Coastal Fisheries Protection Regulations

28 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no fishing vessel of a participating state that has not been allocated a quota of a particular stock set out in Annex I.A of the NAFO Measures shall fish for fish of that stock.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), a fishing vessel of a participating state that is a contracting party to the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries and that has not been allocated a quota of a particular stock set out in Annex I.A of the NAFO Measures may fish for fish of that stock if

• (a) a quota for that stock has been allocated to “Others” in that Annex and the participating state has notified the Executive Secretary of NAFO that its vessels intend to fish for that stock;

• (b) the vessel is fishing, wholly or partly, a quota or shrimp fishing day allocated to another contracting party in accordance with

  • (i) a transfer of the quota or shrimp fishing day to the participating state that has been authorized under the relevant NAFO process, or

  • (ii) a chartering arrangement that meets the requirements of Article 14 of the NAFO Measures; or

• (c) the participating state is not bound by the quota set out in that Annex allocated for that stock by virtue of Article XII of that Convention.

(3) No fishing vessel referred to in subsection (2) shall fish for fish of a stock for which a quota has been allocated to “Others” more than seven days after the day the Executive Secretary of NAFO notifies the participating state that the quota for that fish stock has been reached.