NEWFOUNDLAND
AND
LABRADOR
REGULATION 44/18
Salmon Angling and Tag Use Order, 2018
under the
Wild Life Regulations
and the
Wild Life Act
Amended by:
51/18
58/18
(Filed June 4, 2018)
Under the authority of sections 3.2 and 4.1 of the Wild Life Regulations
and the Wild Life Act
, I make the following regulations.
Dated at St. John's
, June 4, 2018.
Lori Anne Companion
Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources
ORDER
Analysis
Short title
1.
This Order may be cited as the Salmon Angling and Tag Use Order, 2018
.
44/18 s1
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Limits
2.
(1) On or before July 20, 2018 the limit for the hooking and retention of salmon on rivers designated as Class 2 rivers under the Newfoundland and Labrador Fishery Regulations
(Canada
) is one salmon.
(2)
During the open seasons for 2018 prescribed under the Newfoundland and Labrador Fishery Regulations
(Canada
)
,
the limit for the hooking and releasing of salmon on the following rivers is 10 salmon:
(a)
rivers designated as Class 0 or Class 2 under the Newfoundland and Labrador Fishery Regulations
(Canada), except for rivers referred to in subsection 3(2); and
(b)
rivers not listed in Schedule I of the Newfoundland and Labrador Fishery Regulations
(Canada
).
44/18 s2; 51/18 s1; 58/18 s1
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Non-application
3.
(1) Section 2 shall not apply to angling under the authority of a licence issued under the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations
(Canada
).
(2)
Subsection 2(2) shall not apply to the following Class 2 rivers and tributary streams in Labrador
:
(a)
Adlatok
River
;
(b)
Big River;
(c)
Black Bear River and tributary streams;
(d)
Double
Mer
River
and tributary streams;
(e)
Eagle
River
;
(f)
Flowers
River
and tributary streams;
(g)
Hawke
River
;
(h)
Hunt
River
;
(i)
Little Bay
River
and tributary streams;
(j)
Michael's River;
(k)
North River
and tributary streams;
(l)
Reid's Pond
River
and Reid's Pond;
(m)
Tom
Luscombe
River
and tributary streams;
(n)
Ujutok
River
and tributary streams; and
(o)
White Bear River and tributary streams.
44/18 s3; 51/18 s2
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Tags - class 2 rivers
4.
Salmon retained by angling on rivers designated as Class 2 rivers under the Newfoundland and Labrador Fishery Regulations
(Canada
) shall be tagged with red tags only.
44/18 s4
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Conditions on tag use
5.
When a person affixes a tag referred to in this Order to a salmon, the person shall immediately cut out and remove the month and day of capture on the tag.
44/18 s5
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Repeal
6.
The Salmon Angling and Tag Use Order
, Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 50/10, is repealed.
44/18 s6
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