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-2011-034

Issuance Date: 

2011-06-09

Species: 

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

Description: 

Closes certain waters of the Brudenell River for fishing for any bivalve molluscs (PEI).

Revocation: 

Revokes: GSN-2011-028
Revoked by: GSN-2019-105

Publication Date: 

2011-06-10 15:43:19 AT

Notice

Fisheries and Oceans, hereby gives notice that the areas listed below in the province of Prince Edward Island are closed for fishing of any bivalve molluscs including bay scallops:

  1. The foreshore and waters of Brudenell River within a line drawn from a point of land on Gordon Point at grid reference 531602E 5116287N, thence southward to grid reference 531563E 5115915N and thence eastward to a point of land on Brudenell Island at grid reference 532441E 5115938N. (Refer to map Montague 11L/2)

  2. Brudenell River west of a line drawn from grid reference 529112E 5116236N to grid reference 529165E 5116034N. (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 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-2011-034 issued on June 10, 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-2011-034 comes into force on June 10, 2011.

Contaminated Fisheries Prohibition Order No. GSN-2011-028 issued on May 26, 2011, is revoked.

G.A. Chouinard
Acting Regional Director General
Gulf Region

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