Marine Activities in the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park Regulations

14 (1) No person shall engage in behaviour in the park that may kill or injure a marine mammal or cause the disturbance of a marine mammal.

(2) Disturbance of a marine mammal includes, but is not limited to, the following activities:

• (a) feeding or touching a marine mammal;

• (b) entering the water with the intention of swimming or otherwise interacting with marine mammals;

• (c) playing whale songs or calls, or making any other noise that may resemble whale songs or calls, under water;

• (d) separating members of a group of marine mammals or going between an adult marine mammal and its calf;

• (e) trapping a cetacean or group of cetaceans between a vessel and the shore or between a vessel and other vessels; and

• (f) any undue interruption, alteration or disruption of the normal behaviour of a marine mammal, in particular its social, swimming, breathing, diving, resting, feeding, nursing or reproductive behaviour.

(3) Subsection (1), in respect of behaviour that may injure or cause the disturbance of marine mammals, does not apply to a person conducting scientific research involving marine mammals under a scientific research permit if the injury or disturbance is necessary for the research.

(4) The operator of a vessel that is involved in an incident in which a marine mammal is killed or injured or that collides with a marine mammal shall report the incident immediately to a park warden or an enforcement officer and provide the following information:

• (a) the name of the operator and contact information that would permit prompt communication;

• (b) the location, date and time of the incident;

• (c) the species involved;

• (d) the circumstances of the incident;

• (e) the condition of the animal before and after the incident, if known;

• (f) the animal’s direction of travel after the incident;

• (g) the weather and sea conditions; and

• (h) any other relevant information.