Bill C-115

International Conservation and Management Measures

(a) except in accordance with a licence; or

(b) unless authorized by the regulations, any other law of Canada or a treaty.

(a) fishing;

(b) processing of fish;

(c) unloading, landing or transhipping any fish, outfit or supplies;

(d) shipping or discharging any crew member or other person; or

(e) buying or obtaining bait or any supplies or outfits.

(a) that straddling stocks on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland are a major renewable world food source having provided a livelihood for centuries to persons engaged in fishing,

(b) that those stocks are threatened with extinction,

(c) that there is an urgent need for all fishing vessels to comply both in Canada and in the exclusive economic zone of Canada and in the NAFO Regulatory Area with sound conservation and management measures for those stocks, notably those measures that are taken under the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, done at Ottawa on October 24, 1978, Canada Treaty Series 1979 No. 11, and

(d) that some foreign fishing vessels continue to fish for those stocks in the NAFO Regulatory Area in a manner that undermines the effectiveness of sound conservation and management measures,

(a) the foreign fishing vessel is not authorized to enter those waters; or

(b) the foreign fishing vessel is engaged in any of the activities referred to in subsection 31(1) in those waters without being authorized to do so.

Application of Criminal Law

(a) in the NAFO Regulatory Area on board or by means of a foreign fishing vessel, on board or by means of which a contravention of section 34, 35 or 36 has been committed; or

(b) in the course of continuing pursuit that commenced while a foreign fishing vessel was in Canada, the exclusive economic zone of Canada or the NAFO Regulatory Area.

(a) on board the foreign fishing vessel; or

(b) where pursuit has been commenced, on any area of the sea, other than an area of the sea that forms part of the territorial sea or internal waters of another state.

(a) an offence consisting of a contravention of section 34, 35 or 36, or

(b) an act or omission referred to in section 37,

Information Returns

(a) any person who engages in fishing;

(b) any person who buys fish for the purpose of resale;

(c) any owner, operator or manager of an enterprise that catches, cultures, processes or transports fish;

(d) any person who provides services to recreational fishers; and

(e) any agent or employee of a person referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (d).

(a) the number, quantity, sex, size, weight, species, product form, value or other particulars of any fish caught, cultured, processed, transported, sold or purchased;

(b) the time and place at which any fish was caught or landed and the person, enterprise or fishing vessel by which the fish was caught or landed;

(c) the time and place at which any fish was purchased and the person, enterprise or fishing vessel from which the fish was purchased;

(d) the fishing vessels, gear and methods used and the number of persons employed for the purpose of fishing;

(e) the buildings, equipment, products and methods used and the number of persons employed for the purpose of culturing or processing fish; and

(f) any other matter relating to the management and control of fisheries or the conservation and protection of fish.

Application

Regulations

(a) for the proper management and control of fisheries;

(b) respecting the conservation and protection of fish;

(c) respecting the catching, loading, landing, handling, transporting, possession, processing and disposal of fish;

(d) respecting the operation of fishing vessels;

(e) respecting the use of fishing gear and equipment;

(f) respecting the marking, identification and tracking of fishing vessels;

(g) respecting the designation of persons as observers, their duties and their carriage on board fishing vessels;

(h) prohibiting fishing or other related activities without a licence and respecting the issuance of licences;

(i) where a closed time, fishing quota or limit on the size or weight of fish has been fixed in respect of an area, authorizing persons engaged or employed in the administration or enforcement of this Act to vary the closed time, fishing quota or limit in respect of that area or any portion of that area;

(j) respecting the entering into of fisheries management agreements, including the obtaining of any approvals required for those agreements;

(k) respecting the export of fish from Canada and the import of fish into Canada;

(l) respecting the harvesting of marine plants in waters in Canada that are not within a province;

(m) prescribing the fees that may be charged by Her Majesty in right of Canada with respect to the issuance of licences and the granting of leases, including the variation or rescission of, or addition to, conditions of a licence on the application of the holder;

(n) authorizing the destruction of fish by any means other than fishing;

(o) authorizing foreign fishing vessels to enter Canada or the exclusive economic zone of Canada

(i) to engage in any activity referred to in subsection 31(1), or

(ii) for any purpose specified in the regulations;

(p) authorizing Canadian fishing vessels to bring into Canada or the exclusive economic zone of Canada fish received outside Canada and the exclusive economic zone of Canada from foreign fishing vessels;

(q) prescribing classes of foreign fishing vessels and conservation and management measures for the purposes of section 34;

(r) prescribing species of fish and areas of the high seas for the purposes of section 35;

(s) establishing the list referred to in subsection 36(3); and

(t) prescribing any other thing that by this Part is to be or may be prescribed.