FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA

NOTICE TO ANGLERS

 

na.20.015

July 30, 2020

 

Salmon Rivers Closing in Zone 4 and 14A

DFO advises anglers that due to extremely high water temperatures and/or low water levels, the following rivers will be restricted to morning angling only effective one hour after sunset on Thursday July 30, 2020.

During this period, angling is permitted from one hour before sunrise to 10:00 am each day, and will be closed to angling from 10:01 am to one hour before sunrise on the following day.

The rivers will reopen as conditions improve. Please refer to page 16 of the 2020 Angler’s Guide for further information on the 2020 environmental protocol.

 

Zone 4

50. Gander River & tributary streams

- Northwest Gander tributary

- Please note that the Main Stem below Gander Lake remains open

 

Zone 14A

164. Castor River, including Southwest Feeder

165. St. Genevieve River, Ten Mile Lake, Round Lake and all their tributaries flowing into 10 Mile Lake and Round Lake

 

For more information please visit the In Season River Status website at https://inter-j01.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/isrs/report or call the Angling Line at 1-800-782-3058.

The Regional Director General, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Regions gives notice that Variation Orders 2020-137, 2020-138, 2020-139, 2020-140 and 2020-141 have been revoked and Variation Orders 2020-153, 2020-154, 2020-155, 2020-156 and 2020-157 come into effect at 1600 hours on July 30, 2020.

 

Contact:

Chelsea O’Driscoll
Tel. (709) 772-4968
E-mail: chelsea.o’driscoll@dfo-mpo.gc.ca