Manitoba Fishery Regulations, 1987 — 2
s 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 III; ( eaux naturelles à ombles de fontaine ) open water means water that is not ice-covered; ( eaux libres ) Plan of Survey means a document delineating specific boundaries of land confirmed by and deposited with the Director of Surveys for Manitoba pursuant to the The Surveys Act , re-enacted Statutes of Manitoba 1987, c. S240, as amended; ( levé ) provincial Act means the Fisheries Act (Manitoba), C.C.S.M. c. F90; ( loi provinciale ) provincial Minister means the Minister of the Government of Manitoba who is responsible for the administration of the provincial Act; ( ministre provincial ) recreational fishing means fishing by dip netting, cast netting, seine netting, minnow trapping, angling, bow fishing or spearfishing, but does not include (a) fishing by an Indian for food for their personal use or for the use of their immediate family, or (b) commercial fishing; ( pêche récréative ) registration number [Repealed, SOR/98-247, s. 1] resident [Repealed, SOR/98-247, s. 1] resident of Manitoba means a person whose primary residence is in Manitoba and who has lived in Manitoba for a period of at least 6 consecutive months during the 12 months before the day on which they (a) apply for a licence; or (b) engage in fishing, if they are authorized to fish without a licence; ( résident du Manitoba ) rough fish means any species of fish set out in Schedule IV; ( poisson commun ) seine netting means fishing by means of a seine net; ( pêche à la seine ) snagging means catching or attempting to catch a fish with a hook in any manner other than by inducing the fish to take the hook in its mouth; ( casaquer ) spearfishing means fishing by means of a spear or spear gun; ( pêche au harpon ) sport fishing [Repealed, SOR/98-247, s. 1] stocked lake trout lakes means those lakes set out in Part III of Schedule V; ( lacs ensemencés de touladis ) stocked trout lakes means those lakes set out in Part I of Schedule V; ( lacs ensemencés de truites ) stocked trout streams means those streams set out in Part II of Schedule V; ( cours d’eau ensemencés de truites ) trap net means a net that catches fish by impoundment, and includes a net commonly known as a hoop net and a pound net. ( parc en filet ) (2) Where a period of time is set out in these Regulations, the period (a) includes both the first hour or day and the last hour or day set out; and (b) begins and ends in the same calendar year except that where the period is stated to end on a day that occurs earlier in a calendar year than the day in which it begins, the period begins in one calendar year and ends in the next calendar year. (3) A reference in these Regulations to a species or group of species of fish by its common name as set out in Column I of an item of Schedule VI shall be construed as a reference to the species or group of species of fish the scientific name of which is set out in Column II of that item. (4) For the purposes of these Regulations, two fillets shall be counted as one fish. (5) For the purpose of determining whether the size of a filleted fish of a species set out in the table to this subsection complies with the size limit set out for that species, the fillet length shall be multiplied by the conversion factor for that species set out in that table. TABLE Item Column I Column II Species Conversion Factor 1 Arctic grayling 1.45 2 Brook trout 1.38 3 Brown trout 1.48 4 Channel catfish 1.57 5 Lake trout 1.53 6 Largemouth bass 1.63 7 Northern pike 1.57 8 Rainbow trout 1.49 9 Smallmouth bass 1.65 10 Walleye and sauger 1.60 (6) For the purposes of Part IV of these Regulations, a fish is not retained or possessed by a person if, after being caught, the fish is unhooked and immediately released into the water from which it was taken. SOR/88-190, s. 1; SOR/89-180, s. 1; SOR/90-302,