Fishing or other activity conducted without or in contravention of a license

(1) Where a person or vessel is engaged in fishing or in any other activity described in this Act for which a license is required, without a license or in contravention of any of its terms and conditions, that person, or in the case of a vessel, the operator, commits an offence and shall be punished in accordance with the Sanction Regulations. (2) No such person shall be permitted to engage in fishing or the relevant activity or if a license has been issued it will be suspended, for a period to be determined in accordance with the Sanction Regulations. (3) Each day of continuing violation under this section shall be considered a separate offence. (4) Where an offence against this Act has been committed by any person on board or employed on a fishing vessel, the master of the fishing vessel shall also be guilty of the same offence and shall be subject to applicable fines and penalties. of a foreign