Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations (SOR/93-55)

PART VIIMussels

Gear Restrictions

54 No person shall fish for mussels except by hand, with hand-held tools, with a drag rake, hydraulic device or mechanical device or by diving.

Close Times

• 55 (1) No person shall engage in recreational fishing for mussels in the waters set out in column I of the table to this section by a method set out in column II during the close time set out in column III.

• (2) No person shall engage in fishing for commercial purposes for mussels in the waters set out in column I of the table to this section by a method set out in column II during the close time set out in column III.

  Item	Column I	Column II	Column III
  	Waters	Method	Close Time
  	Nova Scotia
  1	Inland and tidal waters of Nova Scotia.	(1) Hand and hand-held tools, when not diving	(1) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(2) Hand and hand-held tools, when diving	(2) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(3) Drag rake	(3) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(4) Hydraulic device	(4) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(5) Mechanical device	(5) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  	New Brunswick
  2	Inland and tidal waters of New Brunswick.	(1) Hand and hand-held tools, when not diving	(1) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(2) Hand and hand-held tools, when diving	(2) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(3) Drag rake	(3) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(4) Hydraulic device	(4) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(5) Mechanical device	(5) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  	Prince Edward Island
  3	Inland and tidal waters of Prince Edward Island.	(1) Hand and hand-held tools, when not diving	(1) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(2) Hand and hand-held tools, when diving	(2) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(3) Drag rake	(3) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(4) Hydraulic device	(4) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(5) Mechanical device	(5) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31

Quotas

55.1 No person engaged in recreational fishing for mussels by any method in the waters set out in column I of the table to this section shall catch and retain, in any day, more mussels than the fishing quota set out in column II.

PART VIIIOysters

Gear Restrictions

56 No person shall fish for oysters

• (a) by diving in a leased oyster area in the inland or tidal waters of Prince Edward Island; or

• (b) in a public oyster-fishing area, except with tongs or rakes that are operated by hand without mechanical assistance.

Close Times

57 No person shall, unless authorized under a licence set out in item 7 of the table to section 5, fish for oysters in an area set out in column I of the table to this section

• (a) by a method set out in column II of that item during the yearly close time set out in column III of that item; or

• (b) during the weekly close time set out in column IV of that item.

Length Restriction

58 No person shall catch and retain or possess an oyster that is less than 76 mm in length.

PART IXSalmon

Interpretation

59 In this Part,

Salmon Fishing Area

Salmon Fishing Area means a Salmon Fishing Area illustrated and enumerated in Schedule VI and includes the waters of any province that flow into such an Area. (zone de pêche du saumon)

Gear Restrictions

60 No person shall fish for salmon except by angling with an artificial fly.

Close Times

61 Subject to subsection 66(1), no person shall fish for salmon in the waters set out in column I of an item of Schedule VII during the close time set out in column II of that item.

Quotas for Specific Waters

62 No person shall catch and retain from the waters set out in column I of an item of Schedule VII

• (a) more salmon in any day than the daily catch and retain quota set out in column III of that item; or

• (b) more salmon in any year than the yearly fishing quota set out in column V of that item.

Aggregate Quotas and Length Restrictions by Province

63 No person shall catch and retain from the waters set out in column I of an item of the table to this section

• (a) more salmon in any day than the daily catch and retain quota set out in column II of that item;

• (b) more salmon in any year than the yearly fishing quota set out in column IV of that item; or

• (c) any salmon the length of which is less than the minimum length set out in column V of that item.

Catch and Release Provisions for Specific Waters

• 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.