This form is required for all escapes or unauthorized releases of cervids (members of the deer family, both native and non-native). The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act (FWCA) requires cervid owners (person who is keeping the cervids in captivity) to:
(1) promptly notify the Ministry of all escapes and unauthorized releases,
(2) address the escape/release in coordination with the Ministry, and
(3) complete and submit this form (FW4020)
If the owner cannot submit the form promptly, they should provide the required details to their Ministry work centre via telephone, or as directed by the work centre.
Individuals interested in applying for an Apprentice Falconry Licence must arrange to be sponsored by a holder of a General Falconry Licence or Commercial Falconry Licence who has a least five years’ experience as a trainer, hunter, keeper and handler with raptors.
The “Certification of Sponsorship” portion of this form must be completed by the applicant’s sponsor and submitted to the MNR as part of the application for an Apprentice Falconry Licence.
Upon completion of the apprenticeship, the “Certificate of Apprenticeship” portion of this form can be completed by the Apprentice Falconry Licence holder’s sponsor. The submission of a completed Falconry Sponsor and Certification form to the MNR demonstrates the Apprentice Falconry Licence holder’s completion of the apprenticeship described in section 14 of O.Reg. 668/98: Wildlife in Captivity.
This licence allows an individual or corporation to own and operate a Train and Trial Area. Part A of this form contains the application for the licence and Part B contains the required annual report. Those who wish to apply for this licence must have previously been issued a Licence to Own and Operate a Train and Trial Area, applications for new areas will not be accepted. Applicants must submit Part A and Part B of this form, as well as a copy of their site map.
Applicants applying for a secondary trapping licence for youth must submit a completed Letter of Consent – Secondary Trapping Licence (Youth) for a new licence or renewal. This form collects signed parental/guardian consent and signed mentor trapper consent and mentor trapper licence number.
It is a regulatory requirement under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997 for licensed fur dealer's to report transactions of the pelts of furbearing mammals to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. This form provides a mechanism for that mandatory reporting.
It is a regulatory requirement under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997 for licensed fur dealer's to report transactions of the pelts of furbearing mammals to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. This form provides a mechanism for that mandatory reporting.
Section 26 of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997 (FWCA) prohibits a person from using a dog to chase live game mammals or game birds during the closed hunting season for the purpose of teaching the dog hunting skills (training) or testing the dog’s hunting skills (field trial) unless the person has the authorization of the Minister. This application can be used to apply for an Authorization to Conduct Field Trials and Training which may be issued to authorize these activities during certain discrete periods of time outside of the hunting season for the game species being chased.
If the holder of a Licence to Own and Operate a Train and Trial Area no longer wishes to operate their train and trial area during the period in which their licence is valid, they may request that the licence be transferred to another individual to own and operate that same train and trial area.
The transferee (proposed new licence holder) and the transferor (current/outgoing licence holder) must complete this Application to Transfer a Licence to Own and Operate a Train and Trial Area form and submit to their local ministry work centre.
Mechanism to transfer a commercial bait licence from one licence holder to another.
This form is to be used by community hatcheries only to apply for an Aquaculture Licence, a Licence to Collect Fish for Aquaculture, and/or a Licence to Stock Fish.
A licence to Transport Live Fish is issued under authority of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and is required to transport live fish or live spawn, other than baitfish, that have been taken from Ontario waters. This form allows an individual to apply for this licence.
May be used to approve transport of live fish for the purposes of a fishing competitive event. Fish are then transported back into the originating lake. Issued for discrete dates and locations. Licence conditions may include holding tank water condition requirements, release of fish, record keeping requirements, record productions, among others.
This form is completed to collect the information required for the Ministry to consider the approval of tags for lake trout caught in Clearwater Bay, part of Lake of the Woods.
Designate Acknowledgement for Commercial Bait Harvesting
The production of salt by the solution mining method must be reported annually by the operator of a salt solution well.
