Coastal Fisheries Protection Regulations — 12
12 (1) The master of a foreign fishing vessel operating under the authority of a licence shall (a) at least 24 hours or such shorter period as may be approved by the Regional Director-General prior to the entry of that vessel into Canadian fisheries waters notify the Regional Director-General designated in the licence of (i) the estimated time of entry of the vessel into such waters, (ii) the location of such entry, (iii) the approximate schedule of activities to be conducted while in such waters, and (iv) the quantity in metric tons of fish by species and product form on board the vessel; (b) when authorized by the licence to enter a Canadian port, notify the Regional Director-General of the estimated time of entry into and departure from that port not less than 24 hours prior to those estimated times; (c) where the vessel is in Canadian fisheries waters, notify the Regional Director-General of the estimated time of departure from such waters not less than 72 hours prior to that estimated time or such shorter period as may be approved by the Regional Director-General; (d) where the vessel is in an area of Canadian fisheries waters and is not authorized by the licence to engage in fishing at that time in that area, ensure that all fishing gear on board the vessel is stored below deck or otherwise removed from the place where it is normally used for fishing and placed where it is not readily available for fishing; (e) permit, when requested by the Regional Director-General, observers to go on board and remain on board the vessel at a time and for a period specified in the request for the purposes of recording scientific data, making observations and taking samples; (f) embark or disembark the observers at a time and place specified in a request made under paragraph (e); (g) take all reasonable precautions to ensure the safety of any protection officer or observer boarding or leaving the vessel at sea including the observance of practices of good seamanship and, where necessary, the placing of a pilot ladder over the side of the vessel; (h) where a protection officer or an observer is on board the vessel and remains on board the vessel for a period of more than four consecutive hours, provide the protection officer or observer with food and accommodation equivalent to that received by officers of the vessel; (i) provide all reasonable assistance in his power to enable a protection officer or an observer on board the vessel to carry out his duties and in particular, but without restricting the generality of the foregoing, shall (i) provide him with a suitable work area including a table and sufficient lighting to carry out his work, (ii) provide him with access to the vessel records and logs pertaining to its fishing activities, (iii) provide him, on request, with the position of the vessel in latitude and longitude, (iv) send and receive messages on his behalf by means of the communications equipment on board the vessel, (v) provide him with access to all areas of the vessel involved in the fishing, processing and storage operations, (vi) permit him to take samples and provide him with all reasonable assistance in his doing so, (vii) provide him with suitable storage facilities for his samples, (viii) permit him to examine and measure any fishing gear on board the vessel and provide him with all reasonable assistance in his doing so, (ix) permit him to take photographs of the fisheries operations, including fishing gear and equipment, and (x) permit him to remove from the vessel samples, information, photographs or film taken or made during his time on board the vessel; (j) where supplied with a log book requiring the recording of the fishing activities, catch, production and transfer of fish and fish products in accordance with the instructions contained in that log book (i) fully and accurately complete that log book on a daily basis, and (ii) provide the Regional Director-General with a copy of the information entered in that