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Variation Order GVO-2017-051

Issuance Date: 

2017-07-06

Species: 

Scallop

Description: 

Close time for fishing for scallop in Scallop Fishing Area 23.

Revocation: 

Revokes: GVO-2016-074
Revoked by: GVO-2019-049

Publication Date: 

2017-07-06 14:29:24 AT

Notice

The Regional Director General for the Gulf Region, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, hereby gives notice that the season in Scallop Fishing Area 23 will be as follows:

Scallop Fishing Area 23 remains open until 18:00 hrs on August 21, 2017. Fishing will only be permitted beginning at 06:00 hrs to 18:00 hrs every day, except Sundays when the fishery will be closed.

Refer to Gulf Region Close Time Variation Order 2017-051 issued on July 6, 2017. For further information regarding this Order, please contact your local Fishery Officer.  Notices of all active variation and prohibition orders can be viewed on the Web site of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Gulf Region, under Orders Registry, at the following address: http://www.inter.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Gulf/Orders-Registry.

Gulf Region Close Time Variation Order 2017-051 will come into force on July 6, 2017.

Gulf Region Close Time Variation Order 2016-074 is hereby revoked.


Serge Doucet
Regional Director General
Gulf Region