Atlantic Fishery Regulations, 1985 — 2
 Herring Fishing Area illustrated and enumerated in Schedule VI; ( zone de pêche du hareng ) hoop net means a box-shaped or funnel-shaped apparatus that is constructed of netting or wire mesh fastened to a hoop or frame and that is used to catch fish without enmeshing them, and includes any fishing gear commonly referred to as a hand bow, hand trap or hand pot; ( verveux ) incidental catch [Repealed, SOR/94-292, s. 1] length , in relation to (a) a herring, a mackerel or a salmon, means the distance measured in a straight line from the tip of the nose to the fork of the tail, (b) a swordfish, means the distance measured in a straight line from the tip of the lower jaw to the fork of the tail, (c) a clam, mussel or oyster, means the distance measured in a straight line through the longest part of the shell, (d) a lobster, means the distance from the rear of either eye socket to the rear end of the carapace, measured along a straight line parallel to the centre line of the carapace of the lobster, and (e) a groundfish, means the distance measured in a straight line from the tip of the nose or, if the head has been removed, from the foremost point of the fish to the fork of the tail or, if the tail has been removed, to the end of the fish; ( longueur ) licence means a licence authorizing a person to fish for the species of fish specified in the licence, to harvest the species of marine plants specified in the licence or to transport fish as specified in the licence; ( permis ) Lobster Fishing Area means a Lobster Fishing Area illustrated and enumerated in Schedule XIII; ( zone de pêche du homard ) longline means a line that has a series of fish hooks attached and is used to catch fish but does not include angling gear or hand-lines; ( palangre ) Mackerel Fishing Area means a Mackerel Fishing Area illustrated and enumerated in Schedule IX; ( zone de pêche du maquereau ) mesh size means, in respect of netting (a) in a crab trap, the distance measured in a straight line inside the knots forming any one side of a single mesh, (b) in an otter trawl, the average size of any 20 meshes that are measured by inserting into the meshes a flat wedge-shaped gauge having a taper of 2 cm in 8 cm and a thickness of 2.3 mm with a weight of 5 kg attached, and (c) in any other case, the total length of the twine measured along two contiguous sides of a single mesh, including the distance across the knot joining those sides but not including any other knots; ( maillage ) mobile gear means otter trawls, purse seines and scallop drags; ( engin mobile ) monofilament means a single continuous filament made from polyethylene, polyvinylidene chloride or any similar type of synthetic material that has not been braided or woven; ( monofilament ) observer [Repealed, SOR/93-61, s. 1] otter trawl means an otter or other trawl of a similar nature and includes a Danish seine , a Scottish seine and a midwater trawl; ( chalut à panneaux ) overall length in relation to a vessel, means the horizontal distance measured between perpendicular lines drawn at the extreme ends of the outside of the main hull of the vessel; ( longueur hors tout ) provincial or territorial fisher’s certificate has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Fishery (General) Regulations ; (certificat provincial ou territorial de pêcheur) recreational fishing means fishing solely for pleasure or fishing where the fish caught are solely for personal use; ( pêche récréative ) Regional Director-General [Repealed, SOR/93-61, s. 1] registered means registered with the Department pursuant to section 17.1; ( enregistré ) Salmon Fishing Area means a Salmon Fishing Area illustrated and enumerated in Schedule XXI; ( zone de pêche du saumon ) scallop drag means a type of scallop fishing gear towed in the sea by a vessel and that consists of a bag-like net of steel meshes and twine meshes, the closed end of the net having attached to it a dumping bar and the open end of the net being attached to a steel recta