CONTAMINATED FISHERIES 

PROHIBITION ORDER NO. GSN-2011-042 
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-2011-039 issued on June 16, 2011 and issues the annexed 
Order prohibiting fishing for contaminated fish. 
Issued at Moncton, New Brunswick, on June 22, 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-2011-042 
ORDER PROHIBITING FISHING FOR CONTAMINATED FISH 
Short Title
1. This order may be cited as the Contaminated Fisheries 
Prohibition Order No. GSN-2011-042.
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 species of clams, mussels, oysters and 
any other 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-2011-042 
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 
481960E 5115224N to grid reference 482011E 5115566N then 
from grid reference 486741E 5121142N to grid reference 
487596E 5121466N then from grid reference 494402E 
5124676N to grid reference 495063E 5123208N. (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 for any species of clams, mussels, oysters and any other 
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 
481960E 5115224N to grid reference 482011E 5115566N then 
from grid reference 486741E 5121142N to grid reference 
487596E 5121466N then from grid reference 494402E 
5124676N to grid reference 495063E 5123208N. (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-
042 issued on June 22, 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.dfompo.gc.ca/fam-gpa/cp/ord/index-e.php. 
Contaminated Fisheries Prohibition Order No. GSN-2011-042 comes 
into force on June 22, 2011. 
Contaminated Fisheries Prohibition Order No. GSN-2011-039 issued 
on June 16, 2011, is revoked. 
F.R. Breau 
Acting Regional Director General 
Gulf Region

 

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