May 26, 2011
CONTAMINATED FISHERIES
PROHIBITION ORDER NO. GSN-2011-026
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 Contaminated Fisheries Prohibition Order
No. GSN-1993-26 issued on September 2, 1993, and issues the
annexed Order prohibiting fishing for contaminated fish.
Issued at Moncton, New Brunswick, on May 25, 2011.
_________________________
Serge Thériault
Regional Director General
Gulf Region
* SOR/90-351, 1990 Canada Gazette Part II, p. 2489 CONTAMINATED FISHERIES
PROHIBITION ORDER NO. GSN-2011-026
ORDER PROHIBITING FISHING FOR CONTAMINATED FISH
Short Title
1. This order may be cited as the Contaminated Fisheries
Prohibition Order No. GSN-2011-026.
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-2011-026
SCHEDULE
AREA
The following area within or adjacent to Kings County,
Prince Edward Island.
Montague River inside a line drawn from grid reference
530872E 5113764N to grid reference 530953E 5113379N. Refer
to map Montague 11 L/2.
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:
Montague River inside a line drawn from grid reference
530872E 5113764N to grid reference 530953E 5113379N.
Refer to map Montague 11 L/2.
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-
2011-026 issued on May 25, 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-2011-026
comes into force on May 25, 2011.
Contaminated Fisheries Prohibition Order No. GSN-1993-26 is
hereby revoked.
Serge Thériault
Regional Director General
Gulf Region
Telephone: (902) 566-4050
Fax: 902-368-3748
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