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Originally Posted by Parker Hale
Illegal to keep live fish in BC now. The connective tissue between the gills and the top end of the belly must be cut.
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Originally Posted by Pikebreath
I suspect the idea behind that is to prevent culling. I would certainly support a similar regulation for Alberta.
Taking it one step further would be cessation of fishing for the day once a legal limit of fish for the waterbody has been retained.
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British Columbia:
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It is unlawful to...Have any live fish in your possession in the wild, or move any live fish or live aquatic invertebrates around the province or transplant them into any waters of B.C. Do not keep angled fish alive in a “livewell” or other device, or on stringers, and never use live fish as bait or release your aquarium fish to the wild. “High-grading” is illegal.
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There is nothing in the regulation that states that connective tissue between the gills and top end of the belly
must be cut.
Alberta: It is unlawful to...
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Possess live game fish – unless the fish have been lawfully caught by angling and are within 5 metres of the waters from which they were caught.
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