C.R.C., c. 847 Northwest Territories Fishery Regulations

Current to 2022-11-16 · last amended 2020-04-01

Contents

[Repealed]

Interpretation

In these Regulations,

Act means the Fisheries Act; (Loi)

Agreement has the same meaning as in the Western Arctic (Inuvialuit) Claims Settlement Act; (Convention)

angling means fishing with a line to which one or more hooks are attached and that is held in the hand or attached to a rod that is held in the hand or closely attended; (pêche à la ligne)

Area means any portion of the waters described in Schedule II; (secteur)

barbless hook includes a hook that has all of its barbs compressed to be in complete contact with the shaft of the hook, except those barbs on the shank that are designed solely to retain bait; (hameçon sans ardillon)

beneficiary means a person who is enrolled as a beneficiary under the Agreement; (bénéficiaire)

certificate means a registration certificate issued pursuant to section 14.1; (certificat)

commercial fishing means fishing for sale or barter; (pêche commerciale)

commercial licence means a licence authorizing a person to engage in commercial fishing; (permis de pêche commerciale)

commercial licensee means a person to whom a commercial licence has been issued under the Act or these Regulations; (titulaire d’un permis de pêche commerciale)

Department means the Department of the Environment; (ministère)

domestic fishing means fishing for personal use but not for sale or barter; (pêche domestique)

domestic fishing licence means a licence authorizing a person to engage in domestic fishing; (permis de pêche domestique)

explosive means a substance or device that, when detonated or fired, creates a violent shock wave in water; (explosif)

fork length means the length of a fish measured from the tip of the nose to the centre of the fork of the tail; (longueur à la fourche)

game fish means any fish named in Schedule I; (poisson gibier)

gill net means a net that catches fish by enmeshing them but that does not enclose an area of water; (filet maillant)

hook means a single pointed or multiple-pointed hook on a common shaft and includes an artificial lure that has one or more hooks attached to it; (hameçon)

Indian means an Indian as defined in the Indian Act; (Indien)

Inuk means a person who is a direct descendant of a person of the race of aborigines commonly known as Inuit; (Inuk)

Inuvialuit Settlement Region has the same meaning as in the Agreement; (région désignée)

Minister means the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans; (ministre)

non-resident means a person other than a resident Canadian; (non-résident)

Northwest Territories resident means a resident Canadian who has resided continuously in the Northwest Territories for a period of,

in respect of sport fishing, three months immediately preceding the day on which the person begins to fish; and

in respect of commercial fishing, six months immediately preceding the day on which the person applies for a commercial fishing licence. (résident des Territoires du Nord-Ouest)

officer means a fishery officer, fishery guardian or a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; (fonctionnaire)

permanent resident[Revoked, SOR/93-59, s. 1]

person of mixed blood means a person of

mixed Indian and non-Indian blood who is at least one-quarter Indian, or

mixed Inuk and non-Inuk blood who is at least one-quarter Inuk; (personne de sang mêlé)

Regional Director-General means the Director-General of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans for the Central and Arctic Region; (directeur général régional)

resident[Revoked, SOR/91-481, s. 1]

resident Canadian means a person who is a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident; (résident canadien)

snagging means fishing by impaling a fish on a hook through some part of its body instead of luring the fish to take the hook into its mouth; (casaquer)

special management area means the waters described in an item in Schedule VIII; (secteur de gestion spécial)

sport fish means fish that is taken for pleasure and not for sale or barter; (poisson de sport)

sport fishing means fishing for pleasure and not for sale or barter and includes angling, spear fishing and dip netting; (pêche sportive)

sport fishing licence means a sport fishing licence set out in Schedule IV that authorizes a person to engage in sport fishing; (permis de pêche sportive)

subsistence usage has the same meaning as in paragraph (a) of the definition of that expression in the Agreement; (utilisation à des fins de subsistance)

Tree River means

the waters of Coronation Gulf within 3 km of a point at 67°45′N., 111°56′W.;

all the waters of Port Epworth lying between lines of latitude at 67°45′N. and at 67°41′N.;

the waters of the Tree River and its tributaries lying between lines of latitude at 67°41′N. and 67°37′N.; and

all other waters that flow directly into any waters described in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c). (Rivière Tree)

No Area shall be regarded as including any waters described in Schedule III.

Application

These Regulations apply in respect of

Canadian fisheries waters in and adjacent to the Northwest Territories; and

the tidal waters of the provinces of Ontario and Manitoba.

These Regulations 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.

General

The Minister may issue a licence or certificate set out in column I of an item of Schedule IV on payment of the appropriate fee, if any, set out in column II of that item.

The licences referred to in paragraphs (c.1) and (e.1) of item 3 of Schedule IV are not valid in Nunavut waters.

No person shall fish except under the authority of a licence issued under these Regulations or under the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations.

[Revoked, SOR/93-59, s. 3]

No person shall fish in any lake that has been stocked with game fish except by angling.

No person shall fish in any waters set out in Column I of an item of Schedule VII for the species of fish set out in Column II of that item by the method set out in Column IV of that item during the close time set out in Column III of that item.

No person shall fish in the waters of Fish Creek at 67°43′42″ north latitude and 136°15′44″ west longitude, or in the waters of the Big Fish River at 68°39′48″ north latitude and 135°52′35″ west longitude, including all their tributaries, except for educational or scientific purposes under the authority of a licence.

[Revoked, SOR/93-59, s. 4]

No person shall catch, kill, molest or injure fish by using firearms, spears, arrows, gaffs, lights, sticks, stones, clubs, snares, dip nets or gill nets except under the authority of a licence.

No person shall fish by snagging.

Notwithstanding subsection (1), dip nets may be used to land fish caught by angling.

A person who erects or maintains a structure for fishing upon the ice shall remove the structure at the direction of an officer.

Except with the permission of an officer, no person shall leave a gill net in the water

during the period from May 16th to October 31st inclusive, for more than 30 consecutive hours, or

during the period from November 1st to May 15th inclusive, for more than 72 consecutive hours,

without withdrawing the net from the water and removing the fish therefrom.

No person shall dispose of dead fish or any remains or offal of fish by leaving it in the water or on ice over the water.

When gurry grounds have been designated or defined by an officer, a person who has in his possession dead or decaying fish or remnants thereof or other refuse from fishing shall place that fish, remnants or refuse in the gurry ground.

Stream Crossings

No person shall construct a temporary crossing over any ice-covered stream, unless he

uses snow or adds to the thickness of the ice by the use of snow or ice, or

is authorized by an officer.

[Revoked, SOR/93-59, s. 6]

Logging and Gravel Removal

Where, in the opinion of the Minister, the fishery in any waters would be harmed by any of the following operations:

placing logs in or releasing logs into those waters,

driving, towing or booming logs in those waters,

removing gravel from or displacing gravel in any spawning grounds in those waters, or

any similar operation,

he may authorize the placing of signs at appropriate places on the shore designating those waters as waters in respect of the fishery of which that operation is harmful.

Where, pursuant to subsection (1), any waters have been designated in respect of any operation referred to therein, no person shall carry on any such operation in those waters.

Commercial Fishing

No person shall be issued a commercial licence to fish in the waters of Lac la Martre unless that person has resided continuously in the settlement of Lac la Martre for a period of not less than six months immediately preceding the day he applies for that licence.

No person shall be issued a commercial licence to fish in the waters of Kakisa Lake unless that person has resided continuously in the settlement of Kakisa Lake for a period of not less than six months immediately preceding the day he applies for that licence.

[Revoked, SOR/93-59, s. 7]

No person shall operate, for the purpose of commercial fishing on Great Slave Lake, a vessel or vehicle unless he is the holder of a valid commercial fishing licence and unless the vessel or vehicle has been registered by the Department for that purpose and a registration certificate bearing a registration number has been issued in respect of that vessel or vehicle.

A Class A certificate may be issued only in respect of

a vessel of more than 900 kg gross weight, when weighed with its attached mechanical equipment; or

a vehicle of more than 900 kg gross weight.

A Class B certificate may be issued in respect of vessels or vehicles other than those referred to in subsection (2).

The holder of a certificate issued in respect of a vessel shall not permit the vessel to be operated in commercial fishing, unless the holder of a commercial fishing licence is on board.

No person shall use a vehicle in fishing under subsection (1) unless the registration number issued under these Regulations in respect of that vehicle is painted on the vehicle or securely affixed to it by some other means and meets the requirements set out in subsection (5.1).

A registration number referred to in subsection (5) shall be

legible and unobstructed;

in solid Arabic numerals of at least 15 cm in height that are without ornamentation;

of a colour that contrasts with the background; and

aligned horizontally.

No person shall work on or fish from a vessel or vehicle engaged in commercial fishing on Great Slave Lake unless he is the holder of a commercial fishing licence or a helper’s licence.

No person shall dump from a vehicle that is used in commercial fishing any fish that has been caught in accordance with these Regulations.

In this section, registration means,

in reference to a vessel, registration under the Canada Shipping Act; and

in reference to a vehicle, registration under the Ordinances of the Northwest Territories.

Every person who applies for a certificate in respect of a vessel or vehicle shall state

the name, the registration or serial number and the size of the vessel or vehicle;

the name of the owner and operator of the vessel or vehicle; and

information relating to all auxiliary vessels or vehicles to be used in conjunction with the vessel or vehicle.

[Revoked, SOR/93-59, s. 9]

[Revoked, SOR/93-59, s. 10]

Every net used in commercial fishing and every gang of nets so used shall be marked at each end

during open water fishing, by a flag that is not less than 45 cm square supported by a buoy; and

during winter fishing, by a stake the top of which is at least 1 m above the surface of the water or ice.

The web of a gill net used for commercial fishing shall not be hung on any portion of the cork line of the net at a ratio greater than 2 m of web to 1 m of cork line and no additional nets shall be hung on, added to or inserted in the web of the net to increase that ratio at any place in the net.

No person shall fish for commercial purposes except in waters set out in Schedule V.

No person shall fish for commercial purposes in waters set out in Schedule III.

No person shall fish in any waters set out in Column I of an item of Schedule V for any species of fish set out in Column II of that item,

unless the person uses a gill net having a mesh size not less than that set out in Column III of that item, where applicable; or

during the closed season set out in Column IV of that item.

For the purpose of subsection (1) or any licence condition, the mesh size of a net shall be determined by measuring the distance between the extreme angles of a single mesh inside and between the knots after the twine has been immersed in water for at least 30 minutes and extended until straight without stretching or straining the twine or slipping a knot.

The measurement referred to in subsection (2) shall be made by means of a measuring device certified under the Weights and Measures Act.

No person shall fish in the waters set out in column I of an item of Schedule V after the time specified in a notice issued by the Regional Director-General or a fishery officer stating that the quota set out in column V of that item has been or is about to be reached.

A notice referred to in subsection (1) shall be brought to the attention of the persons affected or likely to be affected by it by one or more of the methods set out in subsection 7(1) of the Fishery (General) Regulations.

For the purpose of calculating the quotas for the water areas of Great Slave Lake, each annual quota shall commence on November 1st and end on October 31st next following.

No person shall set a net or running line in any waters at any time during the closed season for those waters.

Native and Domestic Fishing

Notwithstanding subsections 5(1) and 7(1), an Indian, Inuk or person of mixed blood may fish without a licence by angling or by means of gill nets, set lines, spears, snares or dip nets, for food for himself, his family or his dogs.

No person shall give any fish caught under the authority of subsection (1) to any person other than an Indian, Inuk or person of mixed blood.

No person, other than an Indian, Inuk or person of mixed blood, shall accept or be in possession of any fish caught under the authority of subsection (1).

[Revoked, SOR/93-59, s. 12]

Notwithstanding subsections 5(1) and 7(1), a beneficiary may fish for subsistence usage within the Inuvialuit Settlement Region without a licence.

Notwithstanding subsection 5(4) and subject to section 12 of the Agreement, a beneficiary may sell to or trade or barter with

other beneficiaries, fish or any portions thereof taken for subsistence usage within the Inuvialuit Settlement Region; and

any other person, the non-edible by-products of fish taken from the Inuvialuit Settlement Region for personal use.

No person other than a beneficiary shall possess any edible portions of fish taken for subsistence usage from the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.

A domestic fishing licence may be issued to a person who

has resided in the Northwest Territories for at least two years;

needs fish for food for himself or his family; or

needs fish for food for his dogs.

[Revoked, SOR/93-59, s. 13]

Every person who is the holder of a domestic fishing licence shall, upon request by an officer, state the area or areas in which he fished and the species and number of kilograms of fish taken by him during the term of the licence.

An officer may mark for identification purposes any fish caught by any person in domestic fishing.

Sport Fishing

Notwithstanding subsection 5(1) and subject to subsection (2), a person may engage in sport fishing without a sport fishing licence if the person is

a Northwest Territories resident or a resident Canadian under the age of 16 years or 65 years of age or over; or

a non-resident under the age of 16 years who is accompanied by a person who holds a sport fishing licence.

No person shall engage in sport fishing

in a special management area without

a sport fishing licence, and

a special management area fishing licence which has been validated for that special management area; or

in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region without a sport fishing licence which has been validated for the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.

Subject to section 38, no person angling or spear-fishing in the waters set out in column II of an item of Schedule VI shall catch and retain in any one day more fish of a species set out in column I of that item than the number set out in column III of that item.

[Revoked, SOR/93-59, s. 14]

[Revoked, SOR/87-508, s. 2]

Subject to section 38, no person shall have in their possession at any time more fish of a species set out in column I of Schedule VI taken from the waters set out in column II than the number set out in column IV.

For the purposes of subsection (1) and subsection 28(1), where a fish has been filleted, two fillets shall be regarded as one fish.

Subject to subsection 38(3), no person shall have in his possession any fish taken by sport fishing at any place other than his permanent residence or transport any such fish unless the fish are

whole;

eviscerated; or

filleted with the skin attached.

For the purposes of paragraph (3)(c), fillets shall be separated before being frozen so that the number of fish can be readily determined.

No person shall place, or permit to be placed, in a storage facility any fish taken by sport fishing unless such fish are identified by the name and the sport fishing licence number of the person who caught them.

No person shall engage in sport fishing while employed as a guide by a person engaged in fishing.

No person shall, in any year, sportfish in the Tree River after notice is given by a fishery officer that 700 arctic char have been taken from that river in that year.

No person fishing in the waters of the Tree River shall take away or cause to be taken away from those waters more than two arctic char during any fishing trip.

Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to an Indian, Inuk or person of mixed blood.

A notice referred to in subsection (1) shall be brought to the attention of the persons affected or likely to be affected by it by one or more of the methods set out in subsection 7(1) of the Fishery (General) Regulations.

No person shall engage in spear fishing except while swimming and under authority of a sport fishing licence.

[Repealed]

All spears used in spear fishing shall be fastened to the spear gun or to the person operating the spear by a line of adequate strength to withstand without breaking any strain that is likely to be placed on the line while the gun is being operated.

The shaft of every spear referred to in subsection (3) shall be fastened to the spear gun or the person using the spear by a line not exceeding 5 m in length.

No person shall use, as a propellant in a spear gun, any explosive charge or any gas contained in a bottle or cartridge.

No person shall use or be in possession of a gaff while sport fishing.

Notwithstanding subsection 7(1) but subject to subsection (2), no person shall use a dip net having a hoop width greater than 1 m in fishing for cisco and suckers.

Any fish of a species other than ciscos and suckers taken by means of a dip net shall be returned to the water immediately.

No person shall, while sport fishing,

fish in open water with more than a single line or rod and line;

fish through the ice with more than two lines or two rods with lines attached;

have more than two hooks attached to a line; or

leave any line with hooks attached unattended.

No person shall engage in sport fishing in ice-covered water if he is more than 50 m from his line.

No person shall, when sport fishing, use any live fish for bait.

No person engaged in angling shall use or possess a hook that is attached to the end of a fishing line if the hook is not a barbless hook.

Subsection (1) does not apply to angling in Nunavut waters.

Size Limits

No person shall have in his possession

any arctic grayling that is less than 36 cm fork length, or

more than one northern pike that is more than 90 cm fork length

taken from that portion of the Mackenzie River and tributary streams lying between 116° west longitude and 118° west longitude.

No person shall

possess more than one lake trout that is longer than 70 cm fork length taken from Stark Lake or Great Slave Lake, including all tributary streams from their mouths to 1 km upstream; or

remove from the area referred to in paragraph (a) more than two lake trout.

No person shall, on or adjacent to the waters described in subsection (1), have in his possession any Arctic grayling from which the head and tail have been removed unless the length of any such fish has been checked by a fishery officer before the head and tail were removed.

No person shall

possess more than two lake trout taken from the waters of the special management area described in item 1 of Schedule VIII; or

remove from the area referred to in paragraph (a) more than one lake trout.

[Revoked, SOR/93-59, s. 16]

Species of Game Fish Item Common Name Scientific Name 1 Arctic Char Salvelinus alpinus 2 Arctic Cisco Coregonus autumnalis 3 Arctic Grayling Thymallus arcticus 4 Broad Whitefish Coregonus nasus 5 Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis 6 Bull Trout Salvelinus confluentus 7 Burbot Lota lota 8 Dolly Varden Salvelinus malma 9 Goldeye Hiodon alosoides 10 Inconnu Stenodus leucichthys 11 Lake Cisco Coregonus artedii 12 Lake Trout Salvelinus namaycush 13 Lake Whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis 14 Least Cisco Coregonus sardinella 15 Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus 16 Northern Pike Esox lucius 17 Rainbow Trout Salmo gairdneri 18 Round Whitefish Prosopium cylindraceum 19 Walleye Stizostedion vitreum vitreum 20 White Sucker Catostomus commersoni

Areas of Great Slave Lake

Area I (West)

That portion of Great Slave Lake lying

(a)

east of a line drawn from Point Desmarais in 61°00′48 north latitude and 116°28′12 west longitude to a point on Big Island in 61°05′18 north latitude and 116°30′06 west longitude; THENCE to a point on Big Island in 61°11′06 north latitude and 116°39′24 west longitude; and THENCE to a point in 61°12′26 north latitude and 116°41′06 west longitude; and

(b)

west of a line drawn from Point de Roche to Slave Point.

Area I (East)

That portion of Great Slave Lake lying east of a line drawn from Point de Roche to Slave Point and west of a line drawn from Jones Point in 61°27′ north latitude and 115°43′ west longitude to Sulphur Point in 60°56′ north latitude and 114°49′ west longitude.

Area II

That portion of Great Slave Lake lying north and east of Area I (East) and south and west of a line drawn from the mouth of the north branch of the Jean River in 61°22′ north latitude and 113°33′ west longitude to the most northerly tip of Hardisty Island in 61°45′ north latitude and 114°37′ west longitude and THENCE to a fishing boundary marker on the mainland, and north of a straight line drawn between the mouth of the north branch of the Jean River and Slave Point to where the said line intersects the east boundary of Area I (East).

Area III

That portion of Great Slave Lake lying east of Area I (East) and south of Area II.

Area IV

That portion of Great Slave Lake lying between Area II and Water Area V.

Area V

That portion of Great Slave Lake lying east of the meridian of 113°30′00 west longitude and west of a line drawn from a point on the mainland in 62°04′43 north latitude 112°30′00 west longitude to a point on the north shore of Blanchette Island in 62°01′45 north latitude and 112°30′00″ west longitude, THENCE along the north shore of Blanchette Island to the most easterly point of Blanchette Island, THENCE to the most westerly point of Et Then Island, THENCE along the south shore of Et Then Island, THENCE along the south shore of Et Then Island to the most easterly point of Et Then Island THENCE due east to the mainland.

Area VI

That portion of Great Slave Lake lying east and north of Area V.

Areas of the Mackenzie River Delta and Lower Mackenzie River

Area I

That portion of the Mackenzie Delta bounded

(1)

in the east by the west bank of the Middle Channel from the point at 67°41.5′ north latitude, 134°32.8′ west longitude to the point on the west bank of the Middle Channel at 68°13′ north latitude, 134°28′ west longitude;

(2)

in the north by the parallel of latitude at 68°13′ north from the point on the west bank of the Middle Channel at 134°28′ west longitude to the point on the west bank of the Husky Channel at 135°06′ west longitude;

(3)

in the west by the west bank of the Husky Channel from the point at 68°13′ north latitude, 135°06′ west longitude to the point where the Husky Channel meets the Peel River at 67°37′ north latitude, 134°52′ west longitude; and

(4)

in the south by the south bank of the Peel River from the point at 67°37′ north latitude, 134°52′ west longitude to the point on the west bank of the Middle Channel at 67°41.5′ north latitude, 134°32.8′ west longitude.

Area II

That portion of the Mackenzie Delta bounded

(1)

in the east by the east bank of the East Channel from the point at Point Separation at 67°37′ north latitude, 134°05′ west longitude to the point at 68°13′ north latitude, 133°47′ west longitude;

(2)

in the north by the parallel of latitude at 68°13′ north from the point on the east bank of the East Channel at 133°47′ west longitude to the point on the west bank of the Middle Channel at 134°28′ west longitude;

(3)

in the west by the west bank of the Middle Channel from the point at 68°13′ north latitude, 134°28′ west longitude to the point opposite Point Separation at 67°37′ north latitude, 134°10′ west longitude; and

(4)

in the south by the parallel of latitude extending across the Mackenzie River at 67°37′ north from the point at 134°10′ west longitude to the point at Point Separation at 134°05′ west longitude.

Area III

That portion of the Mackenzie Delta bounded

(1)

in the east by the west bank of the Middle Channel from the point at 68°13′ north latitude, 134°28′ west longitude to the junction of the Raymond Channel and the Middle Channel at 68°15.5′ north latitude, 134°25′ west longitude, then by the west bank of the Raymond Channel to the junction of the Raymond Channel and Napoiak Channel at 68°26′ north latitude, 134°24′ west longitude, then by the west bank of the Napoiak Channel to the point at the mouth of the Napoiak Channel at Shallow Bay at 68°41′ north latitude, 135°14′ west longitude, then by a line through Shallow Bay to the point at 68°59.5′ north latitude, 136°27′ west longitude;

(2)

in the west by the meridian at 136°27′ west longitude from the point at 68°59.5′ north latitude to the Moose Channel at 68°44′ north latitude; then by the south bank of the Moose Channel to the point at the junction of the Moose Channel and the West Channel at 68°39′ north latitude, 135°45′ west longitude, then by the west bank of the West Channel to the community of Aklavik at 68°13′ north latitude, 135°00′ west longitude, then by the west bank of the Husky Channel to the point at 68°13′ north latitude, 135°06′ west longitude; and

(3)

in the south by the parallel of latitude at 68°13′ north from the point on the west bank of the Husky Channel at 135°06′ west longitude to the point on the west bank of the Middle Channel at 134°28′ west longitude.

Area IV

That portion of the Mackenzie Delta bounded

(1)

in the east by the east bank of the East Channel from the point at 68°13′ north latitude, 133°47′ west longitude to the Beaufort Sea, then by the coast of the Beaufort Sea to the point at 69°38′ north latitude, 132°54′ west longitude, then by the meridian at 132°54′ west longitude to the extent of the territorial sea of Canada as defined in subsection 3(1) of the Territorial Sea and Fishing Zones Act;

(2)

in the north by the extent of the territorial sea of Canada as defined in subsection 3(1) of the Territorial Sea and Fishing Zones Act from the meridian at 132°54′ west longitude to the meridian at 136°27′ west longitude;

(3)

in the west by the meridian at 136°27′ west longitude from the extent of the territorial sea of Canada as defined in subsection 3(1) of the Territorial Sea and Fishing Zones Act to the point at 68°59.5′ north latitude, then by a line through Shallow Bay to the point at 68°41′ north latitude, 135°14′ west longitude at the mouth of the Napoiak Channel, then by the west bank of the Napoiak Channel to the junction of the Napoiak Channel and the Raymond Channel at 68°26′ north latitude, 134°24′ west longitude, then by the west bank of the Raymond Channel to the junction of the Raymond Channel and the Middle Channel at 68°15.5′ north latitude, 134°25′ west longitude, then by the west bank of the Middle Channel to the point at 68°13′ north latitude, 134°28′ west longitude; and

(4)

in the south by the parallel of latitude at 68°13′ north from the point on the west bank of the Middle Channel at 134°28′ west longitude to the point on the east bank of the East Channel at 133°47′ west longitude.

Area V

1

That portion of the Mackenzie River bounded

(1)

in the north by the parallel of latitude across the River at Point Separation at 67°37′ north latitude from the point at 134°05′ west longitude to the point at 134°10′ west longitude; and

(2)

in the south by the meridian of longitude at 128°49′ west extending across the River at the confluence of the Mountain River at 65°41′ north latitude.

2

Also that portion of the Arctic Red River from its confluence with the Mackenzie River to the point 16 km upstream at 67°19′ north latitude, 133°42′ west longitude.

Area VI

That portion of the Mackenzie River Delta bounded:

(1)

in the east by a straight line joining a point at 68°40′ north latitude and 135°45′ west longitude to a point at 68°53′ north latitude and 135°45′ west longitude,

(2)

in the north by a straight line joining a point at 68°53′ north latitude and 135°45′ west longitude to a point at 68°53′ north latitude and 136°27′ west longitude,

(3)

in the west by a straight line joining a point at 68°53′ north latitude and 136°27′ west longitude to a point at 68°44′ north latitude and 136°27′ west longitude, and

(4)

in the south by a straight line joining a point at 68°44′ north latitude and 136°27′ west longitude to a point at 68°38.5′ north latitude and 136°03′ west longitude, on the north bank of the Big Fish River and THENCE by the north bank of the Big Fish River from that point at 68°38.5′ north latitude and 136°03′ west longitude to the junction of the Big Fish River and Little Moose Channel and THENCE by a straight line across the mouth of the Big Fish River from the junction of the Big Fish River and Little Moose Channel to a point at 68°40′ north latitude and 135°52′ west longitude and THENCE by a straight line joining that point at 68°40′ north latitude and 135°52′ west longitude to a point at 68°40′ north latitude and 135°45′ west longitude.

Waters Areas of Great Slave Lake Not Included in Areas Described in Schedule II

1

Waters within 8 km of the shore between a line drawn 360° true from Point de Roche in 60°53′ north latitude and 116°07′ west longitude and a line drawn 360° true from Fish Point in 60°50′ north latitude and 115°22′ west true longitude.

2

Waters within

(a)

16 km of the settlement of Resolution; or

(b)

8 km of the settlement of Trout Rock in 62°27′ north latitude and 114°58′ west longitude.

(c)

[Repealed]

3

Waters lying north and west of a line drawn across the North Arm from Whitebeach Point in 62°28′ north latitude and 115°16′ west longitude, to a point on the mainland at 62°31′ north latitude and 115°13′ west longitude.

4

Waters of Yellowknife Bay north of a line drawn from the northernmost tip of Ruth Island (62°19′ north latitude and 114°14′ west longitude) in a westerly direction to the northernmost tip of Inner Island (62°18′ north latitude and 114°18′ west longitude) THENCE in a westerly direction to an island at 62°19′ north latitude and 114°27′ west longitude and THENCE in a northwesterly direction to a point on the mainland at 62°21′ north latitude and 114°30′ west longitude.

5

All of the waters of Great Slave Lake lying east and north of Area V including the waters of Stark Lake and the river connecting Stark Lake and Great Slave Lake.

Water Areas Closed to Commercial Fishing

1

Waters of Rankin Inlet within 8 km of the mouth of the Diana River at 62°50′ north latitude and 92°24′ west longitude.

2

Waters of Prairie Bay in Rankin Inlet within 8 km of the mouth of the Meliadine River at 62°52′ north latitude and 92°06 west longitude.

Licences, Validation Stamps and Certificate Column I Column II 1 Commercial fishing licence$ 5.00 No fee 10.00 2 Domestic fishing licence No fee 10.00 3 Sport fishing licence 10.00 20.00 15.00 10.00 40.00 30.00 10.00 No fee No fee 3.1 Special management area fishing licence No fee 9.00 3.2 Validation of a licence for a special management area No fee 1.00 3.3 Validation of a licence for the Inuvialuit Settlement Region No fee 4 Commercial fishing vessel or vehicle certificate for Great Slave Lake 50.00 25.00 5 Helper’s Licence for Great Slave Lake No fee

Species, Mesh Sizes, Closed Seasons and Quotas for Commercial Fishing Column I Column II Column III Column IV Column V Waters Species Mesh Size (in millimetres) Closed Seasons Quota — (in Kilograms round weight) REGION I — MACKENZIE DELTA 1 Alfred Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 2,800 2 Akyuk Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 September 1 to October 31 700 3 Billy Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 September 1 to October 31 5,400 4 Biname Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 September 1 to October 31 8,200 5 Brackett Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 2,800 6 Cape Parry Area Cod 139 September 1 to October 31 11,400 Herring 63 June 1 to June 30 20,000 Whitefish and Trout 139 September 1 to October 31 300 7 Doris Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 300 8 Eskimo (Husky) Lake Whitefish 139 September 1 to October 31 11,400 Cisco 63 September 1 to October 31 11,400 Lake trout 139 September 1 to October 31 11,400 Inconnu 139 September 1 to October 31 1,200 9 Hornaday River Arctic char (searun) 139 August 15 to October 15 6,800 10 Lennie Lake Whitefish 139 August 15 to October 15 2,800 11 Liverpool Bay Herring 63 June 1 to June 30 20,000 Cisco 63 September 1 to October 31 11,400 Inconnu 139 September 1 to October 31 1,200 12 Mackenzie River Delta Area I Whitefish 139 May 15 to June 15 2,300 Arctic char 139 August 7 to September 15 900 Lake trout 139 May 15 to June 15 2,300 Cisco 63 May 15 to June 15 2,300 Burbot and Northern pike 139 May 15 to June 15 4,600 13 Mackenzie Delta Area II Burbot and Northern pike 139 May 15 to June 15 4,600 Cisco 63 May 15 to June 15 2,300 Whitefish 139 May 15 to June 15 9,100 Lake trout 139 May 15 to June 15 2,300 14 Mackenzie Delta Area III Whitefish 139 May 15 to June 15 45,500 Cisco 63 May 15 to June 15 2,300 Lake trout 139 May 15 to June 15 2,300 Burbot and Northern pike 139 May 15 to June 15 4,600 15 Mackenzie Delta Area IV Herring 63 May 15 to June 15 20,000 Lake trout 139 May 15 to June 15 2,300 Inconnu 139 May 15 to June 15 4,600 Whitefish 139 May 15 to June 15 4,600 16 Mackenzie Delta Area V Whitefish 139 May 15 to June 15 4,600 Herring 63 May 15 to June 15 500 Cisco 63 May 15 to June 15 500 17 Mahoney Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 4,600 18 Manuel Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 800 19 Middle Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 September 1 to October 31 700 20 Old Horton River Whitefish, Trout and Arctic char 139 September 1 to October 31 900 21 Peel River Whitefish 139 May 15 to June 15 2,300 22 Reuben Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 September 1 to October 31 1,600 23 Rorey Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 800 24[Repealed, SOR/2011-194, s. 2] 25 Sitidgi Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 May 15 to June 15 300 26 Tagatui Lake Whitefish 139 August 15 to October 15 900 27 Tasseriuk Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 September 1 to October 31 7,200 28 Thrasher Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 September 1 to October 31 1,600 29 Whitefish Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 500 30 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 September 1 to October 31 1,400 31 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 September 1 to October 31 900 32 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 September 1 to October 31 400 33 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 September 1 to October 31 3,000 34 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 September 1 to October 31 300 REGION II — SLAVE MACKENZIE 1 Beaver Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 20,800 2 Bedarch Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 September 1 to October 31 2,000 3 Bennathy Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 September 1 to October 31 900 4 Blackwater Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 September 1 to October 31 12,500 5 Champagne Lakes Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 300 6 Deskenatlata Lake Whitefish, Trout and Walleye 133 August 15 to October 15 3,600 7 Disappointment Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,400 8 Dogface (Trefiak) Lake Walleye 108 April 15 to June 15 2,300 9 Fork Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 900 10 Gagnon Lake Whitefish and Trout 133 August 15 to October 15 6,300 11 Gertrude Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 200 11.1 Grandin Lake Whitefish and Trout 133 August 15 to October 15 13,000 12 Great Slave Lake Area I (West) Whitefish and Trout n/a May 15 to May 30 227,300 13 Great Slave Lake Area I (East) Whitefish and Trout n/a May 15 to May 30 318,200 14 Great Slave Lake Area II Whitefish and Trout n/a May 15 to May 30 318,200 15 Great Slave Lake Area III Whitefish and Trout n/a May 15 to May 30 45,500 16 Great Slave Lake Area IV Whitefish and Trout n/a May 15 to May 30 409,100 17 Great Slave Lake Area V Whitefish and Trout n/a May 15 to May 30 363,600 18 Hanging Ice Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 700 19 High Level Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 700 20 Hjalmar Lake Whitefish and Trout 133 August 15 to October 15 8,800 21 Hotel Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,000 22 Indian Shack Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 500 23 Jack Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 300 24 Kakisa Lake Walleye 108 May 15 to May 30 20,000 25 Keller Lake Whitefish and Trout 133 August 15 to October 15 22,700 26 King Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 3,000 27 Lac La Loche Whitefish and Trout 133 August 15 to October 15 5,200 28[Repealed, SOR/2011-194, s. 5] 29 Largepike Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,900 30 Leland Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 600 31 McDonald Lake Whitefish and Trout 133 August 15 to October 15 4,600 32 McEwan Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 600 33 MacInnis Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 2,300 34 Margaret Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 5,600 35 Mistigi Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 500 36 Naskethey Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,700 37 Naylor Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 300 38 Nonacho Lake Whitefish and Trout 133 August 15 to October 15 31,800 39 O’Conner Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 2,300 40 Oulton Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,000 41 Piers Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 4,200 42 Reade Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 300 43 Robinson Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 600 44 Ruelling Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,900 45 Rutledge Lake Whitefish and Trout 133 August 15 to October 15 9,500 46 Salkeld Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,800 46.1 Scott Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 21,000 47 Shark Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 600 48 Sibbeston Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 500 49 Soulier Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,900 50 Sparks Lake Whitefish and Trout 133 August 15 to October 15 6,500 51 Taltson Lake Whitefish and Trout 133 August 15 to October 15 4,600 52 Taltson River mouth to confluence of Rat R. Walleye 114 April 15 to June 15 11,400 53 Tathlina Lake Walleye 108 May 15 to May 30 20,000 54 Telklini Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 400 55 Tetcho Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,000 56 Thekulthili Lake Whitefish and Trout 133 August 15 to October 15 13,800 57 Thubun Lakes Whitefish and Trout 133 August 15 to October 15 9,300 58 Tourangeau Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,400 59 Trainor Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,900 60 Tronka Chua Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,900 61 Trudel Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 200 62 Tsetso Lake Walleye 114 April 15 to June 15 800 63 Vandyck Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,200 64 Walker Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 600 65 Willow Lake Whitefish and Trout 133 August 15 to October 15 1,400 66 Wrigley Lake Whitefish and Trout 133 August 15 to October 15 1,700 67 Yatsore Lake Whitefish and Trout 133 August 15 to October 15 2,400 68 Zinto Lake Whitefish and Trout 133 August 15 to October 15 4,200 69 Unnamed Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,800 70 Unnamed Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,100 71 Unnamed Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 700 72 Unnamed Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 5,000 73 Unnamed Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,700 74 Unnamed Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,500 75 Unnamed Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 800 REGION III — CENTRAL INLAND 1 Alcantara Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 2,300 2 Angus Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,400 3 Arseno Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 2,300 4 Atzinging Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 6,000 5 Bartlett Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 11,200 6 Basler Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 6,000 7 Belanger Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 600 8 Beaverlodge Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 2,300 9 Beniah Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 5,700 10 Big Rocky Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 4,200 11 Blaisdelle Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 800 12 Blatchford Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,500 13 Buckham Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,900 14 Camsell Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 9,100 15[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5] 16 Chedabucto Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 2,600 17 Chipp Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 4,500 18 Crapaud Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 400 19 Desperation Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,500 20 Doran Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 2,900 21[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5] 22 Germaine Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,000 23 Gordon Lake Whitefish and Trout 133 August 15 to October 15 6,300 24[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5] 25 Grant Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 3,100 26 Halliday Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 2,700 27 Hardisty Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 18,500 28 Helmer Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 700 29 Hottah Lake Whitefish and Trout 133 August 15 to October 15 49,200 30 Ingray Lake Whitefish and Trout 133 August 15 to October 15 8,600 31 Kasba Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 75,900 32 Labrish Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 800 33 Lac La Martre Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 45,000 34 Little Crapeau Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 2,300 35 Markham Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 6,500 36 Mary Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 9,200 37 Mattberry Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 5,400 38 Mazenod Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 2,200 39 Mackay Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 67,400 40 Mosher Lake Walleye 114 August 15 to October 15 1,100 41 Pauline Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 700 42 Plante Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 500 43 Porter Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 6,100 44 Prestige Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 500 45 Rebesca Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 3,700 46 Rivett Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,800 47 Ross Lake Whitefish and Trout 133 August 15 to October 15 1,800 48 Saddle Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 5,100 49[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5] 50 Selwyn Lake Whitefish and Trout 133 August 15 to October 15 22,700 51 Slemon Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 2,700 52 Sparrow Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 900 53 Thistlethwaite Lake Whitefish and Trout 133 August 15 to October 15 1,900 54 Upper Ross Lake Whitefish and Trout 133 August 15 to October 15 600 55 Victory Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 800 56 Wecho Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 6,000 57 Wedge Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 600 58 Whitefish Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 300 59 Unnamed Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,000 60 Unnamed Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 800 61 Unnamed Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,400 62 Unnamed Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 500 REGION IV — CENTRAL ARCTIC 1 Agnew River Area Ilaunnallic Bay Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 4,500 2 Arrowsmith River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 9,100 2.1 Back River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 9,100 3 Becher River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 4,500 4 Buffit Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 1,200 5 Casey Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 3,400 6 Coppermine River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 600 7 Curtis River (Committee Bay) Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 4,500 8 Ekalluk Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 9,100 9 Ekalluk River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 14,500 10 Ellice River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 9,100 11 Ferguson Lake Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 11,200 12 Flying Horse Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 4,100 13 Halovik River (30 Mi. R.) Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 6,800 13.1 Hayes River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 4,500 14 Jayco River, Albert Edward Bay Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 13,600 15[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5] 16 Kagloryuak River Arctic char (searun) 139 September 1 to October 31 4,500 16.1 Kaleet River Arctic cisco 63 April 1 to March 31 1,000 17 Keith Bay (Committee Bay) Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 4,500 18 Kellett River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 9,100 19 Kitiga Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 6,400 20 Kulgayuk River (Dease Pt.) Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 11,400 21 Kuujjuar River, Minto Inlet Area Arctic char (searun) 139 September 1 to October 31 600 22 Lauchlan River (Byron Bay) Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 9,100 23 Lord Lindsay Lake Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 3,000 24 Merkley Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 5,500 25 Murchison River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 9,100 26 Norway Bay River Area Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 4,500 27 Paliryuak (Surrey) River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 9,100 28 Pangtium Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 1,100 29 Perry River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 4,500 30 Port Parry Area Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,300 31 Shead Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 4,500 32 Simpson River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 4,500 33 Stanwell-Fletcher Lake Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 6,800 34 Surrey Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 9,100 35 Tahoe Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 9,100 36[Repealed, SOR/2011-194, s. 14] 37 Toassie Lake Whitefish and Arctic cisco 139 April 1 to March 31 900 38 Washburn Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 14,500 39 Wickware Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 4,100 40 Unnamed River, east of Ellice River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 11,400 41 Unnamed River (Dease Pt.) Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 9,100 42 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 800 43 Unnamed Lake Lake Trout, Whitefish and Arctic char (landlocked) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,700 44 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 1,000 45 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 46 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 600 47 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 300 48 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 1,100 49 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 400 50 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 1,600 51 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 2,200 52 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 1,500 53 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 1,400 54 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 400 55 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 1,800 56 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 2,100 57 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 800 58 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 59 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 2,100 60 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 300 61 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 2,600 62 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 400 63 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 64 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 800 65 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 66 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 1,400 67 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 1,500 68 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 1,100 69 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 700 70 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 3,200 71 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 1,400 72 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 1,000 73 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 1,400 74 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 800 75 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 76 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 77 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 78 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 1,100 79 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 300 80 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 1,200 81 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 300 82 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 2,300 83 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 3,200 84 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 1,100 85 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 2,500 86 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 1,200 87 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 88 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 1,400 89 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 90 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 600 91 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 700 92 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 93 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 94 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 300 95 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 96 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 73 April 1 to March 31 1,000 97 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 700 98 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 99 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 1,600 100 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 2,600 101 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 102 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 400 103 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 400 104 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 105 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 106 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 107 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 108 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 1,100 109 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 800 110 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 600 111 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 300 112 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 300 113 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 4,800 114 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 400 115 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 116 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 900 117 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 1,500 118 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 800 118.1 Unnamed Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 9,100 119 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 120 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 2,100 121 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 122 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 900 123 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 6,100 124 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 3,500 125 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 800 126 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 1,200 127 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 7,700 128 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 129 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 1,100 130 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 131 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 1,000 132 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 133 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 134 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 1,400 135 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 1,800 136 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 4,800 137 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 4,300 138 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 700 139 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 700 140 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 500 141 Unnamed Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 2,000 142 Unnamed River and Lake Arctic char (searun) and Lake trout 139 April 1 to March 31 900 143 Unnamed River, Cape Adelaide Area, Nauyuak Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 4,500 144 Unnamed River Collinson Peninsula Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 4,500 REGION V — KEEWATIN 1 Alda Lake Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 900 2[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5] 3 Baker Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 22,700 4 Baker Foreland Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,300 5 Banks Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 1,400 6 Baralzon Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 2,700 7 Belcher Islands Area Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 4,500 Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 900 8 Bennett Bay, Wager Bay Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,300 9[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5] 10 Blakely Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 400 11 Boland Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 4,000 12 Bray Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 700 13 Brown River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 6,800 13.1 Button Bay (Churchill Area) Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 500 14 Carr Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 1,000 14.1 Casimir Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 14,500 15 Charlie Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 1,700 16 Chesterfield Inlet (Fish Bay) Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,300 17 Churchill River Area Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 500 Whitefish 139 April 1 to March 31 500 Cisco 63 April 1 to March 31 500 18 Christie Lake Whitefish, Trout and Arctic char 139 April 1 to March 31 900 19 Cleveland River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 9,100 20 Copperneedle River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 4,500 21 Corbett Inlet Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 4,500 22 Cullaton Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 800 23 de Bartok Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 8,000 24 Diana Lake Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,300 25 Dubawnt Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 214,000 26 East Point Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 1,000 26.1 Ecklund Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 20,100 27 Elliot Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 9,300 28 Eskimo Point Area Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 4,500 29 Ferguson River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 13,600 30 Flett Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 13,000 31 Garry Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 7,600 32[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5] 33 Gordon River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 1,100 34 Gore Bay Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 3,600 35 Grant Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 2,600 36 Hanway River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,300 37 Haviland Bay Area Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,300 38 Jenne Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 August 15 to October 15 1,000 39 Josephine River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 4,500 40 Kamarvik Creek Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,300 41 Kaminak Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 22,700 42 Kaminuriak Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 45,500 43 Machum Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 800 44 MacQuoid Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 1,000 45 Maguse River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 4,500 46 Mallery Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 16,200 47 McAleese Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 3,800 48 Merles Harbour Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,300 49 Mistake Bay Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,300 50 North Henik Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 14,000 51 North Pole River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,300 52 North Pole Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 500 53 Nueltin Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 75,800 54 O’Neil Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 500 55 Parker Lake A Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 1,900 56 Parker Lake B Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 1,500 57 Peter Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 7,600 58 Piksimanik River (Douglas Harbour) Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,300 59 Pistol Bay Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,300 60 Pitz Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 2,300 61 Princess Mary Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 3,800 62 Quartzite Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 900 63 Ranger Seal Bay Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 9,100 64 Rankin Inlet Area Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 9,100 65 Robinhood Bay Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 6,800 66 Sandy Point Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 900 67 Savage Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 300 68 Schultz Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 3,000 69 Snowbank River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,300 70 South Henik Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 28,800 71 Steep Bank Bay Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 4,500 72 Stoney Point Area Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 6,800 73 Tebesjuak Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 37,900 74 Tehek Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 3,800 75 Thomsen River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 4,200 76 Wallace River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,300 77[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5] 78 Whitehills Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 1,400 79 Wilson Bay Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 10,000 80 Windy Lake Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 18,300 81 Unnamed River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,300 82 Unnamed River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,300 83 Unnamed River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 6,800 84 Unnamed River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 6,800 85 Unnamed River (Wager Bay) Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,300 86 Unnamed Lake (Repulse Bay Area) Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 1,400 87 Unnamed Lake (Repulse Bay Area) Whitefish and Trout 139 April 1 to March 31 1,100 88 Unnamed River (Big River, Barbour Bay) Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 900 REGION VI — BAFFIN-HIGH ARCTIC 1 Adams Island Lake and River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 700 2 Amadjuak Lake Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 9,100 3[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5] 4 Ayr Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 6,800 5 Blandford Bay River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 900 6[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5] 7 Cape Adair Lake and River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,300 8 Circle Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 3,400 9 Clyde Inlet Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,300 10 Cockburn River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 5,000 11 Coutts Inlet Area Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 900 12[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5] 13 Duart Lake and River Dexterity Fjord Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 700 14 Eqe Bay Area Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 900 15 Erichsen Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 9,100 16 Feachem Bay Lake and River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 900 17[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5] 18 Gifford River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 3,600 19 Hall Lake Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 11,400 20 and 21[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5] 21.1 Ijaruvung Lake Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,000 21.2 Ikaluit Lake (Robert Peel Inlet) Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 1,400 21.3 Ikaluit River (Tay Sound) Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 1,400 21.4 Ikalukjuak Lake and River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 1,400 21.5 Ikikeesarjuk Lake Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 1,000 21.6 Ikpik River and Lake Gillian Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 3,200 21.7 Ikpikiturjuaq Lake Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 1,100 21.8 Iqalujjuaq Fjord Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 1,400 22 Irvine Inlet McKeand River Area Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 4,500 23 Isortog River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 5,000 23.1 Kangisuajuq Lake Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,700 24 Kingnait Fjord Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 4,500 25[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5] 26 Kukaluk River Arctic char (searun or landlocked) 139 April 1 to March 31 3,600 26.1 Kuutannak River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 1,400 27 Lethbridge Lake and River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 1,400 27.1 Magda River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,000 28[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5] 29 Neergaard Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 4,500 30 Newton Fjord Area Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,300 31 Nettilling Lake Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 22,700 32 Nudlung Fjord Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 4,500 33 Okalik Bay Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 900 33.1 Opingivik Lake Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 1,000 34[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5] 35 Padle Fjord Area Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 3,600 36 Padloping Island Area Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 900 37 Paquet Bay River and Lake Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,300 38 Phillips Creek Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 1,800 39 Piling Lake and River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 1,800 40 Port Burwell Area Cod 139 April 1 to March 31 45,500 41 Qualluatik Lake Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 700 42 Ravn River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 5,000 43 Rowley River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 4,500 44 Sam Ford Fjord Area Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 3,600 44.1 Sapugaarjuk River Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 4,500 45 Saputing River and Lake Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 9,100 45.1 Tarrionituk Lake Arctic char (searun or landlocked) 139 April 1 to March 31 4,500 46 Tarsiujuak Arm River and Lake Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 1,800 47 Tasialojuak Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 4,500 47.1 Tinitonito Lake Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 5,500 48 Tugaat River and Lake Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 1,400 49 Tundra Lake Arctic char (landlocked) 63 April 1 to March 31 2,300 50 Whyte Lake and River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 900 51 Unnamed River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 900 52[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5] 53 Unnamed River (NE of Kekertelung Island) Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 2,300 54 to 58[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5] 59 Unnamed River Dexterity Ford Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 1,400 60 Unnamed River and Lake Kentra Bay Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 500 61 Unnamed Lake and River Arctic char (searun) 139 April 1 to March 31 900 62[Revoked, SOR/91-428, s. 5] NORTHWEST TERRITORIES FISHERY REGULATIONS — SCHEDULE V — COMMERCIAL FISHING REGIONS Map displaying six commercial fishing regions.

Sport Fishing Daily Catch and Possession Limits Item Column I Column II Column III Column IV Species of Fish Waters Daily Catch Limit Possession Limit 1 Arctic char 2 Arctic grayling 3 Brook trout All waters of the Northwest Territories 3 5 4 Bull trout All waters of the Northwest Territories 2 3 5 Burbot All waters of the Northwest Territories 5 10 6 Ciscoes All waters of the Northwest Territories 350 350 7 Dolly Varden All waters of the Northwest Territories 4 7 8 Goldeye All waters of the Northwest Territories 5 10 9 Inconnu 10 Lake trout 11 Northern pike 12 Rainbow trout All waters of the Northwest Territories 3 5 13 Suckers (all species) All waters of the Northwest Territories no limit no limit 14 Walleye 15 Lake, Broad and Round Whitefish All other waters of the Northwest Territories 10 20

Close Times Item Column I Column II Column III Column IV Waters Species of Fish Close Time Method of Fishing 1 Providence Creek (Latitude 61°15′N., Longitude 117°34′W.) All species April 15 — May 30 Sport fishing 2 Yellowknife River between Prosperous Lake (Latitude 62°39′N., Longitude 114°15′W.) and Bluefish Lake All species September 1 — September 30 Sport fishing 3[Repealed, SOR/2009-83, s. 2] 4 The waters found in that portion of the Mackenzie River Delta set out in Area VI of Part II of Schedule II All species August 1 — August 31 Gillnets 5 Mosquito Creek and the waters of Great Slave Lake within 1 km of the mouth of Mosquito Creek at 62°42′N., 116°04′W. All species May 1 — June 30 Sport fishing 6 Sylvia Grinnell Lake and Sylvia Grinnell River and their tributaries and the waters of Frobisher Bay within 8 km of the mouth of the Sylvia Grinnell River at 63°44′N., 68°34′W. All species June 1 — June 30 Gill nets 7 Rat River (Latitude 67°43′35″N., Longitude 136°15′39″W.), Husky Channel between Latitude 67°36′52″N., Longitude 134°51′30″W. and Latitude 68°08′03″N., Longitude 135°16′14″W. and Peel Channel between Latitude 68°07′51″N., Longitude 135°16′9″W. and Latitude 68°13′2″N., Longitude 135°05′35″W. All species August 7 — September 15 Sport fishing 8 Baker Creek (Latitude 62°29′10″N., Longitude 114°21′36″W.) All species April 15 — June 15 Sport fishing

Special Management Areas

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Great Bear Lake, including all of Camsell River upstream to White Eagle Falls and all other tributary streams to Great Bear Lake from their mouths to 1 km upstream