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Fishing Zones of Canada (Zone 6) Order (C.R.C., c. 1549)

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Fishing Zones of Canada (Zone 6) Order

C.R.C., c. 1549

OCEANS ACT

Order Prescribing as a Fishing Zone of Canada Certain Areas of the Sea Adjacent to the Coast of Canada

Short Title

 This Order be cited as the Fishing Zones of Canada (Zone 6) Order.

Interpretation

 In this Order,

C.H.S. Chart

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

geographical coordinates

geographical coordinates means the latitudes and longitudes listed in the schedule. (coordonnées géographiques)

NAD83

NAD83 means the North American Datum 1983 geodetic system. (NAD83)

  • SOR/2009-22, s. 1

Prescription of Fishing Zone

 The area of the sea described in section 4 as “Fishing Zone 6” is hereby prescribed as a fishing zone of Canada.

 Fishing Zone 6 comprises an area of the sea adjacent to the coast of the mainland and islands of the Canadian arctic, bounded on its outer perimeter

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

  • (b) by a line commencing at 72°57′56.050″ N. latitude, 141° W. longitude, and terminating at 86°18′45″ N. latitude, 59°51′57″ W. longitude, every point of which is distant 200 nautical miles from the nearest point of the baseline from which the territorial sea of Canada is measured in the Beaufort Sea, the Arctic Ocean and the Lincoln Sea,

but does not include any area of the internal waters or territorial sea of Canada.

SCHEDULE(ss. 2 and 4)

AREA 1

Beaufort Sea Region

Column IColumn IIColumn III
LatitudeLongitudeCHS Chart
169°38′45″.727N141°00′00″W7601
272°57′56″.050N141°00′00″W7000

Area 2

Davis Strait, Baffin Bay and Nares Strait Region

PART 1

Column IColumn IIColumn III
LatitudeLongitudeGeodetic Datum
166°15′00.0″N62°28′30.0″WNAD83
266°15′00.0″N57°37′50.4″WNAD83
366°18′40.9″N57°37′33.2″WNAD83
466°24′30.0″N57°37′33.6″WNAD83
566°30′16.3″N57°38′02.1″WNAD83
666°36′01.0″N57°38′59.2″WNAD83
766°37′52.6″N57°39′27.1″WNAD83
866°41′42.8″N57°40′20.9″WNAD83
966°49′28.4″N57°42′50.2″WNAD83
1067°21′31.2″N57°52′21.1″WNAD83
1167°27′16.5″N57°54′34.4″WNAD83
1267°28′12.4″N57°55′00.5″WNAD83
1367°29′09.7″N57°56′00.1″WNAD83
1467°30′45.7″N57°57′39.5″WNAD83
1567°35′20.0″N58°02′04.2″WNAD83
1667°39′46.0″N58°06′03.2″WNAD83
1767°44′15.3″N58°09′47.7″WNAD83
1867°56′56.7″N58°19′37.1″WNAD83
1968°01′53.4″N58°23′09.2″WNAD83
2068°04′15.5″N58°24′41.6″WNAD83
2168°06′52.2″N58°26′34.7″WNAD83
2268°07′24.0″N58°26′55.6″WNAD83
2368°16′04.1″N58°33′45.1″WNAD83
2468°21′40.0″N58°38′38.1″WNAD83
2568°25′15.0″N58°42′03.4″WNAD83
2668°32′52.5″N59°01′29.5″WNAD83
2768°34′01.2″N59°04′27.8″WNAD83
2868°37′51.4″N59°14′00.5″WNAD83
2968°38′01.2″N59°14′26.1″WNAD83
3068°56′49.9″N60°02′12.6″WNAD83
3169°00′52.8″N60°08′59.3″WNAD83
3269°06′47.3″N60°18′19.9″WNAD83
3369°10′14.3″N60°23′28.3″WNAD83
3469°12′49.2″N60°27′23.9″WNAD83
3569°29′24.7″N60°51′21.8″WNAD83
3669°49′48.9″N60°57′59.6″WNAD83
3769°55′16.0″N60°59′24.8″WNAD83
3869°55′49.3″N60°59′51.2″WNAD83
3970°01′40.7″N61°04′04.8″WNAD83
4070°07′32.9″N61°07′55.1″WNAD83
4170°08′49.6″N61°08′39.9″WNAD83
4270°13′28.9″N61°10′29.2″WNAD83
4370°33′04.1″N61°17′06.1″WNAD83
4470°35′32.8″N61°20′16.7″WNAD83
4570°48′10.2″N61°37′37.5″WNAD83
4670°51′50.7″N61°42′32.0″WNAD83
4771°12′06.1″N62°08′59.1″WNAD83
4871°18′58.8″N62°17′26.8″WNAD83
4971°25′55.9″N62°25′22.4″WNAD83
5071°29′23.1″N62°28′59.4″WNAD83
5171°31′43.9″N62°31′39.4″WNAD83
5271°32′53.9″N62°33′21.0″WNAD83
5371°44′42.6″N62°49′24.5″WNAD83
5471°47′12.6″N62°52′40.2″WNAD83
5571°52′59.0″N63°03′51.6″WNAD83
5672°01′39.1″N63°20′43.6″WNAD83
5772°06′20.0″N63°30′24.9″WNAD83
5872°10′57.7″N63°40′32.9″WNAD83
5972°24′53.2″N64°13′06.9″WNAD83
6072°30′35.0″N64°26′02.7″WNAD83
6172°36′24.0″N64°38′44.4″WNAD83
6272°43′47.1″N64°54′16.1″WNAD83
6372°45′45.6″N64°58′13.4″WNAD83
6472°47′41.9″N65°00′37.6″WNAD83
6572°50′53.5″N65°07′31.3″WNAD83
6673°18′28.8″N66°07′54.4″WNAD83
6773°25′54.0″N66°24′59.5″WNAD83
6873°31′08.2″N67°15′31.4″WNAD83
6973°36′30.5″N68°05′25.1″WNAD83
7073°37′54.8″N68°12′20.4″WNAD83
7173°41′46.1″N68°29′39.3″WNAD83
7273°46′10.5″N68°48′48.7″WNAD83
7373°46′43.9″N68°51′08.6″WNAD83
7473°52′16.2″N69°10′52.9″WNAD83
7573°57′32.5″N69°31′00.9″WNAD83
7674°02′15.2″N69°50′19.9″WNAD83
7774°02′31.9″N69°51′25.8″WNAD83
7874°06′09.3″N70°06′41.2″WNAD83
7974°07′30.2″N70°12′09.6″WNAD83
8074°10′02.1″N70°23′07.1″WNAD83
8174°12′25.2″N70°33′03.4″WNAD83
8274°24′01.3″N71°25′40.4″WNAD83

PART 2

Column IColumn IIColumn III
LatitudeLongitudeCHS Chart
8374°28′36″N71°45′48″W7010
8474°44′12″N72°53′00″W7010
8574°50′36″N73°02′48″W7010
8675°00′00″N73°16′18″W7010
8776°41′24″N75°00′00″W7071
8877°30′00″N74°46′00″W7071
8978°25′00″N73°46′00″W7071
9078°48′30″N73°00′00″W7071
9179°39′00″N69°20′00″W7071
9280°00′00″N69°00′00″W7071
9380°25′00″N68°20′00″W7072
9480°45′00″N67°07′00″W7072
9580°49′12″N66°29′00″W7072

AREA 3

Nares Strait Lincoln Sea Region

Column IColumn IIColumn III
LatitudeLongitudeCHS Chart
180°49′48″N66°26′18″W7072
280°50′30″N66°16′00″W7072
381°18′12″N64°11′00″W7072
481°52′00″N62°10′00″W7072
582°13′00″N60°00′00″W7072
682°14′58″N59°53′35″W7304
782°16′24″N59°46′48″W7304
882°17′40″N59°39′05″W7304
982°17′55″N59°37′55″W7304
1082°20′23″N59°24′15″W7304
1182°20′35″N59°23′31″W7304
1282°24′16″N59°06′57″W7304
1382°27′42″N58°50′21″W7304
1482°30′41″N58°42′12″W7304
1582°36′09″N58°23′20″W7304
1682°36′23″N58°22′25″W7304
1782°42′06″N58°07′47″W7304
1882°42′24″N58°06′54″W7304
1982°50′02″N57°52′32″W7304
2082°59′33″N57°36′36″W7304
2183°03′43″N57°30′53″W7304
2283°11′07″N57°00′11″W7304
2383°13′41″N56°59′01″W7304
2484°03′24″N56°35′56″W7304
2584°14′27″N56°49′23″W7304
2684°14′45″N56°49′36″W7304
2784°47′36″N57°35′40″W7304
2884°51′55″N57°42′08″W7304
2985°08′17″N58°17′30″W7000
3085°51′08″N58°52′15″W7000
3185°58′37″N59°00′37″W7000
3286°05′32″N59°09′57″W7000
3386°18′45″N59°51′57″W7000
  • SOR/2009-22, s. 2

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