Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993

41 (1) A fishery officer may designate an area as a herring spawning ground and establish the boundaries of the area and the period of time for which the area is designated as a herring spawning ground.

(2) Where an area is designated as a herring spawning ground under subsection (1), notice of the designation shall be given by the fishery officer to the persons affected or likely to be affected by the designation by one or more of the methods set out in respect of the variation of close times in section 7 of the Fishery (General) Regulations.

(3) No person shall, in an area designated as a herring spawning ground under subsection (1),

• (a) transfer herring from one vessel to another; or

• (b) anchor any fishing vessel or any other vessel used to assist in herring fishing.