Coastal Fisheries Protection Act

Marginal note:Offences

• 17 (1) Every person is guilty of an offence who

  • (a) being master or in command of a fishing vessel,

    • (i) enters Canadian fisheries waters contrary to this Act, or

    • (ii) without legal excuse, the proof of which lies on that person, fails to bring to when required to do so by any protection officer or on signal of a government vessel;

  • (b) being aboard a fishing vessel, refuses to answer any questions on oath put to that person by a protection officer;

  • (c) after signal by a government vessel to bring to, throws overboard or staves or destroys any part of the vessel’s cargo, outfit or equipment; or

  • (d) resists or wilfully obstructs any protection officer in the execution of the officer’s duty.

• Marginal note:Meaning of government vessel and protection officer

  (2) In subsection (1), government vessel also includes a vessel that belongs to or is in the service of, and protection officer also includes an enforcement official of,

  • (a) a state party to the Fish Stocks Agreement if the vessel or official, as the case may be, is acting in the performance of their duties in relation to the Fish Stocks Agreement; or

  • (b) a state that is party to a treaty or arrangement described in paragraph 6(f) if the vessel or official, as the case may be, is acting in the performance of their duties in relation to the treaty or arrangement.