O. Reg. 303/07: Trapping

 

ontario regulation 303/07

made under the

Fish and wildlife conservation act, 1997

Made: June 27, 2007
Filed: July 3, 2007
Published on e-Laws: July 4, 2007
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: July 21, 2007

Amending O. Reg. 667/98

(Trapping)

1. Subsection 1 (1) of Ontario Regulation 667/98 is amended by adding the following definitions:

“certified trap” means a killing trap set out in Column 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 and a leg-hold restraining trap set out in Column 2 of Part 2 of Schedule 1;

“killing trap” means a device designed to kill an animal by seizing and holding it by part of its body;

“leg-hold restraining trap” means a trap that is designed to capture but not kill an animal by seizing and holding it by a leg;

2. Subsection 11 (5) of the Regulation is revoked.

3. Clauses 17 (e), (f) and (g) of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

(e) a suspended snare unless,

(i) the snare is set for varying hare, cottontail, European hare or red squirrel, or

(ii) a snare lock or other device is used in such a manner that the noose is prevented from expanding; or

(f) a number 110 Conibear trap or any body-gripping trap of a similar construction with equivalent or less killing power unless,

(i) the trap is set for muskrat, subject to subsection 18 (1), or

(ii) the trap is set for mink in such a manner that the captured mink will be submerged in water and prevented from resurfacing.

4. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

18. (1) If a species is listed in Column 1 of Schedule 1, a person shall not use a trap for trapping the species unless,

(a) a trap set out in Column 2 for that species is used; and

(b) the trap is used in accordance with any conditions set out in Column 3 for that species and trap.

(2) Despite subsection (1),

(a) a person shall not use, except as part of an underwater set used in the trapping of beaver and otter, a body gripping trap with a jaw spread greater than 22 centimetres in that part of Ontario described in paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to section 4 of Part 4 of Ontario Regulation 663/98 (Area Descriptions) made under the Act; and

(b) muskrat may be trapped using traps known as funnel traps set under the surface of any body of water.

5. Clause 19 (2) (a) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(a) for a bobcat, coyote or wolf using a leg-hold trap other than a trap that has two planar steel jaws less than 9 mm in thickness which come into contact with one another over their full length when the trap is sprung;

(a.1) for lynx in accordance with subsection 18 (1);

6. Subsection 24 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(1) A person shall not use a leg-hold trap that has a jaw spread greater than,

(a) 18 centimetres when set on land; or

(b) 21 centimetres when set in water.

7. Subsection 26 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(2) Despite subsection (1) and subsection 18 (1), a person described in subsection (1) may set,

(a) a snare under the surface of any body of water; or

(b) a foot snare or cable-live trap in a horizontal position on the ground. 

8. The Regulation is amended by adding the following Schedule:

SCHEDULE 1
CERTIFIED TRAPS

Part 1 – Killing Traps
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Species	Trap	Conditions
Beaver	Bélisle Classic 330	traps may be set on land or underwater
	Bélisle Super X 280
	Bélisle Super X 330
	B.M.I. Body Gripper 330
	Bridger 330
	LDL C280
	LDL C330
	Rudy 280
	Rudy 330
	Sauvageau 2001-11
	Species-Specific 330 Dislocator Half Magnum
	Species-Specific 440 Dislocator Half Magnum
	Woodstream Oneida Victor Conibear 280
	Woodstream Oneida Victor Conibear 330
	Sauvageau 1000-11F	trap may only be set on land
	Duke 330	traps may only be set underwater
	B.M.I. Body Gripper 280
	Sauvageau 2001-8
Fisher	Bélisle Super X 120
	Bélisle Super X 160
	Bélisle Super X 220
	Koro #2
	LDL C160 Magnum
	LDL C220 Magnum
	Rudy 120 Magnum
	Rudy 160 Plus
	Sauvageau 2001-5
	Sauvageau 2001-6
	Sauvageau 2001-7
	Sauvageau 2001-8
Marten	Bélisle Super X 120
	B.M.I. Body Gripper 126 Magnum
	LDL B120 Magnum
	Rudy 120 Magnum
	Rudy 160 Plus
	Sauvageau C120 Magnum
	Sauvageau 2001-5
	Sauvageau 2001-6
Raccoon	Bélisle Classic 220
	Bélisle Super X 160
	Bélisle Super X 220
	B.M.I. Body Gripper 160
	B.M.I. Body Gripper 220
	Bridger 160
	Bridger 220
	Duke 160
	Duke 220
	LDL C 160
	LDL C 220
	LDL C 220 Magnum
	Rudy 160
	Rudy 160 Plus
	Rudy 220
	Sauvageau 2001-6
	Sauvageau 2001-7
	Sauvageau 2001-8
	Species-Specific 220 Dislocator Half Magnum
	Woodstream Oneida Victor Conibear 160
	Woodstream Oneida Victor Conibear 220
Muskrat	Bélisle Super X 120	traps may only be set on land
	B.M.I. Body Gripper 120
	B.M.I. Body Gripper 120 Magnum
	B.M.I.  Body Gripper 126 Magnum
	Bridger 120
	LDL B120 Magnum
	Rudy 120 Magnum
	Sauvageau C120 Magnum
	Sauvageau C120 “Reverse Bend”
	Sauvageau 2001-5
	Triple M
	Woodstream Oneida Victor Conibear 110
	Woodstream Oneida Victor Conibear 120
Muskrat	Any jaw-type killing trap	trap must exert clamping force on the animal and be set as a submersion set in a manner consistent with clause 19 (2) (c) or subsection 19 (3) so as to maintain the animal underwater.
Part 2 – Leg-hold Restraining Traps
Canada Lynx	Bélisle Footsnare
	Oneida Victor #3 Soft Catch	trap must be equipped with either 2 coil springs or 4 coil springs
	Oneida Victor #3	trap must be equipped with a minimum of 8mm thick, non-offset steel jaws, 4 coil springs and an anchoring swivel centre mounted on a base plate
Muskrat	Any jaw type leg-hold trap	trap must exert clamping force on the animal and be set as a submersion set in a manner consistent with clause 19 (2) (c) or subsection 19 (3).

9. This Regulation comes into force on September 1, 2007.