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Volume 48, No. 12

B.C. Reg. 223/2005

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

June 14, 2005

B.C. Reg. 223/2005, deposited June 13, 2005, pursuant to the WILDLIFE ACT [Section 108]. Ministerial Order M128/2005, dated May 30, 2005.

I, Bill Barisoff, Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection, order that the Wildlife Act Commercial Activities Regulation, B.C. Reg. 338/82, is amended as set out in the attached Appendix.

— B. BARISOFF, Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection.

Appendix

Section 3.04 (1) of the Wildlife Act Commercial Activities Regulation, B.C. Reg. 338/82, is amended

(

a) in paragraph (

f) by deleting "skunk or squirrel" and substituting "skunk, fisher, or squirrel", and

(

b) by adding a paragraph as follows:

(j.1) places bait in M.U. 4-1 after March 31 but before December 1 of a kind and in a quantity that could reasonably be expected to attract a wolf or coyote to an area in which a killing snare will be used, .

Schedule 3.07 is repealed and the attached

Schedule 3.07 is substituted.

Schedule 3.08 is repealed and the attached

Schedule 3.08 is substituted.

Section 3.16 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by adding the following paragraph:

(

f) in any M.U. when there is an open season for a fisher, a fisher, , and

(

b) by repealing subsection (3) (

b) and substituting the following:

(

b) in any M.U. when there is no open season for fisher, a fisher, .

Schedule 3.07

Region 1

Region 2

Region 3

Region 4

Region 5

Region 6

Region 7

Region 8

Beaver

Oct. 15 -

Apr. 30

Oct. 15 -

Apr. 30

Oct. 15 -

Apr. 30

Oct. 15 -

Apr. 30

Oct. 15 -

Apr. 30

Oct. 1 -

May 31

Oct. 1 -

May 31

Oct. 15 -

Apr. 30

Black Bear

No open

season

No open

season

No open

season

No open

season

Oct. 15 -

May 15

Oct. 1 -

May 31*

Oct. 1-

May 31

No open

season

Bobcat

No open

season

Nov. 15 -

Feb. 15

Nov. 15 -

Feb. 15

Nov. 15 -

Feb. 15

Nov. 15 -

Feb. 15

No open

season

No open

season

Nov. 15 -

Feb. 15

Coyote

Oct. 15 -

Mar. 31*

Oct. 15 -

Mar. 31

Oct. 15 -

Mar. 31

Oct. 15 -

Mar. 31*

Oct. 15 -

Mar. 31

Oct. 15 -

Mar. 31

Oct. 15 -

Mar. 31

Oct. 15 -

Mar. 31

Fisher

No open

season

No open

season

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 15 *

No open

season

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 15 *

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 15 *

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 15 *

No open

season

Fox

Oct. 15 -

Feb. 28*

Oct. 15 -

Feb. 28

Oct. 15 -

Feb. 28

Oct. 15 -

Feb. 28

Oct. 15 -

Mar. 31

Oct. 15 -

Feb. 28

Oct. 15 -

Feb. 28

No open

season

Lynx

No open

season

No open

season

Nov. 15 -

Feb. 15

Nov. 15 -

Dec. 31

Nov. 15 -

Feb. 15

Nov. 15 -

Feb. 15

Nov. 15 -

Feb. 15

Nov. 15 -

Feb. 15

Marten

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 15

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 15

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 15

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 15

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 15

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 28

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 28*

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 15

Mink

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 15

Nov. 15 -

Feb. 15

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 15

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 15

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 15

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 28*

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 15*

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 15

Muskrat

Oct. 15 -

Apr. 30

Nov. 15 -

Feb. 15

Oct. 15 -

Apr. 30

Oct. 15 -

Apr. 30

Oct. 15 -

Apr. 30

Oct. 1 -

May 31

Oct. 1 -

May 31

Oct. 15 -

Apr. 30

River Otter

Nov. 15 -

Feb. 28

Oct. 15 -

Apr. 30*

Oct. 15 -

Apr. 30

Oct. 15 -

Apr. 30

Oct. 15 -

Apr. 30

Oct. 1 -

May 31

Oct. 1 -

May 31

Nov. 1 -

Apr. 15

Racoon

Oct. 1 -

Mar. 31

Oct. 1 -

Mar. 31

Oct. 1 -

Mar. 31

Oct. 1 -

Mar. 31

Oct. 1 -

Mar. 31

Oct. 1 -

Mar. 31*

Oct. 1 -

Mar. 31

Oct. 1 -

Mar. 31

Skunk

Oct. 15 -

Feb. 28*

Oct. 15 -

Feb. 28

Oct. 15 -

Feb. 28

Oct. 15 -

Feb. 28

Oct. 15 -

Feb. 28

Oct. 15 -

Feb. 28

Oct. 15 -

Feb. 28

Oct. 15 -

Feb. 28

Douglas,

Northern

Flying

and Red

Squirrel

Nov. 1 -

Mar. 15

Nov. 1 -

Mar. 15

Nov. 1 -

Mar. 15

Nov. 1 -

Mar. 15

Nov. 1 -

Mar. 15

Nov. 1 -

Mar. 31

Nov. 1 -

Mar. 31

Nov. 1 -

Mar. 15

Weasel

No open

season

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 15

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 15

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 15

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 15

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 28*

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 28

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 15

Wolf

Nov. 1 -

Jun. 30

Oct. 15 -

Feb. 28*

Oct. 15 -

Feb. 28*

Oct. 15 -

Mar. 31*

Oct. 15 -

Mar. 31

Oct. 15 -

May 31

Oct. 15 -

May 31

No open

season

Wolverine

No open

season

No open

season

Nov. 1 -

Jan. 31

Nov. 1 -

Jan. 31

Nov. 1 -

Jan. 31

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 28*

Nov. 1 -

Feb. 28

No open

season

* See

Schedule 3.08 for different season dates in part of the region.

Schedule 3.08

Region 1

Coyote:

No open season in M.U.s 1-1 to 1-13

Fox:

No open season in M.U.s 1-1 to 1-13

Skunk:

No open season in M.U.s 1-1 to 1-13

Region 2

River Otter:

Open season in M.U.s 2-2 to 2-5 and 2-12 to 2-16 is November 15 to February 28

Weasel:

No open season for long-tailed weasel in M.U.s 2-03, 2-04, 2-06, 2-18 and 2-19

Wolf:

No open season in M.U.s 2-2 to 2-4, 2-7 to 2-10 and 2-17 to 2-19

Region 3

Wolf:

No open season in M.U.s 3-45 and 3-46

Fisher:

No open season in M.U.s 3-12 to 3-20, 3-26, 3-34 to 3-37 and, 3-42 to 3-46

Region 4

Wolf:

(

a) Open season in M.U. 4-1 if a person is using a killing snare December 1 to March 31,

(

b) Subject to paragraph (a), there is no closed season for wolves in the East

Kootenay Trench below 1 100 m

Coyote

Open season in M.U. 4-1 if a person is using a killing snare December 1 to March 31

Region 5

Fisher:

No open season in M.U.s 5-7 to 5-9 and 5-16

Region 6

Black bear:

Open season in M.U.s 6-3 and 6-11 to 6-14 is October 15 to May 15

Wolverine:

Open season in M.U.s 6-3, 6-11 and 6-14 is November 1 to February 15

Fisher:

No open season in M.U.s 6-12 to 6-18, 6-28 to 6-30

Mink:

Open season in M.U.s 6-3, 6-11 and 6-14 is November 15 to February 15

Weasel:

No open season in M.U.s 6-12 and 6-13

Racoon:

Open season in M.U.s 6-12 and 6-13 is January 1 to December 31

Region 7

Mink:

Open season in M.U.s 7-49 to 7-54 is October 15 to February 15

Marten:

Open season in M.U.s 7-49 to 7-54 is November 1 to March 15

Fisher

No open season in M.U.s 7-1 to 7-4

Wolf:

There is no closed season for wolf in those portions of M.U.s 7-1 to 7-22,

7-31 to 7-36 and 7-42 to 7-58 below the 1 100 m elevation

Coyote:

There is no closed season for coyote in those portions of M.U.s 7-19 to 7-22,

7-31 to 7-36 and 7-42 to 7-58 below the 1 100 m elevation

Region 8

See

Schedule 3.07

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