Atlantic Fishery Regulations, 1985

15 (1) The holder of a licence for recreational fishing may fish for a species specified in that licence

• (a) without being registered or without holding a provincial or territorial fisher’s certificate; and

• (b) from a vessel that is not registered.

(2) A person may, without being registered, without holding a provincial or territorial fisher’s certificate or without being licensed, and with a vessel that is not registered, engage in recreational fishing

• (a) for groundfish with a hand-line or by angling;

• (b) for mackerel with a hand-line or by angling;

• (c) for capelin with any fishing gear other than trap nets, seines or mobile gear; or

• (d) for squid with any fishing gear other than trap nets or mobile gear.

(2.1) A person less than 16 years of age who does not hold a licence may engage in recreational fishing when accompanied by the holder of a recreational fishing licence if the fishing is done in accordance with the conditions of the licence.

(3) A person who is designated under paragraph 4(2)(a) or subsection 4(3) of the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations to fish under the authority of a licence issued under subsection 4(1) of those Regulations may engage in fishing in accordance with the conditions of that licence

• (a) without being registered or without holding a provincial or territorial fisher’s certificate; and

• (b) from a vessel that is not registered.