Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations (SOR/93-55)
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Regulations are current to 2013-04-29 and last amended on 2011-02-10. Previous Versions
Mesh Size
96. No person shall fish for sturgeon with a gill net that has a mesh size of less than 330 mm.
Length Restriction
97. No person shall catch and retain or possess any sturgeon that is less than 120 cm in length.
PART XVI
TOMCOD
Application
98. This Part does not apply in respect of recreational fishing for tomcod 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.
Gear Restrictions
99. No person shall fish for tomcod except by angling or with a bag net, box net, gill net or spear.
100. No person shall fish for tomcod with a bag net, box net or gill net that has a mesh size of less than 31 mm.
101. No person shall fish for tomcod with a bag net or box net having a leader that is more than 31 m in length.
102. No person shall fish for tomcod in the inland and tidal waters of Prince Edward Island with a bag net that has a leader.
Close Times
103. No person shall fish for tomcod 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) | Gill nets | (3) | Mar. 1 to Oct. 15 | ||
| (4) | Spears | (4) | Dec. 30 to Dec. 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) | Gill nets | (3) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 | ||
| (4) | Spears | (4) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 | ||
| New Brunswick | |||||
| 3. | Tidal waters of the Saint John River upstream from a straight line drawn from Partridge Island light to Red Head. | (1) | Bag nets | (1) | Mar. 16 to Sept. 1 |
| (2) | Box nets | (2) | Mar. 16 to Dec. 1 | ||
| (3) | Gill nets | (3) | Mar. 16 to Sept. 1 | ||
| (4) | Spears | (4) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 | ||
| 4. | Tidal waters of that portion of New Brunswick that borders on the Bay of Fundy not set out in item 3. | (1) | Bag nets | (1) | Mar. 16 to Oct. 15 |
| (2) | Box nets | (2) | Mar. 16 to Dec. 1 | ||
| (3) | Gill nets | (3) | Mar. 16 to Oct. 15 | ||
| (4) | Spears | (4) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 | ||
| 5. | The Miramichi River upstream from the Morrissy Bridge in Newcastle. | (1) | Bag nets | (1) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 |
| (2) | Box nets | (2) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 | ||
| (3) | Gill nets | (3) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 | ||
| (4) | Spears | (4) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 | ||
| 6. | Tidal waters of that portion of New Brunswick that borders on the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Northumberland Strait not set out in item 5. | (1) | Bag nets | (1) | Mar. 16 to Oct. 15 |
| (2) | Box nets | (2) | Mar. 16 to Dec. 1 | ||
| (3) | Gill nets | (3) | Mar. 16 to Oct. 15 | ||
| (4) | Spears | (4) | Feb. 16 to Nov. 30 | ||
| 7. | Inland waters of New Brunswick not set out in item 5. | (1) | Bag nets | (1) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 |
| (2) | Box nets | (2) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 | ||
| (3) | Gill nets | (3) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 | ||
| (4) | Spears | (4) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 | ||
| Prince Edward Island | |||||
| 8. | 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) | Gill nets | (3) | Mar. 1 to Oct. 1 | ||
| (4) | Spears | (4) | Apr. 1 to Nov. 30 | ||
| 9. | 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) | Gill nets | (3) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 | ||
| (4) | Spears | (4) | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 | ||
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