Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations (SOR/93-55)

Quotas

41.1 No person engaged in recreational fishing for gaspereau by any method in the waters set out in column I of the table to this section shall catch and retain, in any day, more gaspereau than the fishing quota set out in column II.

Mesh Sizes

• 42 (1) No person shall fish for gaspereau with a gill net that has a mesh size of more than 89 mm.

• (2) No person shall fish for gaspereau in the inland and tidal waters of New Brunswick with a gill net that has a mesh size of less than 38 mm.

Provisions Specific to Nova Scotia

• 43 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall fish for gaspereau in the inland waters of Nova Scotia by any means other than angling during the period beginning at sunset and ending at sunrise.

• (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in the inland waters of Halifax and Yarmouth Counties to a person who holds a licence to fish for gaspereau with a dip net at a dip stand.

44 No person shall, in the inland waters of any river in Nova Scotia,

• (a) fish for gaspereau with a square net that is more than 3.65 m²; or

• (b) erect or use a square net fixture that extends more than one third of the way across the width of the river or that has an outside wall of more than 9 m in length.

45 Every holder of a licence to fish for gaspereau with a square net in the inland waters of a river in Nova Scotia shall

• (a) during the applicable weekly close time for gaspereau in those waters set out in column IV of Schedule V, remove the square net from the water; and

• (b) provide an opening that is at least 60 cm wide and 60 cm high in the wall of the square net fixture that extends across the river.

46 No person shall fish for gaspereau in the inland waters of Inverness County with a trap net that is more than 15 m in length, measured from the upstream end of the trap net to the downstream end and including any leader that is attached to it.

47 No person shall fish for gaspereau in the Gaspereau River, Kings County, Nova Scotia,

• (a) with a dip net the opening of which has a circumference of more than 190 cm;

• (b) upstream from the mouth of Deep Hollow Brook, except by angling or with a dip net or square net;

• (c) from the White Rock power house to a point 640 m downstream from that power house; or

• (d) from a point 183 m downstream from the Trunk 12 highway bridge upstream to the Lanes Mill fish ladder.

48 No person shall fish for gaspereau in the Tusket River, Nova Scotia, from the Route 423 highway bridge upstream to the power house.

PART VILandlocked Salmon

Application

49 This Part does not apply in respect of recreational fishing for landlocked salmon

• (a) by angling or with set lines in the waters set out in Schedule IX during the period beginning on January 1 and ending on March 31; or

• (b) in the waters set out in section 116.

Gear Restrictions

50 No person shall fish for landlocked salmon except by angling.

Close Times

51 No person shall fish for landlocked salmon in the waters set out in column I of an item of the table to this section during the close time set out in column II of that item.

Quotas and Length Restrictions

• 52 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall catch and retain in any day from the waters set out in column I of an item of the table to this subsection

  • (a) more landlocked salmon than the fishing quota set out in column II of that item; or

  • (b) any landlocked salmon the length of which is

    • (i) less than the minimum length set out in column III of that item, or

    • (ii) more than the maximum length set out in column IV of that item.

  Item	Column I	Column II	Column III	Column IV
  	Waters	Fishing Quota	Minimum Length	Maximum Length
  1	Inland and tidal waters of Nova Scotia.	2	35 cm	63 cm
  2	Inland and tidal waters of New Brunswick.	2	35 cm	63 cm
  3	Inland and tidal waters of Prince Edward Island.	1	35 cm	63 cm

• (2) No person shall catch and retain in any day more than two landlocked salmon from any combination of waters set out in items 2 to 4 of the table to subsection (1).

Tagging

53 [Repealed, SOR/2022-196, s. 43]

PART VI.1Muskellunge

Application

53.1 This Part does not apply in respect of recreational fishing for muskellunge

• (a) by angling or with set lines in the waters set out in Schedule IX during the period beginning on January 1 and ending on March 31; or

• (b) in the waters set out in section 116.

Gear Restrictions

53.2 No person shall fish for muskellunge except by angling.

Close Times

53.3 No person shall fish for muskellunge in the waters set out in column I of the table to this section during the close time set out in column II.

Quotas and Length Restrictions

53.4 No person shall catch and retain in any day from the waters set out in column I of the table to section 53.3

• (a) more muskellunge than the fishing quota set out in column III; or

• (b) any muskellunge the length of which is less than the minimum length set out in column IV, or more than the maximum length set out in column V.

PART VIIMussels

Gear Restrictions

54 No person shall fish for mussels except by hand, with hand-held tools, with a drag rake, hydraulic device or mechanical device or by diving.

Close Times

• 55 (1) No person shall engage in recreational fishing for mussels in the waters set out in column I of the table to this section by a method set out in column II during the close time set out in column III.

• (2) No person shall engage in fishing for commercial purposes for mussels in the waters set out in column I of the table to this section by a method set out in column II during the close time set out in column III.

  Item	Column I	Column II	Column III
  	Waters	Method	Close Time
  	Nova Scotia
  1	Inland and tidal waters of Nova Scotia.	(1) Hand and hand-held tools, when not diving	(1) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(2) Hand and hand-held tools, when diving	(2) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(3) Drag rake	(3) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(4) Hydraulic device	(4) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(5) Mechanical device	(5) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  	New Brunswick
  2	Inland and tidal waters of New Brunswick.	(1) Hand and hand-held tools, when not diving	(1) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(2) Hand and hand-held tools, when diving	(2) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(3) Drag rake	(3) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(4) Hydraulic device	(4) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(5) Mechanical device	(5) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  	Prince Edward Island
  3	Inland and tidal waters of Prince Edward Island.	(1) Hand and hand-held tools, when not diving	(1) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(2) Hand and hand-held tools, when diving	(2) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(3) Drag rake	(3) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(4) Hydraulic device	(4) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(5) Mechanical device	(5) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31