Placement of scientific observer on registered boat
88 Placement of scientific observer on registered boat
The Minister must give the holder of a fishery authority written notice of the Minister's intention to place a scientific observer on a registered boat used under the fishery authority.
The notice must specify a period (commencing not earlier than the date specified in the notice) during which the registered boat must not be used under the fishery authority except while a scientific observer is aboard the boat.
A registered boat to which the notice relates must not, during the period specified in the notice, be used under a fishery authority unless a scientific observer is aboard the boat at all times while it is being so used.
If subsection (3) is contravened, the registered owner of the boat and the registered master of the boat are each guilty of an offence. Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty: $20 000.
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