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Variation Order GVO-2019-049

Issuance Date: 

2019-06-24

Species: 

Scallop

Description: 

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

Revocation: 

Revokes: GVO-2017-051
Revoked by: GVO-2021-068

Publication Date: 

2019-06-24 16:11:32 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 will be open at 06:00 hrs on July 1st, 2019 until 18:00 hrs on August 21, 2019. Fishing will only be permitted beginning at 06:00 hrs to 18:00 hrs every day, except Sundays when the fishery will be closed, Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT).

Refer to Gulf Region Close Time Variation Order 2019-049 issued on June 24, 2019. 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 2019-049 will come into force on June 24, 2019.

Gulf Region Close Time Variation Order 2017-051 is hereby revoked.

Serge Doucet
Regional Director General
Gulf Region