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Volume 48, No. 4

B.C. Reg. 40/2005

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

February 22, 2005

B.C. Reg. 40/2005, deposited February 11, 2005, pursuant

to the WILDLIFE ACT [Sections 53 (1) (

g) and 108 (2) (

g) and (

q) and (3) (j)]. Order in Council 114/2005, approved and

ordered February 11, 2005.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor,

by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the

Angling and Scientific Collection Regulation, B.C. Reg. 125/90, is

amended as set out in the attached Appendix.

— B. BARISOFF, Minister

of Water, Land and Air Protection; G. ABBOTT , Presiding Member of

the Executive Council.

Appendix

1 The Angling and Scientific Collection Regulation, B.C. Reg. 125/90,

is amended by repealing

section 11 and substituting the following:

(1) For each water specified in

Schedule A

for which a regional manager is responsible, the regional manager may allocate

guided angler days

(2) For each water specified in

Schedule A for which a

regional manager is responsible, the regional manager must

(

a) if a management plan has been approved by the director

for a water, allocate guided angler days in accordance with that management

plan, and

(

b) if no management plan has been approved by the director

for a water, use one of the following procedures to allocate guided angler days:

(

i) require angling guides to bid for guided angler days

by sealed tender, and award guided angler days to the highest bidder or bidders,

(ii) require angling guides to submit a written proposal

for the use of guided angler days, including

(

A) the relevant available resources of the angling guide, and

(

B) the relevant experience and knowledge of the angling guide, and

(

C) any other relevant information the regional manager requires,

and award guided angler days to the angling guide or

guides based on the best proposal or proposals as determined by the regional

manager, or

(iii) require angling guides to submit a sealed tender

referred to in subparagraph (i), together with a written proposal as described

in subparagraph (ii), and award guided angler days to the angling guide

or guides with the best combination of sealed tender and written proposal, as

determined by the regional manager.

(3) For each water specified in

Schedule A for which

a regional manager is responsible, the regional manager must not allocate

(

a) angling guide licences for the licence year in excess

of the number set out in column 2 of

Schedule A next to that water, or

(

b) guided angler days in the period set out in column

4 of

Schedule A in excess of the number set out in column 3 of

Schedule A

next to that water.

(4) A regional manager may exempt a class of angler from

the application of subsection (3) (

b) in respect of a water in a region

specified by the regional manager in the exemption.

Schedule A is repealed and the attached

Schedule A is substituted.

3 Effective March 15, 2005,

Schedule C is amended

(

a) in item (1) (

b) by striking out "a Canadian citizen", and

(

b) in item (10) (

c) by adding "rainbow" after "Kootenay Lake".

Schedule A

Classified Waters

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Column 5

STEELHEAD

LICENCE

MANDATORY

STREAM

(includes unspecified tributaries unless indicated by an * before the name)

NO. OF GUIDES

GUIDED

ANGLER DAYS

FROM

FROM

Class I Coastal Waters (anadromous)

Babine River downstream of the juvenile fish counting weir located at the outlet of Nilkitkwa Lake

1 798

Sept. 1

Oct. 31

Sept. 1

Oct. 31

Dean (Kalone Creek to signs 500 m above the lower canyon)

1 620

June 1

Sept. 30

June 1

Sept. 30

Dean (Crag Creek to Kalone Creek)

June 1

Sept. 30

June 1

Sept. 30

Dean (below signs in lower canyon)

June 1

Sept. 30

June 1

Sept. 30

Gitnadoix

April 1

July 31

April 1

May 31

Gitnadoix

Aug. 1

Mar. 31

Exempt

Sustut

Sept. 1

Oct. 31

Sept. 1

Oct. 31

Zymoetz (upstream from Limonite Creek)

Sept. 1

Oct. 31

Sept. 1

Oct. 31

Class I Inland Waters (non-anadromous)

Class II Coastal Waters (anadromous)

REGION 1

Ahnuhati

April 1

Oct. 31

April 1

June 30

Kakweiken

April 1

Oct. 31

April 1

June 30

Kingcome

April 1

Oct. 31

April 1

June 30

Seymour

Aug. 15

Oct. 31

Exempt

Wakeman

April 1

Oct. 31

April 1

June 30

REGION 3

Thompson (downstream from Savona)

Sept. 1

Dec. 31

Sept. 1

Dec. 31

REGION 5

Bella Coola/Atnarko (upstream to Young Creek)

1 400

March 1

May 31

Exempt

Chilcotin River downstream from Chilko River

Oct. 1

May 31

Oct. 1

May 31

Chuckwalla/Kilbella (combined)

April 1

May 31

April 1

May 31

Nekite

April 1

May 31

April 1

May 31

REGION 6

Bulkley

1 504

Sept. 1

Oct. 31

Sept. 1

Oct. 31

Damdochax

Sept. 1

Oct. 31

Sept. 1

Oct. 31

Ecstall

April 1

March 31

Exempt

Kispiox

Sept. 1

Oct. 31

Sept. 1

Oct. 31

Kitseguecla

April 1

March 31

Sept. 1

Oct. 31

Kitsumkalum

March 15

Oct. 15

March 15

May 31

Kitsumkalum

Oct. 16

March 14

Dec. 1

March 14

Kitwanga

April 1

March 31

Sept. 1

Oct. 31

Kluatantan

April 1

March 31

Sept. 1

Oct. 31

Kwinageese

Sept. 1

Oct. 31

Sept. 1

Oct. 31

Ksi X'anmas (Kwinamass)

April 1

May 31

April 1

May 31

Ksi X'anmas ( Kwinamass)

June 1

Sept. 30

Exempt

Lakelse

April 1

March 31

Dec. 1

May 31

Morice

Sept.1

Oct. 31

Sept. 1

Oct. 31

*Skeena (Exchamsiks to 1.5 km upstream from Kitsumkalum River)

4 687

July 1

Sept. 30

Exempt

*Skeena (upstream of 1.5 km above Zymoetz River)

1 000

July 1

Oct. 31

Exempt

Suskwa

April 1

March 31

Sept. 1

Oct. 31

Zymoetz (downstream from Limonite Creek)

Sept. 1

Oct. 31

Sept. 1

Oct. 31

Yakoun

Sept. 1

April 30

Dec. 1

April 30

Copper Creek (MU 6-12), Datlamen, Deena, Honna, Mamin, Pallant, Tlell

Sept. 1

April 30

Dec. 1

April 30

Class II Inland Waters (non-anadromous)

REGION 4

Bull

No limit

April 1

March 31

Exempt

Elk

No limit

2 950

April 1

March 31

Exempt

Kootenay River (upstream from White River)

April 1

March 31

Exempt

Skookumchuck

No limit

April 1

March 31

Exempt

St. Mary (downstream from St. Mary Lake)

No limit

April 1

March 31

Exempt

St. Mary (upstream from St. Mary Lake)

April 1

March 31

Exempt

White

April 1

March 31

Exempt

Wigwam

No limit

April 1

March 31

Exempt

REGION 5

Chilko River from Chilko Lake to Brittany Creek

June 11

Oct. 31

Exempt

Dean (Anahim Lake to Iltasyuko River)

June 16

Oct. 31

Exempt

Horsefly

June 1

Oct. 31

Exempt

*West Road

1 750

June 15

Oct. 31

Exempt

REGION 7

Stellako

April 1

March 31

Exempt

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