The sections of this Act (47) are divided into the following headings: Interpretation (sect. 1); Corporation (sects. 2 and 3); Fish marketing (sects. 4 to 7); Licences (sects. 8 to 18); Officers and guardians (sects. 19 to 28); Records (sects. 29 to 31); Fish health (sects. 32 and 33); Enforcement (sects. 34 to 41); General (sects. 42 and 47). Corporation means the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation established under the Freshwater Fish Marketing Act. The Minister, on behalf of the Government of Alberta, may enter into an agreement with the Government of Canada: (a) providing for the administration of licensing of fisheries within Alberta; (b) providing for the management of fisheries, the use of fish, or other activities involving or affecting fisheries within Alberta; (c) providing for the administration of the Fisheries Act (Canada); (d) providing for any or all aspects of promotion, processing, control and regulation of the marketing of fish within Alberta, etc. (sect. 3). Sections 4 to 7 place restrictions on the trade in fish. No person may buy or sell fish caught under the authority of a licence under this Act or the Fisheries Act (Canada) unless the licence authorizes the holder of the licence to do so. If the Corporation enters into an Agreement with the Minister to serve as a primary purchaser and distributor of fish within Alberta under sction 5: (a) no person shall sell, agree to sell or offer to sell fish caught by a commercial fisherman to any person other than the Corporation or its agent; (b) no person shall purchase or agree to purchase fish caught by a commercial fisherman from any person other than the Corporation or its agent; and (c) no commercial fisherman shall dispose of any fish he catches through any business outlet other than the Corporation or its agent. Sections 9 to 17 deal with the granting of licences to raise fish and for inland fishing. Sections 17 to 28 provide for measures of control and enforcement. Remaining provisions deal with measures for the prevention of spreading of fish diseases, including quarantine (sect. 33), whereas the provisions of the final part of this Act prescribe offences and define regulation making powers of the Lieutenant in Council.
Канада · 1997-01-01