Fur Harvesting Regulations
made under Section 113 of the
Wildlife Act
R.S.N.S 1989, c. 504
O.I.C. 87-956 (effective August 19, 1987), N.S. Reg. 165/1987
amended to O.I.C. 2026-27 (effective January 26, 2026), N.S. Reg. 25/2026
Table of Contents
Please note: this table of contents is provided for convenience of reference and does not form part of the regulations.
Click here to go to the text of the regulations.
Citation
Definitions
Definition for licences, cards, permits and stamps issued in electronic form
Type of licence/qualifications
Non-residents
Open season for fur-bearing animals
Possession dates/storage permits
Bag limits
Stamping of pelts
Hunting methods and equipment
Trapping with partner
Information returns
Terms and conditions of licence
Repeal of old regulations
Effective date of new regulations
Schedule A: List of Approved Body-Gripping Traps
Schedule B: List of Approved Restraining Traps
Citation
1 These regulations may be cited as the “Fur Harvesting Regulations”.
Definitions
2 In these regulations
“Act” means the Wildlife Act;.
“beaver restraining trap” means a trap or device that is set to capture and restrain or
hold a beaver alive, but does not include a cable restraint or leghold trap;
“body-gripping trap” means any device designed to catch and hold wildlife by the
body rather than by the foot, but does not include a snare;
“body-gripping trap enclosure” means a special trap-holding device designed to
keep a dog away from a trap by creating a barrier to the trap allowing entry only
through designated openings, and which must be 1 of the following:
(i) an enclosure that is placed so that no part of the opening of the
enclosure is more than 12.7 cm off the ground,
(ii) for a body-gripping trap with dimensions no greater than 17.78 cm ×
17.78 cm,
(A) an enclosure with openings no higher than 17.78 cm above the
ground and having a total area of no greater than 322.6 cm²
with the trap trigger set back at least 17.78 cm from any
enclosure opening, if the trap set is baited or scented,
(B) an enclosure with openings no greater than 20.32 cm high and
25.4 cm wide with the trap trigger set back at least 25.4 cm
from any enclosure opening, and the top of the opening no
higher than 20.32 cm above the ground, if the trap set is baited
or scented, or
(C) an enclosure with openings no greater than 25.4 cm high and
25.4 cm wide with the trap trigger set back at least 38.1 cm
from any enclosure opening, and the top of the opening no
higher than 25.4 cm above the ground, if the trap set is
unbaited and unscented;
“box trap” means any box shaped trap designed to capture an animal alive being
constrained only by the confines of the walls of the trap which may be made in any
shape or size and of any material such as wood, metal, wire, netting or other
material;
“cable restraint” means a snare that is designed to capture and restrain an animal
alive;
“Department” means the Department of Natural Resources;
“dwelling” means a dwelling as defined in the Firearm and Bow Regulations made
under the Act;
“fur-bearing animal” means beaver, muskrat, mink, otter, weasel, fisher, marten,
lynx, bobcat, cougar, fox, skunk, red squirrel, coyote and raccoon;
“foot-encapsulating trap” means a foot-holding device specifically designed to
catch a raccoon by the foot, by capturing one of the raccoon’s feet inside a shroud
that prevents the raccoon from losing the captured foot through self-injury;
“Fur Harvester’s Licence” means a valid base licence which has affixed to it a
valid Fur Harvesters Stamp;
“Fur Harvesters Stamp” means a stamp issued by the Department that, when
affixed to a valid base licence, confers on the holder the privilege of hunting fur
bearing animals in accordance with the Act and regulations;
“killing snare” means a noose that is made of wire and fitted with a locking device
and is used to capture an animal around the neck and kill it;
“leghold trap” means a device with solid jaws that is designed to capture and
restrain an animal alive by gripping its foot or leg;
“Minister” means the Minister of Natural Resources;
“modified leghold trap” means a leghold trap that has been modified to improve its
humaneness by laminating its jaws, off-setting its jaws, fitting its jaws with
padding or incorporating a cable restraint, or by another similarly effective means
of improving its humaneness;
“rat trap” means a trap originally designed to kill house rats (Rattus norvegicus)
that
(i) has a solid base,
(ii) has a single rotating jaw, and
(iii) is spring powered;
“stamp” means an official mark or seal approved by the Minister to be placed on
the pelt of a fur-bearing animal for the purposes of identifying a legally declared
pelt;
“submarine trap” means a trap made of any material of box-like construction
designed to be set underwater and capable of taking more than one fur-bearing
animal at a time;
“TIN” means a unique trap identification number issued by the Department to a
person who holds a valid Fur Harvester’s Licence;
“trail” means a hiking or walking trail that is
(i) managed by a registered public body authorized to manage the trail,
and
(ii) marked with signs that indicate that trapping is not permitted on or
within 15 m of the travelled surface of the trail;
Definition for licences, cards, permits and stamps issued in electronic form
2A In the case of a hunting licence, licence card, hunting permit or hunting stamp issued
under Section 3D of the General Wildlife Regulations made under the Act,
“affix” means
(i) to electronically link a stamp to a licence, licence card or permit or a
tag to a licence, permit or stamp, in the manner directed by the
Minister, and
(ii) to physically attach a tag to wildlife.
Type of licence/qualifications
3 (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the Minister may issue a Fur Harvester’s
Licence to any person who
(a) is 16 years of age or over;
(b) is a resident; and
(c) is certified as a qualified fur harvester under the Hunter Education, Safety
and Training Regulations made under the Act.
(1A) A Fur Harvester’s Licence must not be issued to any person who has not held a
valid Fur Harvester’s Licence during the previous 4 years and has not taken a
hunter education course related to fur harvesting that is approved by the
Department, unless the Department exempts the person from this subsection.
(2) A resident who is under 19 years old may set and tend traps as an apprentice and
possess a furbearing animal if
(a) the person is identified in writing to the Department as an apprentice to a
person who is 19 years old or older and holds a valid Fur Harvester’s
Licence; and
(b) while trapping or snaring, the person is under the immediate supervision of
the person they are an apprentice to.
(3) The fee payable for a Fur Harvester’s Stamp is $21.17.
(4) A Fur Harvester’s Licence expires on the 15th day of April in the year following
the date of issuance.
Non-residents
4 Except as authorized by the Minister, no non-resident shall at any time
(a) enter a wildlife habitat to take, hunt or kill or attempt to take, hunt or kill a
fur-bearing animal;
(b) set any trap or snare for a fur-bearing animal; or
(c) possess any fur-bearing animal or the pelt thereof unless the non-resident
holds a valid Non-Resident Furbuyers Licence.
Open season for fur-bearing animals
6 (1) Except as otherwise provided in these regulations, any person to whom a valid Fur
Harvester’s Licence is issued may take, hunt or kill or attempt to take, hunt or kill
or possess any fur-bearing animal and set and maintain any trap, snare or other
device capable of taking a fur-bearing animal during the open season for fur-bearing animals as prescribed in subsection (3).
(2) Except for a trap designed to catch mice or house rats, no person shall place or
attempt to place a trap or snare in a wildlife habitat except during the open season.
(3) For the purpose of this Section, the open season
(a) for trapping of mink, muskrat, skunk, raccoon or beaver is the period of
time from the first day of November to the last day of March in the year
following, both dates inclusive;
(b) for trapping or hunting of bobcat is the period from the first day of
November to the last day of February in the year following, both dates
inclusive;
(c) for hunting raccoon is the period of time from the fifteenth day of October
to the last day of March in the year following, both dates inclusive;
(d) for trapping coyotes or for trapping or hunting fox is the period of time from
the fifteenth day of October to the last day of March in the year following,
both dates inclusive;
(e) for trapping of otter is the period from the first day of November to the last
day of February in the year following, both dates inclusive;
(f) for trapping or hunting of weasel and red squirrel is the period from the first
day of November to the last day of March in the year following, both dates
inclusive.
(4) No person shall set or maintain a snare capable of taking a fur-bearing animal from
the fifteenth day of October to the twenty-fourth day of November in any year,
both dates inclusive, or from the first day of March to the last day of March, both
dates inclusive, unless the snare is set underwater or the snare is set for red
squirrels and is of 20 gauge or smaller wire or the snare is a cable restraint.
(5) Subject to subsection (6), no person shall at any time take, hunt, kill, trap or snare
or possess a lynx, fisher, cougar or marten.
(6) A licensed fur harvester may possess one fisher if the fisher was taken accidentally
by the fur harvester in a trap lawfully set for another species.
(7) A person may possess one or more raccoons during the closed season where the
raccoons were taken accidentally in a trap lawfully set for fox or coyote.
Possession dates/storage permits
7 (1) Except as provided in the Act and regulations made pursuant to the Act, no person
shall possess a pelt or skin of a fur-bearing animal except during the open season
or until fifteen days following the close of the open season, both days inclusive.
(2) Except as provided in subsection 6(6), no person shall at any time possess the pelt
or skin of a lynx, fisher, cougar, or marten.
(3) Any person who wishes to retain possession of a pelt or skin of a fur-bearing
animal beyond the dates noted in subsection (1) shall, within 15 days following the
last day of the season, register with the Department the species and number of pelts
or skins to be retained.
(3A) The Minister may authorize a person in the Department to issue a permit under
clause (a).
Bag limits
9 (1) The bag limit for bobcat is 5 per licence.
(2) The bag limit for beaver is
(a) Zone 1 (Cape Breton, Richmond, Inverness and Victoria Counties) - 30
beavers per licence;
(b) Zone 2 (Halifax, Guysborough, Antigonish, Pictou, Colchester, Cumberland
and Hants Counties) - 20 beavers per licence;
(c) Zone 3 (Lunenburg, Kings and Annapolis Counties) - 20 beavers per
licence;
(d) Zone 4 (Yarmouth, Shelburne, Digby and Queens Counties) - 20 beavers
per licence.
(2A) The holder of a valid Fur Harvester’s Licence may set and maintain a trap set for
aquatic furbearers in any Zone as defined in clause (a).
(2B) Except by the authority of a Salvage Permit issued by the Department, the holder
of a valid Fur Harvester’s Licence shall not in any year take, hunt or kill or attempt
to take, hunt or kill a greater number of beaver than the bag limit for the Zone in
which that person permanently resides.
(2C) Despite clause (c), the holder of a valid Fur Harvester’s Licence, when hunting in a
particular Zone, shall not take, hunt or kill or attempt to take, hunt or kill a greater
number of beaver in that Zone than the bag limit for the Zone.
(3) There is no bag limit for muskrat, fox, mink, otter, skunk, red squirrel, coyote,
weasel or raccoon.
(4) Except by authority of a Salvage Permit issued by the Department, no person shall
take, hunt or kill or attempt to take, hunt or kill or possess a greater number of fur-bearing animals than the bag limit prescribed by these regulations for the County in
which that person permanently resides.
Stamping of pelts
10 (1) Any person who lawfully takes or kills a furbearer from which biological material
is required by the Minister in accordance with Section 15B of the General Wildlife
Regulations made under the Act or who lawfully possesses a furbearer shall, before
the expiry of the possession date prescribed by the regulations,
(a) exhibit the pelt of the furbearer to the district office of the Department in
which the person resides;
(b) deliver the carcass of the furbearer to the district office in a condition that is
fresh or preserved in such a way as to prevent decomposition; and
(c) complete and return a form prescribed by the Department.
(2) The Department shall stamp or mark each pelt in the manner directed by the
Minister.
(3) It shall be an offence to fail to comply with subsection (1).
(4) No furbuyer shall possess a pelt or skin of a fur-bearing animal required by these
regulations to be stamped or marked unless the pelt or skin is stamped or marked.
(5) (a) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a fur harvester who wishes to sell in the
round a fur-bearing animal listed in subsection (1) shall possess or bring the
entire fur-bearing animal to the District Office of the Department and obtain
a permit after completing and returning a form prescribed by the
Department.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (4), a furbuyer may possess in the round a fur-bearing animal required by these regulations to be stamped or marked
provided the furbuyer
(i) possesses the permit issued under clause (a) to the fur harvester;
(ii) delivers the carcass of the fur-bearing animal and the permit to a
District Office of the Department within two weeks after the close of
the open season for the particular fur-bearing animal taken; and
(iii) has the pelt stamped or marked.
Hunting methods and equipment
11 (1) No person shall take, hunt or kill or attempt to take, hunt or kill a beaver, muskrat,
mink or otter by a firearm or bow unless the animal is confined by a trap.
(2) [repealed]
(3) No person shall set or place a trap or snare within 274 m of a dwelling, school,
playground, athletic field or place of business unless
(a) in the case of a dwelling,
(i) the person is the owner or occupier of the dwelling or has the
permission of the owner or occupier,
(ii) the trap or snare is farther than 274 m from any school, playground,
athletic field, another dwelling or place of business, and
(iii) the trap or snare is farther than 182 m from any golf course, woods
operation, agricultural building or public building;
(b) the person is authorized in writing by a conservation officer for the purpose
of trapping nuisance wildlife;
(c) the person is using any of the following:
(i) a box trap,
(ii) a snare made of copper, brass or stainless steel set for snowshoe hare
or red squirrel,
(iii) a snare set completely under ice,
(iv) a submarine trap,
(v) a rat trap equipped with a hood or other device to prevent animals
larger than weasels from activating the trigger; or
(d) the person
(i) is the holder of a Fur Harvester’s Licence or a Nuisance Wildlife
Operator’s Licence issued under the General Wildlife Regulations
made under the Act,
(ii) has the permission of the owner or occupier of the land on which the
trap is set, and
(iii) is using a box trap, cable restraint, modified leghold trap with padded
jaws, foot-encapsulating trap or body-gripping trap with a jaw spread
of 12 cm or less that is completely submerged in water.
(4) No person shall set or place a trap or snare within 182 m of a dwelling, school,
playground, athletic field, place of business, golf course, woods operation,
agricultural building or public building unless
(a) in the case of a dwelling,
(i) the person is the owner or occupier of the dwelling or has the
permission of the owner or occupier,
(ii) the trap or snare is farther than the greater of
(A) 274 m from any school, playground, athletic field, another
dwelling or place of business, if required by subsection (3), and
(B) 182 m from any school, playground, athletic field, another
dwelling or place of business, and
(iii) the trap or snare is farther than 182 m from any golf course, woods
operation, agricultural building or public building;
(b) the person is authorized in writing by a conservation officer for the purpose
of trapping nuisance wildlife; or
(c) for a box trap or submarine trap and in the case of a dwelling,
(i) the person sets or places it on
(A) private land, if the person is the owner or occupier of the
private land or has the permission of the owner or occupier, or
(B) Crown land,
(ii) the trap or snare is farther than 182 m from any school, playground,
athletic field, place of business, woods operation, agricultural
building or public building, and
(iii) in the case of a submarine trap, the trap is completely submerged in
water.
(4A) Subsection 11(4) of the Firearm and Bow Regulations made under the Act does
not apply to the lawful setting or placement of a trap or snare under these
regulations.
(5) Subject to subsection (5A), a person licensed under these regulations may set traps
or snares on or within 30 m of the travelled surface of a trail or highway.
(5A) A person may only set the following types of traps or snares on or within 15 m of
the travelled surface of a trail or highway:
(a) a body-gripping trap with a jaw spread of 12 cm or less that is completely
submerged in water;
(b) a box trap;
(c) a snare set completely underwater;
(d) a snare made of copper, brass or stainless steel set for snowshoe hare or red
squirrel;
(e) a submarine trap;
(f) a rat trap.
(5B) Despite subsection (5A), a person may set a trap on or within 15 m of the travelled
surface of a trail or highway if that person has a conservation officer’s written
permission to set that particular type of trap in that location for the purpose of
trapping nuisance wildlife.
(5C) Despite subsection (5A), a person may set a trap on or within 15 m of the travelled
surface of a highway classified by the Minister of Public Works as a K-class road
under the administration and control of the Department of Public Works.
(6) If a trap or snare is found within any limits prohibited by these regulations, the
owner or occupier of the land or dwelling may inform the conservation officer and
with the consent of the conservation officer remove and surrender the trap or snare
to the Department.
(7) No person shall use a body-gripping trap with a jawspread greater than 12 cm
except
(a) in or over water, but no lower than 61 cm above water when it is the frozen
surface of any water body;
(b) in a body-gripping trap enclosure; or
(c) where the trap is set at least five feet above the ground.
(8) No person shall while in a wildlife habitat possess, use or set a trapping device
unless it is one of the following:
(a) a box trap;
(b) a body-gripping trap that is designed to kill quickly;
(c) a submarine trap;
(d) a non powered killing snare;
(e) a leghold or modified leghold trap with a jaw spread of less than seven and
one-half inches;
(f) a cable restraint;
(g) a foot-encapsulating trap: or
(h) a trap that is listed in Schedule A or Schedule B.
(9) (a) No person shall set a snare or trap designed to hold animals alive without
examining each trap or snare set at least once every day.
(b) For the purpose of these regulations, “day” is defined as the time period
between 12:01 a.m. and 11:59 p.m.
(10) No person shall use a trap equipped with a spearing device, teeth, serrations or
hooks.
(11) No person shall set spring poles or running poles unless they are equipped with a
killing trap or snare.
(12) It shall be an offence for any person who accidentally catches a fur-bearing animal
to which that person is not entitled to fail to either
(a) forthwith release it alive; or
(b) report it immediately to the Department Office prior to removing it from the
trap site; or
(c) complete an accidental kill report, in a form prescribed by the Minister,
prior to removing it from the trap site.
(13) No person shall set a suspended killing snare for the purpose of taking a fur-bearing animal unless
(a) the snare has a locking mechanism which prevents the snare from
expanding;
(b) the snare is set entirely under water; or
(c) the snare is made from copper or brass or stainless steel and is set for the
purpose of harvesting a red squirrel.
(14) No person shall set a leg or foot hold trap to take a fur-bearing animal unless
(a) the trap is set for beaver, otter, mink or muskrat and is attached to a device
that is designed to submerge the animal and prevent it from resurfacing;
(b) the trap is set for muskrat or mink and is sufficiently heavy to submerge the
mink or muskrat and prevent the animal from resurfacing;
(c) the trap is set for weasel, red squirrel or mink and is set in such a manner as
to kill the animal immediately upon the springing of the trap;
(d) the trap is a foot-encapsulating trap set for raccoon and is listed in Schedule
B as approved as a restraining trap to take or capture a raccoon;
(e) the trap is set for fox;
(f) the trap is set for coyote and is a modified leghold trap; or
(g) the trap is set for lynx or bobcat and is listed in Schedule B as approved as a
restraining trap for that species to take or capture a lynx or bobcat.
(15) No person shall set a snare for coyote, fox or bobcat within 50 meters of a bait
unless the bait is camouflaged or concealed in a manner sufficient to render the
bait undetectable from the air.
(16) No person who holds a valid Fur Harvester’s Licence shall use or possess a light
while checking traps or dispatching animals in traps at night in a wildlife habitat
unless the voltage of the light is 12 volts or less and the light is not part of the
electrical system of a vehicle.
(17) No person shall set or maintain a trap or snare for squirrels or weasels during the
month of March in any year, except a snare of 20 gauge or smaller wire, a rat trap
or a box trap.
(18) No person shall set or maintain a trap for mink during the month of March in any
year, unless the trap is at least 50% submerged in water or is a box trap.
(19) Effective October 15, 2006, a person who sets a trap or snare for a fur-bearing
animal must clearly mark their TIN on the trap or snare, except for traps or snares
set for any of the following:
(a) red squirrel;
(b) fur-bearing animals that are trapped as nuisance wildlife in accordance with
the General Wildlife Regulations made under the Act.
(20) A person may take a beaver, fisher, raccoon, weasel, otter, lynx or bobcat with a
body-gripping trap only if the trap is listed in Schedule A as approved as a killing
trap for use for that species.
(21) A person may only use a body-gripping trap to take a muskrat
(a) underwater, if the trap is a jaw-type trap set as a submersion set that exerts
clamping force on the muskrat and prevents the muskrat from resurfacing;
or
(b) on land, if the trap is listed in Schedule A as approved as a killing trap for
use to take a muskrat.
(22) A person may only use a beaver restraining trap that is listed in Schedule B as
approved as a restraining trap for beaver to take or capture a beaver.
(23) A live capture cable restraint must not be set, used or maintained for a furbearing
animal, unless it is equipped with all of the following:
(a) a stop that is 20 cm from the end to restrict the loop closure to no less than
15 cm in circumference;
(b) a stop at 95 cm so as to not allow a loop larger than 30 cm in diameter and
cable not exceeding 1.5 m in length from the anchor point to the relaxing
lock contacting the fully closed loop stop;
(c) at least 1 swivel device that allows for a 360 degree rotation between the
loop and the anchor;
(d) a breakaway device affixed between the lock and cable or at the end of the
cable that is rated at 170 kg or less;
(e) a cable consisting of galvanized multi-strand steel with a diameter of no less
than 2.38 mm.
(24) No person shall set a cable restraint in a manner that allows the captured animal to
reach any part of a fence, any rooted woody vegetation greater than 1.27 cm in
diameter or any other immovable object or stake that could cause entanglement.
Trapping with partner
11A (1) In this Section, “partner” means a person who is trapping in partnership with
another person in accordance with this Section.
(2) To trap in partnership under these regulations, a person who holds a valid Fur
Harvester’s Licence must notify the Department in writing that the person is
trapping in partnership with 1 or more holders of valid Fur Harvester’s Licences
named in the notice.
(3) A person may set and tend traps marked with a partner’s TIN.
12 [repealed]
Information returns
13 Every person who holds a valid Fur Harvester’s Licence shall at such times and at such
places as the Minister may prescribe
(a) complete and return to the Department any report required by the Minister;
(b) [repealed]
(c) furnish any information and any parts or portions of any fur-bearing animal
as may from time to time be required by the Minister.
Terms and conditions of licence
14 It shall be an offence for any person to contravene the terms and conditions contained in
a Fur Harvester’s Licence.
15 [repealed]
Repeal of old regulations
16 All regulations heretofore made by the Governor in Council respecting furbearing
animals are rescinded as of the 19th day of August, 1987.
Effective date of new regulations
17 These regulations shall come into force on and after the 19th day of August, 1987.
Schedule A: List of Approved Body-Gripping Traps
(Certified under the Canadian Trap Certification Program and approved for use as killing traps
for beaver, bobcat, fisher, muskrat, otter, lynx, raccoon and weasel in Nova Scotia)
Beaver
|
• Bélisle Classique 330
• Bélisle Super X 280
• Bélisle Super X 330
• B.M.I. 280 Body Gripper
• B.M.I. 330 Body Gripper
• B.M.I. BT 300
• Bridger 330
• Duke 280
• Duke 330
• Duke 330 Super Magnum
• LDL C280
• LDL C280 Magnum
• LDL C330
• LDL C330 Magnum
• Rudy 280
|
• Rudy 330
• Sauvageau 1000-11F
• Sauvageau 2001-8
• Sauvageau 2001-11
• Sauvageau 2001-12
• Sauvageau 2001-14
• Species-Specific 330 Dislocator Half Mag
• Species-Specific 440 Dislocator Half Mag
• Woodstream Oneida Victor Conibear 280
• Woodstream Oneida Victor Conibear 330
|
Bobcat and Lynx
|
• Bélisle Super X 280
• Bélisle Super X 330
• B.M.I 220 Body Gripper
• B.M.I 280 Body Gripper
• B.M.I 220 Magnum Body Gripper
• B.M.I 280 Magnum Body Gripper
• Bridger 220
• Bridger 280 Mag. Body Gripper
• Duke 280
• Duke 330 Super Magnum
|
• LDL C220
• LDL C220 Magnum
• LDL C280 Magnum
• LDL C330
• LDL C330 Magnum
• Rudy 330
• Sauvageau 2001-8
• Sauvageau 2001-11
• Woodstream Oneida Victor Conibear 330
|
Fisher
|
• Bélisle Super X 120
• Bélisle Super X 160
• Bélisle Super X 220
• Koro no 2
• LDL C160 Magnum
• LDL C220 Magnum
• Rudy 120 Magnum
|
• Rudy 160 Plus
• Rudy 220 Plus
• Sauvageau 2001-5
• Sauvageau 2001-6
• Sauvageau 2001-7
• Sauvageau 2001-8
|
Muskrat
|
• Bélisle Super X 110
• Bélisle Super X 120
• B.M.I 120 Body Gripper
• B.M.I 120 Body Gripper Magnum
• B.M.I 126 Body Gripper Magnum
• Bridger 120
• Bridger 120 Mag. Body Gripper
• Bridger 155 Mag. Body Gripper
• CONV 110 SS CAN (Holland)
• Duke 120
• FMB 110 SS (Holland)
• FMB 150 SS (Holland)
• FS-110 SS (Holland)
• HZ-110 Stainless Steel (Holland)
• Koro Muskrat Trap
• Koro Large Rodent Double spring
• KT-140 (Russia)
• LDL B120
• LDL B120 Magnum
• Oneida Victor 120 Stainless Steel
• Oneida Victor Conibear 110-3 Stainless
Steel
|
• Oneida Victor Conibear 110-3
MAGNUM Stainless Steel
• Oneida Victor Conibear 120-3 Stainless
Steel
• Oneida Victor Conibear 120-3
MAGNUM Stainless Steel
• Ouell 411-180
• Ouell RM
• Rudy 110
• Rudy 120
• Rudy 120 Magnum
• Sauvageau 2001-5
• Sauvageau C120 Magnum
• Sauvageau C120 Reverse Bend
• Triple M
• WCS Tube Trap Int’l
• WCS SHORTY Tube Trap
• Woodstream Oneida Victor Conibear 110
• Woodstream Oneida Victor Conibear 120
|
Otter
|
• Bélisle Super X 220
• Bélisle Super X 280
• Bélisle Super X 330
• Duke 330 Super Magnum
• LDL C220
• LDL C220 Magnum
• LDL C280 Magnum
• Rudy 220 Plus
|
• Rudy 280
• Rudy 330
• Sauvageau 2001-8
• Sauvageau 2001-11
• Sauvageau 2001-12
• Woodstream Oneida Victor Conibear 220
• Woodstream Oneida Victor Conibear 280
• Woodstream Oneida Victor Conibear 330
|
Raccoon
|
• Bélisle Classique 220
• Bélisle Super X 160
• Bélisle Super X 220
• Bélisle Super X 280
• B.M.I. 160 Body Gripper
• B.M.I. 220 Body Gripper
• B.M.I. 280 Body Gripper
• B.M.I. 280 Magnum Body Gripper
• Bridger 160
• Bridger 220
• Bridger 280 Mag Body Gripper
• Duke 160
• Duke 220
• Duke 220 Super Magnum
• Koro no 2
• LDL C160
|
• LDL C160 Magnum
• LDL C220
• LDL C220 Magnum
• LDL C280 Magnum
• Oneida Victor C-220 Stainless Steel
• Northwoods 155
• Rudy 160
• Rudy 160 Plus
• Rudy 220
• Rudy 220 Plus
• Sauvageau 2001-6
• Sauvageau 2001-7
• Sauvageau 2001-8
• Species-Specific 220 Dislocator Half Mag
• Woodstream Oneida Victor Conibear 160
• Woodstream Oneida Victor Conibear 220
|
Weasel
|
• Bélisle Super X 110
• Bélisle Super X 120
• B.M.I 60
• B.M.I 120 Body Gripper Magnum
• B.M.I 126 Body Gripper Magnum
• Bridger 120
• Bridger 120 Mag Body Gripper
• Bridger 155 Mag Body Gripper
• Koro Muskrat Trap
• Koro Rodent Trap
• Koro Large Rodent Double spring
• KT-140 (Russia)
• LDL B120 Magnum
|
• Ouell 411-180
• Ouell 3-10
• Ouell RM
• Rudy 120 Magnum
• Sauvageau C120 Magnum
• Sauvageau C120 Reverse Bend
• Sauvageau 2001-5
• Triple M
• Victor Rat Trap
• WCS Tube Trap Int’l
• WCS SHORTY Tube Trap
• Woodstream Oneida Victor Conibear 110
• Woodstream Oneida Victor Conibear 120
|
Schedule B: List of Approved Restraining Traps
(Certified under the Canadian Trap Certification Program and approved for use as restraining
traps for beaver, bobcat, lynx and raccoon in Nova Scotia)
Beaver
|
• Breathe Easy Live Beaver trap
• Comstock 12 × 18 × 39 Swim Through
Beaver Cage
• Dam Beaver Live Beaver Trap
|
• Ezee Set Live Beaver Trap
• Hancock Live Beaver Trap
• Koro “Klam” Live Beaver Trap
|
Bobcat
|
• Bélisle Footsnare #6
• Bélisle Sélectif
• Oneida Victor #1.5 Soft Catch equipped
with 4 coil springs
• Oneida Victor #1.75, offset, laminated
jaws equipped with 2 coil springs
• Oneida Victor #3 Soft Catch equipped
with 2 coil springs
|
• Oneida Victor #3 Soft Catch equipped
with 4 coil springs
• Oneida Victor #3 equipped with 3/16-inch
offset, double rounded steel jaw
laminations (3/16-inch on topside of jaws
and 1/4-inch on underside of jaws), with 2
coil springs
|
Lynx
|
• Bélisle Footsnare #6
• Bélisle Sélectif
• Oneida Victor #3 Soft Catch equipped
with 2 coil springs
|
• Oneida Victor #3 Soft Catch equipped
with 4 coil springs
• Oneida Victor #3 equipped with at least
8mm thick, non-offset steel jaws, 4 coil
springs and an anchoring swivel centre
mounted on a base plate
|
Raccoon
|
• Bridger T3
• Duffer
• Duke DP Coon Trap
|
• Egg Trap
• Lil’ Grizz Get’rz
|
The following regulations are not yet in force and are
not included in the current consolidation: