April 7, 2011
CONTAMINATED FISHERIES
PROHIBITION ORDER NO. GSN-2011-007
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-
047 issued October 28, 2010, and issues the annexed Order
prohibiting fishing for contaminated fish.
Issued at Moncton, New Brunswick, on April 6, 2011.
_______________
Serge Thériault
Regional Director General
Gulf Region
* SOR/90-351, 1990 Canada Gazette Part II, p. 2489 CONTAMINATED FISHERIES
PROHIBITION ORDER NO. GSN-2011-007
ORDER PROHIBITING FISHING FOR CONTAMINATED FISH
Short Title
1. This order may be cited as the Contaminated Fisheries
Prohibition Order No. GSN-2011-007.
Coming into Force
2. This Order shall come into force on the date of signature
and remains in force unless otherwise revoked. NOTICE
The Regional Director General for the Gulf Region, Department of
Fisheries and Oceans, hereby gives notice that the area listed
below located in the waters of the Province of Prince Edward
Island, is no longer closed to fishing of any bivalve molluscs due
to contamination:
A portion of West river upstream from a line drawn from grid
reference 487580E 5117750N to grid reference 488000E
5117000N and to a line drawn from grid reference 486160E
5116040N to grid reference 485580E 5117510N. (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)
Fishers are reminded that nearby waters are still closed to
fishing due to high levels of bacteria. Fishers are encouraged to
consult their local Fishery Officers concerning the status of the
fishing areas before going fishing.
Refer to Contaminated Fisheries Prohibition Order No. GSN-2011-007
issued on April 6, 2011, and for further information, contact
your local Fishery Officer, 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-2011-007 comes
into force on April 6, 2011 and remains in force unless otherwise
revoked.
Contaminated Fisheries Prohibition Order No. GSN-2010-047 issued
on October 28, 2010, is revoked.
Serge Thériault
Regional Director General
Gulf Region
Telephone: (902) 566-4050
Fax: 902-368-3748
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