Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations (SOR/93-55)

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53 [Repealed, SOR/2022-196, s. 43]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

Quotas

55.1 No person engaged in recreational fishing for mussels 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 mussels than the fishing quota set out in column II.

PART VIIIOysters

Gear Restrictions

56 No person shall fish for oysters

• (a) by diving in a leased oyster area in the inland or tidal waters of Prince Edward Island; or

• (b) in a public oyster-fishing area, except with tongs or rakes that are operated by hand without mechanical assistance.

Close Times

57 No person shall, unless authorized under a licence set out in item 7 of the table to section 5, fish for oysters in an area set out in column I of the table to this section

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

• (b) during the weekly close time set out in column IV of that item.