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Atlantic Fishery Regulations, 1985

Version of section 15 from 2020-11-30 to 2024-11-26:

  •  (1) The holder of a licence for recreational fishing may fish for a species specified in that licence

    • (a) without being registered or without holding a provincial or territorial fisher’s certificate; and

    • (b) from a vessel that is not registered.

  • (2) A person may, without being registered, without holding a provincial or territorial fisher’s certificate or without being licensed, and with a vessel that is not registered, engage in recreational fishing

    • (a) for groundfish with a hand-line or by angling;

    • (b) for mackerel with a hand-line or by angling;

    • (c) for capelin with any fishing gear other than trap nets, seines or mobile gear; or

    • (d) for squid with any fishing gear other than trap nets or mobile gear.

  • (2.1) A person less than 16 years of age who does not hold a licence may engage in recreational fishing when accompanied by the holder of a recreational fishing licence if the fishing is done in accordance with the conditions of the licence.

  • (3) A person who is designated under paragraph 4(2)(a) or subsection 4(3) of the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations to fish under the authority of a licence issued under subsection 4(1) of those Regulations may engage in fishing in accordance with the conditions of that licence

    • (a) without being registered or without holding a provincial or territorial fisher’s certificate; and

    • (b) from a vessel that is not registered.

  • SOR/93-337, s. 2
  • SOR/2001-212, s. 2
  • SOR/2002-225, s. 5
  • SOR/2006-132, s. 1
  • SOR/2020-255, s. 5

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