Atlantic Fishery Regulations, 1985

56 (1) No person shall fish with or have on board a vessel a crab trap unless a valid tag issued by the Minister is securely attached to the frame of the trap in the manner for which the tag was designed and in such a manner that the tag is readily visible when the trap is not in the water.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a tag is valid only for the year indicated thereon and is valid only if it bears a tag number set out in a licence authorizing the use of that vessel in fishing for crab.

(3) No person shall fish with a crab trap that has attached to it a tag where the tag has been tampered with or where the tag number is illegible.

(4) No person shall have on board a vessel a crab trap that has attached to it a tag referred to in subsection (1) where the tag has been tampered with or where the tag number is illegible.