Open Season Fall Big Game Black Bear Hunting and Snaring Order, Newfoundland , 2005 (N.L.R. 80/05)

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR REGULATION 80/05 Open Season Fall Big Game Black Bear Hunting and Snaring Order, Newfoundland , 2005 under the Wild Life Regulations and the Wild Life Act Amended by: 69/06 NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR REGULATION 80/05 Open Season Fall Big Game Black Bear Hunting and Snaring Order, Newfoundland , 2005 under the Wild Life Regulations and the Wild Life Act (Filed September 8, 2005 ) Under the authority of sections 38 and 114 of the Wild Life Regulations and the Wild Life Act, I make the following Order. Dated at St. John’s , September 1, 2005 . Tom Osborne Minister of Environment and Conservation ORDER Analysis 1. Short title 2. Fall open season 3. Devices permitted 4. Prohibited devices 5. Bag limits 6. Validity of licence 7. Prohibition 7.1 Sunday hunting 8. Repeal Schedule Short title 1. This Order may be cited as the Open Season Fall Big Game Black Bear Hunting and Snaring Order, Newfoundland , 2005 . 80/05 s1 Back to Top Fall open season 2. (1) The fall open season for the hunting and snaring of black bear shall be September 9, 2006 to November 12, 2006 in all moose management areas, except as follows: Area No. Season Dates 31 No open season 32 No open season 33 No open season 34 No open season 35 No open season 36 No open season 38 No open season 43 No open season 44 No open season (2) The moose management areas referred to in subsection (1) are described in the Open Season Big Game Moose Hunting Order, Newfoundland, 2005-2006 (Amendment) except that (a) Moose Management Area 28 is further described, for black bear hunting only, to exclude All that area of the Island of Newfoundland located in the district of Terra Nova, commencing at a point in the centre of the land-fill site at the northwestern edge of Terra Nova National Park ; Then extending to a radius of 2 kilometres from that point in all directions, with an area of approximately 1,250 hectares and a perimeter of approximately 12,543 metres; and (b) moose management sub-areas do not apply to black bear hunting. (3) Hunting Black Bear by bow and arrow only shall be permitted in Moose Management Areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45, and 47 during the period of August 26, 2006 to September 9, 2006. 80/05 s2; 69/06 s1 Back to Top Devices permitted 3. Only Aldrich foot snares or similar devices may be set for the taking of black bears and those devices shall be set in a covered "cubby set" and clearly marked with a warning sign indicating that a bear snaring device is set in the "cubby". 80/05 s3 Back to Top Prohibited devices 4. Steel-jaw leghold, spring or jump traps shall not be used to take black bears. 80/05 s4 Back to Top Bag limits 5. (1) The bag limit shall be two black bear of any age or sex. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), female black bears accompanied by cubs, may not be taken by shooting. 80/05 s5; 69/06 s2 Back to Top Validity of licence 6. Each fall season a black bear licence shall be valid only for the area for which it is issued. 80/05 s6 Back to Top Prohibition 7. A person shall not transport or possess firearms under the authority of a valid game licence without being in possession of an outdoor identification card, or non resident equivalent card, issued to the person. 80/05 s7 Back to Top Sunday hunting 7.1 (1) Hunting with a firearm on Sundays shall be permitted for the species and during the seasons as described in this Order only during the period of (a) November 1, 2006-December 10, 2006 in Sunday Hunting Zone A, as described in the Schedule; and (b) November 1, 2006-January 7, 2007 in Sunday Hunting Zone B as described in the Schedule. 69/06 s3 Back to Top Repeal 8. The Open Season Fall Big Game Black Bear Hunting and Snaring Order, Newfoundland, 2004 , Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 116/04, is repealed. 80/05 s8 Back to Top Schedule Sunday Hunting Zone A - Western Region All that area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at a point known as Friar Head in Fortune Bay; Then following a straight line to the southwestern end of Norsemans Pond; Then following a straight line in a northeasterly direction to a point of land, elevation 852 feet, east of Norsemans Pond at an approximate location of 48 ° 9' 54.3" north latitude and 54 ° 25' 27.8" west longitude; Then following a straight line in a northerly direction to the northeastern extremity of Norsemans Pond; Then following a straight line to the western extremity of Norsemans Pond; Then following a straight line in a generally northeasterly direction to the southeastern extremity of Saddle Pond; Then following the southwestern shoreline of Saddle Pond to the stream at its northern extremity; Then following this stream in a generally northeasterly direction to the most southwesterly point of a small pond located at an approximate location of 48 ° 19' 14" north latitude and 54 ° 22' 25.8" west longitude; Then following the northwestern bank of the unnamed pond to a small stream at its northern extremity Then following the stream flowing from the unnamed Pond in a generally northeasterly direction to the southwestern extremity of Salmon Pond; Then following the west bank of Salmon Pond and Salmon River in a generally northeasterly direction to its intersection with the T'Railway; Then following the T'Railway in a generally northerly direction to a small stream flowing into the eastern end of Maccles Lake at Millers Angle at an approximate location of 48 ° 36' 49.9" north latitude and 54 ° 7' 40" west longitude; Then following the eastern bank of that stream to Maccles Lake ; Then following the southern shoreline of Maccles Lake in a generally westerly direction to the western extremity of that lake; Then following a straight line to the outlet of Parsons Pond; Then following the eastern bank of this brook to its mouth in Gambo Pond; Then following the southern shoreline of Gambo Pond and the south bank of Gambo River to its mouth in Freshwater Bay, Bonavista Bay; Then following the coastline of insular Newfoundland including all offshore islands and excluding all areas within National Park jurisdiction in westerly direction to the point of commencement. Sunday Hunting Zone B- Eastern Region All that area of the Island of Newfoundland bounded by a line beginning at a point known as Friar Head in Fortune Bay; Then following a straight line to the southwestern end of Norsemans Pond; Then following a straight line in a northeasterly direction to a point of land, elevation 852 feet, east of Norsemans Pond at an approximate location of 48 ° 9' 54.3" north latitude and 54 ° 25' 27.8" west longitude; Then following a straight line in a northerly direction to the northeastern extremity of Norsemans Pond; Then following a straight line to the western extremity of Norsemans Pond; Then following a straight line in a generally northeasterly direction to the southeastern extremity of Saddle Pond; Then following the southwestern shoreline of Saddle Pond to the stream at its northern extremity; Then following this stream in a generally northeasterly direction to the most southwesterly point of a small pond located at an approximate location of 48 ° 19' 14" north latitude and 54 ° 22' 25.8" west longitude; Then following the northwestern bank of the unnamed pond to a small stream at its northern extremity Then following the stream flowing from the unnamed pond in a generally northeasterly direction to the southwestern extremity of Salmon Pond; Then following the west bank of Salmon Pond and Salmon River in a generally northeasterly direction to its intersection with the T'Railway; Then following the T'Railway in a generally northerly direction to a small stream flowing into the eastern end of Maccles Lake at Millers Angle at an approximate location of 48 ° 36' 49.9" North latitude and 54 ° 7' 40" west longitude; Then following the eastern bank of that stream to Maccles Lake ; Then following the southern shoreline of Maccles Lake in a generally westerly direction to the western extremity of that lake; Then following a straight line to the outlet of Parsons Pond; Then following the eastern bank of this brook to its mouth in Gambo Pond; Then following the southern shoreline of Gambo Pond and the south bank of Gambo River to its mouth in Freshwater Bay, Bonavista Bay; Then following the coastline of insular Newfoundland including all offshore islands and excluding all areas within National Park jurisdiction in easterly direction to the point of commencement. 69/06 s4 ©Earl G. 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