National Parks of Canada Fishing Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1120)

12 Notwithstanding Parts I and II of Schedule III, no person shall fish in La Mauricie National Park of Canada on any day after having on that day caught in the waters of that park and retained

• (a) two lake trout; or

• (b) three northern pike.

12.1 If the daily catch and possession limit set out in column III of Part I of Schedule III is 0, any person who catches a fish of a species set out in column II shall immediately unhook the fish and return it to the water with as little damage to the fish as possible.

12.2 Nothwithstanding the limit set out in column III of paragraph 8(a) of Parts I and II of Schedule III, no person shall, in any year, in the waters of Prince Albert National Park of Canada, catch and retain more than two lake trout.

12.3 Notwithstanding Schedule III, no person shall fish for atlantic salmon in any waters of Cape Breton Highlands National Park of Canada on any day after having caught and released two atlantic salmon measuring 30 cm or more.

12.4 to 12.7 [Repealed, SOR/94-314, s. 6]

13 Where a fish has been filleted, two fillets shall be treated as one fish and, unless the body is shown, every fillet shall be treated as having been taken from a game fish.

14 For the purposes of these Regulations, a fish in the possession of a person under 16 years of age who does not hold a fishing permit, salmon licence, soft-shell clam permit or lake trout endorsement, but who is accompanied by a person holding a fishing permit, salmon licence, soft-shell clam permit or lake trout endorsement, shall be considered to be in the possession of the holder of the fishing permit, salmon licence, soft-shell clam permit or lake trout endorsement.

Prohibitions and General Provisions

• 15 (1) Except as otherwise provided in these Regulations, no person shall fish in park waters by any method other than angling.

• (2) No person shall be in possession, within 100 m of any park waters, of any equipment that can be used to catch or take fish, unless fishing in those waters by means of that equipment is permitted by these Regulations.

• (3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), no person shall be in possession at any time, within the boundaries of a park, of any equipment that can be used to catch or take fish, other than equipment used for angling or for taking soft-shell clams or American eel, except when carrying such equipment through the park in a vehicle to a destination outside the park or to a residence in the park.

• (4) No person shall fish from a bridge or any other structure that crosses the waters of Cape Breton Highlands, Fundy, Gros Morne, Prince Edward Island or Terra Nova National Park of Canada.

• (5) No person in La Mauricie or Forillon National Park of Canada shall have in possession fishing equipment unless

  • (a) the person holds a fishing permit; or

  • (b) the fishing equipment is kept inside a motor vehicle.

• (6) No person shall, while fishing in Fundy, Kouchibouguac, Cape Breton Highlands or Terra Nova National Park of Canada, use an artificial fly that incorporates a weight as an integral part of the artificial fly, that is attached to a sinking line, or that has a weight attached to the hook or line, for the purpose of causing the artificial fly to sink.

• (7) No person shall use a fish finder while fishing in Kejimkujik or La Mauricie National Park of Canada.

15.1 No person shall catch and retain

• (a) subject to paragraph (b), invertebrates from the marine portion of Forillon National Park of Canada unless the person is the holder of a fishing permit, issued by the superintendent, authorizing their removal for scientific or park management purposes;

• (b) for commercial purposes, lobster or fish used as lobster bait, from the marine part of Forillon National Park of Canada unless the person is the holder of a licence, issued under the National Parks Businesses Regulations, 1998, to carry on that business;

• (c) subject to paragraph (d), invertebrates from Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada unless the person is the holder of a fishing permit, issued by the superintendent, authorizing their removal for scientific or park management purposes; or

• (d) for commercial purposes, soft-shell clams from Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada unless the person is the holder of a licence that authorizes that activity and that is issued under the National Parks of Canada Businesses Regulations.

16 No person shall fish in park waters by foul hooking.

17 No person shall, when fishing in park waters, use

• (a) more than one fishing line;

• (b) a fishing line having more than one artificial fly or other type of bait;

• (c) a fishing line having an artificial fly to which is attached any live or dead natural bait;

• (d) a fishing line having any combination of hooks capable of catching more than one fish at a time;

• (e) a fishing line having more than one type of lure;

• (f) a lure having more than

  • (i) two single hooks,

  • (ii) two gang-hooks, or

  • (iii) one single hook and one gang-hook;

• (g) a gang-hook having more than three hooks; or

• (h) a lead sinker or lead jig that weighs less than 50 g.

17.1 No person shall, while fishing for any species of fish in the waters of Riding Mountain or Point Pelee National Park of Canada, use a hook from which the barbs have not been removed unless the barbs have been pinched to the shaft of the hook.

• 17.2 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall, while fishing in any waters in Kluane National Park of Canada or in Kluane National Park Reserve of Canada, use a hook from which the barbs have not been removed unless the barbs have been pinched to the shaft of the hook.

• (2) No person shall, while fishing in the waters of the Kathleen River that are located in the area of land referred to in subsection (1), use a hook unless it is a single hook and

  • (a) the barbs have been removed from it; or

  • (b) the barbs have been pinched to the shaft of the hook.

17.3 No person shall, while fishing in the waters of Kejimkujik National Park of Canada set out in column II of paragraph 2(e) of Schedule V for any species of fish set out in column I of that paragraph, use

• (a) any method other than angling with an artificial fly; and

• (b) a hook from which the barbs have not been removed, unless the barbs have been pinched to the shaft of the hook.

17.4 No person shall, while fishing in park waters for any species of fish, be in possession of any lead sinker or lead jig that weighs less than 50 g.

18 No person shall, when angling, leave a fishing line unattended.

• 19 (1) Subject to subsection (4), no person shall have in possession, within 100 metres of park waters, a net capable of being used for fishing unless the person

  • (a) is the holder of a fishing permit, salmon licence, soft-shell clam permit or lake trout endorsement;

  • (b) keeps the net inside a motor vehicle;

  • (c) [Repealed, SOR/94-314, s. 8]

  • (d) is in possession of the net in Point Pelee National Park of Canada for purposes of fishing in waters outside the park.

• (2) No person shall use or have in his possession in a park a gaff-hook or tailer.

• (3) Subsection (2) does not apply in respect of Riding Mountain National Park of Canada.

• (4) Nothing in these Regulations prohibits the use of a landing net or a dip net to land a fish caught by angling.

20 No person shall fish in

• (a) any park waters set out in Schedule IV or, where applicable, during the time set out in that schedule;

• (b) any park waters used for propagating, protecting, conserving or displaying fish; or

• (c) any part of park waters designated by a superintendent for public swimming or as a marina.

• 20.1 (1) Despite column I of item 42.2 of Schedule II, no person shall fish for soft-shell clams in any waters of Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada except where waters are marked for that purpose and in the manner set out in a notice posted by the superintendent or, where no such notice is posted, in the manner set out in the soft-shell clam permit.

• (2) The superintendent shall, in determining the manner in which a person may fish for soft-shell clams, take into account the park’s natural and cultural resources and the preservation, control and management of the park.

• 21 (1) No person shall fish for any species of fish set out in Column I of an item of Schedule V in any park waters set out in Column II of that item by any method except angling with an artificial fly.

• (2) No person shall fish for salmon in any parks waters set out in Schedule VI.

• 22 (1) No person shall fish in park waters, other than in the waters of those parks referred to in subsection (2), during the period from two hours after sunset on any day until one hour before sunrise on the day immediately following.

• (2) No person shall fish in the waters of Cape Breton Highlands, Fundy, Georgian Bay Islands, Gros Morne, Kejimkujik, Kouchibouguac, La Mauricie, Point Pelee, Prince Edward Island or Terra Nova National Park of Canada during the period starting one hour after sunset on any day and ending one hour before sunrise on the next day.