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

Regulations are current to 2013-05-26 and last amended on 2011-09-22. Previous Versions

APPLICATION

  •  (1) These Regulations apply in respect of fishing in the Canadian fisheries waters off the Yukon Territory and in the waters of the Yukon Territory other than the waters of a National Park of Canada located in that Territory.

  • (2) Except as otherwise provided in these Regulations, these Regulations, other than subsections (1) and 9(3) and — to the extent that they relate to a contravention of subsection 9(3) — sections 10 and 11, do not apply with respect to fishing and related activities carried out under the authority of a licence issued under the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations.

  • SOR/82-875, s. 2;
  • SOR/93-60, s. 2(F);
  • SOR/2002-225, s. 2;
  • SOR/2003-339, s. 2.

LICENCES AND CONSERVATION CARDS — GENERAL

  •  (1) Subject to subsection (3), section 4.1 and subsection 5.1(1), no person shall fish, engage in fish farming or hold a derby except under the authority of a licence issued under these Regulations, the Fishery (General) Regulations or the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations.

  • (2) Subject to subsection 6(14.1), on receipt of an application for a licence and, where applicable, a Salmon Conservation Catch Card as set out in column I of an item of Schedule III, together with the applicable fee set out in column II of that item, the Minister may issue the licence or the Salmon Conservation Catch Card.

  • (3) A person under 16 years of age may engage in angling without a licence if the person

    • (a) is a Yukon resident; or

    • (b) is accompanied by a person who is the holder of an angling licence or a sport fishing licence issued under these Regulations.

  • (4) All fish caught by a person under 16 years of age shall be counted as part of the catch of the licence holder referred to in paragraph 3(b).

  • (5) The person under 16 years of age referred to in subsection (3) shall, at the request of a fishery officer or fishery guardian, produce proof of age.

  • SOR/82-875, s. 3;
  • SOR/87-439, s. 2;
  • SOR/89-155, s. 2;
  • SOR/92-444, s. 2;
  • SOR/93-60, s. 3;
  • SOR/93-339, s. 2;
  • SOR/94-269, s. 2;
  • SOR/99-98, s. 2;
  • SOR/2003-339, s. 3;
  • SOR/2008-152, s. 1.

NATIONAL FISHING WEEK

  •  (1) A Yukon resident may engage in angling without a licence

    • (a) during the period that begins on the last Friday in June and ends at midnight on the Monday immediately following that Friday, if July 1 falls within that period; or

    • (b) during the period that begins on the first Friday in July and ends at midnight on the Monday immediately following that Friday, if July 1 does not fall within the period referred to in paragraph (a).

  • (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to angling by a participant in a derby.

  • (3) A person engaged in angling without a licence during a period referred to in subsection (1) shall, at the request of a fishery officer or fishery guardian, produce proof that the person is a Yukon resident.

  • SOR/2008-152, s. 2.