Northwest Territories Fishery Regulations — 2
2 (1) 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, (a) in respect of sport fishing, three months immediately preceding the day on which the person begins to fish; and (b) 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 (a) mixed Indian and non-Indian blood who is at least one-quarter Indian, or (b) 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 fi