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Act respecting commercial fishing and commercial harvesting of aquatic plants (R.S.Q. c. P-9.01).

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
Québec
Document type
Legislation
Date
1984 (2016)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Marine fisheries Marine fishes Concession Aquaculture Aquatic plants Aquatic animals Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

The present Act lays down provisions relating to commercial fishing and commercial harvesting of aquatic plants. Section one of the said Act establishes that the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food shall devise, every year, taking into account the fishing management plan established under the Act respecting the conservation and development of wildlife (chapter C-61.1), a program to promote the development of commercial fisheries and the commerce of aquatic products caught or taken from tideless waters of the domain of the State. Such a program indicates, in particular, 1) the species of fish, amphibians, echinoderms, crustaceans or shellfish for which commercial fishing rights may be granted; 2) the places where commercial fishing rights may be granted; 3) the maximum number of concessions which, in each of the places contemplated in paragraph 2, may be granted under section 3, and the maximum quantity of aquatic products of each specie that may be caught. The text consists of 7 chapters as follows: Commercial fisheries (I); Commercial harvesting of aquatic plants (II); Administrative penalties and proceeding before the administrative tribune of Québec (III); Inspection, seizure and confiscation (IV); Regulations (V); Penal provisions (VI); Miscellaneous and transitional provisions (VII).

Full text
English
Website
legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca