Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations (SOR/93-55)

Quotas and Length Restrictions

• 114 (1) No person shall catch and retain

  • (a) in any day more fish of a species set out in column I of an item of the table to this subsection than the fishing quota set out in column II of that item; or

  • (b) any fish of a species set out in column I of an item of the table to this subsection the length of which is less than the minimum length set out in column III of that item.

    Item	Column I	Column II	Column III
    	Species	Fishing Quota	Minimum Length
    1	Arctic char	The lesser of 5 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish	15 cm
    2	Brook trout	The lesser of 5 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish	15 cm
    3	Brown trout	The lesser of 5 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish	15 cm
    4	Lake trout	The lesser of 5 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish	45 cm
    5	Rainbow trout	The lesser of 5 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish	15 cm
    6	Landlocked salmon	The lesser of 5 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish	35 cm
    7	Smallmouth bass	The lesser of 5 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish	30 cm
    8	Striped bass	The lesser of 5 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish	n/a
    9	Smelt	60, except from the waters set out in items 4, 7, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 28 and 60 of Schedule IX	n/a
    10	Whitefish	The lesser of 5 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish	n/a

• (2) No person shall catch and retain in any day more sport fish and striped bass in the aggregate than the lesser of five fish and 3.5 kg plus one fish.

Provisions Specific to Nictau Lake

115 No person who fishes in Nictau Lake, Restigouche County, shall

• (a) fish with more than one set line;

• (b) use any fish as bait;

• (c) catch and retain any landlocked salmon that is less than 50 cm in length or more than 63 cm in length;

• (d) catch and retain any brook trout that is less than 25 cm in length;

• (e) in any day, catch and retain more than one landlocked salmon; or

• (f) continue to fish in that lake on any day after catching and retaining two sport fish in that day.

PART XIXBoundary Waters Between New Brunswick and the State of Maine

Application

116 This Part applies in respect of recreational fishing for smelt, whitefish and sport fish, other than salmon, in the following inland waters of New Brunswick that border on waters in the State of Maine:

• (a) the St. Francis River and Glasier Lake in Madawaska County and that portion of the Saint John River in Madawaska County;

• (b) Monument Brook, North Lake, the Thoroughfare between North Lake and (East) Grand Lake, (East) Grand Lake, Mud Lake, the St. Croix River, Spednic Lake and Palfrey Lake in York County; and

• (c) the St. Croix River, Grand Falls Flowage and Woodland Flowage in Charlotte County.

Gear Restrictions

• 117 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall

  • (a) fish for sport fish or whitefish except by angling; or

  • (b) fish for smelt except by angling or with a dip net.

• (2) A person who fishes in accordance with subsection 119(2) may fish with set lines.

• 118 (1) No person shall fish with more than five set lines.

• (2) Every person who fishes with set lines shall attend those lines and maintain an unobstructed view of those lines.

Close Times

• 119 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall fish during the period beginning on October 1 and ending on April 14.

• (2) A person may, during the period beginning on January 1 and ending on March 31, fish through a man-made hole in the ice in Glasier Lake, North Lake, the Thoroughfare between North Lake and (East) Grand Lake, (East) Grand Lake, Mud Lake, Spednic Lake, Palfrey Lake, Grand Falls Flowage or Woodland Flowage.

• (3) No person shall, during the period beginning on January 1 and ending on March 31, fish during the period beginning one-half hour after sunset and ending one-half hour before sunrise.

Daily Quotas

• 120 (1) No person shall, during the period beginning on April 1 and ending on December 31, catch and retain in any day more fish of a species set out in column I of an item of the table to this section than the daily fishing quota set out in column II of that item.

• (2) No person shall, during the period beginning on April 1 and ending on December 31, catch and retain in any day more sport fish in the aggregate than the lesser of five fish and 3.5 kg plus one fish.

• (3) No person shall, during the period beginning on January 1 and ending on March 31, catch and retain in any day more fish of a species set out in column I of an item of the table to this section than the daily fishing quota set out in column III of that item.

• (4) No person shall, during the period beginning on January 1 and ending on March 31, catch and retain in any day more sport fish in the aggregate than the lesser of three fish and 3.5 kg plus one fish.

  Item	Column I	Column II	Column III	Column IV
  	Species	Daily Fishing Quota April 1 to December 31	Daily Fishing Quota January 1 to March 31	Minimum Length
  1	Arctic char	The lesser of 5 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish	The lesser of 3 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish	15 cm
  2	Brook trout	The lesser of 5 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish	The lesser of 3 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish	15 cm
  3	Brown trout	The lesser of 5 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish	The lesser of 3 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish	15 cm
  4	Lake trout	The lesser of 2 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish	The lesser of 2 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish	45 cm
  5	Rainbow trout	The lesser of 5 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish	The lesser of 3 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish	15 cm
  6	Landlocked salmon	The lesser of 2 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish	The lesser of 2 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish	35 cm
  7	Smallmouth bass	(1) 1 from April 1 to June 30	The lesser of 3 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish	25 cm
  		(2) 3 from July 1 to December 31
  8	Whitefish	8	8	n/a
  9	Smelt	200	200	n/a
  10	White perch	25	25	10 cm

Length Restrictions

121 No person shall catch and retain a fish of a species set out in column I of an item of the table to section 120 the length of which is less than the minimum length set out in column IV of that item.