Manitoba Fishery Regulations, 1987

19 (1) No person engaged in recreational fishing shall fish for or catch and retain any species of fish from the waters set out in an item of Schedule X by a method set out in that item during the close time set out in that item.

(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), the close times set out in Schedule X are considered to be fixed separately and individually for each method of recreational fishing and for each species.

(3) No person engaged in recreational fishing shall, on any day, catch and retain fish of a species set out in an item of Schedule XI from the waters set out in that item if the size of the fish does not comply with the size limit, or the amount caught and retained exceeds the daily quota, set out in that item.

(4) No person engaged in recreational fishing shall, on any day, possess fish of a species set out in an item of Schedule XI from the waters set out in that item if the size of the fish does not comply with the size limit, or the amount possessed exceeds the possession quota, set out in that item.

(5) [Repealed, SOR/2023-28, s. 11]

(6) [Repealed, SOR/2023-28, s. 11]

(7) A person who is not a resident of Manitoba and is under 16 years of age must, while engaged in recreational fishing,

• (a) hold a valid angling licence; or

• (b) be accompanied by

  • (i) the holder of a valid angling licence, or

  • (ii) a resident of Manitoba who is authorized under the provincial Act to engage in recreational fishing without a licence.

(8) All fish caught by non-residents accompanied by persons referred to in paragraph (7)(b) shall be counted as part of the catch of the person accompanying the non-resident.