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-2004-018
Issuance Date:
2004-07-07
Species:
Bar Clams, Soft Shell Clams, Bay Quahaugs, Razor Clams, Clams, Mussels, Oysters, Bivalve Molluscs, Bay Scallops
Description:
Closing certain waters of Newton River, in the province of Prince Edward Island, for fishing of any bivalve molluscs.
Revocation:
Revokes: GSN-2001-018, GSN-1998-009
Revoked by: GSN-2019-126
Publication Date:
2004-07-07 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 for any bivalve molluscs in the Province of Prince Edward Island.
- Waters of Newtown River inside a line drawn from grid reference 507900 5105700 to grid reference 508750 5106200. (Refer to map Montague 11L/2).
Please take note that the waters of Seal River are still closed under the Contaminated Fisheries Prohibition Order GSN-2002-19.
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).
Contaminated Fisheries Prohibition Orders GSN-2001-18 and GSN-1998-09 are revoked.
Refer to Contaminated Fisheries Prohibition Order GSN-2004-18 issued on July 7, 2004, 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://www.glf.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fi-ip/index-e.html
Contaminated Fisheries Prohibition Order No. GSN-2004-18 will come into force on July 7, 2004.
F. Breau
Acting Regional Director-General
Gulf Region
- Date modified:
- 2022-07-11