National Parks of Canada Fishing Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1120)
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Regulations are current to 2012-05-14 and last amended on 2010-06-17. Previous Versions
PROHIBITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
15. (1) Except as otherwise provided in these Regulations, no person shall fish in park waters by any method other than angling.
(2) No person shall be in possession, within 100 m of any park waters, of any equipment that can be used to catch or take fish, unless fishing in those waters by means of that equipment is permitted by these Regulations.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), no person shall be in possession at any time, within the boundaries of a park, of any equipment that can be used to catch or take fish, other than equipment used for angling or for taking soft-shell clams or American eel, except when carrying such equipment through the park in a vehicle to a destination outside the park or to a residence in the park.
(4) No person shall fish from a bridge or any other structure that crosses the waters of Cape Breton Highlands, Fundy, Gros Morne, Prince Edward Island or Terra Nova National Park of Canada.
(5) No person in La Mauricie or Forillon National Park of Canada shall have in possession fishing equipment unless
(a) the person holds a fishing permit; or
(b) the fishing equipment is kept inside a motor vehicle.
(6) No person shall, while fishing in Fundy, Kouchibouguac, Cape Breton Highlands or Terra Nova National Park of Canada, use an artificial fly that incorporates a weight as an integral part of the artificial fly, that is attached to a sinking line, or that has a weight attached to the hook or line, for the purpose of causing the artificial fly to sink.
(7) No person shall use a fish finder while fishing in Kejimkujik or La Mauricie National Park of Canada.
- SOR/80-51, s. 6;
- SOR/86-378, s. 10;
- SOR/90-4, s. 9;
- SOR/94-314, s. 7;
- SOR/96-245, s. 11;
- SOR/2003-54, s. 16;
- SOR/2005-206, s. 3.
15.1 No person shall catch and retain
(a) subject to paragraph (b), invertebrates from the marine portion of Forillon National Park of Canada unless the person is the holder of a fishing permit, issued by the superintendent, authorizing their removal for scientific or park management purposes;
(b) for commercial purposes, lobster or fish used as lobster bait, from the marine part of Forillon National Park of Canada unless the person is the holder of a licence, issued under the National Parks Businesses Regulations, 1998, to carry on that business;
(c) subject to paragraph (d), invertebrates from Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada unless the person is the holder of a fishing permit, issued by the superintendent, authorizing their removal for scientific or park management purposes; or
(d) for commercial purposes, soft-shell clams from Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada unless the person is the holder of a licence that authorizes that activity and that is issued under the National Parks of Canada Businesses Regulations.
- SOR/96-245, s. 12;
- SOR/2003-54, s. 17;
- SOR/2009-322, s. 4.
