Swanging, you're not quite right on the regulations.
http://www.canlii.org/en/ab/laws/reg...ZGVybXkAAAAAAQ
"Game fish
57(1) No person who is in possession of a game fish shall allow its edible flesh to be wasted, destroyed, spoiled or abandoned.
(2) This section does not apply to
(a) burbot,
(b) fish caught or held under the authority of a research licence unless specified otherwise in conditions attached to the licence,
(c) the disposal of fish at the direction of a fishery officer,
(d)
fish that undergo taxidermy, and
(e) fish kept under a fish culture licence."