Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993

2 (1) In these Regulations,

Act

Act means the Fisheries Act; (Loi)

Area

Area has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Pacific Fishery Management Area Regulations; (secteur)

bait herring

bait herring means herring taken for use as bait; (hareng-appât)

band

band[Repealed, SOR/93-334, s. 1]

barbless hook

barbless hook[Repealed, SOR/99-296, s. 1]

beam trawl net

beam trawl net means a trawl net the mouth of which is held open by a beam or pole that is held horizontally across the mouth of the net while the net is under tow; (chalut à perche)

bottom trawl

bottom trawl means a trawl net that is towed along the bed of the water; (chalut de fond)

corkline to web distance

corkline to web distance means the shortest distance between the corkline of a gill net and the webbing of the gill net; (distance entre la ralingue et la nappe)

Department

Department means the Department of Fisheries and Oceans; (ministère)

drag seine

drag seine means a net, weighted at the bottom and floated at the top, that is used to enclose an area of water and is then drawn ashore; (senne traînante)

fish landing station

fish landing station means

• (a) a building within the Province or a barge permanently affixed to the shore in the Province that is licensed to be used as a fish buying station or fish processing plant under the Fisheries Act of British Columbia, as amended from time to time, or

• (b) a vessel in respect of which a licence has been issued under subsection 18(4); (poste de débarquement du poisson)

fishwheel

fishwheel means a frame with a wheel to which are attached devices to scoop fish from the water; (filet rotatif)

food herring

food herring means herring taken for human consumption but does not include roe herring or herring spawn on kelp; (hareng de consommation)

gill net

gill net means a net that is used to catch fish by enmeshing them and that does not enclose an area of water; (filet maillant)

herring enclosure

herring enclosure means any type of enclosure used or intended to be used to confine live herring or herring spawn on kelp; (parc à harengs)

hook and line

hook and line includes longline and trolling gear; (hameçon et ligne)

Indian food fishing

Indian food fishing[Repealed, SOR/93-334, s. 1]

Inside Salmon Troll Area

Inside Salmon Troll Area[Repealed, SOR/96-330, s. 1]

longline

longline means a line that has a hook or hooks attached to it and that is anchored to the bed of the water; (palangre)

mesh size

mesh size means the total length of twine measured along two contiguous sides of a single mesh, including the distance across the knot joining those sides but not including any other knots; (maillage)

midwater trawl

midwater trawl means a trawl net other than a bottom trawl; (chalut pélagique)

non-tidal waters

non-tidal waters means the waters of the Province other than tidal waters; (eaux sans marée)

otter trawl net

otter trawl net means a trawl net the mouth of which is held open by boards of wood or metal or both, referred to as otter boards or doors, while the net is under tow; (chalut à panneaux)

Outside Salmon Troll Area

Outside Salmon Troll Area[Repealed, SOR/96-330, s. 1]

owner

owner, in respect of a vessel, means the person or band in whose name the vessel is registered; (propriétaire)

Province

Province means the Province of British Columbia; (province)

Regional Director-General

Regional Director-General means the Regional Director-General of the Department for the Pacific Region; (directeur général régional)

registered

registered means registered with the Department pursuant to section 19; (enregistré)

ring net

ring net means a bag-shaped net that is hung on a frame to which a line is attached; (bolinche)

roe herring

roe herring means

• (a) herring found in or taken from the waters of Subareas 6-1, 6-2, 8-13, 8-14 and 8-15 during the period beginning on May 1 and ending on June 30, and

• (b) herring found in or taken from any waters not referred to in paragraph (a) during the period beginning on February 10 and ending on April 30; (hareng prêt à frayer)

salmon

salmon includes steelhead trout; (saumon)

Salmon Area F

Salmon Area F means the waters of Areas 1 to 11, 101 to 111, 130 and 142; (secteur F du saumon)

Salmon Area G

Salmon Area G means the waters of Subareas 12-5 to 12-16, Areas 20 to 27 and 121 to 127; (secteur G du saumon)

Salmon Area H

Salmon Area H means the waters of Areas 12 to 19, 28 and 29; (secteur H du saumon)

seine

seine includes a purse seine and a drag seine; (senne)

shellfish

shellfish means Mollusca, Echinodermata and Crustacea; (mollusques et crustacés)

Subarea

Subarea has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Pacific Fishery Management Area Regulations; (sous-secteur)

surfline

surfline has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Pacific Fishery Management Area Regulations; (ligne de démarcation)

tidal waters

tidal waters means the waters of the Areas enumerated and described in Schedule II to the Pacific Fishery Management Area Regulations; (eaux à marée)

trap

trap means an enclosure that is designed to capture fish, but does not include a trap net, a trawl net or a purse seine; (casier)

trap net

trap net[Repealed, SOR/99-296, s. 1]

trawl net

trawl net means any bag-type net that is dragged in the water by a vessel for the purpose of catching fish; (chalut)

trip

trip[Repealed, SOR/95-181, s. 1; SOR/99-296, s. 1]

trolling

trolling means fishing with a hook or hooks attached to a line that is towed through the water by or from a vessel; (pêche à la traîne)

validation tab

validation tab means a tab or decal issued with a commercial fishing licence that indicates the year and the fishery for which the licence is valid. (plaquette de validation)

(2) A reference in these Regulations to a species or group of species of fish by its common name as set out in column I of an item of Schedule I shall be construed as a reference to the species or group of species of fish whose scientific name is set out in column II of that item.

(3) All references in these Regulations to measurements of mesh size, depth, length or any other dimension of a net shall be construed as references to measurements taken when the net is wet.