NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 36/19

Salmon Angling and Tag Use Order, 2019
under the
Wild Life Regulations
and the
Wild Life Act

(Filed May 31, 2019)

Under the authority of sections 3.2 and 4.1 of the Wild Life Regulations and the Wild Life Act, I make the following Order.

Dated at St. John's, May 30, 2019.

Gerry Byrne
Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources

ORDER

Analysis

        1.   Short title

        2.   Tags - class 2 rivers

        3.   Tags – class 4 and 6 rivers and unclassified rivers

        4.   Conditions on tag use

        5.   Repeal

Short title

        1. This Order may be cited as the Salmon Angling and Tag Use Order, 2019.          

Tags - class 2 rivers

        2. Salmon retained by angling on rivers designated as Class 2 rivers under the Newfoundland and Labrador Fishery Regulations (Canada) shall be tagged with only red tag number one.

Tags – class 4 and 6 rivers and unclassified rivers

        3. Salmon retained by angling on rivers designated as Class 4 or 6 and on unclassified rivers under the Newfoundland and Labrador Fishery Regulations (Canada) shall be tagged with only green tag number 3 or number 4.         

Conditions on tag use

        4. 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

        5. The Salmon Angling and Tag Use Order, Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 44/18, is repealed.

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