Bill 205 explained in plain English
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Amendment Act (Double-Crested Cormorants), 2016
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 205, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Amendment Act (Double-Crested Cormorants), 2016, allows for the hunting and trapping of double-crested cormorants in Ontario.
This bill amends the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997, to allow for the hunting and trapping of double-crested cormorants in Ontario. The change specifically involves replacing a part of the existing Act to include double-crested cormorants in the list of animals that can be hunted or trapped. The Act came into effect on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Amends the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997.
- Adds double-crested cormorants to the list of animals that may be hunted or trapped under the Act.
- Specifies that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Hunters and trappers in Ontario
- Double-crested cormorants
- The Act grants the right to hunt and trap double-crested cormorants.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- The text does not specify any regulations or limits on the hunting or trapping of double-crested cormorants beyond their inclusion in the Act.
- The text does not detail any specific hunting seasons, limits, or methods for double-crested cormorants.
Adds double-crested cormorants to the list of animals that may be hunted or trapped.
Source: Section 1
This specific clause, which listed certain birds, is removed and replaced. The new wording includes double-crested cormorants in the list of birds that can be hunted or trapped.
Source: Section 1
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