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Harvesting Plan for the Food, Social and Ceremonial Fisheries
- By New Brunswick Aboriginal People's Council
- Published January 13th, 2009
- Aboriginal Fishery Strategy (AFS)
Burbot
Lower Saint John &Southwest Fishery Areas:
Limit: 10 per day per individual
Size: Minimum 10cm - Maximum 100cm in length
Method: Angling gear only
Catfish (Brown Bullhead)
In the rivers, brooks, streams andlakes of the Open waters of theSaint John River system only
Season:
June 1 to Oct. 15, 2011 CLOSED
Limit: 20 per day per individual
Method: Angling gear only
Chain Pickerel
River System:
Inner Bay of Fundy & Lower Saint John & Southwest Fishery Area
Rivers - Apr. 15 to Oct. 15, 2011 CLOSED
Lakes - May 1 to Oct. 15, 2011 CLOSED
Upper Saint John
May 1 to Oct. 15, 2011 CLOSED
Limit: 10 per day per individual
Size: Minimum 10cm - Maximum 100cm in length
Method: Angling gear only
River System:
Soft-shell Clams 100
Bar Clams 100
Bay Quahaugs 100
(No more than 300 clams of all species of clams combined can be caught and retained in any one day)
Size:
Razor Clams no size limit
Exception: All Clams Inland and tidal waters in that portion of New Brunswick between Johnston Point ans the Nova Scotia/New Brunswick border at Baie Verte:
April 13 to May 31 and October 2 to December 31, 2011
Soft-Shell Clams
In the tidal waters of that portion of New Brunswick that borders on the Bay of Fundy Only
Size:
Soft Shell clams equal to or greater than 44mm (2 inches)
Apr. 13 to March 31, 2012
** For health reasons, the harvesting of clams in areas closed pursuant to the Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations (contaminated areas) is prohibited. **
Cod
Method: Hand and handheld tools
River System:
Tidal waters of the Bay of Fundy
Season:
Apr. 13, 2011 to Mar 31, 2012
Limit: 20 per day per individual