NOTICES TO MARINERS
PUBLICATION
EASTERN EDITION

Colour Web Patches are free to the mariner, and given the quality of many printers, should reproduce well. They will be available in real time all around the world.

CHS welcomes your feedback on this service at chsinfo@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

The cumulative chart corrections published in Notices to Mariners can now be accessed at

https://www.notmar.gc.ca/corrections-en.php

CHART EDITIONS

The three terms described below are used to indicate the publication status of Canadian charts.

NEW CHART - "NEWCHT"

The first publication of a Canadian chart embracing an area not previously charted to the scale shown, or embracing an area different from any existing Canadian chart.

NEW EDITION - "NEWEDT"

A new issue of an existing chart containing amendments essential to navigation in addition to those issued in Notices to Mariners and making existing editions obsolete.

REPRINTS

A new issue of the current edition of a chart incorporating no amendments of navigational significance other than those previously promulgated in Notices to Mariners. It may also contain amendments from other sources provided they are not essential to navigation. Previous printings of the current edition remain in force.

The current chart edition dates can be accessed at www.chs-shc.gc.ca/charts-cartes/paper-papier/index-eng.asp

Background

By providing nautical charts to the public, the goal of the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) is to provide services for safe navigation in a fiscally responsible manner. As a result, CHS continues to expand its portfolio of nautical paper charts that are printed using Print On Demand (POD) technology. These charts are easily recognized by their whiter paper and the coloured logo of the Canadian Hydrographic Service. This new technology enables CHS to print charts in a more efficient manner, while enhancing chart content through being able to quickly add new and important information. POD technology provides customers with up-to-date charts without the historical hand-drawn corrections or glued-on patches. Additionally, this technology eliminates out-of-stock situations which arise with the traditional printing and warehousing methods. In the event of a national emergency, CHS can respond to the appropriate authorities with the best available information very quickly.

Care of Your POD Chart

CHS encourages its customers to handle the POD charts more carefully than the traditional lithographic charts. When plotting information on POD charts, use HB pencils and apply limited pressure. Testing has suggested that an Indian gum eraser is more effective than alternatives when used on the product. This eraser is also suitable for charts printed using lithographic processes.

Mariners are advised that ECDIS may not display some isolated shoal depths when operating in "base or standard display" mode. Route planning and monitoring alarms for these shoal depths may not always be activated. To ensure safe navigation and to confirm that a planned route is clear of such dangers, mariners should visually inspect the planned route and any deviations from it using ECDIS configured to display "all data". The automated voyage planning check function should not be solely relied upon.

Since November 14, 2012, the restricted speed area currently in place as per the St. Clair and Detroit River Navigation Safety Regulations between the Detroit River light and Peche Island light is reduced in size by relocatingthe southern point of the restricted speed area from its current location at the Detroit River light to a new location at Bar Point light D33. (This notice refers to the previous one published in November 2012 with number *1103.)

The Canadian Hydrographic Service has been recently informed that there is an error in the following chart catalogue:

Catalogue 2: Pacific Coast/Côte pacifique

Affix patch to Catalogue 2: Pacific Coast/Côte pacifique provided in Section 1 of this monthly edition.

https://www.notmar.gc.ca/publications/monthly-mensuel/images/ed072017-part1-catalogue2-patch.pdf

Reference Chart: 4002

In order to promote navigation safety and protection of the marine environment due to an increased presence of North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, all vessels of 65 feet (19.8m) or longer are instructed to proceed at a speed not exceeding 10.0 knots over the ground in the St. Lawrence River and the Gulf of St. Lawrence between the following coordinates: 47º 10’ N 062º 00’ W; 47º 10’ N 065º 00’ W; 50º 20’ N 065º 00’ W; 50º 20’ N 062º 00’ W.

Failure to comply with this speed restriction could lead to enforcement action under section 7 of the Collision Regulations.

Report all observations of live, dead or injured whales to the Canadian Coast Guard on VHF ch 16 or by calling the Marine Animal Response Society at 1-866-567-6277 or the Réseau québécois d’urgences pour les mammifères marins at 1-877-722-5346. The reporting of live whale sightings using Whale Alert is encouraged as well (http://www.whalealert.org/).

(NOTSHIP M1717/17, Q1189/17)

(This notice is cancelled. Please refer to notice *109/18 of this monthly edition of Notices to Mariners for more information.)

The Canadian Hydrographic Service would like to inform you that there is an error in the edition date of some versions of Chart No. 1, 2016. The correct edition date is March 2016. For all other updates to Chart No. 1, please refer to the following web pages:

English - http://www.charts.gc.ca/publications/chart1-carte1/updates-eng.asp

French - http://www.charts.gc.ca/publications/chart1-carte1/updates-fra.asp

Ship Safety Bulletins (TP 3231) – 2017

Ship Safety Bulletins address safety-related matters pertaining to vessels. Bulletins are available from Transport Canada’s Marine Safety Directorate free of charge and are issued on an "as needed" basis. A complete list of Ship Safety Bulletins is available on Transport Canada’s Website at:

http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/marinesafety/bulletins-menu.htm

If you do not have access to our Website and wish to be included in the Ship Safety Bulletins mailing list, please send your request to the Marine Safety location provided below. We ask your cooperation in distributing copies of this listing to your colleagues, to ship owners and/or maritime companies to let them know of the existence of these Bulletins.

If this is the first time you are receiving the Bulletin, your name is probably not on Transport Canada’s mailing list. Should you wish to be included, please send your request to the Marine Safety location provided below.

How to Stay Up-to-Date on Newly Published Bulletins

To receive Ship Safety Bulletins electronically, select the following Internet address and follow the instructions on how to sign up for e-Bulletin or RSS feed services. E-Bulletin sends a notice to your e-mail address inbox, whereas RSS feed sends a notice to your Internet browser when a new SSB becomes available on our website at http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/marinesafety/bulletins-menu.htm

As of December 31, 2017, the following Ship Safety Bulletins have been issued:

Transport Publications (TPs) New and/or Updated – 2017

Copies of these publications may be obtained from:

Transport Canada

Marine Safety Directorate (AMSIA)

Place de Ville, Tower “C”

330 Sparks Street, 9th floor

Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N5

Website:Ship Safety Bulletins

http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/marinesafety/bulletins-menu.htm

Transport Publications

http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/marinesafety/tp-menu-515.htm

If you have questions, or require hardcopies of Ship Safety Bulletins or Transport Publications, contact Transport Canada Marine Safety Directorate by:

E-mail: marinesafety-securitemaritime@tc.gc.ca

Phone: 613-991-3135

Toll Free (Marine): 1-866-995-9737

Teletypewriter (TTY): 1-888-675-6863

Fax: 613-990-1879

The Annual Edition of Notices to Mariners 2018 will be available on the Notices to Mariners website (https://www.notmar.gc.ca/annual-annuel-en.php) on February 2^nd, 2018.

Paper copies of this publication are no longer sold. This printable online version is kept up-to-date.

Amendments to this publication are advertised in Section 1 of the monthly editions of Notices to Mariners (https://www.notmar.gc.ca/monthly-mensuel-en.php).

The 2018 edition has been revised up to December 31^st, 2017 and supersedes the 2017 edition.

The new edition of the Annual Summary of Temporary and Preliminary Notices - 2018 is now available on the Notices to Mariners website at http://notmar.gc.ca/temp-pre-annuel-en.php.

The Canadian Hydrographic Service has moved patch downloads from http://www.chs-shc.gc.ca/patches/ to ftp://ftp.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/patches/. The PDF versions of the monthly editions of Notices to Mariners prior to July 2017 are published with the previous location to download patches, while the HTML versions have the updated hyperlinks to the new location. These changes have also been applied to the “Search Chart Corrections” service on the Notices to Mariners website (https://www.notmar.gc.ca/corrections-en.php).

The Canadian Hydrographic Service of the Quebec Region identified information missing in the 2018 Canadian Tide and Current Tables Volume 3 - St. Lawrence River and Saguenay Fjord, page 67.

Replace the part of Table 3 with the patch provided in Section 1 of this monthly edition.

https://www.notmar.gc.ca/publications/monthly-mensuel/images/ed012018-part1-tidal-information-vol3-p67-patch.pdf

Reference Chart: 4002

The mandatory speed reduction zone in the St. Lawrence River and the Gulf of St. Lawrence between the coordinates: 47º 10’ N 062º 00’ W; 47º 10’ N 065º 00’ W; 50º 20’ N 065º 00’ W; 50º 20’ N 062º 00’ W. for all vessels of 19.8m (65 feet) or longer has been cancelled.

Mariners are requested to continue to report all observations of entangled, dead or injured whales to the Canadian Coast Guard on VHF CH 16 or to the Marine Animal Response Society at 1-866-567-6277 for the Southern part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, to the Whale Release at 1-709-895-3003 for Newfoundland and Labrador, and to Marine Mammal Emergencies at 1-877-722-5346 for the Quebec sector. Sightings of live, free swimming whales should be reported to 902-440-8611 or email: xmarwhalesightings@dfo-mpo.gc.ca.

(NOTSHIP M129/18, Q0035/18)

IN EFFECT JANUARY 26^th, 2018

(REVISED AND PROMULGATED QUARTERLY)

Reference Chart: 2085

15 temporary buoys with reflective tape marking a construction zone will be installed in the Toronto Inner Harbour after December 15, 2017 and remain in place until June 30, 2018.

Buoys will be placed in the following positions:

43° 38’ 39.87”N 079° 21’ 27.61”W

43° 38’ 40.34”N 079° 21’ 28.14”W

43° 38’ 40.51”N 079° 21’ 28.95”W

43° 38’ 40.58”N 079° 21’ 29.82”W

43° 38’ 41.03”N 079° 21’ 30.45”W

43° 38’ 41.66”N 079° 21’ 30.63”W

43° 38’ 42.29”N 079° 21’ 30.46”W

43° 38’ 42.87”N 079° 21’ 30.05”W

43° 38’ 43.30”N 079° 21’ 29.40”W

43° 38’ 43.49”N 079° 21’ 28.56”W

43° 38’ 43.62”N 079° 21’ 27.68”W

43° 38’ 43.68”N 079° 21’ 26.80”W

43° 38’ 43.54”N 079° 21’ 25.93”W

43° 38’ 43.55”N 079° 21’ 25.05”W

43° 38’ 43.83”N 079° 21’ 24.27”W

All vessels are required to stay out of the construction zone and follow direction from the Toronto Police Service Marine Unit.

(NOTSHIP C3029/17)

Reference Chart: 6242

Red River - Three navigational lights on the Harry Lazarenko bridge reported extinguished.

(NOTSHIP C2009/17)

Reference Chart: 6267

Catfish Creek range 2 rear light (LL 1597.7) reported extinguished.

(NOTSHIP C2670/17)

Reference: Notice 303(T)/16 is cancelled (Chart 4302).

Reference: Notice 610(T)/16 is cancelled (Chart 4049).

Please refer to the patches published on April 14, 2017 for charts 8011 and 8012.