2.01 These Regulations apply to parks and, subject to sections 40 and 41 of the Act, to park reserves as if they were parks.

• 2.1 (1) These Regulations do not apply in respect of fishing for commercial purposes for eel, smelt or gaspereau in Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada by persons who

  • (a) in 1967, 1968 or 1969, possessed a commercial fishing licence under the authority of the New Brunswick Fishery Regulations, C.R.C., c. 844, to fish for eel, smelt or gaspereau within the waters of that park; or

  • (b) in 1979, were registered as commercial fishers under the authority of the New Brunswick Fishery Regulations, C.R.C., c. 844, and fished from the Cap St.-Louis or Loggiecroft wharf areas within that park.

• (2) Fishing for commercial purposes for eel, smelt or gaspereau within Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada shall be subject to the requirements of the Fisheries Act and the regulations made under that Act.

2.2 With the exception of paragraphs 15.1(a) and (b), these Regulations do not apply in respect of fishing in the marine portion of Forillon National Park of Canada.

2.3 For those parks within the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, these Regulations do not apply to the beneficiaries of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement as approved, given effect and declared valid by the Western Arctic (Inuvialuit) Claims Settlement Act.

2.4 For those parks within the Nunavut Settlement Area, these Regulations do not apply to the beneficiaries of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement as approved, given effect and declared valid by the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act.

2.5 For those parks within the Yukon Territory, south of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, these Regulations do not apply to the beneficiaries, within their respective traditional territories, of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations Final Agreement and of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Final Agreement as approved, given effect and declared valid by the Yukon First Nations Land Claims Settlement Act.

2.6 For the Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve of Canada, these Regulations do not apply to people of the Haida Nation to whom the Gwaii Haanas Agreement, authorized by Order in Council P.C. 1992-1591 dated July 16, 1992, applies.