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Variation Order GVO-2020-019

Issuance Date: 

2020-04-16

Species: 

Scallop

Description: 

Quota for fishing recreationally for scallop in Scallop Fishing Areas 21, 22 23 and 24.

Revocation: 

Revokes: GVO-2020-014
Revoked by: GVO-2020-029

Publication Date: 

2020-04-17 12:01:16 AT

Notice

The Regional Director General for the Gulf Region, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, hereby gives notice that the quota for the recreational scallop fishery is now 0 scallops per day in Scallop Fishing Area 23 and 0 scallops per day within one kilometer of the shores of the Province of Prince Edward Island in Scallop Fishing Area 22 and within one kilometer of the shores of the Province of Prince Edward Island in Scallop Fishing Area 24.

The quota for Scallop Fishing Area 21 remains at 50 scallops per day.

Refer to Gulf Region Quota Variation Order 2020-019, issued on April 16, 2020. 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 Quota Variation Order 2020-014 is hereby revoked.

Gulf Region Quota Variation Order 2020-019 will come into force April 16, 2020 and remains in force until May 31, 2020.

Serge Doucet
Regional Director General
Gulf Region