Coastal Fisheries Protection Regulations

27 (1) Where in any calendar year a participating state notifies the Executive Secretary of NAFO of the date that it will close its fishery for a fish stock allocated to that state for that calendar year, no fishing vessel of that state shall, in any part of that calendar year after that date, engage in a directed fishery for fish of that stock.

(2) Where in any calendar year a participating state closes its fishery in shrimp in Division 3M, as defined in Article 5 of the NAFO Measures, because it has exhausted its fishing days under that Article, no fishing vessel of that state shall, in any part of that calendar year after that date, engage in a directed fishery for shrimp in Division 3M.