Sport Fishing
Code of Conduct
Handle all fish with care.
Limit your catch to ensure fish
in the future.
Leave your fishing spot cleaner
than you found it.
Respect the rights of property
owners and other outdoor
enthusiasts.
Use the proper tackle and
methods for the species being
fished.
Promote the sport by teaching
children and new participants
how to fish.
Become informed about your
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gills, and don’t squeeze the fish or
harvest. A fish that appears
the hook will dislodge. Be quick,
cause scales to be lost or damaged.
unharmed may not survive if
but gentle. Single barbless hooks
It is best to leave fish in the water
carelessly handled, so please abide
are recommended, if not already
for photos. If you must lift a fish
by the following:
stipulated in the regulations.
then provide support by cradling
1. Play and release fish as rapidly as
5. Any legal fish that is deeply
one hand behind the front fins and
possible. A fish played for too long
hooked, hooked around the gills or
your other hand just forward of the
may not recover.
bleeding should be retained as part
tail fin. Minimize the time out of the
2. Keep the fish in the water as
of your quota. If the fish cannot be water, then hold the fish in the water
much as possible. A fish out of
retained legally, you can improve its to recover. If fishing in a river, point
water is suffocating. Internal injuries chances of survival by cutting the
the fish upstream while reviving it.
and scale loss is much more likely leader and releasing it with the hook When the fish begins to struggle
to occur when out of water. left in. and swim normally, let it go. 
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