Fishing Provincial Law

The main provincial fishing law is the Game and Fish Act, which deals with the licencing of fisheries. It is enforced by Conservation Officers and deputy Conservation Officers. Under the Game and Fish Act a Conservation Officer may:

- arrest anyone found contravening the Act
- stop a vehical or vessel to determine if the occupants have been hunting, fishing, or to determine the number of species taken

If the officer belives, on resonable grounds, that someone illegally possesses fish, the officer is authorized to do any of the following without a search warrant:

- stop, enter and search any aircraft, vehical or vessel
- enter and search any fishing, hunting, mining, lumber, or construction camps
- open and inspect any truck, box, bag, parcel or other container.

Information taken from Ontario Recreational
 Fishing Regulations, 1998, MNR. And 
Sport Fishing and Recreation in the Blind River 
District, 1987, MNR.