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C-61.1, r. 7 - Regulation respecting aquaculture and the sale of fish
Section 30
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30. The sale of dead fish of the following species or their hybrids is prohibited:
(1) largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides);
(2) smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu);
(3) American shad (Alosa sapidissima);
(4) gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum);
(5) American eel (Anguilla rostrata);
(6) white bass (Morone chrysops);
(7) brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus);
(8) stonecat (Noturus flavus);
(9) yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis);
(10) channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus);
(11) striped bass (Morone saxatilis);
(12) chain pickerel (Esox niger);
(13) common carp (Cyprinus carpio);
(14) copper redhorse (Moxostoma hubbsi);
(15) river redhorse (Moxostoma carinatum);
(16) longear sunfish (Lepomis megalotis);
(17) bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus);
(18) rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris);
(19) pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus);
(20) yellow walleye (Stizostedion vitreum);
(21) sauger (Stizostedion canadense);
(22) rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax);
(23) pygmy smelt (Osmerus spectrum);
(24) lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens);
(25) Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus);
(26) northern pike (Esox lucius);
(27) burbot (Lota lota);
(28) black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus);
(29) muskellunge (Esox masquinongy);
(30) Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus);
(31) brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis);
(32) (paragraph revoked);
(33) ouananiche (Landlocked Atlantic salmon);
(34) yellow perch (Perca flavescens);
(35) Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar);
(36) tench (Tinca tinca);
(37) lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush);
(38) rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss);
(39) brown trout (Salmo trutta).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the sale of any class of fish of a species referred to in the first paragraph is authorized where the fish are caught under a commercial fishing licence issued under the Quebec Fishery Regulations, 1990 (SOR/90-214), except as regards Atlantic salmon, are sold by a holder of a licence to operate a fishing pond, or come from a aquaculture plant; their sale is also authorized where the fish are imported and are caught under a commercial fishing licence, except as regards Atlantic salmon, or are commercially raised, in accordance with the statutes and regulations of another province, a territory of Canada or another country.
In addition to the conditions set out in the second paragraph, lake sturgeon and Atlantic sturgeon must be labelled to be sold.
This section does not apply to the sale of Atlantic salmon caught in the territory governed by the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter D-13.1) by a Native person defined in section 1 of that Act, under a commercial fishing licence issued under the Quebec Fishery Regulations, 1990, or caught under a communal fishing licence issued under the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations (SOR/93-332) to the extent that the latter licence authorizes the sale of Atlantic salmon and the holder complies with the other conditions set out therein.
30. The sale of dead fish of the following species is prohibited:
(1) largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides);
(2) smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu);
(3) American shad (Alosa sapidissima);
(4) gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum);
(5) American eel (Anguilla rostrata);
(6) white bass (Morone chrysops);
(7) brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus);
(8) stonecat (Noturus flavus);
(9) yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis);
(10) channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus);
(11) striped bass (Morone saxatilis);
(12) chain pickerel (Esox niger);
(13) carp (Cyprinus carpio);
(14) copper redhorse (Moxostoma hubbsi);
(15) river redhorse (Moxostoma carinatum);
(16) longear sunfish (Lepomis megalotis);
(17) bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus);
(18) rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris);
(19) pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus);
(20) yellow walleye (Stizostedion vitreum);
(21) sauger (Stizostedion canadense);
(22) rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax);
(23) pygmy smelt (Osmerus spectrum);
(24) lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens);
(25) Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus);
(26) northern pike (Esox lucius);
(27) burbot (Lota lota);
(28) black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus);
(29) muskellunge (Esox masquinongy);
(30) Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus);
(31) brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis);
(32) splake trout or splake 2 trout (Salvelinus namaycush x Salvelinus fontinalis);
(33) ouananiche (Landlocked Atlantic salmon);
(34) yellow perch (Perca flavescens);
(35) Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar);
(36) tench (Tinca tinca);
(37) lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush);
(38) rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss);
(39) brown trout (Salmo trutta).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the sale of any class of fish of a species referred to in the first paragraph is authorized where the fish are caught under a commercial fishing licence issued under the Quebec Fishery Regulations, 1990 (SOR/90-214), except as regards Atlantic salmon, are sold by a holder of a licence to operate a fishing pond, or come from a aquaculture plant; their sale is also authorized where the fish are imported and are caught under a commercial fishing licence, except as regards Atlantic salmon, or are commercially raised, in accordance with the statutes and regulations of another province, a territory of Canada or another country.
In addition to the conditions set out in the second paragraph, lake sturgeon and Atlantic sturgeon must be labelled to be sold.
This section does not apply to the sale of Atlantic salmon caught in the territory governed by the Act respecting hunting and fishing rights in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter D-13.1) by a Native person defined in section 1 of that Act, under a commercial fishing licence issued under the Quebec Fishery Regulations, 1990, or caught under a communal fishing licence issued under the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations (SOR/93-332) to the extent that the latter licence authorizes the sale of Atlantic salmon and the holder complies with the other conditions set out therein.
