Atlantic Fishery Regulations, 1985

13 (1) Subject to section 15 and subsection 51.1(2), no person shall use a vessel, and no owner of a vessel shall permit another person to use the vessel, in fishing for any species of fish referred to in these Regulations unless

• (a) a vessel registration card has been issued in respect of the vessel;

• (b) the use of the vessel to fish for that species of fish is authorized by a licence; and

• (c) subject to subsection (2), the person who is using the vessel is named in the licence referred to in paragraph (b).

(2) If a licence is issued authorizing the use of a vessel to fish for a species of fish and an operator is not named in the licence, any registered fisher or any person holding a provincial or territorial fisher’s certificate may operate that vessel to fish for that species.