Traduction de «loi de poisson » (Français → Anglais) :

Paragraphs 11(2) and 11(3) of the FAO Code of Conduct state that international trade in fish and fishery products should not compromise sustainable development of fisheries and should be based on transparent measures as well as on simple and comprehensive laws, regulations and administrative procedures.

Mr. Yvon Godin (Acadie—Bathurst, NDP): Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express the support of the New Democratic Party for Bill C-27, which amends the Coastal Fisheries Protection Act and the Canada Shipping Act in order to implement the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea relating to the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, which straddle the 200-mile zone, and are also known as straddling fish stocks.

According to the Norwegian Raw Fish Act (21), the Norwegian cooperative sales organisations have an exclusive right to take care of all first-hand marketing of fish and shellfish, except farmed fish.

The act provides for a large number of exceptions to the requirement of dual price display, e.g. for petrol stations, small enterprises and farmers selling to end users, for catalogues, for the sale of meat, fish and bread, books and other published products, and for vending machines.

Group No. 1 Mr. Bernier (Bonaventure Gaspé Îles-de-la-Madeleine Pabok), seconded by Mr. Godin (Châteauguay), moved Motion No. 1, That Bill C-27 be amended by adding after line 10 on page 3 the following new clause: ``1.1 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 2: 2.1 The objectives of this Act include the implementation of the Agreement, in accordance with which, in order to conserve and manage straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, coastal States and States fishing on the high seas shall, in giving effect to their duty to cooperate in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982: (a) adopt measures to ensure long-term sustainability of straddling fish stocks and ...[+++]highly migratory fish stocks and promote the objective of their optimum utilization; (b) ensure that such measures are based on the best scientific evidence available and are designed to maintain or restore stocks at levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield, as qualified by relevant environmental and economic factors, including the special requirements of developing States, and taking into account fishing patterns, the interdependence of stocks and any generally recommended international minimum standards, whether subregional, regional or global; (c) apply the precautionary approach in accordance with article 6 of the Agreement; (d) assess the impacts of fishing, other human activities and environmental factors on target stocks and species belonging to the same ecosystem or dependent upon or associated with the target stocks; (e) adopt, where necessary, conservation and management measures for species belonging to the same ecosystem or dependent on or associated with the target stocks, with a view to maintaining or restoring populations of such species above levels at which their reproduction may become seriously threatened; (f) minimize pollution, waste, discards, catch by lost or abandoned gear, catch of non-ta ...

The regional law in question (No 160/88 of 18.5.88 amending law No 3 of 14.2.79) provides for various forms of financial support to: (a) individual fisherman, fishing cooperatives and associations engaged in fishing or aquaculture. The money is to be spent on the building or modernization of boats, and on the construction, expansion or purchase of equipment for the conservation and processing of products, etc.; (b) fishing cooperatives and their consortiums - for the construction of storage facilities, repair of equipment, etc.; (c) cooperatives, farms engaged in aquaculture and public research institutes - for the improvement of fish ...[+++]farming methods.