Quebec Fishery Regulations, 1990 (SOR/90-214)

48 No person who is engaged in commercial fishing under the authority of a licence referred to in item 1, column 1, of Part 2 of Schedule 5 shall catch and retain fish of a species

• (a) in a quantity greater than that which may be taken or transported in respect of that species under the conditions of the licence; and

• (b) that, because of age, sex, stage of development, length or weight, may not be taken or transported under the conditions of the licence.

Identification of Fishing Gear

• 49 (1) No person who engages in commercial fishing under the authority of a licence referred to in item 1, column 1, of Part 2 of Schedule 5 may use a fishing vessel in any tidal waters, or fishing gear in any waters, unless a valid identification plate that was provided with the licence is affixed to the vessel or gear in the manner indicated in the licence.

• (2) The Minister or a Director, as the case may be, shall issue the identification plates referred to in subsection (1), or a commercial fisher’s identification certificate, upon payment of an annual fee of $10 per licence holder.

• (3) For the purposes of subsection (1), an identification plate is valid if it has not been modified in any way.

• (4) For the purposes of section 22, a commercial fisher’s identification certificate is valid only if it has been signed by the licence holder and has not been modified in any way.

• 50 (1) No person who is engaged in commercial fishing under the authority of a licence referred to in item 1, column 1, of Part 2 of Schedule 5 may catch or retain any species of fish referred to in subsection 3(1) in the waters referred to in that subsection during the close time beginning on January 1 and ending on the last day of February.

• (2) The close time referred to in subsection (1) is considered to be a separate close time for every species of fish referred to in subsection 3(1) found in the waters referred to in that subsection.

51 [Repealed, SOR/99-264, s. 27]

52 to 55 [Repealed, SOR/2001-51, s. 19]

Application

56 These Regulations shall apply according to their terms before they are published in the Canada Gazette.