Fishing Zones of Canada (Zones 4 and 5) Order

C.R.C., c. 1548

OCEANS ACT

Fishing Zones of Canada (Zones 4 and 5) Order

ORDER PRESCRIBING AS FISHING ZONES OF CANADA CERTAIN AREAS OF THE SEA ADJACENT TO THE COAST OF CANADA

SHORT TITLE

1. This Order may be cited as the Fishing Zones of Canada (Zones 4 and 5) Order.

INTERPRETATION

2. In this Order,

"C.H.S. Chart" means Canadian Hydrographic Service Chart; (carte S.H.C.)

"Fishing Zone 1", "Fishing Zone 2" and "Fishing Zone 3" means the areas of the sea prescribed as fishing zones in the Fishing Zones of Canada (Zones 1, 2 and 3) Order and described respectively as "Zone 1", "Zone 2" and "Zone 3" in the schedule thereto; (zone de pêche 1, zone de pêche 2 et zone de pêche 3)

"geographical coordinates" means the latitudes and longitudes listed in Schedules I to IV. (coordonnées géographiques)

PRESCRIPTION OF FISHING ZONES

3. The area of the sea described in section 4 as "Fishing Zone 4", and the area of the sea described in section 5 as "Fishing Zone 5", are hereby prescribed as fishing zones of Canada.

4. Fishing Zone 4 comprises an area of the sea adjacent to the Atlantic coast of Canada bounded on its outer perimeter

(a) by geodesic lines joining the points determined by reference to the geographical coordinates listed in Schedule I,

(b) by arcs of circles circumscribed about points determined by reference to the geographical coordinates listed in Schedule II, so that each such arc has a radius of two hundred nautical miles and terminates at the points where it intersects with an immediately adjoining arc or with a geodesic line described in paragraph (a) or, in the case of Area 2 in Schedule I, with the arc defining the outer limit of the 200 nautical mile fishery conservation zone established by the United States of America pursuant to the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of the United States of America dated March 1, 1977,

(c) and, in the case of Area 2 in Schedule I, by the arc defining the outer limit of the 200 nautical mile fishery conservation zone established by the United States of America pursuant to the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of the United States of America dated March 1, 1977 from its point of intersection referred to in paragraph (b) to its point of intersection with a geodesic line described in paragraph (a),

but does not include Fishing Zones 1 and 2 and other areas within the internal waters and territorial sea of Canada, or the waters of the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, delimited by the territorial sea of Canada between the point of Latitude 47°21'54"N, Longitude 56°29'40"W (North American Datum 1927, hereinafter referred to as "NAD27") and the point of Latitude 46°38'46"N, Longitude 55°54'12"W (NAD27), and by the boundary defined in Schedule V. SOR/85-229, s. 1; SOR/93-50, s. 1.

5. Fishing Zone 5 comprises an area of the sea adjacent to the Pacific coast of Canada bounded on its outer perimeter

(a) by geodesic lines joining the points determined by reference to the geographical coordinates listed in Schedule III, and

(b) by arcs of circles circumscribed about points determined by reference to the geographical coordinates listed in Schedule IV, so that each such arc has a radius of 200 nautical miles and terminates at the points where it intersects with an immediately adjoining arc or with a geodesic line described in paragraph (a),

but does not include Fishing Zone 3 and other areas within the internal waters and territorial sea of Canada.

SCHEDULE I
(ss. 2 and 4)

AREA 1
DAVIS STRAIT

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AREA 2
GULF OF MAINE REGION

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SOR/79-107, s. 1; SOR/85-229, s. 2.

SCHEDULE II
(ss. 2 and 4)

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SCHEDULE III
(ss. 2 and 5)

AREA 1
JUAN DE FUCA REGION

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AREA 2
DIXON ENTRANCE REGION

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SCHEDULE IV
(ss. 2 and 5)

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SCHEDULE V
(Section 4)

The boundary between the waters of Fishing Zone 4 and the waters of the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon shall be delimited by the line described below*.

The line shall be defined by geodesic lines that, beginning at sea at the point of Latitude 47°21'54" N, Longitude 56°29'40"W (NAD27), connect the points that have the following coordinates*:

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From point D, the line shall be defined by segments of arcs of circles of 24 nautical miles radius, centred on the nearest points of the baselines of the French islands, which segments intersect at the points that have the following coordinates:

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and thence the line shall continue along the next segment to:

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From point J, the line shall be defined by geodesic lines connecting the points that have the following coordinates:

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From point M, the line shall be the segment of an arc of circle of 200 nautical miles radius, centred on the nearest point of the baseline of the French islands to:

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From point N, the line shall be defined by geodesic lines connecting the points that have the following coordinates:

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From point Q, the line shall be defined by segments of arcs of circles of 12 nautical miles radius, centred on the nearest points of the baselines of the French islands, which intersect at the points that have the following coordinates:

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and thence the line shall continue along the next segment to the point of Latitude 46°38'46"N, Longitude 55°54'12"W (NAD27).

SOR/93-50, s. 2.