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Variation Order GVO-2019-112

Issuance Date: 

2019-12-23

Species: 

Eel

Description: 

Fishing quota for recreational fishing for Eels in the province of Nova Scotia

Revocation: 

N/A

Publication Date: 

2019-12-23 14:57:29 AT

Notice

The Regional Director General for the Gulf Region, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, hereby gives notice that the fishing quota for persons engaged in recreational fishing for eels is set at 5 eels for the following waters of the province of Nova Scotia:

The inland waters of Nova Scotia that flow in the Northumberland Strait and Gulf of St. Lawrence from the Nova Scotia/New Brunswick Border to Cape North, Nova Scotia and the tidal waters of Nova Scotia that border the Northumberland Strait and Gulf of St. Lawrence adjacent to the Province of Nova Scotia from the Nova Scotia and New Brunswick Border to Cape North, Nova Scotia.

Refer to Gulf Region Close time Variation Order 2019-112 issued on December 23, 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.

Serge Doucet
Regional Director General
Gulf Region