Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations (SOR/93-55)

Quotas and Length Restrictions

33 No person engaged in recreational fishing for clams by hand or with hand-held tools shall catch and retain, in any day, more than 300 clams in the aggregate from any or all of the following species:

• (a) bar clam;

• (b) bay quahaug;

• (c) razor clam; and

• (d) soft-shell clam.

34 No person shall catch and retain from the waters set out in column I of an item of the table to this section any clam of a species set out in column II of that item the length of which is less than the minimum length for that species set out in column III of that item.

PART IVEels

Interpretation

35 In this Part,

eel pot

eel pot means a type of fishing gear used to catch eels without enmeshing them that

• (a) contains bait which attracts eels into it through one or more openings, and

• (b) does not have a leader of any kind; (nasse à anguille)

eel trap

eel trap means any fishing gear used to catch eels without enmeshing them and includes a fyke net and eel weir but does not include a dip net, eel pot, longline, set line, spear or angling gear; (trappe à anguille)

elver

elver means an eel that is less than 10 cm in length. (civelle)

Gear Restrictions

36 No person shall fish for eels except by angling or with an eel pot, eel trap, dip net, longline, set line or spear.

Close Times

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

  Item	Column I	Column II	Column III	Column IV
  	Waters	Method	Close Time	Minimum Length
  	Nova Scotia
  1	Inland waters of Nova Scotia.	(1) Eel traps	(1) Nov. 1 to Aug. 14	20 cm
  		(2) Eel pots	(2) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(3) Spears	(3) Jan. 1 to Dec. 31
  2	Tidal waters of Nova Scotia.	(1) Eel traps	(1) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31	20 cm
  		(2) Eel pots	(2) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(3) Spears	(3) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  	New Brunswick
  3	Inland waters of New Brunswick.	(1) Eel traps	(1) Jan. 1 to Dec. 31	20 cm
  		(2) Eel pots	(2) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(3) Spears	(3) Jan. 1 to Dec. 31
  4	Tidal waters of the Tabusintac River.	(1) Eel traps	(1) Dec. 1 to July 31	20 cm
  		(2) Eel pots	(2) Dec. 1 to July 31
  		(3) Spears	(3) Sept. 1 to Nov. 15
  5	Tidal waters of New Brunswick not set out in item 4.	(1) Eel traps	(1) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31	20 cm
  		(2) Eel pots	(2) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(3) Spears	(3) Sept. 1 to Nov. 15
  	Prince Edward Island
  6	Inland waters of Prince Edward Island.	(1) Eel traps	(1) Jan. 1 to Dec. 31	46 cm
  		(2) Eel pots	(2) Dec. 1 to Aug. 15
  		(3) Spears	(3) Jan. 1 to Dec. 31
  7	Tidal waters of Prince Edward Island.	(1) Eel traps	(1) Dec. 1 to Aug. 15	46 cm
  		(2) Eel pots	(2) Dec. 30 to Dec. 31
  		(3) Spears	(3) From 17:00 h each day to 07:00 h on the following day from Sept. 1 to Dec. 31

• (1.1) No person shall engage in fishing for commercial purposes for eels in the waters set out in column I of the table to subsection (1) by a method set out in column II during the close time set out in column III.

• (2) Every person who fishes for eels with an eel trap in the inland waters of Nova Scotia shall, during the period beginning at sunrise and ending at sunset,

  • (a) in the case of an eel trap other than a fyke net, provide an opening at least 90 cm wide in the part of the trap that is situated in the deepest water to allow fish to escape; and

  • (b) in the case of a fyke net, render the net incapable of catching fish.