Yukon Territory Fishery Regulations (C.R.C., c. 854)

Fishery Closures

• 8 (1) to (3) [Repealed, SOR/93-60, s. 7]

• (4) No person shall fish in the waters set out in column I of an item of Schedule V during the close time set out in column II of that item.

• 8.1 (1) No person shall angle in the waters of Tatchun Creek or in the Yukon River at the confluence of Tatchun Creek and the Yukon River as marked by fishing boundary signs from August 1 to September 30 in any year.

• (2) No person shall, while angling, use any lure other than an artificial fly

  • (a) in the Yukon River from the Whitehorse Dam downstream to the Robert Campbell Bridge from July 15 to September 30;

  • (b) in the Takhini River from Kusawa Lake downstream to its confluence with the Yukon River from August 20 to September 15; or

  • (c) in the Takhanne River downstream from Million Dollar Falls.

• (3) [Repealed, SOR/87-439, s. 6]

• (4) and (5) [Repealed, SOR/94-51, s. 1]

Prohibitions

• 9 (1) Subject to these Regulations, no person shall

  • (a) molest, injure or kill any fish;

  • (b) trap or pen fish in their spawning grounds or in any river or stream leading thereto;

  • (c) use torches or artificial lights to attract fish;

  • (d) catch or attempt to catch fish by snagging or with snares or set lines;

  • (e) use firearms to kill or injure finfish;

  • (f) [Repealed, SOR/93-60, s. 8]

  • (g) use a dip net except when landing a fish caught by angling;

  • (h) [Repealed, SOR/93-60, s. 8]

  • (i) use a gaff or a spear while fishing; or

  • (j) use a gill net that contains monofilament in its web while fishing.

• (2) Subject to subsection (2.1), no person shall, in any waters, catch and retain

  • (a) whitefish, cisco, lake trout or inconnu from September 1st to October 31st in any year; or

  • (b) grayling from May 1st to June 15th in any year.

• (2.1) Subsection (2) does not apply to a person who

  • (a) holds an angling licence;

  • (b) is fishing under the authority of a licence issued under the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations;

  • (c) holds any other licence listed in subsection 4(3) if the licence specifies any fish referred to in subsection (2) that may be caught and retained during the applicable period set out in subsection (2); or

  • (d) is a beneficiary who is fishing for subsistence usage within the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.

• (3) No person shall

  • (a) bring into the Yukon Territory for use as bait any live fish, salamander or other aquatic organism;

  • (b) release into any waters of the Yukon Territory any live fish unless that fish is released

    • (i) to the waters from which it was taken, or

    • (ii) in accordance with a licence issued pursuant to section 56 of the Fishery (General) Regulations;

  • (c) release into any waters of the Yukon Territory any live salamander or other live aquatic organism, that is not a fish, unless that salamander or other aquatic organism was taken from waters of the Yukon Territory;

  • (d) possess any live fish for use as bait in the Yukon Territory; or

  • (e) use any live fish as bait in the Yukon Territory.

• (4) to (6) [Repealed, SOR/93-60, s. 8]

Prescribed Ticketable Offences

10 The contravention of any provision of these Regulations as set out in column I of an item of Schedule VII is an offence to which section 79.7 of the Fisheries Act applies and which may be described in tickets in a manner set out in column II of that item.

Fines

11 Where proceedings are commenced under section 79.7 of the Fisheries Act, the amount of the fine for the offence described in column II of an item of Schedule VII is the amount set out in column III of that item.