Prince Edward Island Fishermen's Assoc.

CONTAMINATED FISHERIES
PROHIBITION ORDER NO. GSN-2010-034

Please see this attached pdf for the original notice and maps of the affected areas: userfiles/GSN-2010-034 Close conditional portion of Vernon Orwell rivers PEI.pdf

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-2010-029 issued on July 26, 2010, and issues the annexed Order prohibiting fishing for contaminated fish.
Issued at Moncton, New Brunswick, on August 31, 2010.
Serge Thériault
Regional Director General
Gulf Region
* SOR/90-351, 1990 Canada Gazette Part II, p. 2489
CONTAMINATED FISHERIES
PROHIBITION ORDER NO. GSN-2010-034
ORDER PROHIBITING FISHING FOR CONTAMINATED FISH
Short Title
1. This Order may be cited as the Contaminated Fisheries Prohibition Order No. GSN-2010-034.
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 September 1, 2010 and remains in force, unless otherwise revoked.
CONTAMINATED FISHERIES
PROHIBITION ORDER NO. GSN-2010-034
SCHEDULE
AREA
The following areas within or adjacent to Queens County, Prince Edward Island.
1. Waters of Vernon River inside a line drawn from grid reference 508500 5110950 to grid reference 508200 5111000 to grid reference 508650 5111900 to grid reference 509100 5111900. (Refer to map Montague 11L/2).
2. Waters of Orwell River upstream from a line drawn from grid reference 508900 5110750 to grid reference 509300 5110750 and to a line drawn from grid reference 510670 5111300 to grid reference 510650 5110720. (Refer to map Montague 11L/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 1927).
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NOTICE
The Regional Director General for the Gulf Region, Department of Fisheries and Oceans hereby gives notice that the areas listed below are closed for fishing for any bivalve molluscs including bay scallops in the Province of Prince Edward Island.
1. Waters of Vernon River inside a line drawn from grid reference 508500 5110950 to grid reference 508200 5111000 to grid reference 508650 5111900 to grid reference 509100 5111900. (Refer to map Montague 11L/2).
2. Waters of Orwell River upstream from a line drawn from grid reference 508900 5110750 to grid reference 509300 5110750 and to a line drawn from grid reference 510670 5111300 to grid reference 510650 5110720. (Refer to map Montague 11L/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 1927).
Refer to Contaminated Fisheries Prohibition Order GSN-2010-034 issued on August 31, 2010, and 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-2010-034 comes into effect on September 1, 2010.
Contaminated Fisheries Prohibition Order No. GSN-2010-029 is hereby revoked.
Serge Thériault
Regional Director General
Gulf Region