Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations (SOR/93-55)

Regulations are current to 2013-04-29 and last amended on 2011-02-10. Previous Versions

PART XVIII

 WINTER FISHING IN NEW BRUNSWICK

Application

 This Part applies in respect of recreational fishing by angling and 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

 No person shall fish except

  • (a) through a man-made hole in the ice; or

  • (b) from shore through a natural opening in the ice.

  •  (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

 No person shall fish during the period beginning on March 30 and ending on March 31.

 No person shall fish in Lac Baker, Madawaska County, during the period beginning on Monday and ending on Friday in any week.

 No person shall, except in the waters set out in items 4, 7, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 28 and 60 of Schedule IX, fish during the period beginning one-half hour after sunset and ending one-half hour before sunrise.

Quotas and Length Restrictions

  •  (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.

      TABLE

      Column IColumn IIColumn III
      ItemSpeciesFishing QuotaMinimum Length
      1.Arctic charThe lesser of 5 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish15 cm
      2.Brook troutThe lesser of 5 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish15 cm
      3.Brown troutThe lesser of 5 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish15 cm
      4.Lake troutThe lesser of 5 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish45 cm
      5.Rainbow troutThe lesser of 5 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish15 cm
      6.Landlocked salmonThe lesser of 5 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish35 cm
      7.Smallmouth bassThe lesser of 5 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fish30 cm
      8.Striped bassThe lesser of 5 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fishn/a
      9.Smelt60, except from the waters set out in items 4, 7, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 28 and 60 of Schedule IXn/a
      10.WhitefishThe lesser of 5 fish and 3.5 kg plus 1 fishn/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.