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-2005-146

Issuance Date: 

2005-06-23

Species: 

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

Description: 

Closure of Sturgeon River, Kings County, Prince-Edward-Island.

Revocation: 

Revokes: GSN-2005-143
Revoked by: GSN-2019-114

Publication Date: 

2005-06-23 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 is closed for fishing for any bivalve molluscs.

The waters of Sturgeon River inside a line drawn from grid reference 535100 5107800 to grid reference 536085 5107645. (Refer to map Montague 11L/2).

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 in 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 No. GSN-2005-146 issued on June 23, 2005, or 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-2005-143, issued on June 14, 2005, is revoked.

Contaminated Fisheries Prohibition Order No. GSN-2005-146 will come into force on June 23, 2005.

J.B. Jones
Regional Director-General
Gulf Region

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