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Information/Application for Newfoundland and Labrador Guide's Licence (pdf)

Applications are also available from the Department of Natural Resources or Wildlife Division Offices.

Non-residents must use a guide under the following conditions:

  Big Game Hunting
Non-residents must apply for a big game licence through one of the Province’s outfitting companies and must be accompanied by a licenced guide while hunting.
 
  Salmon or Trout Angling
On the Island and south of 52
° N in Labrador, non-residents wishing to angle for trout or salmon on any scheduled river or angle for trout beyond 800 meters of a provincial highway are required to use a guide or be accompanied by a direct relative.
In Labrador, North of 52
°, non-resident trout and salmon anglers must engage the services of an outfitting company or fish at a co-operative camp or be accompanied by a direct relative. When visiting a cooperative camp, non-residents may fish without engaging the services of an outfitter (but must be accompanied by a licenced guide or direct relative) anywhere in the lake or pond the camp is on, or 800 meters above or below the camp, if the camp is on a river. 
Non-residents may angle in non-scheduled waters unaccompanied and without engaging the services of an outfitter within 800 meters of a Provincial Highway. Non-residents may angle in scheduled waters within 800 meters of a Provincial Highway without engaging the services of an outfitter but must be accompanied by a guide or direct relative. For more information visit the House of Assembly Guide Regulations.

 


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