Marine Mammal Regulations (SOR/93-56)
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Regulations are current to 2013-05-20 and last amended on 2011-02-10. Previous Versions
APPLICATION
3. These Regulations apply in respect of the management and control of
(a) fishing for marine mammals and related activities in Canada or in Canadian fisheries waters; and
(b) fishing for marine mammals from Canadian fishing vessels in the Antarctic.
3.1 Despite paragraph 3(a), these Regulations do not apply to fishing for marine mammals that is authorized by an aquaculture licence issued under the Pacific Aquaculture Regulations.
- SOR/2010-270, s. 13.
PART I
GENERAL
Licensing
4. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and 32(1), the Minister may, on application and payment of the fee set out in column II of an item of the table to this subsection, issue a licence referred to in column I of that item.
TABLE
Column I Column II Item Licence Fee 1. Fishing Licence (a) Beluga (a) No charge (b) Bowhead whale (b) No charge (c) Cetacean other than beluga, bowhead whale, narwhal or right whale (c) $5 (d) Narwhal (d) No charge (e) Seal — personal use (e) $5 (f) Seal — commercial use (f) $5 (g) Nuisance seal (g) $5 (h) Walrus (h) $5 2. Seal Fishery Observation Licence $25 3. Marine Mammal Transportation Licence No charge 4. Collector Vessel Licence $25 (2) A licence to fish for narwhal shall not be issued to a person other than an Inuk.
- SOR/2003-103, s. 2.
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