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• 3 (1) These Regulations apply in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island and in Canadian fisheries waters adjacent to those provinces.

• (2) These Regulations do not apply in respect of

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• (3) Except for this section and sections 2, 4, 6, 18, 19, 22, 25 to 29, 34, 35, 39, 56, 58, and 68, these Regulations do not apply with respect to fishing and related activities carried out under the authority of a licence issued under the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations.

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• 3 (1) These Regulations apply in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island and in Canadian fisheries waters adjacent to those provinces.

• (2) These Regulations do not apply in respect of

  [...]

• (3) Except for this section and sections 2, 4, 6, 18, 19, 22, 25 to 29, 34, 35, 39, 56, 58, and 68, these Regulations do not apply with respect to fishing and related activities carried out under the authority of a licence issued under the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations.

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• 2 (1) In these Regulations,

  length

  length  means

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  • (d) in relation to any other fish referred to in these Regulations, the distance measured in a straight line from the tip of the nose to the tip of the tail; (longueur)

• (2) A reference in these Regulations to a species or group of species of fish by its common name as set out in column I of an item of Schedule I shall be construed as a reference to the species or group of species whose scientific name is set out in column II that item.

• (3) A reference in these Regulations to the weight of fish shall be construed as a reference to the weight of the fish in a completely unprocessed state.

• (4) A reference in these Regulations to a grid reference is a grid reference based on the Universal Transverse Mercator Grid system expressed in the North American Datum 1927 (NAD 27) used in the National Topographic Series Maps, Scale 1:50,000, published by the Department of Natural Resources.

• (5) Unless otherwise provided or a contrary intention appears, a reference in these Regulations to a river, stream or brook by its proper name shall be construed to include all waters forming part of that river, stream or brook and all waters tributary thereto.

• (6) The provisions of these Regulations respecting shellfish that apply to specified waters apply also to the foreshore of those specified waters.

• (7) In these Regulations, all geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) are expressed in the North American Datum 1927 (NAD 27) geodetic reference system.

• (8) In these Regulations, the lines connecting points or coordinates are rhumb lines, unless stated otherwise.

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1 These Regulations may be cited as the Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations.

• 17 (1) No person shall possess at any time more salmon taken by angling in accordance with these Regulations than the applicable yearly fishing quota for salmon prescribed by these Regulations.

• (2) No person shall possess at any time more fish of a species taken by recreational fishing in accordance with these Regulations, except for salmon, than the applicable daily fishing quota for that species prescribed by these Regulations.