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1) Salmon, Trout and other
sport fish may be taken in inland waters only by angling,
using hook and line.
2) A salmon angling licence
is required to fish for any species of sport fish in sceduled
salmon waters. Non-residents are required to have a trout
angling licence to fish any inland waters.
3) Salmon and trout angling
licences are available as individual or family licences.
However, no person may hold more than one licence to angle
salmon.
4) Licence holders must carry
their licence on their person while angling.
5) Any child 18 years of
age or older may not be named on a family licence. He or
she must purchase their own licence.
6) Fishing on scheduled salmon
rivers is permitted only between one hour before sunrise
and one hour after sunset.
7) Anglers fishing scheduled
salmon rivers must use an artificial fly only.
8) Anglers may not retain
salmon fry, parr, and smolts, salmon under 30 cm (12in),
or ouananiche and rainbow trout under 20 cm (8 in).
9) Anglers may not retain
spent salmon (slinks) that have completed the spawning process.
10) Anglers may not retain
salmon caught in coastal waters at any time, even if they
have a valid angling licence.
11) Sport fish taken by angling
may not be retained alive.
12) Salmon or trout taken
by angling may be gutted, but may not be headed, filleted,
canned or otherwise dealt with so as to make it impossible
to readily determine the weight and lenght of the fish.
13) No one may fish within
23 meters (25 yards) downstream from the lower entrance
of a fishway, canal, obstacle or falls.
14) No one may jig, net or
purposely foul-hook sport fish in inland waters or attempt
to do any of these things. Accidentally foul hooked fish
must be released.
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