Atlantic lobster fishing area boundary map updated and one seasonal close-time entry repealed

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The consolidated map coordinates for Part V of the Lobster Fishing Areas schedule have been replaced with a fully detailed, point-by-point coordinate table (43 named points with North American Datum of 1927 reference) instead of the previous general map description. Separately, the close-time and minimum-size entry for Lobster Fishing Area 37 has been repealed entirely, meaning that area no longer has a regulated close period or minimum carapace length listed in Schedule XIV. Commercial lobster harvesters and licence holders operating in Atlantic Canada — particularly those whose licences reference Area 37 or the waters covered by Part V — should confirm how these changes affect their permitted fishing windows and area boundaries with Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Who this affects
commercial lobster harvesters · Atlantic fishery licence holders · fishing vessel operators in Atlantic Canada · seafood industry compliance officers