Fishery Openings and Closures

Fishery related activities may be subject to closure by Fisheries and Oceans Canada for conservation, safety, contamination, seasonal or other reasons.

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Prohibition Order GSN-2010-019

Issuance Date: 

2010-05-10

Species: 

Soft Shell Clams, Bay Quahaugs, Razor Clams, Clams, Mussels, Oysters, Bivalve Molluscs, Bay Scallops

Description: 

Bivalve Molluscs - Closure of waters near Lennox Island, PEI

Revocation: 

Revoked by: GSN-2020-065

Publication Date: 

2010-05-10 00:00:00 AT

Notice

The Regional Director General for the Gulf Region, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, hereby gives notice that the area listed below is closed for fishing of any bivalve molluscs, including bay scallops:
  • Waters near Lennox Island inside a line drawn from grid reference 435445 5161395 then seaward in an easterly direction to grid reference 435795 5161395 then northward to grid reference 435795 5162000. (Refer to map 11 L/12 Malpeque).
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-2010-019 issued on May 10, 2010, 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:
 
Serge Thériault
Regional Director General
Gulf Region
 

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