Coastal Fisheries Protection Act

Marginal note:Powers of protection officer re: fishing vessel of a state that is party to the Agreement, a treaty or an arrangement

16.1 Despite the geographic limitations referred to in section 7, any power conferred on a protection officer by or under this Act may be exercised by the officer

• (a) subject to section 16.2 and to any regulation made under subparagraph 6(e)(iii), in respect of a fishing vessel of a participating state found in an area of the sea designated under subparagraph 6(e)(ii);

• (b) subject to any regulation made under subparagraph 6(f)(iii), in respect of a fishing vessel of a state party to a treaty or an arrangement described in paragraph 6(f) when the vessel is found in an area of the sea designated under subparagraph 6(f)(ii); or

• (c) in respect of a fishing vessel without nationality found in an area of the sea designated under subparagraph 6(e)(ii) or (f)(ii).