Great Lakes Fisheries Convention Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. F-17). Country/Territory Canada Document type Legislation Date 1985 (2007) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to implement a Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries between Canada and the United States. Subject Fisheries Keyword Inland fisheries Fishery management and conservation Enforcement/compliance Offences/penalties Geographical area Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract An Act to give effect in Canada to the Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries between Canada and the United States of America set out in the Schedule. Notwithstanding any other Act, the Governor in Council may make regulations for carrying out and giving effect to the provisions of the Convention and anything done by the Commission thereunder. Every person who contravenes any regulation made pursuant to section 4 is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both. All courts, justices of the peace and provincial court judges in Canada have the same jurisdiction with respect to offences under regulations made pursuant to section 4 as they have under sections 610 and 611 of the Canada Shipping Act with respect to offences under that Act, and those sections apply to offences under regulations made pursuant to section 4 in the same manner and to the same extent as they apply to offences under the Canada Shipping Act. Full text English Website www.gc.ca References - Legislation Implemented by Canada-Ontario Agreement on Great Lakes Water Quality and Ecosystem Health, 2014. Legislation | Canada | 2014 Keyword: Ecosystem preservation, Inland waters, Freshwater pollution, Sustainable development, Governance, Wetlands, Coastal zone management, Pollution control, Indigenous peoples Source: FAO, FAOLEX