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Ontario Fishery Regulations, 2007

Version of section 29 from 2018-10-23 to 2023-12-31:

  •  (1) No person shall use as bait, or possess for use as bait, an invasive species or a live fish that is not a species of baitfish.

  • (2) No person shall use as bait or possess for use as bait

    • (a) a live baitfish in the waters set out in column 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 5;

    • (b) a fish greater than 13 cm in length in Lake Temagami;

    • (c) a fish

      • (i) in the waters of Clearwater Bay of Lake of the Woods (49°42′ N, 94°45′ W), Echo Bay of Lake of the Woods (49°39′ N, 94°50′ W) or Cul de Sac Lake (49°38′ N, 94°50′ W);

      • (ii) in the waters set out in column 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 5 during the period set out in column 2; or

    • (d) rainbow smelt in Zones 2, 4, 5 or 6 except, in Zone 6, in the waters of Jessie Lake, Lake Helen, Polly Lake and Lake Nipigon and its tributaries.

  • (3) Despite subsection (1), a person may possess no more than 36 live crayfish for use as bait in the waters in which the person is angling, if the crayfish were caught in those waters.

  • (4) No person shall transport crayfish overland except under a licence to collect fish for scientific purposes issued under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997, Statutes of Ontario, 1997, c. 41.

  • SOR/2008-99, s. 14
  • SOR/2014-311, s. 5
  • SOR/2015-121, s. 40
  • SOR/2018-216, s. 17

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