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Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations (S.O.R./93-55).

Country/Territory
Canada
Document type
Regulation
Date
1993 (2011)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
Regulations respecting fishing in the Provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island and in adjacent tidal waters.
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Fishing area Indigenous peoples
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

Regulations respecting the enumeration and description of management areas in the Canadian fisheries waters of the Pacific ocean and the waters of the Province of British Columbia. The areas in the Canadian fisheries waters of the Pacific Ocean and the waters of the Province described in Schedules II and III are hereby prescribed as management areas. "Management area" means: (a) a division of Canadian fisheries waters as enumerated and described in Schedule II and includes the portion of any stream that flows into that division and that is seaward of a straight line joining white fishing boundary signs erected near the mouth of that stream, or where there are no white fishing boundary signs erected, the mean high water mark near the mouth of that stream; or (b) a division of waters of the Province as enumerated and described in Schedule III. A fishery officer may erect fishing boundary signs to delimit the boundary of a management area described in Schedule II or III.

Full text
English
Website
www.gc.ca

References - Legislation

Implements

Fisheries Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. F-14).

Legislation | Canada | 1985 (2019)

Keyword: Marine pollution, Effluent waste water/discharge, Indigenous peoples, Framework law, Marine fisheries, Aquaculture, Mariculture, Marine fishes, Fishery management and conservation, Fishing gear/fishing method, Foreign fishing, Crustaceans, Navigation, Aquatic plants, Inland fisheries, Molluscs, Institution, Equipment, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties, Waterworks, Fishing authorization, Fishing charge, Fishing vessel, Marking/identification, Aquatic animals, Authorization/permit, Freshwater pollution, Pollution control, Protection of habitats

Source: FAO, FAOLEX