800
73Tebesjuak Lake

(63-40N, 99-00W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 3137,900
74Tehek Lake

(64-55N, 95-38W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 313,800
75Thomsen River

(65-31N, 85-15W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 314,200
76Wallace River

(61-37N, 93-41W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,300
77[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5]
78Whitehills Lake

(64-35N, 96-00W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 311,400
79Wilson Bay

(62-18N, 92-53W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 3110,000
80Windy Lake

(60-20N, 100-02W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 3118,300
81Unnamed River

(61-33N, 93-50W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,300
82Unnamed River

(61-57N, 93-22W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,300
83Unnamed River

(63-32N, 92-35W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 316,800
84Unnamed River

(63-32N, 92-50W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 316,800
85Unnamed River (Wager Bay)

(65-15N, 87-41W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,300
86Unnamed Lake (Repulse Bay Area)

(66-43N, 87-03W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 311,400
87Unnamed Lake (Repulse Bay Area)

(66-51N, 87-17W)

Whitefish and Trout139April 1 to March 311,100
88Unnamed River (Big River, Barbour Bay)

(63-32N, 92-27W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 31900
REGION VI — BAFFIN-HIGH ARCTIC
1Adams Island Lake and River

(71-24N, 73-13W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 31700
2Amadjuak Lake

(65-00N, 71-00W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 319,100
3[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5]
4Ayr Lake

(70-24N, 70-15W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 316,800
5Blandford Bay River

(63-35N, 71-11W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 31900
6[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5]
7Cape Adair Lake and River

(71-30N, 71-55W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,300
8Circle Lake

(66-32N, 64-10W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 313,400
9Clyde Inlet

(69-50N, 70-30W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,300
10Cockburn River

(70-26N, 78-41W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 315,000
11Coutts Inlet Area

(71-43N, 76-02W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 31900
12[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5]
13Duart Lake and River Dexterity Fjord

(71-20N, 72-47W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 31700
14Eqe Bay Area

(69-40N, 76-25W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 31900
15Erichsen Lake

(70-40N, 80-41W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 319,100
16Feachem Bay Lake and River

(71-53N, 74-20W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 31900
17[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5]
18Gifford River

(70-19N, 83-03W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 313,600
19Hall Lake

(68-41N, 82-17W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 3111,400
20 and 21[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5]
21.1Ijaruvung Lake

(66-43N, 67-46W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,000
21.2Ikaluit Lake (Robert Peel Inlet)

(65-02N, 67-07W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 311,400
21.3Ikaluit River (Tay Sound)

(71-58N, 79-15W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 311,400
21.4Ikalukjuak Lake and River

(66-25N, 66-29W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 311,400
21.5Ikikeesarjuk Lake

(71-12N, 87-22W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 311,000
21.6Ikpik River and Lake Gillian

(69-30N, 75-30W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 313,200
21.7Ikpikiturjuaq Lake

(70-21N, 78-24W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 311,100
21.8Iqalujjuaq Fjord

(65-43N, 64-51W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 311,400
22Irvine Inlet McKeand River Area

(65-30N, 68-00W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 314,500
23Isortog River

(70-00N, 76-59W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 315,000
23.1Kangisuajuq Lake

(64-40N, 73-21W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,700
24Kingnait Fjord

(66-15N, 64-22W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 314,500
25[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5]
26Kukaluk River

(70-13N, 81-57W)

Arctic char (searun or landlocked)139April 1 to March 313,600
26.1Kuutannak River

(69-55N, 67-13W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 311,400
27Lethbridge Lake and River

(71-02N, 73-55W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 311,400
27.1Magda River

(71-39N, 84-37W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,000
28[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5]
29Neergaard Lake

(70-24N, 79-35W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 314,500
30Newton Fjord Area

(63-07N, 66-07W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,300
31Nettilling Lake

(66-30N, 70-55W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 3122,700
32Nudlung Fjord

(68-21N, 67-27W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 314,500
33Okalik Bay

(64-01N, 65-11W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 31900
33.1Opingivik Lake

(65-14N, 67-22W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 311,000
34[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5]
35Padle Fjord Area

(66-47N, 63-47W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 313,600
36Padloping Island Area

(67-03N, 62-45W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 31900
37Paquet Bay River and Lake

(71-38N, 77-20W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,300
38Phillips Creek

(71-53N, 80-58W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 311,800
39Piling Lake and River

(69-00N, 75-00W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 311,800
40Port Burwell Area

(60-25N, 64-50W)

Cod139April 1 to March 3145,500
41Qualluatik Lake

(65-45N, 65-07W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 31700
42Ravn River

(70-28N, 79-30W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 315,000
43Rowley River

(70-15N, 77-47W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 314,500
44Sam Ford Fjord Area

(70-25N, 71-40W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 313,600
44.1Sapugaarjuk River

(70-11N, 80-40W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 314,500
45Saputing River and Lake

(70-48N, 84-59W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 319,100
45.1Tarrionituk Lake

(66-20N, 68-00W)

Arctic char (searun or landlocked)139April 1 to March 314,500
46Tarsiujuak Arm River and Lake

(70-35N, 79-03W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 311,800
47Tasialojuak Lake

(66-40N, 68-46W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 314,500
47.1Tinitonito Lake

(64-40N, 73-58W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 315,500
48Tugaat River and Lake

(72-04N, 80-21W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 311,400
49Tundra Lake

(66-36N, 64-08W)

Arctic char (landlocked)63April 1 to March 312,300
50Whyte Lake and River

(70-08N, 84-47W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 31900
51Unnamed River

(63-26N, 71-32W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 31900
52[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5]
53Unnamed River (NE of Kekertelung Island)

(66-25N, 66-30W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 312,300
54 to 58[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5]
59Unnamed River Dexterity Ford

(72-12N, 73-03W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 311,400
60Unnamed River and Lake Kentra Bay

(71-19N, 74-19W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 31500
61Unnamed Lake and River

(71-21N, 73-42W)

Arctic char (searun)139April 1 to March 31900
62[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5]

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES FISHERY REGULATIONS — SCHEDULE V — COMMERCIAL FISHING REGIONS

Map displaying six commercial fishing regions.
  • SOR/78-720, s. 2
  • SOR/81-468, s. 11
  • SOR/91-428, s. 5
  • SOR/98-388, s. 2
  • SOR/2011-194, ss. 1 to 18
  • SOR/2017-58, s. 4

SCHEDULE VI(Sections 28 and 29)

Sport Fishing Daily Catch and Possession Limits

ItemColumn IColumn IIColumn IIIColumn IV
Species of FishWatersDaily Catch LimitPossession Limit
1Arctic char
  • (1) Hornaday River and its tributaries

  • (1) 1

  • (1) 1

  • (2) All waters of the Coppermine River upstream from Bloody Falls at 67°43′N, 115°21′W

  • (2) 1

  • (2) 1

  • (3) Greiner Lake and Freshwater Creek and their tributaries and the waters of Cambridge Bay, north and west of a line drawn from a point at 69°05′N, 105°04′W to a point at 69°06′10″N, 105°02′W

  • (3) 1

  • (3) 1

  • (4) Meliadine River and its tributaries, Meliadine Lake and the waters of Prairie Bay within 8 km of the Meliadine River at 62°52′N and 92°06′W

  • (4) 2

  • (4) 4

  • (5) Diana River and its tributaries, Diana Lake, Peter Lake and the waters of Rankin Inlet within 8 km of the mouth of the Diana River at 62°50′N, 29°24′W

  • (5) 2

  • (5) 4

  • (6) Tree River at 67°40′40″N, 111°52′27″W (NAD 84)

  • (6) 1

  • (6) 2

  • (7) Sylvia Grinnell Lake and Sylvia Grinnell River and their tributaries and the waters of Frobisher Bay within 8 km of the mouth of the Sylvia Grinnell River at 63°44′N, 68°34′W

  • (7) 1

  • (7) 1

  • (8) All other waters of the Northwest Territories

  • (8) 4

  • (8) 7

2Arctic grayling
  • (1) Mackenzie River and its tributaries lying between the lines of longitude at 116°W and 118°W

  • (1) 1

  • (1) 1

  • (2) All waters within the Gwich'in Settlement Area, Inuvialuit Settlement Region and Sahtu Settlement Area excluding the Great Bear Lake Special Management Area

  • (2) 5

  • (2) 10

  • (3) All other waters of the Northwest Territories

  • (3) 3

  • (3) 5

3Brook troutAll waters of the Northwest Territories35
4Bull troutAll waters of the Northwest Territories23
5BurbotAll waters of the Northwest Territories510
6CiscoesAll waters of the Northwest Territories350350
7Dolly VardenAll waters of the Northwest Territories47
8GoldeyeAll waters of the Northwest Territories510
9Inconnu
  • (1) Great Slave Lake and its tributaries

  • (1) 1

  • (1) 2

  • (2) All other waters of the Northwest Territories

  • (2) 5

  • (2) 10

10Lake trout
  • (1) Great Bear Lake, including all of the Camsell River upstream to White Eagle Falls and all other tributaries to Great Bear Lake from their mouths to 1 km upstream

  • (1) 1

  • (1) 2

  • (2) Great Slave Lake, including all tributaries from their mouths to 1 km upstream

  • (2) 2

  • (2) 3

  • (3) All other waters of the Northwest Territories

  • (3) 3

  • (3) 5

11Northern pike
  • (1) Great Bear Lake, including all of the Camsell River upstream to White Eagle Falls and all other tributaries to Great Bear Lake from their mouths to 1 km upstream

  • (1) 3

  • (1) 5

  • (2) Mackenzie River including tributaries lying between the lines of longitude at 116°W and 118°W

  • (2) 1

  • (2) 2

  • (3) All other waters of the Northwest Territories

  • (3) 5

  • (3) 10

12Rainbow troutAll waters of the Northwest Territories35
13Suckers (all species)All waters of the Northwest Territoriesno limitno limit
14Walleye
  • (1) Mosquito Creek and waters of Great Slave Lake within 1 km of the mouth of Mosquito Creek (62°42′N, 116°04′W)

  • (1) 3

  • (1) 5

  • (2) All other waters of the Northwest Territories

  • (2) 5

  • (2) 10

15Lake, Broad and Round WhitefishAll other waters of the Northwest Territories1020
  • SOR/78-369, s. 4
  • SOR/79-485, s. 13
  • SOR/81-119, s. 12
  • SOR/85-713, s. 1
  • SOR/88-256, ss. 1, 2
  • SOR/91-428, s. 6
  • SOR/91-481, s. 7
  • SOR/2004-38, s. 6
  • SOR/2005-108, s. 6

SCHEDULE VII(Subsection 5(7))

Close Times

ItemColumn IColumn IIColumn IIIColumn IV
WatersSpecies of FishClose TimeMethod of Fishing
1Providence Creek (Latitude 61°15′N., Longitude 117°34′W.)All speciesApril 15 — May 30Sport fishing
2Yellowknife River between Prosperous Lake (Latitude 62°39′N., Longitude 114°15′W.) and Bluefish LakeAll speciesSeptember 1 — September 30Sport fishing
3[Repealed, SOR/2009-83, s. 2]
4The waters found in that portion of the Mackenzie River Delta set out in Area VI of Part II of Schedule IIAll speciesAugust 1 — August 31Gillnets
5Mosquito Creek and the waters of Great Slave Lake within 1 km of the mouth of Mosquito Creek at 62°42′N., 116°04′W.All speciesMay 1 — June 30Sport fishing
6Sylvia Grinnell Lake and Sylvia Grinnell River and their tributaries and the waters of Frobisher Bay within 8 km of the mouth of the Sylvia Grinnell River at 63°44′N., 68°34′W.All speciesJune 1 — June 30Gill nets
7Rat River (Latitude 67°43′35″N., Longitude 136°15′39″W.), Husky Channel between Latitude 67°36′52″N., Longitude 134°51′30″W. and Latitude 68°08′03″N., Longitude 135°16′14″W. and Peel Channel between Latitude 68°07′51″N., Longitude 135°16′9″W. and Latitude 68°13′2″N., Longitude 135°05′35″W.All speciesAugust 7 — September 15Sport fishing
8Baker Creek (Latitude 62°29′10″N., Longitude 114°21′36″W.)All speciesApril 15 — June 15Sport fishing
  • SOR/81-119, s. 13
  • SOR/82-425, s. 1
  • SOR/87-508, s. 6
  • SOR/88-256, s. 3
  • SOR/91-447, s. 3
  • SOR/2009-83, ss. 2, 3
  • SOR/2012-185, s. 1

SCHEDULE VIII(Subsection 2(1) and paragraphs 27(2)(a) and 38(4)(a))Special Management Areas

  • 1 Great Bear Lake, including all of Camsell River upstream to White Eagle Falls and all other tributary streams to Great Bear Lake from their mouths to 1 km upstream

  • SOR/91-481, s. 8

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