Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993

3 (1) Subject to subsection (2), these Regulations apply in respect of the management and control of

• (a) fisheries in Canadian fisheries waters in the Pacific Ocean and the Province;

• (b) fishing for tuna from Canadian fishing vessels in the waters of the Pacific Ocean that are not Canadian fisheries waters; and

• (c) the harvesting of marine plants from Canadian fisheries waters in the Pacific Ocean that are not within the geographical limits of the Province.

(2) These Regulations do not apply in respect of

• (a) sport fishing;

• (b) fishing from a foreign fishing vessel, as defined in section 2 of the Coastal Fisheries Protection Act;

• (c) aquaculture or prescribed activities, as defined in the Pacific Aquaculture Regulations, in

  • (i) the territorial sea of Canada off the coast of British Columbia,

  • (ii) the internal waters of Canada off the coast of British Columbia that are not in that province,

  • (iii) the internal waters of Canada in British Columbia, and

  • (iv) any facility in British Columbia from which fish may escape into Canadian fisheries waters; or

• (d) fishing for marine mammals.

(3) Sections 6, 8 to 10, 13 to 15, 22, 24 and 25, and Parts IV to VII and IX do not apply with respect to fishing and related activities carried out under the authority of a licence issued under the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations.

(4) and (5) [Repealed, SOR/2003-398, s. 1]