Quebec Fishery Regulations, 1990 (SOR/90-214)

36. No person shall catch and retain in any year more than seven Atlantic salmon.

• 37. (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall, during any day, continue to fish for a species of fish in waters set out in Schedule 2 after the person has, during that day, caught and retained, in a body of water, the number of fish corresponding to the daily fishing quota stipulated in that Schedule for that species in respect of that body of water, unless the fishing continues in another body of water where the daily fishing quota stipulated for that species is higher.

• (2) No person shall, during any day, continue to fish in any salmon river set out in Schedule 6 and included in Area 1, 2, 3, 18, 21, 27 or 28 after the person has, during that day, caught and retained or, if the daily quota set out in Schedule 2 applies in respect of catching and releasing, has caught and released in that river a number of Atlantic salmon equal to the highest daily fishing quota of Atlantic salmon for the rivers in those Areas.

38. No person shall have in the person’s possession, other than at the person’s permanent residence, any fish taken by sport fishing that are skinned, cut or packed in such a manner that

• (a) the species cannot be readily identified;

• (b) the number of fish cannot be readily counted; or

• (c) the length of fish cannot be readily measured where a length limit is applicable.

38.1 Section 38 does not apply to prohibit the possession of the equivalent in fillets of a pickerel that

• (a) measures 30 cm or more in length and has been taken from the waters referred to in Schedule 2 and for which a minimum length limit of 30 cm has been set if the two fillets measure 20 cm or more in length with the skin adhering completely to the flesh; and

• (b) measures 35 cm or more in length and has been taken from the waters referred to in Schedule 2 and for which a minimum length limit of 35 cm has been set if the two fillets measure 23 cm or more in length with the skin adhering completely to the flesh.

• 39. (1) No person shall have in their possession

  • (a) in the waters in which the person is engaged in sport fishing, more fish than the daily quota set out in Schedule 2 for that species for the waters in which the person is fishing;

  • (b) in a wildlife reserve or a communal wildlife area, more fish taken by sport fishing than the daily quota set out in Schedule 2 for that species for the waters of that wildlife reserve or communal wildlife area; or

  • (c) in any place, for species of fish other than Atlantic salmon,

    • (i) subject to subsection (2), more fish taken by sport fishing in an Area than the highest daily fishing quota set out in Schedule 2 for that species for the waters of that Area, or

    • (ii) more fish taken by sport fishing than the highest daily fishing quota set out in Schedule 2 for that species for the waters of all the Areas.

• (2) A person may possess more lake trout taken by sport fishing from an Area than the daily quota set out in Schedule 2 for that species in that Area if the lake trout in excess of that quota are taken from waters of an outfitter and if the total number of lake trout possessed by that person and taken in that Area does not exceed the highest daily quota for the waters of outfitters in that Area.