Subsea scientific moorings have been deployed in the following positions:46 36.91 N 057 08.92 W at a depth of 40 metres,46 41.10 N 057 14.60 W at a depth of 60 metres,46 41.98 N 057 16.02 W at a depth of 80 metres.Caution.
Scientific subsurface mooring placed at 70 40.865N 126 52.280W, at a depth of 304 metres. The top float of this mooring extends 12 metres above the sea floor. Caution.
Site remediation work is ongoing with the retrieval of equipment from Hebron construction site at Bull Arm. Caution.
The highway bridge at Holyrood Pond, approximate position 46 47.16 N 053 37.75 W, has sustained damage from ice. Some concrete pilings have partially collapsed and could pose a hazard to navigation.Caution.
Two anchor chains are marked with orange buoys in Fortune Bay west of Frenchman's Cove in position 47 11.44N 055 33.08W.Caution.
An unlighted scientific buoy, orange with reflective tape, established in 44 18.239N 063 14.534W. Caution.
Mariners are advised there have been reports of unmarked ropes and buoys left behind from an abandonned aquaculture site located in Pistolet Bay, Milan Arm area.Caution
At 21/1919UTC June 2016, an 8 foot-wide anchor, brown in color, reported abandonned in between the government wharf and the beach in Dublin Bay, NS. The anchor is only visible at low tide and poses a hazard to navigation. Caution.
Shallower waters than advertised have been reported in the harbour entrance to Pinkneys Point. Caution.
A barge 20 feet by 40 feet reported partially submerged in 45 08.652N 066 56.08W. Caution.
A vertical pipe reported extending 50 feet above the ocean floor in 45 33.47N 061 19.03W. Caution.
According to a sounding survey of Fox Dens Gully completed on 30 July, 2015, the presently buoyed gully channel has depths less than 0.7 metres between psn 47 53 06.0N 64 29 46.9W and 47 53 06.3N 64 29 55.3W. Gully conditions are constantly changing. Caution. Depths are below CHS chart datum and horizontal psns are based on NAD83.
Subsurface scientific mooring established at 69 39.2885N 138 55.2708W. Depth 38 metres.
Sub-surface scientific moorings placed at:
70 03.511N 133 42.844W 70 03.513N 133 43.025W
Moorings are 29 metres below surface.
Subsurface mooring established at 70 33.8101N 127 41.5659W in 40 meters of water. Top float extends 3.5 meters above the seafloor.
Cheticamp Harbour - Reduced depths have been observed on the west side of the channel, outside of the channel buoys 46 38.295N 061 00.624W. Caution.
Four scientific moorings placed at:
70 19.930N 133 44.304W, depth of top float 51 metres70 19.937N 133 44.458W, depth of top float 51 metres70 59.248N 133 44.784W, depth of top float 55 metres69 46.479N 137 02.726W, depth of top float 32 metres
A 2007 sounding survey of Ryans Gut navigable channel was conducted by Public Works and Government Services Canada. It was compared with CHS chart 4385 for possible hazards to navigation. The following shallower depths were found:1. Add 0 feet at 44 27 00.4N 63 44 07.5W2. Add 4 feet at 44 26 58.0N 63 43 53.2W3. Add 5 feet at 44 26 56.7N 63 43 39.4W4. Add 2 fathoms 3 feet at 44 26 54.4N 63 43 25.8W5. Add 4 feet at 44 26 56.4N 63 43 19.4W6. Add 4 feet at 44 26 56.8N 63 43 16.6W7. Add 4 feet at 44 26 52.9N 63 43 17.2W8. Add 1 fathom 1 foot at 44 26 49.8N 63 43 13.3WNote that depths are referenced to CHS chart datum and horizontal positions are based on NAD83.
A 2008 Public Works and Government Services Canada sounding survey in Malpeque Bay was compared to CHS chart 4491. The following shallower depth was found:12 feet (3.6 metres) in 46 35 27.20 N 63 50 18.20 WNote that the depth is referenced to CHS chart datum and horizontal position is based on NAD83.
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