Licensing, Compliance and Enforcement

Policy & Procedures Manuals

• Aquaculture and Commercial Fisheries Licensing
• Fisheries Inspectors

Aquaculture and Commercial Fisheries

Licensing Policy and Procedures Manual

• Main Manual (excluding appendices) (238kb)

Appendices

1. Fisheries Act
2. Fisheries Act Regulations
3. Aquaculture Regulation
4. Fish Inspection Act
5. Fish Inspection Regulations    
6. Fish Buying Station Licence Application form
7. Samples:
   • Fish Buying Station Licence (187kb) and
   • cover letter (308kb)
   • General Terms for Fish Buying Station Licence
8. Processing / Cold Storage Licence Application form
9. Samples:
   • Processing Licence (211kb),
   • cover letter (94kb)
   • General Terms for Fish or Marine Plant Processing and/or Cold Storage Licence
   • Cultured Finfish Quarterly Report (42 kB)
   • Cultured Shellfish Quarterly Report (58 kB)
10. Fish Vending Licence Application form
11. Samples:
    • Fish Vending Licence (525kb) and
    • cover letter (98kb)
    • General Terms for Fish Vending Licence
12. Fish Broker Licence Application form
13. Samples:
    • Fish Broker Licence (418kb) and
    • cover letter (82kb)
    • General Terms for Fish Broker Licence
14. Application To Harvest Oysters From Vacant Crown Foreshore form and (includes harvest area maps)
15. Samples:
    • Permit To Harvest Oysters From Vacant Crown Foreshore (130kb) and
    • Notice to Potential Oyster Fishery Participants (76kb)
    • General Terms for Wild Oyster Harvesting
16. Licence to Harvest Marine Plant Application form
17. Samples:
    • Licence to Harvest Marine Plant (178kb)
    • General Terms for Marine Plant Harvesting
18. Application for Commercial Finfish Aquaculture Licence (129kb)
19. Template for Commercial Finfish Aquaculture Management Plan
20. Application for Commercial Shellfish Aquaculture Licence (122kb)
21. Template for Commercial Shellfish Aquaculture Management Plan (95kb)
22. Samples:
    • Aquaculture Licence (98kb)
    • General Terms & Conditions of Aquaculture Licences (75kb)
23. Licence Suspension and Cancellation Policy (112kb)
24. Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

Related Links

• Finfish Aquaculture Licensing Policies and Procedures for Application (146kb)

Fisheries Inspectors Policy and Procedures Manual

• Main Manual (excluding appendices) (342kb)

Appendices

Acts & Regulations

• Fisheries Act
• Fisheries Act Regulations
• Aquaculture Regulation
• Fish Inspection Act
• Fish Inspection Regulations
• Form of Oath Regulation
• Offence Act
• Violation Ticket Administration

Inspection Checklists and Compliance Reports

• Salmon Farm Inspection Checklist (12kb)
• Salmon Farm Compliance Report - MAL (80kb)
• Salmon Farm Compliance Report WLAP (72kb)
• Construction Standards for Shore Based Fish Buying Stations (65kb)
• Operation Standards for Shore Based Buying Stations (62kb)
• Construction and Operations Standards for Vehicle Buying Stations (58kb)
• Shellfish Aquaculture Inspection Checklist (107kb)

Service Agreements

• Canada and British Columbia Memorandum of Understanding on Fish Inspection (74kb)
   
• Coordination of Compliance and Enforcement Programs between Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management, and Integrated Land Management Bureau (145kb)

Investigative and Crown Counsel Report Templates

• Incident Tracking Form (75kb)
• Incident Tracking Continuance (53kb)
• Report to Crown Counsel (52kb)
• Report to Crown - Narrative (39kb)
• Report to Crown - Accused Supplement (49kb)
• Report to Crown - Witnesses (47kb)

Miscellaneous

• Salmon Farm Inspection Bio-security Measures (48kb)
• Policy on Uniform Usage and Replacement (184kb)
• Staff Safety Program (797kb)