Atlantic Fishery Regulations, 1985
50 (1) No person shall fish for swordfish in the waters set out in column I of the item of the table to this subsection from a vessel of a vessel class set out in column II during the close time set out in column III of the item.
TABLE
Column I Column II Column III Item Waters Vessel Classes Close Time 1 Subareas 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 C5000 to C5099 Jan. 1 to Jan. 31 (1.1) The close time set out in column III of the table to subsection (1) may be varied under subsection 6(1) of the Fishery (General) Regulations with respect to any of the vessel classes referred to in column II.
(1.2) No person shall fish for swordfish in the waters set out in column I of the item of the table to this subsection with a type of gear set out in a subitem in column II during the close time set out in that subitem in column III of the item.
TABLE
Column I Column II Column III Item Waters Gear Close Time 1 Subareas 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 (a) longline gear
(a) Jan. 1 to Jan. 31
(b) harpoon
(b) Jan. 1 to Jan. 31
(c) trolling gear
(c) Jan. 1 to Jan. 31
(d) any other gear not referred to in subitems (a) to (c)
(d) Jan. 1 to Jan. 31
(2) Subject to subsection (3), no person shall be in possession of any swordfish that is less than 125 cm in length.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply where
(a) the catching of the swordfish that are less than 125 cm in length was incidental to the catching of longer swordfish; and
(b) the number of swordfish less than 125 cm in length that are retained during any one fishing trip does not exceed a fishing quota of 15 per cent of the number of longer swordfish that are retained during that fishing trip.
- SOR/94-292, s. 4
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