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Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations (SOR/93-55)

Regulations are current to 2024-10-30 and last amended on 2022-09-27. Previous Versions

PART VILandlocked Salmon (continued)

Tagging

 [Repealed, SOR/2022-196, s. 43]

PART VI.1Muskellunge

Application

 This Part does not apply in respect of recreational fishing for muskellunge

  • (a) by angling or with set lines in the waters set out in Schedule IX during the period beginning on January 1 and ending on March 31; or

  • (b) in the waters set out in section 116.

  • SOR/2001-452, s. 17

Gear Restrictions

 No person shall fish for muskellunge except by angling.

  • SOR/2001-452, s. 17

Close Times

 No person shall fish for muskellunge in the waters set out in column I of the table to this section during the close time set out in column II.

TABLE

ItemColumn IColumn IIColumn IIIColumn IVColumn V
WatersClose TimeFishing QuotaMinimum LengthMaximum Length
1Inland and tidal waters of Nova Scotia.Jan. 1 to Dec. 31110 cm150 cm
2Inland and tidal waters of New Brunswick.Sept. 16 to May 14510 cm150 cm
3Inland and tidal waters of Prince Edward Island.Jan. 1 to Dec. 31110 cm150 cm
  • SOR/2001-452, s. 17

Quotas and Length Restrictions

 No person shall catch and retain in any day from the waters set out in column I of the table to section 53.3

  • (a) more muskellunge than the fishing quota set out in column III; or

  • (b) any muskellunge the length of which is less than the minimum length set out in column IV, or more than the maximum length set out in column V.

  • SOR/2001-452, s. 17

PART VIIMussels

Gear Restrictions

 No person shall fish for mussels except by hand, with hand-held tools, with a drag rake, hydraulic device or mechanical device or by diving.

Close Times

  •  (1) No person shall engage in recreational fishing for mussels in the waters set out in column I of the table to this section by a method set out in column II during the close time set out in column III.

  • (2) No person shall engage in fishing for commercial purposes for mussels in the waters set out in column I of the table to this section by a method set out in column II during the close time set out in column III.

    TABLE

    ItemColumn IColumn IIColumn III
    WatersMethodClose Time
    Nova Scotia
    1Inland and tidal waters of Nova Scotia.
    • (1) Hand and hand-held tools, when not diving

    • (1) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31

    • (2) Hand and hand-held tools, when diving

    • (2) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31

    • (3) Drag rake

    • (3) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31

    • (4) Hydraulic device

    • (4) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31

    • (5) Mechanical device

    • (5) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31

    New Brunswick
    2Inland and tidal waters of New Brunswick.
    • (1) Hand and hand-held tools, when not diving

    • (1) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31

    • (2) Hand and hand-held tools, when diving

    • (2) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31

    • (3) Drag rake

    • (3) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31

    • (4) Hydraulic device

    • (4) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31

    • (5) Mechanical device

    • (5) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31

    Prince Edward Island
    3Inland and tidal waters of Prince Edward Island.
    • (1) Hand and hand-held tools, when not diving

    • (1) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31

    • (2) Hand and hand-held tools, when diving

    • (2) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31

    • (3) Drag rake

    • (3) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31

    • (4) Hydraulic device

    • (4) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31

    • (5) Mechanical device

    • (5) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31

  • SOR/2001-452, s. 18

Quotas

 No person engaged in recreational fishing for mussels by any method in the waters set out in column I of the table to this section shall catch and retain, in any day, more mussels than the fishing quota set out in column II.

TABLE

ItemColumn IColumn II
WatersFishing Quota
1Inland and tidal waters of Nova Scotia.300
2Inland and tidal waters of New Brunswick.300
3Inland and tidal waters of Prince Edward Island.300
  • SOR/2001-452, s. 19

PART VIIIOysters

Gear Restrictions

 No person shall fish for oysters

  • (a) by diving in a leased oyster area in the inland or tidal waters of Prince Edward Island; or

  • (b) in a public oyster-fishing area, except with tongs or rakes that are operated by hand without mechanical assistance.

Close Times

 No person shall, unless authorized under a licence set out in item 7 of the table to section 5, fish for oysters in an area set out in column I of the table to this section

  • (a) by a method set out in column II of that item during the yearly close time set out in column III of that item; or

  • (b) during the weekly close time set out in column IV of that item.

TABLE

ItemColumn IColumn IIColumn IIIColumn IV
AreaMethodYearly Close TimeWeekly Close Time
Nova Scotia
1Public oyster-fishing areas in the inland and tidal waters of Nova Scotia.Tongs or rakesDec. 1 to Sept. 14From sunset to sunrise from Monday to Saturday and all day Sunday
2Leased oyster areas in the inland and tidal waters of Nova Scotia.Any methodDec. 30 to Dec. 31n/a
New Brunswick
3Public oyster-fishing areas in the inland and tidal waters of New Brunswick.Tongs or rakesJan. 1 to Sept. 30From sunset to sunrise from Monday to Saturday and all day Sunday
4Leased oyster areas in the inland and tidal waters of New Brunswick.Any methodDec. 30 to Dec. 31n/a
Prince Edward Island
5Public oyster-fishing areas in the inland and tidal waters of Prince Edward Island.Tongs or rakesDec. 1 to Sept. 14From sunset to sunrise from Monday to Saturday and all day Sunday
6Leased oyster areas in the inland and tidal waters of Prince Edward Island.Any methodMay 1 to Aug. 14From sunset to sunrise from Monday to Saturday and all day Sunday
  • SOR/2001-452, s. 20
 

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