Act respecting commercial fishing and commercial harvesting of aquatic plants (R.S.Q. c. P-9.01). Pays/Territoire Canada Sous-division territoriale Québec Type du document Législation Date 1984 (2016) Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Pêche Mot clé Pêche maritime Poissons marins Concession Aquaculture Plantes aquatiques Animaux aquatiques Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives Infractions/sanctions Aire géographique Amériques, Arctique, Asie et Pacifique, Pacifique du Est, Amérique du Nord, Atlantique Nord Résumé 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). Texte intégral Anglais Site web legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca