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Guidelines for the Use of Explosives In or Near Canadian Fisheries Waters

Table 2


Setback distance (m) from centre of detonation of a confined explosive to spawning habitat to achieve 13 mm•sec-1 guideline criteria for all types of substrate
  Weight of Explosive Charge (kg)
0.5 1 5 10 25 50 100
Setback distance
(m)
10.7 15.1 33.7 47.8 75.5 106.7 150.9