NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 69/06

Open Season Fall Big Game Black Bear Hunting and
Snaring Order, Newfoundland, 2005 (Amendment)
under the
Wild Life Regulations
and the
Wild Life Act

(Filed September 20, 2006)

Under the authority of section 38 and 114 of the Wild Life Regulations and the Wild Life Act, I make the following Order.

Dated at St. John's, September 14, 2006.

Clyde Jackman
Minister of Environment and Conservation

ORDER

Analysis

        1.    S.2 Amdt.
Fall open season

        2.   S.5 Amdt.
Bag limits

        3.   S.7.1 Added
Sunday hunting

        4.   Sch. Added

NLR 80/05

        1. Subsection 2(1) of the Open Season Fall Big Game Black Bear Hunting and Snaring Order, Newfoundland, 2005 is repealed and the following substituted:

Fall open season

        2. (1) The fall open season for the hunting and snaring of black bear shall be September 9, 2006 to November 12, 2006 in all moose management areas, except as follows:

 

Area No.	Season Dates
31	No open season
32	No open season
33	No open season
34	No open season
35	No open season
36	No open season
38	No open season
43	No open season
44	No open season

             (2) Subsection 2(2) of the Order is amended by deleting the reference "Open Season Big Game Moose Hunting Order, Newfoundland, 2005-2006" and by substituting the reference "Open Season Big Game Moose Hunting Order, Newfoundland, 2005-2006 (Amendment)".

             (3)  Subsection 2(3) of the Order is repealed and the following substituted:

             (3)  Hunting Black Bear by bow and arrow only shall be permitted in Moose Management Areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45, and 47 during the period of August 26, 2006 to September 9, 2006.

 

        2. Subsection 5(1) of the Order is amended by deleting the number "one" and substituting the number "two".

 

        3. The Order is amended by adding immediately after section 7 the following:

Sunday hunting

      7.1 (1) Hunting with a firearm on Sundays shall be permitted for the species and during the seasons as described in this Order only during the period of

             (a)  November 1, 2006-December 10, 2006 in Sunday Hunting Zone A, as described in the Schedule; and

             (b)  November 1, 2006-January 7, 2007 in Sunday Hunting Zone B as described in the Schedule.

 

        4. The Order is amended by adding immediately after section 8 the following:

Schedule

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.

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