Provincial Treasury 
Taxation and Property Records 
PO Box 1330 
Charlottetown, PE 
Canada C1A 7N1 
Tel: (902) 368-4171 
Fax: (902) 368-6164 
RTG: 120 April 1992 
(Revised August 2003) 
TAX EXEMPT GOODS FOR COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN 
The following goods may be purchased by a commercial fisherman, who is in possession of a valid Revenue Tax Exemption Permit, exempt of revenue tax (PST) when purchased for use in a fishing operation and for no other commercial purpose. 
-A- 
-Aluminum pen boards and stanchions 
-Anchors, mooring, trap and trawl 
-Anti-fouling compound 
-Aprons 
-B- 
-Bait 
-Bait freezers 
-Barometers 
-Batteries for boats 
-Bilge pumps 
-Binnacles 
-Bluestone 
-Boat bailers 
-Boats (fishing), dinghies, dories, skiffs and scows 
-Buoys, floats and markers 
-Burlap net covers 
-C- 
-Cables 
-Chafing gear or hides 
-Chains 
-Charts, tide and navigation 
-Chocks 
-Cleaning tools including brushes mops and brooms 
-Clocks for boats 
-Connectors 
-Counters, tallying 
-Crates, scale baskets and stowage and storage baskets 1 2 
-D- 
-Depth sounders 
-Dipnets 
-Direction finders 
-Dye for nets and traps 
-E- 
-Electric light bulbs for use on boats (6, 12 and 32 volts) 
-Electric motors for operating pumps and equipment 
-Engine room telegraph 
-Engines for boats 
-F- 
-Fast eye blocks 
-Fenders 
-Fish bugs, hooks, jigs, lines,lures and sinkers 
-Fish storage tanks 
-Fishing nets and netting 
-Floats for nets 
-Fog horns and bells 
-Forks 
-G- 
-Gaffs 
-Galley stoves and ranges 
-Galvanized steering blocks 
-Gas tanks for boats 
-Gloves 
-GPS equipment 
-Grub hoes 
-Gurdies 
-H- 
-Hatch covers 
-Hoists on boats 
-Hydraulic pumps, motors, fittings, hoses and valves 
-Hydraulic steerers and auto pilots 
-I- 
-Ice making machines 3 
-K- 
-Knives, splitting, skinning, filleting, gutting and shucking and other such equipment 
-L- 
-Lamps for use on boats 
-Lobster measures, plugs and rubber bands 
-Lobster traps 
-Loose hook blocks 
-M- 
-Marine paint 
-Marine refrigerators 
-Marine stoves and furnaces 
-Marine toilets and sinks 
-Measuring boards 
-Mending twine for nets 
-Moss rakes 
-Motors, inboard and outboard for fishing boats 
-N- 
-Navigation and port lights 
-Needles for netting 
-Net moorings and winches 
-Nets 
-Netting leads 
-O- 
-Oars 
-Otter chains, discs, lifters, rollers and spacers 
-Otter combination rope 
-Otter trawl door and floats 
-Otter trawl leather, nets 
-Oyster harrows, rakes, scoops, scythes, spreaders, threshers and tongs 
-P- 
-Pails 
-Parts for any goods in this section 
-Power blocks 
-Preservatives for nets and lines 
-Propellers 
-Pumps for boats 4 
-Q- 
-Quadrants 
-R- 
-Radar equipment 
-Radio telephones for fishing boats 
-Refrigeration equipment for fishing boats 
-Repair labour to service any goods referred to in this section 
-Resin and fibreglass matting 
-Rope 
-Row locks 
-Rubber clothing and footwear 
-S- 
-Sails for fishing boats 
-Scallop bags and ties 
-Seam paint and filler 
-Shackles 
-Shovels 
-Signal bells 
-Snatch blocks 
-Stays 
-Survival suits 
-T- 
-Tarpaulins 
-Tide tables 
-Trap dumpers, haulers and lifters 
-Trolling bells, blocks, springs and swivels 
-Turnbuckles 
-V- 
-Ventilators 
-W- 
-Wash down pumps for boats 
-Weigh scales 
-Wet suits 
-Winches and pulleys on boats 
-Wire cable 5 
Further Information 
For copies of the Revenue Tax Act and Regulation and any inquiries regarding this Revenue Tax Guide, please contact; 
Taxation and Property Records Division 
Department of the Provincial Treasury 
P. O. Box 1330 
Charlottetown PE C1A 7N1 
Telephone: (902) 368-4171 
Fax: (902) 368-6164 
Website: www.taxandland.pe.ca 
This guide is prepared for information purposes only, and should not be considered a substitute for the applicable statutes. Should there be any conflict between the contents of this guide and the statutes, the statutes shall prevail.