Marine Mammal Regulations

2 (1) In these Regulations,

beluga calf

beluga calf means a beluga that is dark in colour and less than 2 m in length, measured from the point of the upper jaw to the notch between the tail flukes; (veau de béluga)

beneficiary

beneficiary means a person who is a beneficiary under

• (a) the Agreement approved, given effect and declared valid by the Western Arctic (Inuvialuit) Claims Settlement Act,

• (b) the Agreement approved, given effect and declared valid by the James Bay and Northern Quebec Native Claims Settlement Act, or

• (c) the Agreement approved, given effect and declared valid by the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement Act; (bénéficiaire)

blinking reflex test

blinking reflex test[Repealed, SOR/2009-66, s. 1]

blueback

blueback means a hooded seal that has not moulted its blue coat; (jeune à dos bleu)

bowhead calf

bowhead calf means a bowhead whale that is mottled in appearance and less than 7.5 m in length, measured from the point of the upper jaw to the notch between the tail flukes; (veau de baleine boréale)

collector vessel

collector vessel means a vessel greater than 19.8 m in length that is used to collect, transport or process seals or seal parts fished from vessels 19.8 m in length or less; (bateau de récupération)

crushed

crushed, with respect to the cranium of a seal, means that both halves of the cranium have been broken so that neither half presents a solid structure when palpated; (écrasée)

Department

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

licence

licence[Revoked, SOR/93-336, s. 1]

marine mammal

marine mammal[Revoked, SOR/94-52, s. 1]

narwhal calf

narwhal calf means a narwhal that is light in colour and less than 1.8 m in length, measured from the point of the upper jaw to the notch between the tail flukes; (baleineau)

nuisance seal

nuisance seal means a seal that represents a danger

• (a) to fishing equipment despite deterrence efforts, or

• (b) based on a scientific recommendation, to the conservation of anadromous or catadromous fish stocks because it inflicts great damage to them along estuaries and in rivers and lakes during the migration of those species; (phoque nuisible)

palpate

palpate means to examine the right and left halves of the cranium by pressing it by hand from the top; (palpation)

Sealing Area

Sealing Area means a Sealing Area illustrated and enumerated in Schedule III; (zone de pêche du phoque)

strike

strike[Repealed, SOR/2003-103, s. 1]

Subarea

Subarea has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Pacific Fishery Management Area Regulations, 2007; (sous-secteur)

whitecoat

whitecoat means a harp seal that has not begun to moult its white coat. (blanchon)

(2) A reference in these Regulations to a species or group of species of marine mammals 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 whose scientific name is set out in column II of that item.

(3) In these Regulations, all geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) are expressed in the North American Datum 1927 (NAD 27) geodetic reference system.

(4) In these Regulations, the lines connecting points or coordinates are rhumb lines, unless stated otherwise.