Aquaculture Activities Regulations (SOR/2015-177)

Marginal note:Information required before depositing

• 8 (1) In the case of an aquaculture facility located in tidal waters for the cultivation of finfish that commences operations after the day on which these Regulations come into force, the owner or operator of the facility must submit the following information to the Minister at least 300 days before making a first deposit of a deleterious substance in the operation of the facility:

  • (a) the predicted contours of the footprint of the biochemical oxygen demanding matter that will be deposited by the facility, calculated in accordance with the Monitoring Standard;

  • (b) a survey conducted in accordance with the Monitoring Standard that identifies the fish and fish habitat on the seabed that is leased for the operations of the facility and in the water column above the seabed;

  • (c) the bathymetry of the seabed that is leased for the operations of the facility, measured in accordance with the Monitoring Standard; and

  • (d) in the case of a facility located over a soft bottom, the additional information that is specified in the Monitoring Standard concerning the seabed that is leased for the operations of the facility.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (2) Despite subsection (1), if an aquaculture facility commences operations during the 300 days after the day on which these Regulations come into force, the owner or operator of the facility must provide the information referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) to (d) within 30 days after the day on which the operations were commenced.

• Marginal note:Monitoring Standard

  (3) The studies undertaken to obtain the information referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) to (d) must be conducted in accordance with the Monitoring Standard.

• Marginal note:Non-application

  (4) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to an acquaculture facility whose aquaculture licence, if issued or granted, permits a maximum standing biomass of 2.5 t or less or a maximum annual production of 5 t or less.