Bill C-29
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EXPLANATORY NOTE |
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This enactment amends the Coastal Fisheries Protection Act to
prohibit classes of foreign fishing vessels from fishing for straddling
stocks in the NAFO Regulatory Area in contravention of certain
conservation and management measures.
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The Regulatory Area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries
Organization ("NAFO") is established by Article I of the Convention on
Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries,
done at Ottawa on October 24, 1978, Canada Treaty Series 1979 No. 11.
The definition "NAFO Regulatory Area" in this enactment is based on
that Article.
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Moreover, this enactment adds provisions empowering the
Governor in Council to make regulations providing for the classes of
foreign fishing vessels to which the prohibition would apply, the species
of straddling stocks in respect of which the prohibition would apply and
the conservation and management measures with which the vessels
must comply. These measures may be taken by the Governor in Council
to ensure that the effectiveness of NAFO conservation and management
measures is not undermined.
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This enactment also amends the enforcement provisions of the
Coastal Fisheries Protection Act in support of the prohibition.
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