British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations, 1996 (SOR/96-137)

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Regulations are current to 2013-05-26 and last amended on 2010-05-27. Previous Versions

50. No person shall fish for salmon other than by angling.

PART V

51. This Part applies to fishing for fin fish, other than salmon, in non-tidal waters.

52. Subject to section 53, no person shall fish other than by angling or with a set line.

53. A person may fish with a spear for burbot or fish of any species not listed in the table to section 58 in Regions 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8.

54. A person who is fishing with a set line shall not

(a) use more than one set line;
(b) use a hook that is less than 3 cm measured from the point to the shank; or
(c) retain fish of any species listed in the table to section 58 other than burbot.

55. (1) No person shall fish for, or catch and retain, fish of any species, in a lake or stream, from 23:00 hrs to 24:00 hrs on December 31.
(2) The close time established by subsection (1) is considered to be fixed separately and individually for each species of fish.

56. (1) No person shall catch and retain in a day more fish of a species set out in column I of Schedule VII, of an overall length set out in column II, than
- (a) the daily quota set out in column III or the daily catch limit under section 7 of the Yukon Territory Fishery Regulations, in respect of fish caught in Atlin Lake, Bennett Lake, Laidlaw Lake, Morley Lake, Tagish Lake, Teslin Lake, or in Rancheria River, Swift River or their tributaries; or
- (b) the daily quota set out in column III, in any other case.
(2) A person who, in a day, has caught and retained the daily quota for steelhead in a lake or stream shall cease fishing in that lake or stream for the rest of the day.

57. No person shall catch and retain in a day from any lake or stream, more than