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Newfoundland and Labrador
Furbearing
Animals Trapping and Shooting Order, (Filed August 25, 2015) Under the authority of sections 16, 25, 27 and 114 of the Wild Life Regulations and the Wild Life Act, I make the following Order. Dated at Dan Crummell ORDER Analysis 1. Short title 2. Open season trapping and shooting 3. Prohibitions 4. Neck snares 5. Foot hold restraining traps 6. Killing traps 7. Live holding devices 8. Rate of beaver harvest 9. Lynx 10. Wolves 11. Prohibition 12. Sunday hunting 13. Repeal Schedule A Schedule B Schedule C Schedule D Schedule E Short title 1. This Order may be cited as the Furbearing Animals Trapping and Shooting
Order, Open season trapping and shooting 2. (1) The
open season for trapping on the
(2) The open season for trapping and shooting on the Island of Newfoundland, except as provided for in specific management areas described in Schedule A, shall be
(3) The open seasons for trapping and shooting
within (a) Northern Labrador Zone:
(b) Southern
Labrador Zone:
Prohibitions 3. (1) Notwithstanding
section 2, (a) the
trapping and shooting of lynx is prohibited in Zone B, as described in Schedule
A; and (b) the
trapping and shooting of all furbearing animals is prohibited in the following
areas: (i) (ii) Great Southern Harbour. (2) A person shall not use a killing trap for beaver, muskrat or marten unless the trap is a killing trap described in Schedule C for that wild life species and the trap is used in accordance with the conditions prescribed in Schedule C. (3) A person shall not use a trap in the following areas described in Schedule A: (a) the Pine Marten Study Area, excluding the Little Grand Lake Ecological Reserve; (b) the Main River/Upper (c) the Little Grand (d) the unless the trap is a trap described in Schedule D for each furbearing species and the trap is used in accordance with the requirements of Schedule D. (4) A person shall not use a trap in the following areas described in Schedule A: (a) the (b) the (c) the Terra Nova Area; and (d) the Red Indian unless the trap is a trap described in Schedule E for each furbearing species and the trap is used in accordance with the requirements of Schedule E. Neck snares 4. (1) Killing neck snares which are set on land for the purpose of taking furbearing animals shall be equipped with a noose locking device which shall be set in a manner so that the noose, once closed, is prevented from expanding. (2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to the taking of squirrel. Foot hold restraining traps 5. (1) Foot hold restraining traps set for beaver, muskrat, otter and mink shall be set in a manner which allows the animal to submerge and prevent it from resurfacing. (2) Coyote and wolf may be taken with a foot holding restraining trap providing the device has a minimum space of 5 millimetres between the jaws when closed, or the device has pads of a rubber-like substance fastened to the trap jaws or the device is equipped with trap jaws of 9 millimetres or greater in thickness. (3) A person shall not use a foot hold restraining trap for lynx unless it is a foot hold restraining trap as described in Schedule C for lynx and the trap is used in accordance with the conditions prescribed in Schedule C. Killing traps 6. (1) Furbearing animals shall be taken only by means of a killing trap set in a manner as to kill the animal quickly. (2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to the taking of fox, coyote, wolf or lynx. (3) A person shall not trap, take or kill any furbearing animal by means of a trap or other device equipped with metal teeth, metal serrated edges, hooks or sharp devices. (4) A person shall not use spring poles or foot hold traps in trees or poles, unless the trap is set as a killing trap. Live holding devices 7. Live holding devices set on land for the taking of furbearing animals shall be checked daily. Rate of beaver harvest 8. (1) On
the Island of (2) In Lynx 9. (1) Lynx taken during the open season for lynx shall be registered for tagging before the close of business hours on Friday, January 8, 2016. (2) Lynx carcasses shall be surrendered to the Wildlife Division at the time of registration for tagging prescribed under subsection (1). (3) A person shall not have in his or her possession any lynx pelt or any lynx parts, unless that person holds a valid trapper's licence and the pelt or pelt parts are registered as required in subsections (1) and (2). (4) A licensed trapper who takes lynx accidentally during the trapping seasons for other species, other than those trapping periods prescribed for lynx, shall within 7 days of the taking the lynx, surrender it to the Wildlife Division. (5) This section shall not apply to the taking of
lynx in Wolves 10. A person who takes a wolf shall surrender the lower jawbone or complete skull of each wolf taken to the Wildlife Division by May 13, 2016. Prohibition 11. A person shall not transport or possess any firearm under the authority of a valid hunting license without being in possession of an outdoor identification card, or non-resident equivalent, issued to the person. Sunday hunting 12. Hunting with a firearm on Sundays shall be permitted across the entire province, beginning October 4, 2015 and ending April 30, 2016, for the species and during the seasons described in this order. Repeal 13. The
Furbearing Animals Trapping and Shooting Order,
2014-2015, Schedule A (a) Pine Marten Study Area That part of
the Then following
the Camp 33 Road to the southwestern extremity of Then following
the shoreline of Grand Lake to the mouth of Red Indian Brook a distance of
approximately 15 kilometres to a small lake on its headwaters; Then following
a straight line in a generally southeasterly direction to the southeastern
extremity of the Then following
the western bank of the brook flowing out of Then following
the western Then following
the northern bank of Lloyds River and the northern shore of Lloyds Lake and the
northern bank of Lloyds River, west of Lloyds Lake, to the mouth of the brook
flowing out of Cormacks Lake; Then following
the eastern or northern bank of this brook to Then following
a straight line in a generally northerly direction approximately 8 kilometres
to a point on the headwaters of Little Barachois Brook; Then following
the northern bank of Little Barachois Brook to its intersection with the
eastern boundary of the Then following
the eastern and northern boundaries of the park to the Then following
the Excluding the Little Grand Lake Provisional Ecological Reserve established by the Little Grand Lake Provisional Ecological Reserve Regulations, Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 84/02, as described in the Little Grand Lake Provisional Ecological Reserve Order, Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 83/02, made under the authority of the Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Act. (b) Main River/Upper All that area
of the Island of Newfoundland, commencing at a tributary on Main River UTM
481,975 metres east 5,522,600 metres north; Then following
this tributary in a generally northerly direction to UTM 483,840 metres east
5,528,225 metres north; Then following
a straight line in a southeasterly direction to UTM 488,460 metres east 5,525,000
metres north; Then following
a straight line in an easterly direction to the eastern extremity of a small
pond at UTM 498,485 metres east 5,525,000 metres north; Then following
the eastern shoreline of the pond to its outlet; Then following
a chain of brooks in a southerly direction to UTM 498,771 metres east 5,522,615
metres north; Then following
a straight line in a generally southeasterly direction to UTM 502,332 metres
east 5,518,590 metres north; Then following
a straight line in a generally southwesterly direction to UTM 499,538 metres
east 5,516,260 metres north; Then following
a straight line in a southerly direction to the outlet of a small pond at UTM
499,615 metres east 5,513,620 metres north; Then following
a stream that flows in a southerly direction to Then following
Then following
that tributary and a chain of ponds in a generally westerly direction to where
a small stream is intersected by the Upper Humber Forest Access Road at UTM
480,650 metres east 5,509,735 metres north; Then following
a straight line in a westerly direction to the east shore of a small pond at
UTM 469,023 metres east 5,510,070 metres north; Then following
the north side of that pond and a connected tributary in a northwesterly
direction to its intersection with the eastern boundary of Gros Morne National
Park at UTM 466,335 metres east 5,510,602 metres north; Then following
the boundary of the park in a northerly direction to where it intersections a
lake at UTM 461,750 metres east 5,529,000 metres north; Then following
the south shoreline of that lake in an easterly direction to its most eastern
extremity; Then following
a straight line in an easterly direction to UTM 466,087 metres east 5,528,540
metres north; Then following
the southern shore of (c) All that area
of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at the intersection
of the Trans Canada Highway, Route 1, and Camp 33 Road; Then following
Camp 33 Road to the southwest extremity of Then following
the north shoreline of Then following
the south bank of the Then following
the TCH in a southwesterly direction to the point of commencement. (d) Terra Nova Area All that
area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at the
intersection of North West River and the Terra Nova National Park, TNNP,
boundary at UTM coordinates 706,250 metres east and 5,365,250 metres north; Then
following the north bank of the said river in a westerly direction to UTM
coordinates 664,125 metres east and 5,346,625 metres north; Then
following a straight line in a northwesterly direction to UTM coordinates
663,750 metres east and 5,353,125 metres north; Then
following a straight line in a westerly direction to the northeastern extremity
of Then
following a straight line in a northwesterly direction to the eastern extremity
of Then
following a straight line in a northerly direction to the eastern extremity of
South West Pond; Then
following a straight line in a northeasterly direction to the western extremity
of Dead Wolf Pond; Then
following the southern shoreline of Dead Wolf Pond to the mouth of a small
stream entering the pond at its eastern extremity; Then
following this stream to its headwaters pond; Then
following a straight line for approximately 500 metres due east to an unnamed
pond; Then
following a stream exiting this pond at its southeastern extremity; Then
following this stream in a southeasterly direction to its outflow in Riverhead
Brook; Then
following this brook in an easterly direction to its mouth in Gambo Pond; Then
following the north Then
following the west bank of Gambo Brook to its intersection with the Trans Then
following the TCH in an easterly direction to its intersection with the TNNP
boundary; Then
following the western boundary of TNNP in a southerly direction to the point of
commencement. (e) All that
area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at the
intersection of the Terra Nova National Park, TNNP, boundary and the north
shoreline of Clode Sound, Bonavista Bay at UTM coordinates 720,554 metres east
and 5,367,279 metres north; Then
following the TNNP boundary in a northerly direction to UTM coordinates 720,507
metres east and 5,370,209 metres north; Then
following the TNNP boundary in a northeasterly direction to UTM coordinates
721,554 metres east and 5,371,792 metres north; Then
following the TNNP boundary in a southeasterly direction to its intersection
with the north shoreline of Clode Sound, Then
following the shoreline of Clode Sound, (f) All that area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at the mouth of Victoria River and Red Indian Lake; Then following the north bank of Then following a mid-way line between the
north and south shorelines of Then following the north bank of the Then following a straight line in a
northerly direction to the intersection of the Pine Marten Study Area and Then following the Pine Marten Study Area
boundary along Then following the western bank of Otter Pond Brook, the western shore of Otter Pond and the west bank of Otter Pond Brook to Lake of the Hills; Then following a straight line in a northwesterly direction to UTM co-ordinates 471,250 metres east and 5,379,000 metres north; Then following a straight line in a northeasterly direction to its intersection with Clench Brook at UTM co-ordinates 500,875 metres east and 5,401,000 metres north; Then following the south bank of Clench Brook to its mouth on Red Indian Lake; Then following a straight line in an easterly direction to the point of commencement. (g) Lynx Zone A: Northern Region (Open) All that area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of the Burgeo Highway with the southern bank of Lloyds River and; Then following the Then following the coastline in generally
westerly direction to Then following the coastline in a generally north-westerly
direction to Then following along the western shoreline
of Insular Newfoundland and western shoreline of the Then following a generally south westerly direction
along the eastern shoreline of the Then following the north east coast of
insular Then following the southern bank of the Then following the southern shoreline of Then following the southern bank of the Then following the south eastern shoreline
of Then following a straight line in a westerly direction to the point of commencement. (h) Lynx
Zone B: Southern Region All that area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of the Burgeo Highway and the south bank of Llyods River; Then following a straight line in an
easterly direction to the southern extremity of Then following the southern shoreline of Then following the southern bank of the Then following the southern shoreline of Then following the southern bank of the Then following the coastline of insular Newfoundland including all offshore islands and excluding all areas within National Park jurisdiction in southerly direction to the northern extent of the intersection of the coastline of Insular Newfoundland and the causeway to Grandy Island; Then following the (i) Little
Grand The Little Grand Lake Wild Life Reserve
established by the Little Grand Lake Wild
Life Reserve Regulations, (j) The Glover Island Public Reserve established by the Glover Island Public Reserve Regulations, Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 87/02, as described in the Glover Island Public Reserve Order, 2013, Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 123/13, made under the authority of the Lands Act. Schedule B (a) Labrador
North Fur Zone All that area of Then following a line due west to its intersection with 62° west longitude; Then following a line due north to its intersection with 55° north latitude; Then following a line due west along 55° north latitude to its intersection with the Labrador-Quebec border; Then following the Labrador-Quebec border in
a generally northerly direction to Then following the coastline of (b) Labrador South Fur Zone All that area of Then following a line due west to its intersection with 62° west longitude; Then following a line due north to its intersection with 55° north latitude; Then following a line due west along 55° north latitude to its intersection with the Labrador-Quebec border; Then following the Labrador-Quebec border in
a generally southerly direction, then easterly direction to the coast of Then following the coastline of Schedule C List of Killing traps certified for use by species under certain stated conditions: When trapping beaver either underwater or on land: Belisle Classic 330 Belisle Super X 280 Belisle Super X 330 B.M.I. BT300 B.M.I. 280 Body Gripper B.M.I. 330 Body Gripper Bridger 330 Duke 330 LDL C 280 LDL C 280 Magnum LDL C 330
Magnum Rudy 280 Rudy 330 Sauvageau
1000-11F Sauvageau
2001-8 Sauvageau
2001-11 Sauvageau
2001-12 Species specific 330 Dislocator Half Magnum Species specific 440 Dislocator Half Magnum Woodstream Woodstream When trapping marten: Belisle Super X 120 Belisle Super X 160 B.M.I. 126 Magnum Body Gripper Eiabzugseisen Kleiner Schwanenhals Koro #1 Koro #2 KP120 Northwoods 155 Rudy 120 Magnum Rudy 160 Plus Sauvageau C120
Magnum Sauvageau 2001-5 Sauvageau 2001-6 When trapping muskrat on land: Belisle Super X
110 Belisle Super X
120 B.M.I. 120 B.M.I. 120 Magnum B.M.I. 126
Magnum Bridger 120 Duke 120 Koro Muskrat LDL B120 LDL B120 Magnum Ouell RM Ouell 411-180 Rudy 110 Rudy 120 Rudy 120 Magnum Sauvageau C120
Magnum Sauvageau C120 "Reverse Sauvageau
2001-5 Triple M Woodstream Woodstream When trapping muskrat underwater: Any jaw type trap (body gripping or leghold) set as a submersion set that exerts clamping force on a muskrat and maintains a muskrat underwater When trapping weasel: Belisle Super X 110 Belisle Super X 120 B.M.I. #60 B.M.I. 120 Body Gripper Magnum B.M.I. 126 Body Gripper Magnum Bridger 120 Koro Muskrat Trap Koro Rodent Trap LDL B120 Magnum Ouell RM Ouell 3-10 Ouell 411-180 Rudy 120 Magnum Sauvageau C120 Magnum Sauvageau C120 "Reverse Sauvageau 2001-5 Triple M Victor Rat Trap Woodstream Woodstream When trapping lynx: Belisle Super X 280 Belisle Super X 330 B.M.I. 220 Body Gripper B.M.I. 220 Magnum Body Gripper B.M.I. 280 Body Gripper B.M.I. 280 Magnum Body Gripper Bridger 220 LDL C220 LDL C220 Magnum LDL C280 Magnum Rudy 330 Sauvageau 2001-8 Sauvageau 2001-11 Woodstream List of foot hold restraining traps certified for use for lynx under specific stated conditions. When trapping lynx: Belisle Footsnare #6 Belisle Selectif Oneida Victor #3 equipped with a minimum 8mm thick, non-offset steel jaw, 4 coil springs and an anchoring swivel centre mounted on a base plate Oneida Victor #3 Soft Catch equipped with 2 coil springs Oneida Victor #3 Soft Catch equipped with 4 coil springs Schedule D Trapping and setting requirements by species approved for use in the Main River/Upper Humber Study Area, Pine Marten Study Area (Excluding the Little Grand Lake Provisional Ecological Reserve), the Little Grand Lake Wild Life Reserve and the Glover Island Public Reserve.
Schedule E Traps and setting requirements by species approved for use in the North West Grand Lake Area, the Charlottetown Enclave Area, the Terra Nova Area and the Red Indian Lake Area. All those traps and setting requirements as described in Schedule D, and in addition, those outlined below:
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