NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 44/18

Salmon Angling and Tag Use Order, 2018
under the
Wild Life Regulations
and the
Wild Life Act

(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

        1.   Short title

        2.   Limits

        3.   Non-application

        4.   Tags - class 2 rivers

        5.   Conditions on tag use

        6.   Repeal

Short title

        1. This Order may be cited as the Salmon Angling and Tag Use Order, 2018.

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)  On or before July 20, 2018 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); and

             (b)  rivers not listed in Schedule I of the Newfoundland and Labrador Fishery Regulations (Canada).

Non-application

        3. Section 2 does not apply to angling under the authority of a licence issued under the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations (Canada).

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.

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.

Repeal

        6. The Salmon Angling and Tag Use Order, Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 50/10, is repealed.

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