Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations (SOR/93-55)
Full Document:
Regulations are current to 2013-04-29 and last amended on 2011-02-10. Previous Versions
PART XIII
SMELT
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.
- SOR/2001-452, s. 26.
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.
TABLE
| Column I | Column II | Column III | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Waters | Method | Close Time | ||
| Nova Scotia | |||||
| 1. | Tidal waters of Nova Scotia. | (1) | Bag nets | (1) | Mar. 1 to Oct. 15 |
| (2) | Box nets | (2) | Mar. 1 to Oct. 15 | ||
| (3) | Dip nets | (3) | June 16 to Mar. 31 | ||
| (4) | Gill nets | (4) | Mar. 1 to Oct. 15 | ||
| (5) | Spears | (5) | Dec. 30 to Dec. 31 | ||
| (6) | Angling | (6) | June 1 to July 31 | ||
| 2. | Inland waters of Nova Scotia. | (1) | Bag nets | (1) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 |
| (2) | Box nets | (2) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 | ||
| (3) | Dip nets | (3) | June 16 to Mar. 31 | ||
| (4) | Gill nets | (4) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 | ||
| (5) | Spears | (5) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 | ||
| (6) | Angling | (6) | Oct. 1 to Mar. 31 | ||
| New Brunswick | |||||
| 3. | Tidal waters of New Brunswick. | (1) | Bag nets | (1) | Mar. 1 to Oct. 15 |
| (2) | Box nets | (2) | Mar. 1 to Oct. 15 | ||
| (3) | Dip nets | (3) | June 1 to Mar. 31 | ||
| (4) | Gill nets | (4) | Mar. 1 to Oct. 15 | ||
| (5) | Spears | (5) | Dec. 30 to Dec. 31 | ||
| (6) | Angling | (6) | June 1 to July 31 | ||
| 4. | Inland waters of New Brunswick. | (1) | Bag nets | (1) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 |
| (2) | Box nets | (2) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 | ||
| (3) | Dip nets | (3) | June 1 to Mar. 31 | ||
| (4) | Gill nets | (4) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 | ||
| (5) | Spears | (5) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 | ||
| (6) | Angling | (6) | Oct. 1 to Mar. 31 | ||
| Prince Edward Island | |||||
| 5. | Tidal waters of Prince Edward Island. | (1) | Bag nets | (1) | Mar. 1 to Oct. 15 |
| (2) | Box nets | (2) | Mar. 1 to Oct. 15 | ||
| (3) | Dip nets | (3) | June 16 to Mar. 31 | ||
| (4) | Gill nets | (4) | Mar. 1 to Oct. 1 | ||
| (5) | Spears | (5) | Apr. 1 to Nov. 30 | ||
| (6) | Angling | (6) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 | ||
| 6. | Inland waters of Prince Edward Island. | (1) | Bag nets | (1) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 |
| (2) | Box nets | (2) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 | ||
| (3) | Dip nets | (3) | June 16 to Mar. 31 | ||
| (4) | Gill nets | (4) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 | ||
| (5) | Spears | (5) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 | ||
| (6) | Angling | (6) | Sept. 16 to Apr. 14 | ||
- SOR/2001-452, s. 27.
- Date modified:
