CONTAMINATED FISHERIES
PROHIBITION ORDER NO. GSN-2011-018
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
*
, hereby revokes the Contaminated Fisheries prohibition
Order No. GSN-2011-011 issued on April 20, 2011 and issues the
annexed Order prohibiting fishing for contaminated fish.
Issued at Moncton, New Brunswick, on May 12, 2011.
__________________
Serge Thériault
Regional Director General
Gulf Region
* SOR/90-351, 1990 Canada Gazette Part II, p. 2489CONTAMINATED FISHERIES
PROHIBITION ORDER NO. GSN-2011-018
ORDER PROHIBITING FISHING FOR CONTAMINATED FISH
Short Title
1. This Order may be cited as the Contaminated Fisheries
Prohibition Order No. GSN-2011-018.

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 any 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-2011-018
SCHEDULE
(Section 2)
AREA
The following areas within or adjacent to Kings County, Prince
Edward Island:
Souris River from a line drawn at grid reference 555513E
5133953N to grid reference 555614E 5133926N to grid
reference 555827E 5134684N upstream to a line drawn at grid
reference 554601E 5136373N to grid reference 554425E
5136375N (Refer to map Souris 11L/8 & 11K/5).
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
is closed for fishing of any bivalve molluscs including bay
scallops:
Souris River from a line drawn at grid reference 555513E
5133953N to grid reference 555614E 5133926N to grid
reference 555827E 5134684N upstream to a line drawn at grid
reference 554601E 5136373N to grid reference 554425E
5136375N (Refer to map Souris 11L/8 & 11K/5).
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-2011-018
issued on May 12, 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/famgpa/cp/ord/index-e.php.
Contaminated Fisheries Prohibition Order No. GSN-2011-018 comes into
force on May 12, 2011 and remains in force unless otherwise revoked.
Contaminated Fisheries Prohibition Order No. GSN-2011-011 is hereby
revoked.
Serge Thériault
Regional Director General
Gulf Region

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