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
PART XVIII
WINTER FISHING IN NEW BRUNSWICK
Application
108. 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
109. 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.
110. (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
111. No person shall fish during the period beginning on March 30 and ending on March 31.
112. No person shall fish in Lac Baker, Madawaska County, during the period beginning on Monday and ending on Friday in any week.
113. 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
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.
TABLE
Column I Column II Column III Item 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.
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