17Bag limits

17 Bag limits

(1)  In this rule –

brook trout means the species Salvelinus fontinalis of the family Salmonidae.

(2)  A person must not take, on any one day from inland waters or excepted waters, more than –

(a) a total of 12 blackfish; or

(b) a total of 12 salmon.

Penalty:  Fine of not less than 1 penalty unit and not more than 5 penalty units and a special penalty of 1 penalty unit for each fish.

(3)  [Regulation 17 Subregulation (3) amended by S.R. 2025, No. 18, Applied:14 May 2025] A person must not take, on any one day from inland waters, more than a total of 5 bream.

Penalty:  Fine of not less than 1 penalty unit and not more than 5 penalty units and a special penalty of 1 penalty unit for each fish.

(4)  A person must not take, on any one day from any of the waters specified in column 2 of the table in Schedule 3 , more salmon than the number specified in column 3 of that table, in respect of those waters.

Penalty:  Fine of not less than 1 penalty unit and not more than 5 penalty units and a special penalty of 1 penalty unit for each fish.

(5)  A person must not take, on any one day, more than 2 salmon from the same dam or the same lake in a junior angling development fishery.

Penalty:  Fine of not less than 1 penalty unit and not more than 5 penalty units and a special penalty of 1 penalty unit for each fish.

(6)  Subject to subregulations (4) and (5) , a person must not take, on any one day, more than 5 salmon from the same river.

Penalty:  Fine of not less than 1 penalty unit and not more than 5 penalty units and a special penalty of 1 penalty unit for each fish.

(7)  [Regulation 17 Subregulation (7) amended by S.R. 2025, No. 18, Applied:14 May 2025] [Regulation 17 Subregulation (7) amended by S.R. 2023, No. 59, Applied:16 Aug 2023] A person must not take, on any one day from the waters of Yingina / Great Lake, more than a total of 12 salmon including a maximum of 3 rainbow trout.