Musquash Estuary Marine Protected Area Regulations (SOR/2006-354)

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Musquash Estuary Marine Protected Area Regulations

SOR/2006-354

OCEANS ACT

Registration 2006-12-14

Musquash Estuary Marine Protected Area Regulations

P.C. 2006-1580 2006-12-14

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, pursuant to subsection 35(3) of the Oceans ActFootnote a, hereby makes the annexed Musquash Estuary Marine Protected Area Regulations.

INTERPRETATION

  • 1. (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

    “Area”

    “Area” means the Musquash Estuary Marine Protected Area designated under section 2. (zone)

    “vessel”

    “vessel” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001. (bâtiment)

    “waters”

    “waters” means, in addition to the waters, the seabed and subsoil below the waters to a depth of two metres. (eaux)

  • (2) In these Regulations, all geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) are expressed in the North America Datum 1983 (NAD 83) geodetic reference system.

  • (3) In the schedule, the lines connecting the points are rhumb lines.

  • SOR/2011-39, s. 25.
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DESIGNATION

2. The areas of the sea in the Musquash Estuary comprised of the management zones described below – and depicted in the schedule – are together designated as the Musquash Estuary Marine Protected Area:

  • (a) Zone 1, consisting of waters lying generally northwest of a rhumb line connecting points at 45°11′19.63″ N, 66°15′37.35″ W and 45°11′23.96″ N, 66°15′33.38″ W, that are within an area bounded by the low-water line of the estuary and by

    • (i) the rhumb line to its points of intersection with the low-water line,

    • (ii) the northeasterly limit of Highway 790, where it crosses the southwestern arm of the West Branch Musquash River,

    • (iii) the southeasterly limit of the abandoned Canadian Pacific Railway right-of-way, where it crosses the northeastern arm of the West Branch Musquash River, and

    • (iv) the southerly limit of Route 1, where it crosses the East Branch Musquash River;

  • (b) Zone 2A, consisting of waters that are within an area bounded by the low-water line of the estuary and by the following rhumb lines to their respective points of intersection with the low-water line, namely,

    • (i) a line connecting points at 45°11′19.63″ N, 66°15′37.35″ W and 45°11′23.96″ N, 66°15′33.38″ W, and

    • (ii) a line connecting points at 45°08′47.00″ N, 66°15′11.00″ W and 45°09′08.91″ N, 66°13′55.87″ W;

  • (c) Zone 2B, consisting of waters that are within an area known as Gooseberry Cove and bounded by the low-water line of the cove and by a rhumb line, to its points of intersection with the low-water line, connecting points at 45°08′28.46″ N, 66°15′12.23″ W and 45°08′14.39″ N, 66°15′35.50″ W; and

  • (d) Zone 3, consisting of waters that are within an area bounded by the low-water line of the estuary and by the following rhumb lines to their respective points of intersection with the low-water line, namely,

    • (i) a line connecting points at 45°08′47.00″ N, 66°15′11.00″ W and 45°09′08.91″ N, 66°13′55.87″ W,

    • (ii) a line connecting points at 45°08′28.46″ N, 66°15′12.23″ W and 45°08′14.39″ N, 66°15′35.50″ W, and

    • (iii) a line connecting points at 45°08′14.39″ N, 66°15′35.50″ W and 45°08′35.60″ N, 66°14′16.77″ W.