Ontario Fishery Regulations, 2007

2 (1) These Regulations apply in Ontario.

(2) These Regulations do not apply to

• (a) waters to which the National Parks of Canada Fishing Regulations apply;

• (b) activities carried out under an aquaculture licence;

• (c) activities carried out, in the course of their duties, by employees of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry and employees of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans; or

• (d) artificially created waters into which only fish obtained from either the holder of an aquaculture licence or the holder of a commercial fishing licence have been released for non-commercial purposes if those waters

  • (i) are not on a regional flood plain,

  • (ii) lie wholly within the boundaries of privately owned land,

  • (iii) have no connection or outflow to natural waters, and

  • (iv) contain water from surface run-off, natural springs, ground water or water pumped from a stream or lake.

(3) These Regulations, other than subsections 1(1) and (3), paragraphs 3(1)(b) and (c), subsection 4(3) to (6) and sections 13 and 44, do not apply to fishing and related activities carried out under a licence issued under the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations.