The 2014-2016 Hunting and Trapping Regulations Synopsis is now online, and will soon be available in hard copy at Service BC centres and local hunting licence vendors across the province. 

The Hunting and Trapping Regulations Synopsis is published every two years, and is a summary of the B.C. hunting and trapping regulations made under the Wildlife Act, prepared for the convenience of hunters and trappers. Hunters should note that the 2014-2016 Hunting and Trapping Regulations Synopsis is effective from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2016; the 2012-2014 Hunting and Trapping Regulations Synopsis remains in effect until June 30, 2014.

This year’s cover photo depicts an outdoorsman looking out on one of the many amazing vistas in B.C.’s northeast.

For any shutterbugs that want to be similarly immortalized, a second contest is still underway for the cover of the 2015-2017 Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis. Photos submitted must be relevant to freshwater angling in British Columbia, and there is no limit to the number of submissions that can be made.

Photographs for the Fishing Synopsis must be e-mailed to synopsiscoverphoto@gov.bc.ca by Oct. 1, 2014 to be considered. Complete contest rules can be found online at http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/photo.html.

Each publication year and 250,000 copies of the Hunting and Trapping Regulations Synopsis and 450,000 copies of the Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis are distributed to outdoor recreation shops throughout B.C. Both documents are published in two-year intervals.

Learn More:

• The new edition of the Hunting and Trapping Regulations Synopsis is available at : http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlife/hunting/regulations/
• The current edition of the Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis is available at:http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish/regulations/

Media Contacts:

Media Relations
Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
250 356-5261