Aquaculture Activities Regulations (SOR/2015-177)

Marginal note:Annual report

• 16 (1) An annual report must be submitted in a form acceptable to the Minister and contain the following information in respect of the operation of the aquaculture facility during the calendar year:

  • (a) for each deposit of a drug or pest control product during the year,

    • (i) the product name of the drug or pest control product or the common chemical names of its active ingredients,

    • (ii) the purpose of the deposit,

    • (iii) the date, quantity and geographic coordinates of the deposit, and

    • (iv) the record of consideration of alternatives referred to in paragraph 5(c) or 6(c);

  • (b) a description of any measures taken under paragraph 5(b), section 7 and subparagraph 15(1)(b)(ii);

  • (c) in the case of a facility referred to in section 10,

    • (i) the concentrations of free sulfide referred to in subsection 10(1), or

    • (ii) if visual monitoring is required under subsection 10(2), the visual monitoring data collected; and

  • (d) if a fishery officer was notified of fish morbidity or mortality in accordance with subsection 13(1), the information provided to the officer.

• Marginal note:Due date of report

  (2) An annual report must be submitted to the Minister on or before April 1 of the year following the year that is the subject of the report.

• Marginal note:Copy of report to be retained

  (3) An owner or operator of an aquaculture facility must retain a copy of the annual report in the facility for a period of two years after the day on which it is submitted to the Minister.

• Marginal note:Information prior to coming into force

  (4) For greater certainty, an owner or operator of an aquaculture facility is not required to include information in an annual report in respect of any period before the day on which these Regulations come into force.