All About Alberta Fishing Regulations
The Alberta Government is the institution designated for monitoring the fish resources. That means imposing some fishing regulations in order to ensure an abundance of fish in the future. They are also paying attention to threatened species or collapsed and vulnerable populations. In the next few lines we will provide you with a summary of the Alberta fishery regulations. Of course, this website is neither an official document nor a complete listing of current Alberta Sportfishing Regulations. The Alberta Sportfishing License
If you are over 16 years of age but not older than 65, you will be demanded to purchase an Alberta Sportfishing license in order to have the right to fish in Alberta. All the other categories of citizens (under 16 years of age, 65 years or older or Indians) are not required to have a sportfishing license but they must be aware of all sportfishing regulations and they must fallow them. Another important item: the WIN Card In Alberta recreational fishing licenses are sold through private license issuers using a point of sale machine. In order to get such a license you should first have a WIN card, also known as Wildlife Identification Number, which is valid for 5 years. If you do not have a Wildlife Identification Number, you should fill out a WIN application form which is available at the license issuer. By doing that tou will, first of all, obtain a temporary WIN receipt with a 10-digit number which will be enough to purchase a sportfishing license. Within 5 weeks your final personal plastic Wildlife Identification Number will be mailed to you. Limtations: · An Alberta fisherman may not possess live bait fish · A fisherman may not possess live game fish. He or she is allowed to posses this type of fish only if it has been lawfully caught and you are in the immediate vicinity of the waters from which it was taken. · Fish possessed at other than your permanent residence must not be skinned, cut or packed in a manner that prevents the determination of the number of fish possessed, the species of fish possessed, and the length of fish possessed where size limits are applicable. · Live fish eggs and live fish must be placed only in the water from which they were taken. · Bait may not be set out or used to attract fish unless it is attached to a hook used in angling. · In Alberta it is considered illegal to use firearms, snares, spring-loaded gaff hooks, or any device used to attract, stun or kill fish by causing an explosion or electrical current. · Only one line is allowed when angling into open water. · Two lines are allowed for ice-covered water. · Any line used in angling should be equipped with no more than three hooks. · In Alberta , lines used in angling must not be farther than 30 meters from the angler, and should be attended at all times. General province-wide limits In Alberta you may keep only: · Trout and Arctic grayling combined : 5 of which · none may be bull trout, · only 1 may be golden trout · only 3 may be lake trout · only 2 may be Arctic grayling. · Mountain whitefish : 5 · Walleye and sauger combined : 3 · Northern pike : 3 · Yellow perch : 15 · Lake whitefish and cisco (tulibee) combined : 10 · Goldeye and mooneye combined : 10 · Burbot (ling) : 10 · Sturgeon : 0 · All other species : no limit |
