CONTAMINATED FISHERIES
PROHIBITION ORDER NO. GSN-2011-020
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 May 18, 2011.
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Serge Thériault
Regional Director General
Gulf Region

* SOR/90-351, 1990 Canada Gazette Part II, p. 2489 CONTAMINATED FISHERIES
PROHIBITION ORDER NO. GSN-2011-020
ORDER PROHIBITING FISHING FOR CONTAMINATED FISH
Short Title
1. This order may be cited as the Contaminated Fisheries
Prohibition Order No. GSN-2011-020.
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-2011-020
SCHEDULE
AREA
The following areas within or adjacent to Queens County, Prince
Edward Island:
Charlottetown Harbour and surrounding waters inside a
line drawn from grid reference 495957E 5114774N to grid
reference 486097E 5111948N then from grid reference
481218E 5114740N to grid reference 481448E 5115393N then
from grid reference 484688E 5116792N to grid reference
485612E 5117506N then to grid reference 485917E 5121961N
to grid reference 486627E 5122142N then from grid
reference 493378E 5122910N to grid reference 494684E
5122148N. (Refer to map Charlottetown 11 L/3).
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:
Charlottetown Harbour and surrounding waters inside a
line drawn from grid reference 495957E 5114774N to grid
reference 486097E 5111948N then from grid reference
481218E 5114740N to grid reference 481448E 5115393N then
from grid reference 484688E 5116792N to grid reference
485612E 5117506N then to grid reference 485917E 5121961N
to grid reference 486627E 5122142N then from grid
reference 493378E 5122910N to grid reference 494684E
5122148N. (Refer to map Charlottetown 11 L/3).
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-
020 issued on May 18, 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-2011-020 comes
into force on May 18, 2011.
Serge Thériault
Regional Director General
Gulf Region