PEI implements changes to trapping and snaring rules

Changes to fur harvesting regulations have been implemented in PEI. 

The provincial Forests, Fish and Wildlife division made the adjustments to modernize the rules, encourage more humane trapping, reduce the risk of pets getting caught in snares and incorporate recommendations from A Review of Regulated Fur Trapping.

The regulatory changes will:

• require certified trappers to complete ongoing training by introducing a continuing education requirement for trappers to maintain eligibility;
• allow landowners to remove traps set on their property without permission;
• introduce additional landowner permission requirements before traps are placed on private land, and establish a higher permission standard for snares;
• prohibit snares on public lands;
• prohibit use of bait in conjunction with snares;
• require the use of a killing neck snare design which improves humaneness, and;
• allow live-restraining snares.

Changes will be in place for the upcoming trapping and snaring season, except for the training requirement which will begin this season and be fully phased in by 2029.

Information on the current hunting, trapping and snaring rules is available at Trapping Information Centre.

Media contact:
Katie Cudmore
Environment, Energy and Climate Action
katiecudmore@gov.pe.ca