Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations (SOR/93-55)

64. (1) No person shall, during any day, continue to angle for salmon in the waters set out in column I of an item of Schedule VII after that person has

• (a) caught and retained from those waters the daily catch and retain quota set out in column III 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 IV 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 Schedule VII after that person has caught and retained from those waters the yearly fishing quota set out in column V of that item.

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.

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]