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• 3 (1) These Regulations apply in respect of fishing in the Canadian fisheries waters off the Yukon Territory and in the waters of the Yukon Territory other than the waters of a National Park of Canada located in that Territory.

• (2) Except as otherwise provided in these Regulations, these Regulations, other than subsections (1) and 9(3) and — to the extent that they relate to a contravention of subsection 9(3) — sections 10 and 11, 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,

  angling licence

  angling licence  means a licence issued under these Regulations for the purposes of angling; (permis de pêche à la ligne)

  assistant licence

  assistant licence  means a licence issued under these Regulations that authorizes a person to engage in commercial or domestic fishing as a helper while in the presence and under the supervision of a person who holds a commercial fishing licence or a domestic fishing licence; (permis d’aide)

  commercial fishing licence

  commercial fishing licence  means a licence issued under these Regulations for the purposes of commercial fishing; (permis de pêche commerciale)

  domestic fishing licence

  domestic fishing licence  means a licence issued under these Regulations for the purposes of domestic fishing; (permis de pêche à des fins domestiques)

  qualified non-resident

  qualified non-resident  means, where Alaska has implemented an understanding with Yukon in respect of sport fishing licences, a person who

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  • (b) has held a valid Alaska resident sport fishing licence within 12 months before making an application for a sport fishing licence under these Regulations; (non-résident admissible)

  sport fishing licence

  sport fishing licence  means a licence issued under these Regulations for the purpose of sport fishing; (permis de pêche sportive)

  Yukon River salmon licence

  Yukon River salmon licence  means a licence issued under these Regulations that authorizes a person to fish for salmon in the waters of the Yukon River. (permis de pêche du saumon du fleuve Yukon)

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1 These Regulations may be cited as the Yukon Territory Fishery Regulations.

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• (19) A person may engage in sport fishing in the following waters without a licence issued under these Regulations if the person is authorized to engage in angling in the province of British Columbia pursuant to the Province’s Wildlife Act:

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• (20) No person shall, while sport fishing in the waters set out in subsection (19), catch in one day more fish than the daily catch limit or the daily quota authorized:

  • (a) under section 7 of these Regulations; or

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• 4 (1) Subject to subsection (3), section 4.1 and subsection 5.1(1), no person shall fish, engage in fish farming or hold a derby except under the authority of a licence issued under these Regulations, the Fishery (General) Regulations or the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations.

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• (3) A person under 16 years of age may engage in angling without a licence if the person

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  • (b) is accompanied by a person who is the holder of an angling licence or a sport fishing licence issued under these Regulations.

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