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Aquaculture Management Regulations

made under

Section 64 of the

Fisheries and Coastal Resources Act

S.N.S. 1996, c. 25

O.I.C. 2015-339 (effective October 26, 2015), N.S. Reg. 348/2015

amended to O.I.C. 2019-218 (effective August 13, 2019), N.S. Reg. 118/2019

Table of Contents

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Table of Contents

Citation

Definitions

Administration

Chief Aquatic Animal Health Veterinarian

Release of information to the public

Farm Management Plans

Farm Management Plan and record of amendments

Required content for Farm Management Plan

Minister may require amendments to Farm Management Plan

Adherence to Farm Management Plan

Fish health content

Environmental monitoring content for finfish in marine aquaculture site

Environmental monitoring content for shellfish and plants in marine aquaculture

site

Environmental monitoring content for land-based aquaculture site

Alternative procedures to achieve effective environmental monitoring

Farm operations content

Containment management content

Aquaculture Management Areas

Minister may define aquaculture management area

Agreement among multiple licensees in aquaculture management area

Disease Surveillance and Reporting

Health records for aquaculture sites

Diagnostic testing by approved laboratory

Mandatory reporting of products used for treatments

Mandatory reporting of disease or mortality

Managing Outbreaks of Disease

Outbreak of disease

Authority during outbreak

Minister may make quarantine order

Serving quarantine order

Minister may order slaughter, destruction or disposal

Disease management measures for quarantine area

Testing and sampling restocked fish in quarantine area

Consequences of non-compliance

Environmental Monitoring Management

Requirements for stocking

Updating mitigation plan

Oxic conditions remediation requirements

Containment Management Monitoring

Mandatory notification to Department of breach

Third-party audit of containment management

section required

Report to Minister on third-party audit of containment management

section

Adopted federal containment management procedures

Audits of Farm Management Plans

Appointment of aquaculture management specialist

When audit may be conducted

Powers of auditor

Records, Reports and Release of Information

Records to be kept by aquaculture licence holder

Documents requested by auditor

Reports on records

Aquatic Animal Health Transfer Permit

Obtaining permit

Permit required for transfer

Permit kept and produced on request

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Aquaculture Management Regulations .

Definitions

2 In these regulations,

“biosecurity measures”, in relation to an aquaculture site, means the measures

taken to prevent the entry or escape of disease causing agents;

“breach” means any escaping of fish from an aquaculture site;

“Chief Aquatic Animal Health Veterinarian” means the veterinarian appointed by

the Minister under

Section 3;

“containment management” means the structures in place, and practices carried

out, to contain the fish at an aquaculture site;

“critical control limit” means the level or range of a value measured at a critical

control point at which no remedial action is required;

“critical control point” means a stage in a procedure at which an action could be

taken, if necessary, to prevent, eliminate or reduce a risk;

“disease” means any condition that adversely affects the health of fish;

“fallow period” means a period of time during which aquacultural produce must

not be present and aquaculture must not be carried out at an aquaculture site;

“Farm Management Plan” means the document required by

Section 5 that sets out

how the aquaculture licence holder must address issues such as fish health

management, environmental monitoring, farm operations and containment

management at their aquacultural operation;

“fish” means any finfish or shellfish;

“holding unit” means a cage, tank, pond or other device used to contain, hold or

demarcate groups of fish;

“laboratory” means any of the following:

(

i) a laboratory operated or managed by an aquaculture licence holder,

(ii) a veterinary diagnostic or research laboratory,

(iii) a medical or clinical diagnostic laboratory,

(iv) a medical research laboratory;

“mitigation plan” means a mitigation plan to address poor environmental

performance determined through monitoring, as required by clause 10(1)(

e) or

11(1)(

e) for a marine aquaculture site or by subsection 12(1) for a land-based

aquaculture site;

“oxic conditions”, in relation to sub-aquatic lands, means oxygen availability

indicated directly or indirectly by a verifiable and quantifiable measure;

“quarantine” means the isolation of an aquaculture site and the control or

prohibition of the movement of fish, fish products, food, equipment or any other

thing to or from the site;

“quarantine order” means an order for a quarantine issued by the Minister under

Section 24;

“test”, in relation to an aquatic animal, includes the collection of body tissue or

fluid from the aquatic animal for the purpose of determining whether the animal is

infected with a disease causing agent;

“veterinarian” means a person who is permitted to practise veterinary medicine in

the Province under the Veterinary Medical Act ;

“veterinary administrator” means a veterinarian employed by the Department to

assist in administering these regulations.

Administration

Chief Aquatic Animal Health Veterinarian

(1) The Minister must appoint a person as the chief aquatic animal health veterinarian

to administer parts of these regulations.

(2) In the absence of the Chief Aquatic Animal Health Veterinarian, the Minister may

temporarily delegate the powers and duties of the Chief Aquatic Animal Health

Veterinarian to a veterinary administrator.

(3) The Chief Aquatic Animal Health Veterinarian or a veterinary administrator, in

exercising powers under these regulations, may be accompanied by any person

they consider necessary to enable them to exercise those powers.

Release of information to the public

4 The Minister may establish policies for the routine release to the public of aquaculture

related information held by the Department, including policies for any of the following:

(

a) the type of information to be released;

(

b) the manner in which information is released;

(

c) the timing of the release of information.

Farm Management Plans

Farm Management Plan and record of amendments

(1) An aquaculture licence holder must prepare a Farm Management Plan in

accordance with these regulations.

(1A) Before the initial stocking of their aquaculture site, an aquaculture licence holder

must notify the Minister that they have prepared their Farm Management Plan, and

make it available for review and approval by the Minister.

(2) An aquaculture licence holder must keep a record of any amendments to their

Farm Management Plan, to be provided as required as part of an audit under

Section 38.

Required content for Farm Management Plan

(1) A Farm Management Plan must include any information required by the Minister,

including sections for all of the following:

(

a) fish health management, in accordance with

Section 9;

(

b) environmental monitoring, in accordance with Sections 10 to 13;

(

c) farm operations, in accordance with

Section 14;

(

d) containment management, in accordance with

Section 15, for holders of

aquaculture licences for finfish in marine aquaculture sites.

(2) Each procedure contained in a Farm Management Plan must include any of the

following that apply with respect to that procedure:

(

a) critical control points;

(

b) critical control limits;

(

c) details about how the procedure is to be monitored;

(

d) details about corrective actions to be taken.

(3) The Minister may establish minimum requirements for the procedures referred to

in subsection (2).

(4) The Minister must publish any minimum requirements established under

subsection (3) on the Department’s website.

Minister may require amendments to Farm Management Plan

7 On reviewing a Farm Management Plan, the Minister may require the Plan to be

amended.

Adherence to Farm Management Plan

8 An aquaculture licence holder must adhere to the procedures contained in their Farm

Management Plan and must keep records that

(

a) verify adherence to the procedures; and

(

b) demonstrate that effective action was taken at critical control points.

Fish health content

(1) The fish health

section of a Farm Management Plan must include any information

and procedures the Minister requires to ensure the effective management of fish

health at an aquacultural operation, including all of the following:

(

a) for a holder of an aquaculture licence for shellfish, shellfish husbandry;

(

b) for a holder of an aquaculture licence for finfish, all of the following:

(

i) finfish husbandry and welfare,

(ii) veterinary care and disease surveillance practices,

(iii) culling and mass stock depopulation practices;

(

c) biosecurity measures;

(

d) general emergency measures, other than culling or mass stock depopulation

practices.

(2) In addition to the procedures required by subsection (1), the fish health

section of a

Farm Management Plan for an aquacultural operation in which trout or salmon is

farmed at a marine aquaculture site must include procedures for managing sea lice.

(3) The holder of an aquaculture licence for finfish in a marine aquaculture site must

prepare an updated fish health

section of their Farm Management Plan for approval

for each production cycle, at a time determined by the Minister.

Environmental monitoring content for finfish in marine aquaculture site

(1) For a holder of an aquaculture licence for finfish in a marine aquaculture site, the

environmental monitoring

section of a Farm Management Plan must include any

information and procedures the Minister requires to ensure the effective

environmental monitoring of the site, including all of the following:

(

a) processes for measuring oxic conditions within the boundaries of the site

and at any other locations determined by the Minister;

(

b) the monitoring

schedule and associated process for reporting results;

(

c) sampling locations for each monitoring event;

(

d) processes for assessing and reporting on the stocking levels associated with

monitoring events;

(

e) a mitigation plan.

(2) Any information resulting from the environmental monitoring procedures required

by subsection (1) must be submitted by the aquaculture licence holder to the

Minister on annual basis, at a time determined by the Minister.

Environmental monitoring content for shellfish and plants in marine aquaculture site

(1) For the holder of an aquaculture licence for shellfish or plants in a marine

aquaculture site, the environmental monitoring

section of a Farm Management

Plan must include any information and procedures the Minister requires to ensure

the effective environmental monitoring of the site, including a mitigation plan.

(2) Any information resulting from the environmental monitoring procedures required

by subsection (1) must be submitted by the aquaculture licence holder to the

Minister, at a time determined by the Minister.

Environmental monitoring content for land-based aquaculture site

(1) The environmental monitoring

section of a Farm Management Plan for a holder of

an aquaculture licence for a land-based aquaculture site must include any

information and procedures the Minister requires to ensure the effective

environmental monitoring of that type of aquacultural operation, including a

mitigation plan.

(2) Any information resulting from the environmental monitoring procedures required

by subsection (1) must be submitted by the aquaculture licence holder to the

Minister periodically, at a time determined by the Minister.

Alternative procedures to achieve effective environmental monitoring

13 If an aquaculture licence holder establishes to the Minister’s satisfaction that not all of

the requirements in these regulations are relevant to their aquacultural operation, or that

different requirements would be more appropriate to achieve effective environmental

monitoring of their aquacultural operation, the Minister may do any of the following:

(

a) waive the requirement for the aquaculture licence holder to provide all of

the information and procedures required by these regulations;

(

b) accept alternative information and procedures proposed by the aquaculture

licence holder.

Farm operations content

14 The farm operation

section of a Farm Management Plan must include any information

the Minister requires to ensure the responsible operation of an aquacultural operation,

including information and procedures that are consistent with industry best practices

relating to all of the following:

(

a) storing and disposing of feed, fuel, lubricants and chemicals;

(

b) removing and disposing of accumulated refuse and decommissioned farm

supplies and equipment;

(

c) retrieving any gear or debris from the aquacultural operation that has broken

loose;

(

d) interactions with wildlife;

(

e) maintaining the site in good order;

(

f) noise.

Containment management content

15 The containment management

section of a Farm Management Plan for a holder of an

aquaculture licence for finfish in a marine aquaculture site must include information and

procedures related to all of the following:

(

a) operating procedures that limit the risk of a breach;

(

b) processes for installing and maintaining infrastructure in place to limit the

risk of a breach;

(

c) responses to breaches;

(

d) areas of potential impact if a breach occurs;

(

e) management of the site if unusual events or severe weather occurs;

(

f) schedules for reporting all of the following:

(

i) initial farm stocking,

(ii) inventory levels during production,

(iii) audits of the containment management system;

(

g) proof of a professional engineer’s approval of the design of the structures in

place for containment management;

(

h) a finfish marking plan.

Aquaculture Management Areas

Minister may define aquaculture management area

16 The Minister may establish an area with multiple aquaculture sites as an aquaculture

management area for the purpose of managing the health of aquatic animals in the area.

Agreement among multiple licensees in aquaculture management area

(1) If the aquaculture sites within an aquaculture management area established under

Section 16 are operated by 2 or more aquaculture licence holders, all the

aquaculture licence holders within the aquaculture management area must agree

among themselves, in writing, to do all of the following:

(

a) share procedures that are required to be carried out under their Fish Health

Management Plans;

(

b) coordinate treatments where applicable;

(

c) coordinate fallow periods;

(

d) create communication protocols concerning all fish health issues of

common concern.

(2) A copy of an agreement required by subsection (1) must be submitted to the

Minister annually at a time determined by the Minister.

(3) If the Minister considers it necessary to better prevent and manage disease, the

Minister may require an amendment to any agreement submitted under subsection

(2).

(4) If the aquaculture licence holders within an aquaculture management area fail to

agree on any of the requirements in subsection (1), the Minister must determine the

requirements and notify the licence holders that they must comply with the

Minister’s direction.

Disease Surveillance and Reporting

Health records for aquaculture sites

(1) An aquaculture licence holder must keep health records for the current stock in

each of the licence holder’s aquaculture sites and must submit the records to the

Minister at the Minister’s request.

(2) The Minister may determine the information that an aquaculture licence holder

must include in the health records required by subsection (1).

Diagnostic testing by approved laboratory

(1) In this Section, “approved laboratory” means a laboratory approved by the Minister

to conduct diagnostic testing on fish for the purpose of disease surveillance.

(2) The Chief Aquatic Animal Health Veterinarian may require an aquaculture licence

holder to collect and submit samples to an approved laboratory for diagnostic

testing.

Mandatory reporting of products used for treatments

20 An aquaculture licence holder must report any use of any of the following at their

aquacultural operation to the Minister in the manner and at the times determined by the

Minister:

(

a) antibiotics;

(

b) products to treat sea lice.

Mandatory reporting of disease or mortality

(1) In this Section,

“mortality event”, in relation to fish in an aquaculture site, means the death of a

number of fish

(

i) within a 24-hour period, equivalent to at least 2% of the current

aquaculture site inventory, or

(ii) within a 5-day period, equivalent to at least 5% of the current

aquaculture site inventory;

“reportable disease” means a disease that the Minister determines must be reported

to the Chief Aquatic Animal Health Veterinarian in accordance with subsection

(4).

(2) The Minister must post a list of all reportable diseases on the Department’s

website.

(3) The reporting requirements in this

Section apply to all of the following persons:

(

a) an aquaculture licence holder;

(

b) a member of the personnel of an aquacultural operation;

(

c) a veterinarian;

(

d) a member of the personnel of a laboratory.

(4) A person listed in subsection (3) must immediately report any of the following to

the Chief Aquatic Animal Health Veterinarian by telephone, followed by a written

report no later than 24 hours after the telephone report:

(

a) knowledge or suspicion that a fish may have a reportable disease;

(

b) a mortality event.

(5) A report under this

Section must include the name and contact information of the

person who is making the report together with all of the following information, if

available, about the aquaculture site and fish that are the subject of the report:

(

a) all of the following information about the aquacultural operation:

(

i) name of the aquaculture licence holder,

(ii) license or lease number,

(iii) location of the site, including the address,

(iv) holding unit number infected or suspected to be infected;

(

b) the species, age and number of fish in the holding unit;

(

c) the presumptive diagnosis;

(

d) clinical signs of disease in the affected fish;

(

e) the mortality rate.

Managing Outbreaks of Disease

Outbreak of disease

22 For the purposes of Sections 23 and 24, an outbreak of disease is the presence of disease

that, in the opinion of the Chief Aquatic Animal Health Veterinarian, requires

extraordinary means for control.

Authority during outbreak

23 If the Chief Aquatic Animal Health Veterinarian suspects or considers a situation to be

an outbreak of disease, the Chief Aquatic Animal Health Veterinarian or veterinary

administrator may

(

a) with respect to each aquaculture site where the disease was reported, do any

of the following:

(

i) take samples of the fish, other organisms or water,

(ii) undertake an epidemiological investigation,

(iii) order the treatment of a group of fish,

(iv) order the vaccination of a group of fish,

(

v) order that no fish be moved to or from the site,

(vi) require the aquaculture licence holder to take enhanced biosecurity

measures;

(

b) for the purpose of inspecting or examining fish to determine whether the

fish are infected with a disease, do any of the following:

(

i) stop and inspect any vehicle, including the vehicle’s load, in which

the Chief Aquatic Animal Health Veterinarian or veterinary

administrator believes fish are being or have been transported,

(ii) inspect each aquaculture site where the fish originated or to which a

disease causing agent may have spread.

Minister may make quarantine order

(1) The Minister may make an order designating any aquaculture site or any other area

where an outbreak of disease is known or suspected as a quarantine area.

(2) A quarantine order may include any conditions or restrictions with respect to the

quarantine area that the Minister considers necessary or advisable in the

circumstances, including biosecurity measures.

Serving quarantine order

25 A quarantine area order must be served on each holder of an aquaculture licence for an

aquaculture site within the quarantine area.

Minister may order slaughter, destruction or disposal

(1) The Minister may order the slaughter, destruction or disposal of any fish in a

quarantine area.

(2) Nothing in these regulations imposes an obligation on the Minister to pay

compensation for any fish slaughtered, destroyed or disposed of under an order

under subsection (1).

Disease management measures for quarantine area

(1) The Chief Aquatic Animal Health Veterinarian may specify disease management

measures required for complying with a quarantine order, including any of the

following:

(

a) controlling the movement of any fish or thing into or out of the quarantine

area;

(

b) slaughtering, destroying or disposing of any fish in the quarantine area, as

ordered under

Section 26;

(

c) operating a disinfection station at the entrance to and exit from any

aquaculture site in the quarantine area;

(

d) disinfecting any thing in the quarantine area;

(

e) eradicating the disease or disease causing agents in the quarantine area;

(

f) establishing a fallow period for the quarantine area;

(

g) preventing the spread of the disease or disease-causing agents out of or into

the quarantine area.

(2) An aquaculture licence holder whose aquaculture site is the subject of a quarantine

order must provide to the Chief Aquatic Animal Health Veterinarian, for approval,

written incident-specific information indicating how they will take any disease

management measures specified under subsection (1).

Testing and sampling restocked fish in quarantine area

(1) The Chief Aquatic Animal Health Veterinarian may require an aquaculture licence

holder whose aquaculture site is subject to a quarantine order to complete specified

testing of newly stocked fish within a specified period of time after the date the site

is restocked.

(2) The Chief Aquatic Animal Health Veterinarian or veterinary administrator may

collect samples of newly stocked fish for testing.

Consequences of non-compliance

(1) If the Minister believes, on reasonable grounds, that a quarantine order, a disease

management requirement under

Section 27 or a requirement for testing under

Section 28 has not been complied with, the Chief Aquatic Animal Health

Veterinarian or veterinary administrator may enter any place in the quarantine area

and take or cause to be taken any steps they consider necessary to accomplish the

following:

(

a) ensure compliance with the order or requirement;

(

b) remedy the consequences of the failure to carry out the order or

requirement.

(2) The Minister may recover any expenses reasonably incurred in taking steps under

subsection (1) from the person who failed to comply with the quarantine order or

the requirement.

Environmental Monitoring Management

Requirements for stocking

(1) In this Section, “baseline assessment” means environmental monitoring procedures

carried out at an aquaculture site to record, for the purpose of future comparison,

the state of environmental conditions that prevail without aquacultural produce at

the site.

(2) Before the initial stocking or restocking of a marine finfish aquaculture site, an

aquaculture licence holder must obtain the Minister’s approval for the proposed

stocking level as being supported by either the baseline assessment of the site or by

environmental monitoring results.

Updating mitigation plan

(1) If poor environmental performance is determined through monitoring, an

aquaculture licence holder must update their mitigation plan to address the poor

environmental performance and submit the updated plan for the Minister’s

approval.

(2) An aquaculture licence holder must implement an updated mitigation plan

approved under subsection (1) within the timeframe determined by the Minister.

Oxic conditions remediation requirements

(1) A holder of an aquaculture licence for finfish in a marine aquaculture site must

conduct their aquacultural operation in a manner that maintains oxic conditions

that indicate that sufficient oxygen is present within the boundaries of their site.

(2) If monitoring results indicate that the oxic conditions referred to in subsection

(1) are not maintained, an aquaculture licence holder must do all of the following:

(

a) conduct follow up (level II) monitoring no later than 35 days after initial

(level

I) monitoring;

(

b) submit the results of the follow up (level II) monitoring conducted under

clause (a), along with an updated mitigation plan, no later than 14 days after

conducting the monitoring, for the Minister's approval.

(3) In addition to the requirements in subsection (2), the aquaculture licence holder

must take any action at the aquaculture site required by the Minister to reduce

environmental impact, including any of the following:

(

a) expediting the harvest program;

(

b) extending a fallow period;

(

c) limiting approved stocking levels;

(

d) adjusting the site layout.

Containment Management Monitoring

Mandatory notification to Department of breach

(1) A holder of an aquaculture licence for finfish in a marine aquaculture site must

conduct their aquacultural operation in a manner that is designed to prevent

breaches.

(2) A holder of an aquaculture licence for finfish in a marine aquaculture site or any

personnel of their aquacultural operation who know or suspect a breach must

immediately notify the Department in the manner determined by the Minister and

in accordance with subsection (3).

(3) A notice required by subsection (2) must include any information the Minister

requires to ensure that the suspected or confirmed breach is remedied, including all

of the following information:

(

a) name and contact information of the individual who is making the report;

(

b) suspected date of the breach;

(

c) all of the following information about the aquacultural operation:

(

i) name of the aquaculture licence holder,

(ii) licence or lease number,

(iii) address of the site,

(iv) holding unit number where the suspected or confirmed breach

occurred;

(

d) species and approximate age, size, and weight of the fish that escaped;

(

e) approximate number of fish in the holding unit where the suspected or

confirmed breach occurred;

(

f) freshwater place of origin of the fish that escaped;

(

g) level of the suspected or confirmed breach;

(

h) suspected or confirmed cause of the breach;

(

i) any mitigation efforts that have been undertaken, are in progress or are

proposed.

Third-party audit of containment management

section required

34 The containment management

section of a Farm Management Plan must be audited at

all of the following times by a third party approved by the Minister:

(

a) before the initial stocking of an aquaculture site;

(b) [repealed]

(

c) no later than 30 days after the date that a breach of more than 50 fish is

reported;

(

d) when 1 or more cultured salmonids are identified in a water body, for all

aquaculture licence holders who have identified the water body in their

containment management

section as being potentially affected by a breach

other than aquaculture licence holders who have an approved marking plan

that verifies the fish are not part of their operation;

(

e) other times, as required by the Minister.

Report to Minister on third-party audit of containment management

section

35 (1) A report on the results of a third-party audit of the containment management

section of a Farm Management Plan must be submitted to the Minister no later

than the following dates:

(

a) for an audit required by clause 34(a), (

b) or (e), 30 days after the date the

audit is completed;

(

b) for an audit required by clause 34(

c) or (d), 15 days after the date that the

audit is completed.

(2) A report required by subsection (1) must include any corrective actions taken in

response to the results of the audit.

Adopted federal containment management procedures

(1) If requirements that are more stringent than the requirements for containment

management in these regulations are established under the laws of Canada, the

Minister may adopt and impose those requirements on aquaculture licence holders.

(2) The Minister must notify all affected aquaculture licence holders before imposing

any requirements under subsection (1).

Audits of Farm Management Plans

Appointment of aquaculture management specialist

37 The Minister may appoint a person as an aquaculture management specialist to audit the

implementation of a Farm Management Plan at an aquacultural operation.

When audit may be conducted

38 An aquaculture management specialist, the Chief Aquatic Animal Health Veterinarian,

or a veterinary administrator may audit an aquacultural operation’s Farm Management

Plan at any time.

Powers of auditor

39 As part of an audit under

Section 38, an auditor may do any of the following:

(

a) enter and inspect any aquaculture site or any other facility or location that

the Farm Management Plan applies to;

(

b) accompany individuals who are collecting or analyzing samples;

(

c) accompany individuals who are inspecting equipment or gear;

(

d) observe and document the procedures used in collecting or analyzing

samples;

(

e) collect samples of any substance for examination and analyses;

(

f) examine or test equipment and materials;

(

g) require production of written and electronic copies of procedures, records or

documents that they believe contain information related to the Farm

Management Plan, and examine and make copies of them.

Records, Reports and Release of Information

Records to be kept by aquaculture licence holder

(1) An aquaculture licence holder must keep all records relating to their Farm

Management Plan at their place of business in the Province, and make them

available, in whole or in part, to the Minister on request.

(2) A record referred to in subsection (1) must be kept for at least 7 years from the

date the record is created or updated.

Reports on records

41 An aquaculture licence holder must submit reports relating to the records required by

these regulations at times determined by the Minister, or on the request of the Minister or

the Minister’s designate.

Documents requested by auditor

41A An aquaculture licence holder must submit any documents related to an audit under

these regulations that are requested by an auditor to the auditor no later than 72 hours

after the auditor’s request.

Aquatic Animal Health Transfer Permit

Obtaining permit

(1) In this

Section and in Sections 43 and 44, “aquatic animal health transfer permit”

means a certificate issued by the Minister that authorizes an aquaculture licence

holder to move fish to an aquaculture site.

(2) An aquaculture licence holder must comply with any conditions set by the Minister

for issuing an aquatic animal health transfer permit.

(3) An aquatic animal health transfer permit must be in the form approved by the

Minister.

Permit required for transfer

43 An aquaculture licence holder must ensure that an aquatic animal health transfer permit

accompanies each group of live fish that is being moved to their aquaculture site.

Permit kept and produced on request

(1) An aquaculture licence holder must keep a copy at their aquacultural operation of

each aquatic animal health transfer permit for fish that have been moved to their

aquaculture site.

(2) An aquaculture licence holder must produce a copy of any aquatic animal health

transfer permit for any specified group of fish in the time and manner specified in a

request by the Chief Aquatic Animal Health Veterinarian or a person designated by

the Minister.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Aquaculture Management Regulations

N.S. Reg.

348/2015

Fisheries and Coastal Resources Act

Note: The

information in these tables does not form part of the regulations and is

compiled by the Office of the Registrar of Regulations for reference only.

Source Law

The current consolidation of the Aquaculture Management Regulations made

under the Fisheries and Coastal Resources Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

348/2015

Oct 26, 2015

date specified

Nov 13, 2015

118/2019

Aug 13, 2019

date specified

Aug 30, 2019

The

following regulations are not yet in force and are not included in the current

consolidation:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for

rules about in force dates of regulations.

Amendments by Provision

ad. = added

am. = amended

fc. = fee change

ra. = reassigned

rep. = repealed

rs . = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

5(1) ...................................................

rs . 118/2019

5(1A) ................................................

ad. 118/2019

9(1)(b) ...............................................

rs . 118/2019

9(1)(d) ...............................................

am. 118/2019

9(3) ...................................................

am. 118/2019

11(1) .................................................

rs . 118/2019

11(2) .................................................

am. 118/2019

15(f) ..................................................

am. 118/2019

15(f)(i) ............................................

am. 118/2019

15(f)(ii) ...........................................

am. 118/2019

15(f)(iii) ..........................................

ad. 118/2019

15(g) .................................................

am. 118/2019

15(h) .................................................

ad. 118/2019

21(1) defn . of “mass

mortality” .......

rep. 118/2019

21(1) defn . of “mortality

event” .......

ad. 118/2019

21(1) defn . of “reportable

disease” ..

am. 118/2019

21(1) defn . of “significant

mortality event” .............................................

rep. 118/2019

21(4)(b) .............................................

am. 118/2019

21(4)(c) .............................................

rep. 118/2019

30(2) .................................................

am. 118/2019

32(2)(a) .............................................

am. 118/2019

34(b) .................................................

rep. 118/2019

34(d) .................................................

am. 118/2019

34(e) .................................................

rs . 118/2019

40(1) .................................................

am. 118/2019

41A ...................................................

ad. 118/2019

42(1) .................................................

am. 118/2019

42(2) .................................................

am. 118/2019

42(3) .................................................

am. 118/2019

43 ......................................................

rs . 118/2019

44(1) .................................................

am. 118/2019

44(2) .................................................

am. 118/2019

Note that changes to headings are not

included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

Note

Effective

date

Repealed and Superseded

N.S.

Regulation

Title

In force

date

Repealed

date

Note: Only

regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in this

table. It may not reflect the entire

history of regulations on this subject matter.