Northwest Territories Fishery Regulations (C.R.C., c. 847)

2 (1) In these Regulations,

Act

Act means the Fisheries Act; (Loi)

Agreement

Agreement has the same meaning as in the Western Arctic (Inuvialuit) Claims Settlement Act; (Convention)

angling

angling means fishing with a line to which one or more hooks are attached and that is held in the hand or attached to a rod that is held in the hand or closely attended; (pêche à la ligne)

Area

Area means any portion of the waters described in Schedule II; (secteur)

barbless hook

barbless hook includes a hook that has all of its barbs compressed to be in complete contact with the shaft of the hook, except those barbs on the shank that are designed solely to retain bait; (hameçon sans ardillon)

beneficiary

beneficiary means a person who is enrolled as a beneficiary under the Agreement; (bénéficiaire)

certificate

certificate means a registration certificate issued pursuant to section 14.1; (certificat)

commercial fishing

commercial fishing means fishing for sale or barter; (pêche commerciale)

commercial licence

commercial licence means a licence authorizing a person to engage in commercial fishing; (permis de pêche commerciale)

commercial licensee

commercial licensee means a person to whom a commercial licence has been issued under the Act or these Regulations; (titulaire d’un permis de pêche commerciale)

Department

Department means the Department of the Environment; (ministère)

domestic fishing

domestic fishing means fishing for personal use but not for sale or barter; (pêche domestique)

domestic fishing licence

domestic fishing licence means a licence authorizing a person to engage in domestic fishing; (permis de pêche domestique)

explosive

explosive means a substance or device that, when detonated or fired, creates a violent shock wave in water; (explosif)

fork length

fork length means the length of a fish measured from the tip of the nose to the centre of the fork of the tail; (longueur à la fourche)

game fish

game fish means any fish named in Schedule I; (poisson gibier)

gill net

gill net means a net that catches fish by enmeshing them but that does not enclose an area of water; (filet maillant)

hook

hook means a single pointed or multiple-pointed hook on a common shaft and includes an artificial lure that has one or more hooks attached to it; (hameçon)

Indian

Indian means an Indian as defined in the Indian Act; (Indien)

Inuk

Inuk means a person who is a direct descendant of a person of the race of aborigines commonly known as Inuit; (Inuk)

Inuvialuit Settlement Region

Inuvialuit Settlement Region has the same meaning as in the Agreement; (région désignée)

Minister

Minister means the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans; (ministre)

non-resident

non-resident means a person other than a resident Canadian; (non-résident)

Northwest Territories resident

Northwest Territories resident means a resident Canadian who has resided continuously in the Northwest Territories for a period of,

• (a) in respect of sport fishing, three months immediately preceding the day on which the person begins to fish; and

• (b) in respect of commercial fishing, six months immediately preceding the day on which the person applies for a commercial fishing licence. (résident des Territoires du Nord-Ouest)

officer

officer means a fishery officer, fishery guardian or a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; (fonctionnaire)

permanent resident

permanent resident [Revoked, SOR/93-59, s. 1]

person of mixed blood

person of mixed blood means a person of

• (a) mixed Indian and non-Indian blood who is at least one-quarter Indian, or

• (b) mixed Inuk and non-Inuk blood who is at least one-quarter Inuk; (personne de sang mêlé)

Regional Director-General

Regional Director-General means the Director-General of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans for the Central and Arctic Region; (directeur général régional)

resident

resident [Revoked, SOR/91-481, s. 1]

resident Canadian

resident Canadian means a person who is a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident; (résident canadien)

snagging

snagging means fishing by impaling a fish on a hook through some part of its body instead of luring the fish to take the hook into its mouth; (casaquer)

special management area

special management area means the waters described in an item in Schedule VIII; (secteur de gestion spécial)

sport fish

sport fish means fish that is taken for pleasure and not for sale or barter; (poisson de sport)

sport fishing

sport fishing means fishing for pleasure and not for sale or barter and includes angling, spear fishing and dip netting; (pêche sportive)

sport fishing licence

sport fishing licence means a sport fishing licence set out in Schedule IV that authorizes a person to engage in sport fishing; (permis de pêche sportive)

subsistence usage

subsistence usage has the same meaning as in paragraph (a) of the definition of that expression in the Agreement; (utilisation à des fins de subsistance)

Tree River

Tree River means

• (a) the waters of Coronation Gulf within 3 km of a point at 67°45′N., 111°56′W.;

• (b) all the waters of Port Epworth lying between lines of latitude at 67°45′N. and at 67°41′N.;

• (c) the waters of the Tree River and its tributaries lying between lines of latitude at 67°41′N. and 67°37′N.; and

• (d) all other waters that flow directly into any waters described in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c). (Rivière Tree)

(2) No Area shall be regarded as including any waters described in Schedule III.