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-2004-019

Issuance Date: 

2004-07-07

Species: 

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

Description: 

Closing the waters of Lazy Bay, in the province of Nova Scotia, for fishing of any bivalve molluscs

Revocation: 

Revokes: GSN-2001-021
Revoked by: GSN-2023-097

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 remains closed for fishing for any bivalve molluscs in the Province of Nova Scotia pursuant to Contaminated Fisheries Prohibition Order GSN-2002-15 item 12.

All tidal and foreshore waters of Lazy Bay, inside or southward of a line drawn from grid reference 466325 5071775 to grid reference 467275 5072300. (Refer to map Malagash 11 E/14)

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).

Refer to Contaminated Fisheries Prohibition Order GSN-2004-19 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-2001-021 is hereby revoked.

Contaminated Fisheries Prohibition Order No. GSN-2004-19 will come into force on July 7, 2004.

F. Breau
Acting Regional Director-General
Gulf Region