Coastal Fisheries Protection Regulations
21 (1) [Repealed, SOR/99-313, s. 3]
(2) For the purposes of section 5.2 of the Act,
(a) straddling stocks are,
(i) in Division 3L, Division 3N and Division 3O, the stocks of fish set out in Table I to this section, and
(ii) in Division 3M, the stocks of fish set out in Table II to this section;
(b) the following classes of foreign fishing vessels are prescribed classes, namely
(i) [Repealed, SOR/99-313, s. 3]
(ii) foreign fishing vessels that fly the flag of any state set out in Table III to this section, and
(iii) foreign fishing vessels that fly the flag of any state set out in Table IV to this section;
(c) in respect of a foreign fishing vessel of a class prescribed by subparagraph (b)(ii), prohibitions against fishing for the straddling stocks set out in Table I or II to this section, against preparing to fish for those straddling stocks and against catching and retaining those straddling stocks are hereby prescribed as conservation and management measures; and
(d) in respect of a foreign fishing vessel of a class prescribed by subparagraph (b)(iii), the measures set out in Table V to this section are prescribed conservation and management measures.
TABLE IStraddling Stocks Located in Division 3L, Division 3N or Division 3O
PART A
Groundfish
Column I Column II Item Common Name Scientific Name 1 American angler Lophius americanus 2 American plaice Hippoglossoides platessoides 3 American sand lance Ammodytes americanus 4 Atlantic argentine Argentina silus 5 Atlantic cod Gadus morhua 6 Atlantic halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus 7 Atlantic redfish (Acadian, Golden, Deepwater) Sebastes fasciatus, Sebastes marinus and Sebastes mentella 8 Atlantic wolffish Anarhichas lupus 9 Barndoor skate Raja laevis 10 Greenland halibut Reinhardtius hippoglossoides 11 Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus 12 Pollock Pollachius virens 13 Red hake Urophycis chuss 14 Roughhead grenadier Macrourus berglax 15 Roundnose grenadier Coryphaenoides rupestris 16 Silver hake Merluccius bilinearis 17 Spotted wolffish Anarhichas minor 18 Thorny skate Raja radiata 19 White hake Urophycis tenuis 20 Witch flounder Glyptocephalus cynoglossus 21 Yellowtail flounder Limanda ferruginea PART B
Fish Other than Groundfish
Column I Column II Item Common Name Scientific Name 1 Capelin Mallotus villosus 2 Dogfish Squalus acanthias 3 Greenland cockle Serripes groenlandicus 4 Northern sand lance Ammodytes dubius 5 Northern shrimp Pandalus borealis 6 Sharks Squaliformes 7 Short-finned squid Illex illecebrosus TABLE II
Straddling Stocks in Division 3M
Column I Column II Item Common Name Scientific Name 1 Greenland halibut Reinhardtius hippoglossoides TABLE III
States
Item States 1 Cayman Islands TABLE IV
States
Item States 1. and 2. [Repealed, SOR/95-222, s. 1] TABLE V
Prescribed Conservation and Management Measures
Item Measure 1 Prohibitions against fishing for, or catching and retaining, Greenland halibut in Division 3L, Division 3M, Division 3N or Division 3O during the period commencing on March 3 and terminating on December 31 in any year. 2 Prohibitions against fishing for, or catching and retaining,
(a) American plaice in Division 3L, Division 3N or Division 3O;
(b) Atlantic cod in Division 3L, Division 3N or Division 3O;
(c) Capelin in Division 3N or Division 3O;
(d) Northern shrimp in Division 3L, Division 3N or Division 3O;
(e) Witch flounder in Division 3N or Division 3O; and
(f) Yellowtail flounder in Division 3L, Division 3N or Division 3O.
3 Prohibitions, when fishing for any straddling stocks set out in Part A of Table I or in Table II, against fishing with or having on board the foreign fishing vessel a trawl net that has a mesh size, in any part of the net, that is
(a) in the case of a net made from Caprolan, Dederon or Kapron, less than 120 mm; and
(b) in any other case, less than 130 mm.
4 Prohibition against fishing with a trawl net that has any of its meshes obstructed in any manner, other than a manner allowed under section 31 of the Fishery General Regulations. 5 Prohibition against having on board the foreign fishing vessel in Division 3L, Division 3N or Division 3O any
(a) Atlantic cod less than 41 cm in fork length; or
(b) American plaice or Yellowtail flounder less than 25 cm in total length.
6 Requirement to keep, and produce on the demand of a protection officer, accurate daily logs that set out
(a) all catches, by species and area of capture; and
(b) all production, by species and product form.
7 Prohibition against removing fishing gear from the water during the 30 minute period after a Signal SQ 3 is sent from a government vessel to the foreign fishing vessel.
- SOR/94-362, s. 3
- SOR/95-136, s. 2
- SOR/95-222, s. 1
- SOR/99-313, s. 3
- SOR/2014-149, s. 5
- SOR/2017-58, s. 49(F)
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