Manitoba Fishery Regulations, 1987 — 2
2 (1) In these Regulations, Act means the Fisheries Act ; ( Loi ) angling means fishing by means of a line and hook, or a rod, line and hook; ( pêche à la ligne ) angling licence means a licence that authorizes the holder to engage in recreational fishing; ( permis de pêche à la ligne ) artificial fly means a single-pointed hook or two single-pointed hooks dressed with silk, tinsel, wool, fur, feathers or any combination of those materials that is designed to attract fish; ( mouche artificielle ) bait fish means any species of fish set out in Schedule I; ( poisson-appât ) barbless hook includes (a) a hook that has all of its barbs compressed to be in complete contact with the shaft of the hook, and (b) a hook that has barbs on its shank that are designed solely to retain bait and that has any other barbs compressed to be in complete contact with the shaft of the hook; ( hameçon sans ardillon ) bow fishing means fishing with a bow and arrow; ( pêche à l’arc ) cast netting means fishing by means of a cast net; ( pêche à l’épervier ) commercial fishing means fishing for the purpose of sale or barter or for any other commercial purpose; ( pêche commerciale ) conservation angling licence [Repealed, SOR/2023-28, s. 3] Department means the Department of Natural Resources and Northern Development of Manitoba; ( ministère ) derby [Repealed, SOR/98-247, s. 1] dip net [Repealed, SOR/2023-28, s. 3] dip netting means fishing by means of a dip net; ( pêche à l’épuisette ) Director means the Director of the Fisheries Branch of the Department; ( directeur ) Division means a Division of the Province of Manitoba as named and described in Plan of Survey 18297D; ( division ) dressed weight means the weight of a fish after the gills and entrails have been removed; ( poids habillé ) fillet means any piece of fish flesh; ( filet ) fish arrow means an arrow with one or more barbs attached; ( flèche à poisson ) fisherman’s number [Repealed, SOR/2023-28, s. 3] General Fishing Permit means a licence that is issued under section 6; ( permis de pêche générale ) headless drawn weight means the weight of a fish after the head, gills and entrails have been removed without cutting the belly; ( poids éviscéré et étêté ) headless dressed weight means the weight of a fish after the head, gills and entrails have been removed and the belly has been cut; ( poids habillé et étêté ) high quality management waters [Repealed, SOR/2023-28, s. 3] hook means a single-pointed or multiple-pointed hook on a common shaft and includes an artificial lure that has one or more hooks attached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 within the terms of paragraph 13 of the Memorandum of Agreement, known as the Manitoba Natural Resources Transfer Agreement , being the agreement entered into between Canada and Manitoba on December 14th, 1929 and confirmed by the Constitution Act, 1930 ; ( Indien ) length means, for the purposes of measuring a fish, the distance between the furthest anterior point of the head of a fish and the furthest posterior point of the caudal fin of that fish; ( longueur ) licence means a fishing licence issued under the Act or the provincial Act; ( permis ) Live Fish Handling Permit means a licence that is issued under section 6.1; ( permis de manutention de poisson vivant ) mesh size , means, in respect of the mesh of a net, the distance between the diagonally opposed angles of a single mesh measured inside the knots after being stretched to form two parallel straight lines by the device commonly known as the Selkirk Net Gauge after the net has been immersed in water; ( maillage ) Minister [Repealed, SOR/2003-107, s. 1] minnow trapping means fishing by means of a minnow trap; ( pêche au piège à ménés ) natural bait means any material used to attract fish, which is partly or wholly composed of plants, animals or plant or animal products, but does not include an artificial fly; ( appât naturel ) natural brook trout waters means those waters set out in Schedule