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Newfoundland and Labrador
Regulation 2006


NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR REGULATION 22/06

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 22/06

Open Season Small Game Hunting and Snaring
Order, 2005-2006
(Amendment)
under the
Wild Life Regulations
and the
Wild Life Act

(Filed February 8, 2006)

Under the authority of sections 73, 80, 92 and 114 of the Wild Life Regulations and the Wild Life Act, I make the following Order.

Dated at St. John's, January 20, 2006.

Tom Osborne
Minister of Environment and Conservation

ORDER

Analysis


        1.   S.2 Amdt.
Areas defined

        2.   S.6 Amdt.
Bag limits

        3.   S.9.1 Added
Prohibition

        4.   S.10 Amdt.
Modified snaring requirements

        5.   Sch. Title R&S

        6.   Sch. B Added


NLR 81/05

        1. Section 2 of the Open Season Small Game Hunting and Snaring Order, 2005-2006 is amended by deleting the words "the Schedule" and substituting the words "Schedule A".

 

        2. Clause 6(1)(a)(iii)(B) of the Order is amended by deleting the words "the Schedule" and substituting the words "Schedule A".

 

        3. The Order is amended by adding immediately after section 9 the following:

Prohibition

      9.1 Hunting with a firearm on Sunday is permitted for the species and during the season described in this Order only during the period of:

             (a)  November 1, 2005- December 10, 2005 in Sunday Hunting Zone A as described in Schedule B;

             (b)  November 1, 2005 - January 7, 2006 in Sunday Hunting Zone B as described in Schedule B; and

             (c)  November 1, 2005- April 30, 2006 in all of Labrador.

 

        4. Section 10 of the Order is amended by deleting the words "the Schedule" and substituting the words "Schedule A".

 

        5. The Order is amended by deleting the title "Schedule" immediately after section 12 and substituting the title "Schedule A".

 

        6. The Order is amended by adding immediately after section Schedule A the following:

Schedule B

Sunday Hunting Zone A - Western Region

All that area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at a point known as Friar Head in Fortune Bay;

Then following a straight line to the southwestern end of Norsemans Pond;

Then following a straight line in a northeasterly direction to a point of land, elevation 852 feet, east of Norsemans Pond at an approximate location of 48° 9' 54.3" north latitude and 54° 25' 27.8" west longitude;

Then following a straight line in a northerly direction to the northeastern extremity of Norsemans Pond;

Then following a straight line to the western extremity of Norsemans Pond;

Then following a straight line in a generally northeasterly direction to the southeastern extremity of Saddle Pond;

Then following the southwestern shoreline of Saddle Pond to the stream at its northern extremity;

Then following this stream in a generally northeasterly direction to the most southwesterly point of a small pond located at an approximate location of 48° 19' 14" north latitude and 54° 22' 25.8" west longitude;

Then following the northwestern bank of the unnamed pond to a small stream at its northern extremity

Then following the stream flowing from the unnamed Pond in a generally northeasterly direction to the southwestern extremity of Salmon Pond;

Then following the west bank of Salmon Pond and Salmon River in a generally northeasterly direction to its intersection with the T'Railway;

Then following the T'Railway in a generally northerly direction to a small stream flowing into the eastern end of Maccles Lake at Millers Angle at an approximate location of 48° 36' 49.9" north latitude and 54° 7' 40" west longitude;

Then following the eastern bank of that stream to Maccles Lake;

Then following the southern shoreline of Maccles Lake in a generally westerly direction to the western extremity of that lake;

Then following a straight line to the outlet of Parsons Pond;

Then following the eastern bank of this brook to its mouth in Gambo Pond;

Then following the southern shoreline of Gambo Pond and the south bank of Gambo River to its mouth in Freshwater Bay, Bonavista Bay;

Then following the coastline of insular Newfoundland including all offshore islands and excluding all areas within National Park jurisdiction in westerly direction to the point of commencement.

Sunday Hunting Zone B- Eastern Region

All that area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at a point known as Friar Head in Fortune Bay;

Then following a straight line to the southwestern end of Norsemans Pond;

Then following a straight line in a northeasterly direction to a point of land, elevation 852 feet, east of Norsemans Pond at an approximate location of 48° 9' 54.3" north latitude and 54° 25' 27.8" west longitude;

Then following a straight line in a northerly direction to the northeastern extremity of Norsemans Pond;

Then following a straight line to the western extremity of Norsemans Pond;

Then following a straight line in a generally northeasterly direction to the southeastern extremity of Saddle Pond;

Then following the southwestern shoreline of Saddle Pond to the stream at its northern extremity;

Then following this stream in a generally northeasterly direction to the most southwesterly point of a small pond located at an approximate location of 48° 19' 14" north latitude and 54° 22' 25.8" west longitude;

Then following the northwestern bank of the unnamed pond to a small stream at its northern extremity

Then following the stream flowing from the unnamed pond in a generally northeasterly direction to the southwestern extremity of Salmon Pond;

Then following the west bank of Salmon Pond and Salmon River in a generally northeasterly direction to its intersection with the T'Railway;

Then following the T'Railway in a generally northerly direction to a small stream flowing into the eastern end of Maccles Lake at Millers Angle at an approximate location of 48° 36' 49.9" North latitude and 54° 7' 40" West longitude;

Then following the eastern bank of that stream to Maccles Lake;

Then following the southern shoreline of Maccles Lake in a generally westerly direction to the western extremity of that lake;

Then following a straight line to the outlet of Parsons Pond;

Then following the eastern bank of this brook to its mouth in Gambo Pond;

Then following the southern shoreline of Gambo Pond and the south bank of Gambo River to its mouth in Freshwater Bay, Bonavista Bay;

Then following the coastline of insular Newfoundland including all offshore islands and excluding all areas within National Park jurisdiction in easterly direction to the point of commencement.