Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations (SOR/93-55)

Catch and Release Provisions by Province

• 65 (1) No person shall, during any day, continue to angle for salmon in the waters set out in column I of an item of the table to section 63 after that person has

  • (a) caught and retained from those waters the daily catch and retain quota set out in column II of that item; or

  • (b) subject to subsection 66(2), caught and released in those waters the daily catch and release quota set out in column III of that item.

• (2) No person shall, during any year, continue to angle for salmon in the waters set out in column I of an item of the table to section 63 after that person has caught and retained from those waters the yearly fishing quota set out in column IV of that item.

• 66 (1) A person may, during the period beginning on April 15 and ending on May 15, fish for or catch and retain salmon from the inland and tidal waters of New Brunswick other than

  • (a) the waters of the Restigouche River upstream from the J.C. Van Horne Bridge in Campbellton; and

  • (b) the waters of the Nepisiguit River upstream from a straight line drawn from grid reference 01487695 to grid reference 01157740 as found on the map Bathurst 21 P/12.

• (2) Where a person who is fishing for salmon pursuant to subsection (1) has not caught and retained the applicable daily or yearly fishing quota for salmon, the person may catch and release any number of salmon in any day.

Tagging

• 67 (1) Every person who catches and retains a salmon in accordance with these Regulations shall forthwith securely lock or seal on the salmon a salmon tag, as specified in subsection (2), that has been issued to that person and shall do so in accordance with the design of the tag and so that it cannot be removed without tampering with the lock or seal, breaking or cutting the tag or cutting or tearing any part of the salmon.

• (2) A salmon tag that is affixed to a salmon shall be

  • (a) a blue tag, where the salmon was caught and retained by angling, and shall be a tag specific to a salmon 63 cm or more in length where the salmon is 63 cm or more in length; and

  • (b) a brown tag, where the salmon was caught and retained under a written permission referred to in section 4 of the Act or was taken from an aquaculture area or site or a privately owned fish pond.

  • (c) [Repealed, SOR/93-335, s. 6]

68 No person shall import a salmon into a province unless

• (a) an import tag issued with a licence to import salmon set out in item 9 of the table to section 5 is affixed to that salmon in the manner described in subsection 67(1) prior to its entry into the province or immediately upon its entry into the province; or

• (b) it bears a salmon tag.

69 No person shall have on board any vessel for which a registration card has been issued any salmon to which a blue salmon tag is affixed.

• 70 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall possess a salmon unless a salmon tag is affixed thereto.

• (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who is cooking or smoking a salmon if the tag that was removed from it at the time cooking or smoking commenced is readily available for inspection by a fishery officer or fishery guardian.

• 71 (1) Subject to subsection (2), where a salmon is caught by angling and retained, the person who hooked the salmon, whether or not that person landed the salmon, shall be regarded as having caught and retained it, and shall tag it in accordance with section 67.

• (2) Where a fishing guide who is authorized to provide guide services under an Act of the legislature of a province hooks a salmon on behalf of a person who has a licence to fish for salmon and who has paid the fishing guide for guide services, subsection (1) does not apply to the fishing guide and the person shall, for the purposes of that subsection, be considered to have hooked the salmon.

71.1 Sections 67, 70 and 71 do not apply in respect of salmon caught under the authority of a licence issued under the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations.

PART XShad

Gear Restrictions

72 No person shall fish for shad except by angling or with a dip net, gill net, square net or trap net.

Close Times

• 73 (1) No person shall engage in recreational fishing for shad in the waters set out in column I of Schedule VIII

  • (a) by a method set out in column II during the yearly close time set out in column III; or

  • (b) by a method set out in column II during the weekly close time set out in column IV.

• (1.1) No person shall engage in fishing for commercial purposes for shad in the waters set out in column I of Schedule VIII

  • (a) by a method set out in column II during the yearly close time set out in column III; or

  • (b) by a method set out in column II during the weekly close time set out in column IV.

• (2) No person shall fish for shad in the inland waters of Nova Scotia by any means other than angling during the period beginning at sunset and ending at sunrise.

Quotas

73.1 No person engaged in recreational fishing for shad 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 shad than the fishing quota set out in column II.

Mesh Size

74 No person shall fish for shad with a gill net that has a mesh size of less than 127 mm.

PART XISilversides

Gear Restrictions

75 No person shall fish for silversides except by angling or with a dip net or trap net.

Close Times

76 No person shall fish for silversides in the waters set out in column I of an item of the table to this section by a method set out in column II of that item during the close time set out in column III of that item.

Mesh Size

77 No person shall fish for silversides with a trap net that has a mesh size of more than 65 mm.

PART XIISmallmouth Bass

Application

78 This Part does not apply in respect of recreational fishing for smallmouth bass

• (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

79 No person shall fish for smallmouth bass except by angling.

Close Times

80 No person shall fish for smallmouth bass 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

81 No person shall catch and retain in any day from the waters set out in column I of an item of the table to section 80

• (a) more smallmouth bass than the fishing quota set out in column III of that item; or

• (b) any smallmouth bass 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 XIIISmelt

Application

82 This Part does not apply in respect of recreational fishing for smelt

• (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

83 No person shall fish for smelt except by angling or with a bag net, box net, dip net, gill net or spear.

84 No person shall fish for smelt with a bag net, box net or gill net that has a mesh size of less than 31 mm.

85 No person shall fish for smelt with a bag net or box net having a leader that is more than 31 m in length.

86 No person shall fish for smelt in the inland or tidal waters of Prince Edward Island with a bag net that has a leader.

Quotas

87 No person engaged in recreational fishing for smelt with a dip net, by angling, or with a spear shall catch and retain more than 60 smelt in any day.

Close Times

88 No person shall fish for smelt in the waters set out in column I of an item of the table to this section by a method set out in column II of that item during the close time set out in column III of that item.