93.2 [Repealed, SOR/2011-39, s. 4]

• 93.3 (1) Despite section 33 of the Fishery (General) Regulations and subject to subsection (2), no person shall return to the water a groundfish caught while fishing for groundfish under the authority of a commercial licence.

• (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if a condition of the licence authorizes or requires the return of the groundfish to the water.

94. In this part,

“basket drag rake”

“basket drag rake” means a drag rake with an apparatus attached to the rear and forward portions so as to form an enclosure; (râteau traînant à panier)

“District”

“District” means a harvesting district described in Schedule XXVI; (arrondissement)

“drag rake”

“drag rake” means any gear that is towed over the ocean floor by a vessel for the purpose of collecting marine plants; (râteau traînant)

“hand rake”

“hand rake” means any gear that is moved manually over the ocean floor for the purpose of collecting marine plants; (râteau manuel)

“holdfast”

“holdfast”, in relation to a marine plant, means that portion of the marine plant by which it is attached to the ocean floor. (pied)

• 95. (1) Subject to the conditions of a licence, no person shall harvest rockweed unless he

  • (a) uses an instrument that severs with a cutting action; and

  • (b) leaves a length of at least 127 mm above the holdfast.

• (2) No person shall have in his possession any rockweed plant to which the holdfast is attached.

• (3) Subject to the conditions of a licence, no person shall use a drag rake to harvest Irish moss in

  • (a) that portion of District 1 bounded as follows: commencing from the point at a wooden stake bearing Prince Edward Island Grid Co-ordinate Values N-264973.75 and E-209559.48, thence in a westerly direction on a magnetic bearing of 313°00′ a distance of 700 m to a water buoy, thence in a northerly direction on a magnetic bearing of 43°00′ a distance of approximately 619 m to a water buoy, thence in an easterly direction on a magnetic bearing of 113°00′ a distance of 515 m to a wooden stake on the shore, and thence in a southerly direction on a magnetic bearing of 203°11′ a distance of approximately 644 m to the place of beginning; or

  • (b) that portion of Districts 2 and 3 lying between a line bearing 35° true from Latitude 46°34′37″N., Longitude 63°42′50″W. (Malpeque Harbor Light) and a line bearing 360° true from Latitude 46°24′35″N., Longitude 63°02′32″W. (Tracadie Range Light).

• (4) Subject to the conditions of a licence, no person shall use a basket drag rake to harvest marine plants.

• (5) Subject to the conditions of a licence, no person shall harvest Irish moss in District 12 with a hand rake if the distance between the tines of the hand rake is less than 5 mm.