Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993 — 18
18 (1) For the purposes of this section, 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 ) 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 ) 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 ) (2) The Regional Director-General may determine the monthly allowable catch for an export zone and shall give notice of the monthly allowable catch, prior to the commencement of any salmon fishery in any calendar month, to the owner or operator of each vessel in respect of which a licence has been issued under subsection (4). (3) The Regional Director-General may determine the total allowable catch for an export zone and shall give notice of the total allowable catch, prior to the commencement of any salmon or roe herring fishery in any calendar year, to the owner or operator of each vessel in respect of which a licence has been issued under subsection (4). (4) The Minister may issue, in respect of a vessel, a licence to off-load salmon or roe herring in the United States where (a) a Category D licence has been issued in respect of that vessel; (b) the vessel is suitably equipped to permit the weighing, counting and biological sampling of the salmon or roe herring that is taken on board the vessel; and (c) the vessel has suitable accommodations for carrying representatives of the Department. (5) The operator of a vessel in respect of which a licence has been issued under subsection (4) may off-load salmon or roe herring from the vessel in the United States if the salmon or roe herring was taken on board the vessel while a representative of the Department was on board. (6) The Minister may specify in a licence issued under subsection (4) conditions respecting (a) the export zone or zones in which salmon or roe herring may be taken on board for the purpose of off-loading in the United States; and (b) the port or ports in each export zone at which representatives of the Department shall be embarked and disembarked. (7) No operator of a vessel in respect of which a licence has been issued under subsection (4) shall fail to comply with any condition set out in the licence. (8) No operator of a vessel in respect of which a licence has been issued under subsection (4) shall, during any calendar month, take on board salmon 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 salmon from that export zone taken on board vessels in that month for off-loading in the United States has reached 25 per cent of the monthly allowable catch for that export zone in the preceding calendar month, minus the weight of salmon exported from that export zone in the preceding calendar month under the authority of all licences issued under subsection (4), plus the greater of (a) 25 per cent of the monthly allowable catch for that export zone in the calender month in respect of which the calculation is being made, and (b) the percentage, calculated for that calendar year pursuant to subsection (10), of the monthly allowable catch for that export zone in the calendar month in respect of which the calculation is being made. (9) No operator of a vessel in respect of which a licence has been issued under subsection (4) shall, during any calendar year, take on board 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