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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.