Fishery (General) Regulations (SQR./93-53).

The purpose of the present Regulations is to regulate fishing activities and fish habitat in general and the payment of penalty. The Regulations contain at the outset a definition clause relating to various terms employed therein such as "fisher's registration card", "fish landing station", "licence", "licence number", "observer", "registered vessel", "Regulatory Area", "vessel registration card", "vessel registration number", etc. The Act consists of 68 articles divided into 13 Parts as follows: Periods of time and variation of close times, fishing quotas and size and weight limits of fish (I); Documents and registrations (II); Identification of fishing vessels and fishing gear (III); General (IV); Observers (V); Assisting persons engaged in the enforcement or administration of the Act (VI); Fishing for experimental, scientific, educational or public display purposes (VII); Release of live fish into fish habitat and transfer of live fish to a fish rearing facility (VIII); Authorization to alter fish habitat (IX); Removal of obstructions to the passage of fish (X); Penalties and forfeitures proceeds (XI); Ticketable offences (XII); Fishing in waters other than canadian fisheries waters (XIII).