Short Title

1 These Regulations may be cited as the Fish Health Protection Regulations.

Interpretation

2 In these Regulations,

approved

approved means approved by the Minister; (approuvé)

certificate

certificate[Repealed, SOR/2011-300, s. 1]

cultured fish

cultured fish means a fish listed in Schedule I that is propagated by man in a fish culture facility and includes the eggs of such fish; (poisson d’élevage)

fish health official

fish health official means a person approved to inspect fish and fish sources for the purposes of these Regulations; (inspecteur sanitaire des poissons)

import

import[Repealed, SOR/2011-300, s. 1]

import permit

import permit[Repealed, SOR/2011-300, s. 1]

local fish health officer

local fish health officer means a person approved as a local fish health officer in charge of the administration and enforcement of these Regulations; (agent local de protection de la santé du poisson)

Minister

Minister means the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans; (ministre)

wild fish

wild fish means a fish that is listed in Schedule I and includes the eggs of that fish, but does not include a fish that is propagated by man in a fish culture facility. (poisson sauvage)

Prohibition

• 3 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person must not carry cultured or wild fish from one province to any other province without an interprovincial carrying permit.

• (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to eviscerated cultured fish.

Permits

4 Subject to section 5, a local fish health officer for a province may issue, to a person who applies for one, an interprovincial carrying permit that authorizes the person to carry cultured or wild fish into that province.

5 An interprovincial carrying permit must not be issued unless the person who applies for the permit has obtained a certificate and

• (a) the certificate indicates that no disease or disease agent listed in Schedules II to IV was detected; or

• (b) the local fish health officer for a province is satisfied that none of the detected diseases or disease agents indicated on the certificate will be harmful to the conservation and protection of fish in that province.

Certificates

6 A certificate required pursuant to section 5 is issued by a fish health official and

• (a) certifies that the source of the fish was inspected in the approved manner; and

• (b) indicates which, if any, of the diseases or disease agents listed in Schedules II to IV were detected during the inspection or inspections, as the case may be.