Coastal Fisheries Protection Regulations — 5
5 (1) The Minister may, on receipt of an application for a licence, issue a licence authorizing (a) a foreign fishing vessel and its crew to enter Canadian fisheries waters for any of the following purposes: (i) to engage in commercial fishing, (ii) to tranship or take on board any fish, outfit or supplies while at sea, (iii) to process fish at sea, (iv) to transport fish from fishing grounds, (v) to provision, service, repair or maintain any other foreign fishing vessel while at sea, (vi) to purchase or obtain bait, outfits or supplies at a Canadian port, (vii) to effect repairs at a Canadian port, (viii) to purchase, load, unload, transship, sell or process fish or fish products at a Canadian port, (ix) to unload, land, re-embark or tranship at a Canadian port any equipment of that vessel or of any other fishing vessel of the same flag state, (x) to grant shore leave to the crew of that vessel at a Canadian port, and (xi) to discharge or take on board at a Canadian port a member of the crew of that vessel or of any other fishing vessel of the same flag state; (b) a foreign fishing vessel and its crew to pass through any of the following Canadian fisheries waters during the course of a voyage to a destination outside Canadian fisheries waters, namely, (i) the waters between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia bounded on the south by the 49th parallel of latitude and bounded on the north by a straight line from Cape Sutil on the northern end of Vancouver Island to Cape Caution on the mainland of British Columbia, (ii) Fitz Hugh Sound bounded on the south by a straight line from Cape Calvert on Calvert Island to Cape Caution on the mainland of British Columbia and bounded on the north by a straight line from Carpenter Point on Hunter Island to Bernhardt Point on King Island, (iii) Finlayson Channel bounded on the south by a straight line from Jorkins Point on Swindle Island to Keith Point on Dowager Island and bounded on the north by a straight line from Ohio Rock off Sarah Island to Finlayson Head on the mainland of British Columbia, (iv) Laredo Channel bounded on the south by a straight line from Tildesley Point on Aristazabal Island to Dallain Point on Princess Royal Island and bounded on the north by a straight line from Ulric Point on Aristazabal Island to McPhee Point on Princess Royal Island, (v) Princess Royal Channel bounded on the south by a straight line from Quarry Point on Princess Royal Island to Netherby Point on the mainland of British Columbia and bounded on the north by a straight line from Nelly Point on Princess Royal Island to Point Cumming on Gribbell Island, (vi) Principe Channel bounded on the south by a straight line from Deer Point on Banks Island to Ring Point on Pitt Island and bounded on the north by a straight line true west from Keswar Point on McCauley Island to the shore of Banks Island, and (vii) Grenville Channel bounded on the south by a straight line from Yolk Point on Farrant Island to Sainty Point on the mainland of British Columbia and bounded on the north by a straight line from Rippon Point on Pitt Island to Buckley Point on the mainland of British Columbia; and (c) a foreign fishing vessel and its crew to enter Canadian fisheries waters to engage in fishing for purposes of scientific research or any activity described in any of subparagraphs (a)(ii) to (xi) or subsection (1.1) that relates to the scientific research. (1.1) The Minister may, on receipt of an application for a licence, issue a licence authorizing a foreign fishing vessel and its crew to enter Canadian fisheries waters for any of the following purposes: (a) to provide supplies to a Canadian fishing vessel or a foreign fishing vessel while it is at sea; and (b) for the purpose described in paragraph (a), to purchase supplies at a Canadian port. (1.11) The Minister shall not issue a licence under paragraph (1)(a) or subsection (1.1) unless the Minister determines that the Government of Canada has favourabl