{"id":6690,"date":"2024-04-02T11:48:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T14:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=6690"},"modified":"2024-04-02T11:49:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T14:49:19","slug":"tight-lines-folks-fishing-season-is-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2024\/04\/02\/tight-lines-folks-fishing-season-is-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Tight Lines Folks. Fishing Season is Open."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The sportfishing season opened Monday, April 1, a tradition on lakes and rivers throughout Nova Scotia enjoyed by both established anglers and those discovering this activity for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBeing outside with rod and reel in hand is a fun way to explore our province,\u201d said Kent Smith, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture. \u201cThrough barrier-free fishing sites, Nova Scotians with mobility issues or other disabilities have an opportunity to experience sportfishing with friends and family members.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nova Scotia has 22 barrier-free sportfishing sites across the province. Sites have various supports such as seats and rails, flat fishing pads and accessible parking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sportfishing licences may be purchased online and are also available from vendors across Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anglers must follow bag limits and all other regulations, which include trout management areas where there may be a delayed opening to the season. People are encouraged to practise catch and release to support healthy fish populations and make sure future generations enjoy the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While sportfishing, people are asked to report invasive species to help stop their spread to other lakes and rivers. This will support the health of native species and protect biodiversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quick Facts:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>more than 70,000 people enjoy sportfishing in Nova Scotia each year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>three provincial fish hatcheries stock more than 400 lakes with trout annually<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>general fishing licences are valid for all freshwater fish species except Atlantic salmon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>sportfishing adds about $70 million to the Nova Scotia economy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Additional Resources:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Sportfishing licence and other information:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/fish\/sportfishing\/\">https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/fish\/sportfishing\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barrier-free fishing sites:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/fish\/sportfishing\/site-mapping-tool\/\">https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/fish\/sportfishing\/site-mapping-tool\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anglers\u2019 Handbook and 2024 Summary of Regulations:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/beta.novascotia.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/1-2412\/anglers-handbook-en.pdf\">https:\/\/beta.novascotia.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/1-2412\/anglers-handbook-en.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Report an invasive species:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nsinvasives.ca\/report-an-invasive-species\/\">https:\/\/nsinvasives.ca\/report-an-invasive-species\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : Provincial Release <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sportfishing season opened Monday, April 1, a tradition on lakes and rivers throughout Nova Scotia enjoyed by both established<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,12,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general","category-latest","category-news","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6691,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6690\/revisions\/6691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}