Arctic Region Variation Order 2021-001

Revoked by: Arctic Region Variation Order 2021-009

The Regional Director General of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada for the Arctic Region, pursuant to paragraph 43(1)(m) of the Fisheries Act and to subsection 6 (1) of the Fishery (General) Regulations, hereby revokes the Arctic Region Variation Order No. 2020-011 issued on October 28, 2020 and makes the annexed Order varying the sport fishing daily catch and possession limits for certain species in certain waters of the Northwest Territories.

Issued at Rankin Inlet, NU, On March 26, 2021.

Gabriel Nirlungnayuq
Regional Director General
Central and Arctic Region

Order varying the quota for Narwhal in the Nunavut Settlement Area

Short title

• 1. This Order may be cited as Arctic Region Variation Order 2021-001.

Variation

• 2. The quota as fixed by section 23 of the Marine Mammal Regulations, and as set out in Column II of an item of the Table in section 23, is hereby varied and no person shall fish for Narwhal after notice has been given by a fishery officer that the annual fishing quota set out in column II of that item has been reached.

Coming into force

• 3. This Order shall come into force on April 1, 2021 and remains in force, unless otherwise varied.