Employment Insurance (Fishing) Regulations

13 (1) Where a fisher is claiming benefits under the Employment Insurance Regulations, the following provisions apply:

• (a) earnings from employment as a fisher shall be converted

  • (i) to hours of insurable employment as a fisher by dividing those earnings in the qualifying period by the minimum wage, or

  • (ii) to weeks of insurable employment as a fisher by dividing those earnings in the qualifying period by the product of the minimum wage multiplied by 35; and

• (b) if the date of delivery of a catch falls within the rate calculation period referred to in section 14 of the Act and used for determining benefits other than those for fishers, the earnings of the fisher from employment as a fisher, as determined in accordance with subsections 5(2) and (3), shall be allocated equally to each day of the fishing trip, and earnings for any day falling outside the rate calculation period shall not be included in the calculation of the benefit rate.

(2) A week of insurable employment as a fisher, as determined by using the calculation set out in paragraph (1)(a), is a week of insurable employment for the purposes of subsection 7(4) of the Act but not for any other provision of section 7 of the Act.

(3) The calculation set out in paragraph (1)(a) shall be used when it is necessary, for the purposes of the Act or any regulations made under the Act, to convert earnings to hours or weeks.