Burley Bay - Nepah Lagoon Rockfish Conservation Area
![Map: Rockfish Conservation Area boundary and proposed changes](images/burley-nepah-eng.jpg)
Description of current Rockfish Conservation Area boundary
Those waters of Subarea 12-41 that lie inside a line that:
begins at | 50°56.056'N | 126°46.500'W | shoreline |
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then to | 50°55.541'N | 126°46.500'W | shoreline |
then westerly following the shoreline to |
50°55.224'N | 126°48.100'W | Hopetown Passage |
then to | 50°55.287'N | 126°48.100'W | Watson Island |
then following the easterly shoreline of Watson Island to |
50°56.858'N | 126°49.332'W | shoreline |
then to | 50°57.417'N | 126°49.407'W | shoreline |
then following the shoreline around Nepah Lagoon to the beginning point.
Proposed boundary change
Extend southwestern portion of the boundary by up to 1 kilometre.
Reason(s) for proposed boundary change
Increase amount of rockfish habitat protected in area.
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