FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA
NOTICE TO ANGLERS
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May. 13, 2019
Trout Season Opening in Insular Newfoundland
DFO advises that the 2019 summer trout season for Zone 1 (insular Newfoundland) opens on May 15, 2019, and will remain open until September 7, 2019.
Special trout management areas opening on June 1 include Southwest Pond, Otter Pond, Coaker’s Steady, Adies Lake, 10 Mile Lake (Northern Peninsula) and Round Lake (Northern Peninsula).
Bag limits and possession limits for insular Newfoundland remain the same: daily bag limit for trout (includes speckled trout, brown trout, rainbow trout and ouananiche) is 12 trout or 2.25 kg + 1 trout, round weight (which can be a combination of any of the species – speckled, brown, rainbow, ouananiche); possession limit is twice the daily bag limit.
For additional information, refer to the Fisheries Management Decision online at: http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/decisions/fm-2019-gp/index-atl-eng.htm
The 2019-20 Angler’s Guide will be available on-line soon at: www.nfl.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/NL/AG/anglersguide
If you would like to have all “Notices to Anglers” for recreational fisheries sent directly to you by email please contact: janet.warren@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
For information, contact:
Jackie Kean
Resource Manager
Tel. (709) 772-2045
E-mail: jackie.kean@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
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