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2. Classes of Licenses.

There shall be two kinds of licenses for fishing in the waters of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories, including the Yukon District, to be designated "commercial licenses" and "domestic licenses."

3. Conditions of Issue of Licenses.

No license shall be granted to any company, firm or person, unless each member of such firm or company, or such person is a British subject, resident in Canada, and such firm, company or person must be the actual owner or proprietor of the business, nets, boats and fishing gear for which the license is granted.

4. "Commercial" Fishing in Lake Winnipeg.

(a) Every company, firm, trader or person fishing for trade and commerce in that part of Lake Winnipeg hereinafter specified, shall have a "commercial license," and the applicant for such license shall, in the application therefor, mention the number of tugs or other boats to be employed under such license, as well as the length, size and description of nets to be used, and that such license is applied for the purpose of fishing in Lake Winnipeg only, and outside the excluded limits, as shown on the map descriptive of Lake Winnipeg, which accompanied the annual fisheries report of 1890.

(b) No fishing tug shall fish with more than 10,000 yards of gill-nets, and no trading or sailing boat shall fish with more than 3,000 yards of gill-nets, and all gill-nets so used, shall not be less than five and one-quarter (51) inches extension measure in the size of the mesh.

(c) In no case shall a "commercial license" be granted to any one company, firm, trader or person for the use of more than, in the whole 20,000 yards of net, and no company, firm, trader or person shall have, or be interested in, more than one commercial license.

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(a) The fee payable on a "commercial license" for gill-net fishing, shall be, fishing tug included in such license, $20, and in addition, a fee of $2 for every thousand yards of net included in the license; and for every sailing, trading or other fishing boat, included in a "commercial license," a fee of $10 shall be paid, which shall include a limit of 3,000 yards of net to each boat.

(b) The fee payable on a "commercial license" for pound-net fishing, shall be $50 for each pound-net included in the license.

6. "Commercial" Fishing season in Lake Winnipeg.

Fishing under a "commercial license" in Lake Winnipeg may be carried on only from the 1st June to the 15th August in each year, both days inclusive.

7. "Commercial" Fishing in the Yukon Territory.

(a) In the Yukon Territory, the fee payable on a "commercial license" for gill-net fishing, other than for salmon, shall be, for every fishing tug included in such license, $40, and in addition, a fee of $2 for every 500 yards of net included in the license; and for every sailing, trading or other fishing boat included in the license a fee of $20 shall be paid, which

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license" be granted to any one company, firm, trader or person, for the use of more than, in the whole, 10,000 yards of net, and no company, firm, trader or person shall have or be interested in more than one 'commercial license.'

(b) The mesh of nets for the capture of whitefish in the Yukon Territory, shall not be less than four inches extension measurement.

8. "Domestic Licenses."

(a) Every farmer, settler or bona fide fisherman, Indian or half-breed, who is an actual resident of the locality where he proposes to fish, shall be entitled to a "domestic license." (b) Applicants for "domestic licenses" shall describe in their applications the locality, and the nets or other apparatus which they desire included in the license, and also the kinds of fish they desire to be licensed to catch.

(c) A "domestic" fishing license may be granted for any of the waters of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon Territory: Provided, however, that no description of net or other fishing apparatus whatsoever shall be used in any lake, under a "domestic" or other license, within a radius of half a mile of the mouth or outlet of any river or stream, flowing into or out of any of the Lakes of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, the Northwest Territories or the Yukon Territory.

9. "Domestic License" Fee and Length of Nets.

The holder of a "domestic license" (except in the case of a license for seine-fishing), shall be entitled to fish with not more than 300 yards of net.

A fee of $2 shall be paid for each "domestic license."

Provided that gill-nets may be allowed, under a "domestic license" to a limit not exceeding 1,000 yards, in the case only of the resident settlers on Lake Winnipeg, and for their winter fishing only on said lake.

10. "Domestic License" for Sturgeon Net Fishing.

The holder of a "domestic license" for net fishing for sturgeon, shall be entitled to use not more than 300 yards of gill-net, with a mesh of not less than 11 inches extension measurement. The fee on each such license shall be $2.

11. "Domestic License" for Seine Fishing.

The holder of a "domestic license" for seine fishing shall be entitled to use a seine not exceeding 66 yards in length, with a mesh of not less than 4 inches extension measurement: Provided always that the use of seines and nets having meshes of not less than 3 inches extension measurement may be allowed in the Red river, for the purpose of catching gold

eyes.

A fee of $25 shall be paid on each such license.

12. Payment of License Fees.

No "commercial" or "domestic" license shall be issued until the fees therefor have

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SEC. 10.-MESHES OF NETS.

1. Nets for catching whitefish, trout or tullibee, or nets used on the grounds usually frequented by these fish, shall have a mesh of not less than five inches extension measurement, except in Lake Winnipeg, where nets for catching whitefish shall have a mesh of not less than five and a quarter inches extension measurement; Provided that when the applicants apply for a license to fish for other fish than the above named, in a locality not frequented by whitefish, trout or tullibee, then the mesh may not be less than four inches extension measurement, except in Lake Winnipeg, where nets for catching pickerel shall have a mesh of not less than four and a quarter inches extension measurement.

2. Bag-nets, trap-nets or pound-nets of a less sized mesh than four and a half inches in the "pots," "pounds," "hearts," and "tunnels," and not less than seven inches in the "bar" or "leader" shall not be used.

1. No trader, peddler, hawker or any other person whomsoever, shall engage in buying, trading or otherwise obtain or be in possession of fish of any description, caught or killed by Indians, half-breeds or any other person whomsoever, on any Indian reserve, or elsewhere, during the close season fixed by law, and in which Indians are permitted, by license or otherwise, to catch fish for the sole purpose of providing food for themselves or their bands.

2. No fishing shall be allowed in Lakes Manitoba, St. Martin, Portage Bay, Water Hen, Dog, Shoal, Winnipegosis and its tributaries, and Lake Dauphin, from the 1st of April to the 30th day of November, in each year, both days inclusive.

3. The use of tugs in netting operations, or in any method of taking and capturing fish in Lakes Manitoba and Winnipegosis, is prohibited, except for the shipping of fish or the conveying of men to and from the fishing grounds.

4. Double-headed pounds or traps are prohibited.

5. The sale or export of speckled trout and brook trout of every kind, including char, is prohibited.

SEC. 14.-POUND-NETS.

(See sec. 10, subsec. 2.)

SEC. 15.-PICKEREL (DORÉ).

No one shall fish for, catch, kill, buy, sell or possess any pickerel (doré), gold-eyes, pike, mullet or maskinongé from the 15th April to 15th May in each year, both days inclusive, except that in Lake Winnipeg, the close season for pickerel (doré) shall be from the

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(See "Pickerel," sec. 15.)

SEC. 16.-PIKE.

SEC. 17. STURGEON.

1. No one shall fish for, catch, kill, buy, sell or possess any sturgeon from the 15th May to the 15th June, in each year, both days inclusive.

1. No one shall fish for, catch, kill, buy, sell or possess any speckled trout or brook trout of any kind from the 15th September to the 30th April following, both days inclusive:

Provided that in the provinces of Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories, no one shall fish for, catch, kill, buy, sell or possess any speckled trout or brook trout, including char, from the 1st November to the 31st March following, both days inclusive, nor shall such fish be taken at any time through the ice.

2. No speckled trout or brook trout, including char, shall at any time be taken which are of a less size than seven inches in length, and if accidentally caught, must be immediately returned to the water alive and uninjured.

3. Sale and export prohibited (see under "prohibitions," sec. 13, subsec. 5.

SEC. 22.-TRAP-NETS.

(See "Meshes of Nets," sec. 10, subsec. 2.)

SEC. 23.-WHITEFISH.

No one shall fish for, catch, kill, buy, sell or possess any whitefish, salmon trout or lake trout or tullibee, from the 5th October to the 15th December in each year, both days inclusive:

Provided that the close season for these fish in Lake Winnipeg, to be observed and kept by the resident settlers around said lake, under their "domestic" licenses, shall be from the 5th October to the 30th November, in each year, both days inclusive, except for whitefish, fishing for which, under "domestic license" shall not begin before the 1st December in each year, and may be carried on only during what is known as the "winter fishery."

Provided also that the close season for whitefish in the waters of Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories, lying north of the main Saskatchewan river and its north branch, shall be from the 5th October to the 15th November in each year, both days inclusive.

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SEC. 24.-WEEKLY CLOSE TIME FOR NET FISHING.

Seines, nets or other apparatus used for catching fish, shall be so raised or adapted as to admit of the free passage of fish through, by or out of the same, from six o'clock on every Saturday afternoon to six o'clock on every following Monday forenoon, and during such close time, no one shall catch fish by any means whatsoever; and any fish so taken, caught or killed, together with the nets or other apparatus used, shall be forfeited, except that so far as the waters of Lake Winnipeg are concerned, the following regulation shall apply: Seines, nets or other apparatus used for catching fish, shall be so raised or adapted as to admit of the free passage of fish through, by or out of the same, from six o'clock on every Friday afternoon to six o'clock on every following Saturday afternoon, and during such close time, no one shall fish by any means whatsoever, and any fish so taken, caught or killed, together with the net or other apparatus used, shall be forfeited.

Nets set after six p.m. on Saturday, in Lake Winnipeg, shall not be lifted or fish taken therefrom, before one a.m. on the following Monday.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xli., p. 1034.

By Order in Council of the 22nd of November, 1907, in virtue of the provisions of section 54 of The Fisheries Act, chapter 45 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1906, section 10 of the fishery regulations for the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories, including the Yukon District, established by Order in Council of the 14th October, 1907, was rescinded, and the following regulation substituted in lieu thereof :—

1. Nets for catching whitefish or trout, or nets used on grounds usually frequented by these fish, shall have a mesh of not less than five inches, extension measurement, except in Lake Winnipeg, where nets for catching whitefish shall have a mesh of not less than five and one-quarter inches, extension measurement: Provided, that when applicants apply for a license to fish for other fish than the above named, in a locality not frequented by whitefish or trout, then the mesh may not be less than four inches, extension measurement, except in Lake Winnipeg, where nets for catching pickerel shall have a mesh of not less than four and one-quarter inches, extension measurement.

2. Nets for catching tullibee shall have a mesh of not less than four inches, extension measurement.

3. Bag-nets, trap-nets, or pound-nets, of a less sized mesh than four and one-half inches in the "pots," 'pounds," "hearts" and "tunnels," and less than seven inches in the "bar" or "leader," shall not be used.

The fee on each such license shall be fifty dollars.

Vide Canada Gazette, vol. xli., p. 1443.

By Order in Council of the 2nd of January, 1908, in pursuance of the provisions of sections 854 and 855 of The Canada Shipping Act, chapter 113, R.S.C., 1906, the rules and regulations for the government of ports in the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia and Prince Edward Island, as established by Order in Council of the 12th of June, 1889, were amended as follows:

1. That in order to enable harbour masters to control the movements of booms of logs in restricted harbours, section 3 of the said rules and regulations be repealed and the following