The attached tables list the licences issued under the coastal fisheries protection regulations allowing foreign vessels into Canadian waters and ports on the west coast of Canada:
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Table I—Foreign vessels licences issued by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, DFO, Pacific region, during the period 1993 to 1997. The licences issued to joint venture processing and transport vessels for participation in the Pacific hake over-the-side fishery were under section 5(1)(a) of the coastal fisheries protection regulations. The licences issued for port privileges were under section 5(1)(a) of the coastal fisheries protection regulations primarily to obtain fuel and supplies. The three licences issued to New Zealand in 1997 were under force majeure.
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Table II—Import landing licences issued to U.S. fishing vessels during the period 1996 to 1998. These licences are issued under section 5(1.5)(a) of the coastal fisheries protection regulations.
DFO Pacific region maintains records only of the licences issued. None of these were revoked. Records of telephone inquiries by agents of non-qualified countries under the coastal fisheries protection regulations are not kept; most of these were on behalf of U.S. fishing vessels seeking entry into Canadian waters for the Pacific hake fishery or to deliver groundfish to Canadian ports; callers were informed that formal requests for entry would be denied.
Table I
Foreign Vessel Licences Issued*
1997
Joint Venture Processing Vessels
Poland 7
Joint Venture Transport Vessels
Poland 3 Russia 4 Latvia 3 Bahamas 1
Port Privileges
Russia 2 Poland 2 New Zealand 3
1996
Joint Venture Processing Vessels
Poland 10
Joint Venture Transport Vessels
Poland 5 Russia 6 Cyprus 1 Ukraine 1
Port Privileges
Russia 1
1995
Joint Venture Processing Vessels
Nil
Joint Venture Transport Vessels
Nil
Port Privileges
Nil
1994
Joint Venture Processing Vessels
Poland 7 Chinese 7
Joint Venture Transport Vessels
Poland 4 Latvia 2 Japanese 1
Port Privileges
Nil
1993
Joint Venture Processing Vessels
Poland 6
Joint Venture Transport Vessels
Poland 4 Japanese 2 Bahamas 1 Russia 2
Port Privileges
Nil
- 1998 statistics not yet available