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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Variation Order GVO-2019-084

Issuance Date: 

2019-08-27

Species: 

Snow Crab

Description: 

Close time for fishing for crab in Crab fishing area 19.

Revocation: 

Revokes: GVO-2019-067

Publication Date: 

2019-08-27 15:10:07 AT

Notice

Notfish

Pursuant to the Fishery (General) Regulations, the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations and by the Gulf Region Close Time Variation Order 2019-084, the crab fishery in the Crab Fishing Area 19 will remain open.

The waters known as Sector B, C, E and F remain closed.

The crab fishery in the quadrants known as HE54 will be closed beginning at 17:00 hrs on August 29, 2019, Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT).

Point North Latitude West Longitude
1.     46°50’00”     61°00’00”
2.     46°50’00”     61°10’00”
3.     47°00’00”     61°10’00”
4.     47°00’00”     61°00’00”
5.     46°50’00”     61°00’00”

Refer to Gulf Region Close Time Variation Order 2019-084 issued on August 27, 2019. For further information regarding this Order, please contact your local Fishery Officer. To receive an electronic copy of all future Variation Orders issued by the Gulf Region, please email Orders.glf@dfo-mpo.gc.ca and provide your email address to be placed on our Variation Orders distribution list. 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 2019-084 comes into force on August 27, 2019.

Serge Doucet
Regional Director General
Gulf Region