SF – 2019/1

Under The Ontario Fishery Regulations, 2007

Pursuant to the authority vested in me in subsection 13(1) of the Ontario Fishery Regulations, 2007, made under the Fisheries Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. F-14, I hereby authorize and declare the following:

  1. That Sport Fishing Variation Order for Fisheries Management Zone 1 (SF-2008/1-2) signed by Minister Cansfield on December 10, 2008 is revoked and replaced by this Sport Fishing Variation Order for Fisheries Management Zone 1 (SF-2019-1).
  2. That the angling close times as set out in Schedule 2 to the Ontario Fishery Regulations, 2007 and the angling quotas and size limits as set out in Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the said Regulations for Fisheries Management Zone 1 are hereby varied as set out in Schedule A to this Sport Fishing Variation Order.
  3. That the close times for dip netting Lake Whitefish and Lake Herring as set out in Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the said Regulations for Fisheries Management Zone 1 are hereby varied to January 1 to September 30 and December 16 to December 31.
  4. That if there is a conflict between this Sport Fishing Variation Order and a close time for a fish sanctuary, the close time for the fish sanctuary prevails.
  5. That this Sport Fishing Variation Order comes into effect January 1, 2019.

Dated at Toronto this 29th day of October 2018.

Jeff Yurek
Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry

Schedule A – Zone-wide close times, quotas and size limits for Fisheries Management Zone 1

The following Angling close times, fishing quotas and size limits (measured in total length) apply to all waters in Fisheries Management Zone 1.
Species or combination of species Close time Sport Fishing Licence quota and size limit Conservation Fishing Licence quota and size limit
Atlantic Salmon January 1 to December 31 N/A N/A
Black & White Crappie January 1 to December 31 N/A N/A
Brook Trout October 1 to December 31 5, not more than 1 greater than 40 cm 2, not more than 1 greater than 40 cm
Brown Trout January 1 to December 31 N/A N/A
Channel Catfish January 1 to December 31 N/A N/A
Lake Sturgeon May 1 to June 30 0 0
Lake Trout No close time 3, any size 1, any size
Lake Whitefish No close time 12, any size 6, any size
Largemouth & Smallmouth Bass January 1 to December 31 N/A N/A
Muskellunge January 1 to December 31 N/A N/A
Northern Pike No close time 6, not more than 2 greater than 61 cm, of which not more than 1 is greater than 86 cm 2, not more than 1 greater than 61 cm, none greater than 86 cm
Pacific Salmon January 1 to December 31 N/A N/A
Rainbow Trout January 1 to December 31 N/A N/A
Splake January 1 to December 31 N/A N/A
Sunfish January 1 to December 31 N/A N/A
Walleye & Sauger No close time 4, not more than 1 greater than 46 cm 2, not more than 1 greater than 46 cm
Yellow Perch No close time 50, any size 25, any size
Any other species No close time No limit No limit