Definitions

In this brochure, the following terms designate:

• Anadromous: fish that live in the sea and spawn in fresh water.
• Angling: fishing by means of a line or a rod and line to whichare attached hooks or artificial lures that may be baited. This definition includes fly fishing, but does not include fishing by means of a night line.
• Artificial lure: a spoon, simulated minnow, artificial fly or any other device made of feathers, fibres, rubber, wood, metal, plastic or similar materials that has one or more hooks.
• Bait-trap: a trap without wing or leaders, made of netting or wire or plastic mesh measuring no more than 60 cm in length and 25 cm in diameter and having funnelshaped openings the smallest of which is no greater than 2.5 cm in diameter.
• Bass: smallmouth bass and largemouth bass, unless otherwise indicated.
• Bullhead: includes brown bullhead, yellow bullhead and stonecat.
• Catadromous: fish that live in fresh water and spawn in the sea.
• Char: brook trout and Arctic char, unless otherwise indicated.
• Dip-net: a net whose mesh does not exceed 2.5 cm when fully extended on what is generally a square frame, measuring no more than 1.3 m in its greatest dimension, and suspended on a rope.
• Fish: a fish or any part there of, including shellfish (mussels, oysters, etc.) and crustaceans (shrimp, crawfish, etc.).
• Fishing: to catch or attempt to catch fish by any means whatsoever.
• Fly fishing: fishing by means of a fly line mounted on a rod designed specifically for that type of fishing and to which artificial flies are attached.
• Lake trout: includes lake trout and splake trout.
• Landing net: a bag-shaped net mounted on a frame, measuring no more than 90 cm in diameter.
• Landlocked salmon: freshwater Atlantic salmon.
• National park: designates a Québec national park, unless otherwise mentioned in the text.
• Other species: includes, at the end of a list of fish species, the species that are not mentioned in this list. This designation varies according to the case.
  

EXAMPLE
Walleye	Fishing prohibited
Other species	April 22 - March 31
The designation Other species refers here to all other species than walleye, such as pike, bass, etc.

• Pike: grass pickerel, chain pickerel, redfin pickerel and northern pike.
• Redhorse: river redhorse, silver redhorse, copper redhorse, greater redhorse and shorthead redhorse, unless otherwise indicated.
• Resident: any person domiciled in Québec and having resided there for a period of 183 days during the year previous to their fishing activities or application for a licence.
• Salmon: anadromous Atlantic salmon, unless otherwise indicated.
• Sea trout: designates anadromous brook trout.
• Shad: includes American shad and gizzard shad.
• Spouse: designates the de facto spouse who has been living with another person in a marital relationship for at least one year as well as a spouse.
• Sturgeon: lake sturgeon and Atlantic sturgeon.
• Sucker: includes longnose sucker and white sucker.
• Sunfish: includes longear sunfish, bluegill, rock bass and pumpkinseed.
• Trout: rainbow trout, brown trout and cutthroat trout.
• Walleye: walleye and sauger, except where stipulated otherwise in the text.
• Weighted core line: a fly line that, when folded firmly and then released, remains folded.
• Weighted down line : a fly line to which an external weight is attached.
• Whitefish: includes shallow water cisco, lake whitefish, and round whitefish, unless otherwise indicated.