Prince Edward Island Fishermen's Assoc.

CONTAMINATED FISHERIES
PROHIBITION ORDER NO. GSN-2011-013
WHEREAS the Regional Director General of the
Department of Fisheries and Oceans for the Gulf Region has
reason to believe that fish of the species set out in
section 2 of the annexed order, in the area described in the
Schedule to that order, are contaminated;
THEREFORE, the Regional Director General for the
Department of Fisheries and Oceans for the Gulf Region
pursuant to subsection 3(1) of the Management of
Contaminated Fisheries Regulations, made by Order in Council
P.C. 1990-1121 of June 14, 1990
*
, issues the annexed Order
prohibiting fishing for contaminated fish.
Issued at Moncton, New Brunswick, on April 27, 2011.
__________________
F.R. Breau
Acting Regional Director General
Gulf Region

* SOR/90-351, 1990 Canada Gazette Part II, p. 2489 CONTAMINATED FISHERIES
PROHIBITION ORDER NO. GSN-2011-013
ORDER PROHIBITING FISHING FOR CONTAMINATED FISH
Short Title
1. This order may be cited as the Contaminated Fisheries
Prohibition Order No. GSN-2011-013.
Prohibition
2. Subject to subsection 3(2) of the Management of
Contaminated Fisheries Regulations, no person shall, in the
area described in the schedule, fish for bivalve molluscs
including bay scallops.
Coming into Force
3. This Order shall come into force on the date of
signature and remains in force unless otherwise revoked. CONTAMINATED FISHERIES
PROHIBITION ORDER NO. GSN-2011-013
SCHEDULE
AREA
The following areas within or adjacent to Queens County,
Prince Edward Island:
Portion of waters of Northumberland Strait near Cape
Egmont inside a line drawn from grid reference 416460E
5138917N to grid reference 416454E 5138593N to grid
reference 415842E 5138638N to grid reference 415845E
5138966N.(Refer to map Cape Egmont 21-I/8).
Note: When the boundary of an area is expressed in grid
references, those grid references are based on the Universal
Transverse Mercator Grid system set out on the National
Topographic Series Map, Scale 1:50,000 published by the
Department of Energy, Mines and Resources (North American
Datum 1983). NOTICE
The Regional Director General for the Gulf Region,
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, hereby gives notice that
the area listed below in the province of Prince Edward
Island is closed for fishing of any bivalve molluscs
including bay scallops:
Portion of waters of Northumberland Strait near Cape
Egmont inside a line drawn from grid reference 416460E
5138917N to grid reference 416454E 5138593N to grid
reference 415842E 5138638N to grid reference 415845E
5138966N.(Refer to map Cape Egmont 21-I/8).
Note: When the boundary of an area is expressed in grid
references, those grid references are based on the Universal
Transverse Mercator Grid System set out in the National
Topographic Series Map, Scale 1:50,000 published by the
Department of Energy, Mines and Resources (North American
Datum 1983).
Refer to Contaminated Fisheries Prohibition Order No. GSN-
2011-013 issued on April 27, 2011, or contact your local
Fishery Officer for further information or visit the Web
site of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Gulf Region,
under Orders Registry, at the following address:
http://www2.glf.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fam-gpa/cp/ord/index-e.php.
Contaminated Fisheries Prohibition Order No. GSN-2011-013
comes into force on April 27, 2011.
F.R. Breau
Acting Regional Director General
Gulf Region