Foreign Vessel Fishing Regulations (C.R.C., c. 815)

• 5.1 (1) In this section, “length”, in relation to a swordfish, means the distance, measured in a straight line, from the tip of the lower jaw to the fork of the tail.

• (2) Subject to subsection (3), no person shall be in possession of any swordfish that is less than 125 cm in length.

• (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a person fishing from a foreign fishing vessel for swordfish under the authority of a licence where

  • (a) the catching of swordfish that are less than 125 cm in length is incidental to the catching of longer swordfish; and

  • (b) the number of swordfish that are less than 125 cm in length that are retained during any one fishing trip does not exceed a fishing quota of 15 per cent of the number of longer swordfish that are retained during that fishing trip.

• 6. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), no person shall be in possession of any bigeye or yellowfin tuna that weigh less than 3.2 kg.

• (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person fishing from a foreign fishing vessel for bigeye tuna under the authority of a licence where

  • (a) the catching of bigeye tuna weighing less than 3.2 kg is incidental to the catching of larger bigeye tuna; and

  • (b) the number of bigeye tuna weighing less than 3.2 kg that are retained during any one fishing trip does not exceed a fishing quota of 15 per cent of the number of larger bigeye tuna that are retained during that fishing trip.

• (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person fishing from a foreign fishing vessel for yellowfin tuna under the authority of a licence where

  • (a) the catching of yellowfin tuna weighing less than 3.2 kg is incidental to the catching of larger yellowfin tuna; and

  • (b) the number of yellowfin tuna weighing less than 3.2 kg that are retained during any one fishing trip does not exceed a fishing quota of 15 per cent of the number of larger yellowfin tuna that are retained during that fishing trip.

• (4) No person shall be in possession of any bluefin tuna that weighs less than 30 kg.

7. and 8. [Revoked, SOR/82-771, s. 3]

9. Subject to subsection 10(2), where a person is fishing for a species of fish in a stock area under the authority of a licence, that person shall not retain an incidental catch of a species of fish, other than a species set out in the licence, that exceeds a fishing quota of

• (a) in respect of haddock

  • (i) in Division 4VW, one per cent,

  • (ii) in Division 4X, one per cent, and

  • (iii) in Subarea 5, one per cent,

• (b) in respect of cod in Division 4X, one per cent, and

• (c) in respect of any species in any stock area not mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b), 10 per cent

of the weight of the species taken in that stock area under the authority of the licence.