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 speciesClose timeSport Fishing Licence quota and size limitConservation Fishing Licence quota and size limit
Atlantic SalmonJanuary 1 to December 31N/AN/A
Black & White CrappieJanuary 1 to December 31N/AN/A
Brook TroutOctober 1 to December 315, not more than 1 greater than 40 cm2, not more than 1 greater than 40 cm
Brown TroutJanuary 1 to December 31N/AN/A
Channel CatfishJanuary 1 to December 31N/AN/A
Lake SturgeonMay 1 to June 3000
Lake TroutNo close time3, any size1, any size
Lake WhitefishNo close time12, any size6, any size
Largemouth & Smallmouth BassJanuary 1 to December 31N/AN/A
MuskellungeJanuary 1 to December 31N/AN/A
Northern PikeNo close time6, not more than 2 greater than 61 cm, of which not more than 1 is greater than 86 cm2, not more than 1 greater than 61 cm, none greater than 86 cm
Pacific SalmonJanuary 1 to December 31N/AN/A
Rainbow TroutJanuary 1 to December 31N/AN/A
SplakeJanuary 1 to December 31N/AN/A
SunfishJanuary 1 to December 31N/AN/A
Walleye & SaugerNo close time4, not more than 1 greater than 46 cm2, not more than 1 greater than 46 cm
Yellow PerchNo close time50, any size25, any size
Any other speciesNo close timeNo limitNo limit