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Prohibition Order MSN-2019-398

Issuance Date: 

2019-08-28

Species: 

Bar Clams, Soft Shell Clams, Bay Quahaugs, Razor Clams, Atlantic Surf-Clam, Clams, Mussels, Oysters, Whelk, Northern Moonshell, Bay Scallops, Ocean Quahaug, Stimpson's Surf Clam

Description: 

ORDER PROHIBITING FISHING FOR CONTAMINATED FISH

Revocation: 

Revoked by: REV-MSN-2019-398

Publication Date: 

2019-08-28 15:26:46 AT

Notice

The Regional Director General of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Maritimes Region,

issues Contaminated Fisheries Prohibition Order No.: MSN-2019-398

Closing the following area:

 Place Name: : Bras d'Or Lakes Shoreline Victoria County and Cape Breton Regional Municipality

 All waters of the Bras d'Or Lakes within 3 kms of the foreshore and islands of Victoria County and Cape Breton Regional Municipality, bounded by a line across the Great Bras d'Or Channel from Cape Dauphin at 46.3424 N 60.4154 W to Table Head at 46.3247 N 60.3621 W 

Note: The coordinates are expressed using the datum World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84).

 

 

For further information contact your local Fishery Officer and refer to Contaminated Fisheries

Prohibition Order No.: MSN-2019-398

 

 

Issued at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia on August 28, 2019.

 

 

 

Luke Gaulton

Acting Associate Regional Director General

Maritimes Region

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