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Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993 — (a)
roe herring means (a) herring found in or taken from the waters of Subareas 6-1, 6-2, 8-13, 8-14 and 8-15 during the period beginning on May 1 and ending on June 30, and (b) herring found in or taken from any waters not referred to in paragraph (a) during the period beginning on February 10 and ending on April 30; ( hareng prêt à frayer )
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salmon includes steelhead trout; ( saumon )
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Salmon Area F means the waters of Areas 1 to 11, 101 to 111, 130 and 142; ( secteur F du saumon )
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Salmon Area G means the waters of Subareas 12-5 to 12-16, Areas 20 to 27 and 121 to 127; ( secteur G du saumon )
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Salmon Area H means the waters of Areas 12 to 19, 28 and 29; ( secteur H du saumon )
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seine includes a purse seine and a drag seine; ( senne )
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shellfish means Mollusca , Echinodermata and Crustacea ; ( mollusques et crustacés )
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Subarea has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Pacific Fishery Management Area Regulations, 2007 ; ( sous-secteur )
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surfline has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Pacific Fishery Management Area Regulations, 2007 ; ( ligne de démarcation )
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tidal waters means the waters of the Areas set out in Schedule 2 to the Pacific Fishery Management Area Regulations, 2007 ; ( eaux à marée )
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trap means an enclosure that is designed to catch fish but does not include a trawl net or a purse seine; ( casier )
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trawl net means any bag-type net that is dragged in the water by a vessel for the purpose of catching fish; ( chalut )
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trip [Repealed, SOR/95-181, s. 1; SOR/99-296, s. 1]
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trolling means fishing with a hook or hooks attached to a line that is towed through the water by or from a vessel. ( pêche à la traîne )
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validation tab [Repealed, SOR/2013-37, s. 5]
Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993 — 3
3 (1) Subject to subsection (2), these Regulations apply in respect of the management and control of (a) fisheries in Canadian fisheries waters in the Pacific Ocean and the Province; (b) fishing for tuna from Canadian fishing vessels in the waters of the Pacific Ocean that are not Canadian fisheries waters; and (c) the harvesting of marine plants from Canadian fisheries waters in the Pacific Ocean that are not within the geographical limits of the Province. (2) These Regulations do not apply in respect of (a) sport fishing; (b) fishing from a foreign fishing vessel, as defined in section 2 of the Coastal Fisheries Protection Act ; (c) aquaculture or prescribed activities, as defined in the Pacific Aquaculture Regulations , in (i) the territorial sea of Canada off the coast of British Columbia, (ii) the internal waters of Canada off the coast of British Columbia that are not in that province, (iii) the internal waters of Canada in British Columbia, and (iv) any facility in British Columbia from which fish may escape into Canadian fisheries waters; or (d) fishing for marine mammals. (3) Sections 6, 8 to 10, 13 to 15, 22, 24 and 25, and Parts IV to VII and IX do not apply with respect to fishing and related activities carried out under the authority of a licence issued under the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations . (4) and (5) [Repealed, SOR/2003-398, s. 1] SOR/97-247, s. 1; SOR/2002-225, s. 9; SOR/2003-398, s. 1; SOR/2010-270, s. 12
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4 For the purposes of these Regulations, where two or more nets are joined together, they shall be considered to be one net.
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5 No person shall bring into the Province any live fish of a species set out in Schedule VIII.
Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993 — 6
6 No person shall (a) fish by snagging or with snares. (b) [Repealed, SOR/99-296, s. 2] SOR/93-334, s. 2; SOR/99-296, s. 2 SOR/2022-196, s. 14(F)
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7 Subject to these Regulations, no person shall molest or injure fish.
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8 (1) No person shall use torches or artificial lights to attract or repel fish unless they are fishing for shrimp with a trawl net or for squid. (2) No person shall use fishing gear that has a flashing light attached to it. SOR/2019-132, s. 1
Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993 — 9
9 No person shall, in tidal waters, (a) fish with more than one gill net at one time; or (b) except where fishing for herring, fish with a gill net that has any part of the corkline under the surface of the water. SOR/94-391, s. 2
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10 No person shall fish with a dip net (a) the area of the mouth of which exceeds 1 m 2 ; or (b) the depth of which is greater than 1.5 m. SOR/93-334, s. 3
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11 (1) and (2) [Repealed, SOR/94-731, s. 1] (3) [Repealed, SOR/99-296, s. 4]
Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993 — 13
13 (1) Except as otherwise provided as a condition of a licence issued under these Regulations, no person shall fish with a gill net unless it is marked in accordance with this section. (2) A buoy floating on the surface of the water shall be attached to each end of every gill net that is not attached to a vessel. (3) Where a gill net is used in commercial fishing for salmon, (a) the buoys referred to in subsection (2) shall be orange in colour and at least 125 cm in circumference; and (b) the end of the gill net that is not attached to a vessel shall be marked with a lantern that gives a steady white light during the period beginning one hour after sunset and ending one hour before sunrise. (4) Where a gill net is used in commercial fishing for roe herring, (a) the buoys referred to in subsection (2) shall be at least 125 cm in circumference; and (b) all buoys that are attached to the gill net shall be of the same colour. (c) [Repealed, SOR/2013-37, s. 6] SOR/2013-37, s. 6 SOR/2023-147, s. 5
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14 Except as otherwise provided as a condition of a licence issued under these Regulations, no person shall fish with a longline unless it has attached to each end a buoy floating on the surface of the water. SOR/2023-147, s. 6
Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993 — 15
15 (1) Subject to subsection (2) and except as otherwise provided as a condition of a licence issued under these Regulations, no person shall fish for commercial purposes with traps or ring nets unless a buoy floating on the surface of the water is attached to (a) each end of every line of traps or ring nets; and (b) each trap or ring net that is not part of a line of traps or ring nets. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who is fishing for shellfish in Subarea 29-3, 29-4, 29-6, 29-7, 29-9 or 29-10 during any period in which fishing for salmon with a net is authorized in that Subarea. SOR/2023-147, s. 7
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16 The Minister may specify a licence condition referred to in subsection 13(1), section 14 or subsection 15(1) only if the purpose of the condition is to mitigate marine mammal entanglement. SOR/2023-147, s. 8
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17 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and 18(5), where salmon or roe herring has been caught by commercial fishing, no person shall off-load that salmon or roe herring at any place other than (a) a licensed facility; (b) a registered vessel; or (c) a vehicle whose operator holds a licence that is issued under the British Columbia Fish and Seafood Act , SBC 2015, c. 14, as amended from time to time, and that authorizes the holder to receive commercially caught fish. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who catches salmon or roe herring and sells it directly to an individual in Canada for the purpose of consumption by that individual. (3) An operator of a vehicle referred to in paragraph (1)(c) shall not off-load any salmon or roe herring received from a registered vessel at any place other than a licensed facility. (4) The operator of a licensed facility at which salmon or roe herring is off-loaded shall (a) provide information respecting each off-loading by completing the form supplied by the Minister for that purpose; (b) mail a copy of the completed form within seven days after the date of the off-loading to the Statistics Unit of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans at 200-401 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 3S4; (c) keep a copy of the completed form for two years after the date of the off-loading; and (d) provide a copy of the completed form to a representative of the Department when requested to do so. SOR/2017-58, s. 27 SOR/2022-196, s. 15
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oard roe herring in an export zone for the purpose of off-loading in the United States after notification has been given to the operator by a representative of the Department that the total weight of roe herring from that export zone taken on board vessels for off-loading in the United States has reached the greater of (a) 25 per cent of the total allowable catch for that export zone in that calendar year, and (b) the percentage, calculated for that calendar year pursuant to subsection (10), of the total allowable catch for that export zone in that year. (10) For the purpose of subsections (8) and (9), the percentage for a calendar year is calculated using the following formula: 100X Y where X is the average annual total weight of salmon or roe herring, as the case may be, that was caught in United States fishery waters and exported by sea from the United States to Canada without having being processed or landed in the United States during the four calendar years immediately preceding that year; and Y is the aggregate of the total allowable catches of salmon or roe herring, as the case may be, for all export zones in that year. (11) A representative of the Department who is on board a vessel in respect of which a licence has been issued under subsection (4) while salmon or roe herring is being taken on board for export to the United States shall, prior to disembarking the vessel, seal all of the vessel’s fish holds. (12) No person other than a fishery officer shall tamper with or remove a seal that has been placed on a fish hold pursuant to subsection (11). (13) A licence issued under subsection (4) shall expire on December 31 of the year for which it was issued.
Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993 — (a)
export zone means any of the following zones: (a) the Central Zone, which comprises Areas 6 to 10, 106 to 110 and 130, (b) the North Zone, which comprises Areas 1 to 5, 101 to 105 and 142, and (c) the South Zone, which comprises Areas 11 to 29, 111 and 121 to 127; ( zone d’exportation )
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monthly allowable catch means the total weight of salmon from an export zone that may be caught and retained in a calendar month; ( prises mensuelles admissibles )
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total allowable catch means the total weight of salmon or roe herring, as the case may be, from an export zone that may be caught and retained in a calendar year. ( total des prises admissibles )
Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993 — 19
19 (1) The Minister may issue a fisher’s registration card, a vessel registration certificate or a licence referred to in column I of an item of Part I of Schedule II upon application therefor and payment of the fee set out in column II of that item. (2) Where, pursuant to subsection (1), the Minister issues a fisher’s registration card to a person or a vessel registration certificate in respect of a vessel, that person or vessel is deemed to be registered with the Department. (3) If an Indian or the Northern Native Fishing Corporation is issued a Category A licence in respect of a vessel, the Indian or the Corporation must elect to pay either the applicable fee set out in subitem 3(1) of Part I of Schedule II or the applicable fee set out in subitem 3(2) of that Part. (4) Where a vessel in respect of which a Category A licence was issued after December 31, 1979 for the fee set out in subitem 3(2) of Part I of Schedule II is sold to a person other than an Indian or the Northern Native Fishing Corporation, the Category A licence is void. SOR/2022-196, s. 16
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20 (1) A vessel registration certificate issued in respect of a vessel becomes invalid if the vessel is modified so that the tonnage or length of the vessel differs from that set out in the vessel registration certificate. (2) Where a vessel registration certificate becomes invalid pursuant to subsection (1), (a) the vessel registration certificate and all licences issued in respect of the vessel shall be returned to the Minister within seven days after the day on which the certificate becomes invalid; and (b) no person shall use the vessel in commercial fishing until a new vessel registration certificate has been issued in respect of it. SOR/2022-196, s. 17
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22 (1) No person shall use a vessel, and no owner or lessee of a vessel shall permit the use of that vessel, in commercial fishing for any species of fish unless (a) subject to subsection (2), the vessel is registered; and (b) the use of the vessel to fish for that species of fish is authorized by a commercial fishing licence. (2) A person may use an unregistered vessel in commercial fishing for roe herring with a gill net or when fishing in non-tidal waters.
Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993 — 23
23 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall use a vessel to process fish unless (a) the vessel is registered; and (b) a Category P licence has been issued in respect of the vessel. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of washing, eviscerating, icing or freezing fish, other than bivalve molluscs, on board the vessel that was used to catch the fish.
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24 No person shall use a vessel to transport from fishing grounds fish that were taken in commercial fishing unless the vessel is registered and (a) is licensed to be used in commercial fishing; or (b) a Category D licence has been issued in respect of the vessel.
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25 A person who is 16 years of age or older shall not engage in commercial fishing or be on board a vessel that is being used in commercial fishing unless they hold a fisher’s registration card. SOR/2022-196, s. 18(E)
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26 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall fish except under the authority of a licence issued under these Regulations, the Fishery (General) Regulations or the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations . (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who is registered and who is engaged in commercial fishing for a species of fish from a registered vessel that is authorized by a commercial fishing licence to be used in fishing for that species. SOR/93-334, s. 4
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30 No person shall catch and retain a species of fish set out in column I of an item of Schedule III from the waters set out in column II of that item with the type of fishing gear set out in column III of that item during the close time set out in column IV of that item.
Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993 — 33
33 No person shall catch and retain a lingcod that is less than (a) 58 cm in length, measured from the tip of the nose to the tip of the tail; or (b) where the head has been removed, 45 cm in length, measured along the shortest length of the body to the tip of the tail.
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34 (1) No person shall catch and retain a sablefish that is less than (a) 55 cm in length, measured from the tip of the nose to the fork of the tail; or (b) where the head has been removed, 39 cm in length, measured from the origin of the first dorsal fin to the fork of the tail. (2) [Repealed, SOR/99-296, s. 7] SOR/99-296, s. 7
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35 (1) No person shall fish for smelt with (a) a gill net that (i) is more than 275 m in length, (ii) has a mesh size of less than 25 mm, or (iii) has a mesh size of more than 50 mm; or (b) a seine that (i) is more than 90 m in length, or (ii) has a mesh size of less than 19 mm. (2) No person shall fish for smelt with an anchored gill net in any Area other than Areas 28 and 29. (3) No person shall fish for smelt in Area 28 or 29 during the period beginning at 08:00 h on Thursday and ending at 08:00 h on the following Monday.
Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993 — 39
39 No person shall fish for or catch and retain herring under the authority of a licence set out in column I of an item of Schedule V from the waters set out in column II of that item with the type of fishing gear set out in column III of that item during the close time set out in column IV of that item.
Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993 — 40
40 Where notified by a fishery officer or fishery guardian that a roe herring fishery is about to be opened in an area, a person who is operating a fishing vessel in that area shall, unless the vessel is authorized to be used in the roe herring fishery in that area pursuant to a Category H licence, remove the vessel from the area until the fishery has opened.
Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993 — 41
41 (1) A fishery officer may designate an area as a herring spawning ground and establish the boundaries of the area and the period of time for which the area is designated as a herring spawning ground. (2) Where an area is designated as a herring spawning ground under subsection (1), notice of the designation shall be given by the fishery officer to the persons affected or likely to be affected by the designation by one or more of the methods set out in respect of the variation of close times in section 7 of the Fishery (General) Regulations . (3) No person shall, in an area designated as a herring spawning ground under subsection (1), (a) transfer herring from one vessel to another; or (b) anchor any fishing vessel or any other vessel used to assist in herring fishing. SOR/2022-196, s. 19(F)
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44 (1) No person shall establish or operate a herring enclosure unless authorized to do so under a Category J or Z licence. (2) and (3) [Repealed, SOR/99-296, s. 11] SOR/93-334, s. 6; SOR/99-296, s. 11
Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993 — 45
45 (1) Where a fishery officer has evidence of excessive mortality of herring in a herring enclosure, the fishery officer may direct the operator of the enclosure to release all herring contained therein and, where the operator of the enclosure cannot be readily located, may release the herring from the enclosure. (2) No person shall fail to comply with a direction given under subsection (1). (3) Where a fishery officer releases herring from a herring enclosure under subsection (1), the fishery officer shall, as soon as practicable, notify the operator of the enclosure of the release.
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47 No person shall transport herring spawn on kelp in any container that is not marked with the number of the licence under the authority of which the herring spawn on kelp was taken or collected.
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51 No person shall drive or attempt to drive salmon from one area of water to another.
Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993 — 52
52 (1) A fishery officer may designate a salmon fishing boundary by erecting or causing to be erected (a) in respect of tidal waters, not more than one nautical mile from the mouth of a river, creek or stream, two orange- or yellow-coloured triangular signs, each side of which is at least 1.5 m in length and 12 cm in width; and (b) in respect of non-tidal waters, orange-coloured triangular signs, each side of which is at least 50 cm in length. (2) No person shall fish for salmon (a) in tidal waters within a circle, the diameter of which is the straight line between two orange-coloured signs erected under paragraph (1)(a); (b) in tidal waters between the mouth of a river, creek or stream and the straight line between two yellow-coloured signs erected under paragraph (1)(a); or (c) in any non-tidal waters other than waters bounded by orange-coloured signs erected under paragraph (1)(b).
Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993 — 53
53 (1) No person shall fish in any waters set out in column I of an item of Part I of Schedule VI for the species of salmon set out in column II of that item with the type of fishing gear set out in column III of that item during the close time set out in column IV of that item. (2) No person shall troll in any waters set out in column I of an item of Part II of Schedule VI for the species of salmon set out in column II of that item using the type of vessel set out in column III of that item during the close time set out in column IV of that item.