Basin Head Marine Protected Area Regulations

4 The following activities may be carried out in the Area:

• (a) the following fishing activities, namely,

  • (i) fishing that is carried out in accordance with the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations,

  • (ii) in Zone 2 or 3, any recreational fishing activity that is carried out in accordance with the Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations or the Wildlife Conservation Act of Prince Edward Island, R.S.P.E.I. 1988, c. W-4.1, and

  • (iii) in Zone 2 or 3, any commercial fishing activity that is carried out in accordance with the Atlantic Fishery Regulations 1985,or the Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations;

• (b) in Zone 2, the operation of a motorized vessel south of a rhumb line connecting points at 46°22′56″ N, 62°06′39″ W and 46°22′56″ N and 62°06′34″ W solely for the purpose of transiting that area in order to launch the vessel from, or land it at, a boat launch;

• (c) any of the following activities — for which approval or authorization is not required under the Canadian Navigable Waters Act or the Fisheries Act, as the case may be, or that is carried out in accordance with an approval or authorization required under either of those Acts — namely,

  • (i) in Zone 2, the maintenance, repair or removal of a bridge, wharf or boat launch, and

  • (ii) in Zone 3, the maintenance, repair or removal of a bridge or wharf; and

• (d) any activity that is carried out for the purpose of public safety, national defence, national security or law enforcement or in response to an emergency.