Anglers Guide 2011/12

ANNEXES

Annex 2 - COASTAL WATERS AND INLAND WATERS

Scheduled and Non-Scheduled

Newfoundland and Labrador waters are divided into categories and sub-categories, as follows:

• Coastal waters.
• Inland waters:
  • scheduled salmon rivers;
  • scheduled rainbow and brown trout waters;
  • non-scheduled inland waters.

Coastal waters: Marine waters outside the spring tide low water mark, except where DFO has caution signs on the shore of a river’s estuary to close the estuary to commercial fisheries. These signs are located several metres to several kilometres seaward from the mouth of a river. Seaward of the signs is coastal waters; the area inside the signs is non-scheduled inland waters, even though it is a marine/salt water area. Angling is regulated by the season dates for non-scheduled inland waters.

Anglers uncertain about where caution signs are placed at the mouth of the river, should contact the nearest DFO office.

Inland waters: All waters above spring tide low water mark and all waters inside of a line drawn between caution signs set out from the mouth of a river on the shores of its estuary. Inland waters include scheduled salmon rivers, scheduled rainbow trout waters, and non-scheduled inland waters.

Scheduled salmon river: Includes the main stem of a river including tidal waters at the mouth of a river inside DFO bait and spinner signs; the waters of any connected pond or lake within 90 metres of the river’s entrance and outlet, or as indicated by DFO signs; in many cases, tributary streams; in a few cases, certain lakes and ponds. There are 186 scheduled salmon rivers in Newfoundland and Labrador. A complete list is contained in the map insert in this guide.

Scheduled rainbow trout waters: Includes a group of ponds and connecting streams in the Bauline, Portugal Cove, Torbay and Green’s Harbour areas, which are listed in the rainbow trout section.

Scheduled and Non-Scheduled brown trout waters: As described.

Non-scheduled inland waters: Inland waters not individually listed by name in the regulations; they include salt water areas inside of DFO caution signs.

SALMON ANGLING IN NON-SCHEDULED INLAND WATERS

• All non-scheduled inland waters are Class III, with a seasonal and daily bag limit of two small salmon.
• Anglers must have a valid salmon licence and red tags to retain a salmon caught in non-scheduled inland waters.

SALMON ANGLING IN COASTAL WATERS

• Anglers may angle for salmon year-round in coastal waters, there is no closed season.
• A salmon angling licence is not required to angle for salmon in coastal waters.
• Retention of salmon in coastal waters is prohibited; catch-and-release only.
• Coastal waters include all marine waters outside DFO caution signs posted in the estuaries of some scheduled and non-scheduled salmon rivers, and outside the spring tide low-water mark in all other areas.

TROUT ANGLING IN COASTAL WATERS

• Anglers may angle for trout year-round in coastal waters; there is no closed season.
• All other trout angling regulations apply in coastal waters, including bag limits and possession limits.
• No licence or guide requirements.
• No bag limit for rainbow trout on south and west coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador, including the Bay d’Espoir area. See daily bag limit.
• Conditions apply to resident and non-resident anglers.