NOTICES TO MARINERS
PUBLICATION
EASTERN EDITION

Reference chart: 4302

Mariners are advised that, due to extensive maintenance requirements to the causeway swing bridge, the Canso Canal will have a reduced operational season for the next two years. For the 2016 and 2017 navigation seasons, the Canso Canal will operate according to the following schedule:

2016 – April 14 to October 31
2017 – May 15 to December 24

For further information, please contact:

Ovide Boudreau
Officer-in-Charge
Canso Canal
Telephone: (902) 625-1973
Email: Ovide.Boudreau@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

CHARTS	MAIN TITLE	SCALE	PUBLISHED	CAT #	PRICE
New Charts
3978	Bonilla Island to/à Edye Passage	1:80000	01-JUL-2016
New Editions
1514	Carillon à/to Papineauville	1:20000	22-APR-2016	3	18.00
1515	Papineauville à/to Ottawa	1:20000	29-APR-2016	3	18.00
2048	Port Credit	1:5000	29-APR-2016	3	12.00
5070	Satosoak Island to/à Akuliakatak Peninsula	1:25000	29-JAN-2016	1	20.00
6423	Askew Islands to/à Bryan Island Kilometre 1180 / Kilometre 1240	1:50000	15-JAN-2016	4	12.00
7527	Erebus and Terror Bay and/et Radstock Bay	1:50000	29-APR-2016	4	20.00
7710	Lambert Channel and/et Cache Point Channel	1:80000	15-JUL-2016	4	20.00
Charts Permanently Withdrawn
3927	Bonilla Island to/à Edye Passage

NEW PRODUCTS
S-57 ENC NUMBER	CHART TITLE
CA376429	Corbett Island to Ship Harbour Head
CA376616	Garia Bay to/à Burgeo
CA473467	Kangiqlugaapik (Erik Harbour)
CA576184	Pugwash Harbour
CA576617	La Poile
CA576618	Grand Bruit Harbour
Retirées en permanence
CA376429	Corbett Island to Ship Harbour Head

CHARTS	MAIN TITLE
Charts Permanently Withdrawb
RM-1201	Saint-Fulgence à/to Saguenay
RM-1203	Tadoussac à/to Cap Éternité
RM-1223	Chenal du Bic et les approches/and approaches
RM-1226	Mouillages et Installations Portuaires/Anchorages and Harbour Installations - Haute Côte-Nord
RM-1233	Cap aux Oies à/to Sault-au-Cochon
RM-1320	Île du Bic au/to Cap de la Tête au Chien

This is to notify you that a new Ship Safety Bulletin  has recently been posted to the Transport Canada website at: www.tc.gc.ca/ssb-bsn/

To go online to view or download this bulletin, please click on the link below:

SSB#05/2016 – Zika Virus
RDIMS#11827410

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Contact us at: marinesafety-securitemaritime@tc.gc.ca or 1-855-859-3123 (Toll Free).

This is to notify you that a new Ship Safety Bulletin  has recently been posted to the Transport Canada website at: www.tc.gc.ca/ssb-bsn/

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SSB#06/2016 – Guidelines for Moored Attraction Vessels
RDIMS#11827410

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Contact us at: marinesafety-securitemaritime@tc.gc.ca or 1-855-859-3123 (Toll Free).

This is to notify you that a new Ship Safety Bulletin  has recently been posted to the Transport Canada website at: www.tc.gc.ca/ssb-bsn/

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SSB#07/2016 – Interim Measures for Small Marine Diesel Engines
RDIMS#11827410

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Reference Chart: 1317

The following unlit scientific buoys have been discontinued:

Unlit scientific buoy SLA1 (LL 12521) (46° 52’ 03.7’’N 070° 59’ 03.1’’W)
Unlit scientific buoy SLA2 (LL 12522) (46° 51’ 52.2’’N 070° 58’ 59.9’’W)
Unlit scientific buoy SLA3 (LL 12523) (46° 51’ 13.3’’N 070° 58’ 48.0’’W)
Unlit scientific buoy SLA4 (LL 12524) (46° 50’ 58.9’’N 070° 58’ 44.4’’W)
Unlit scientific buoy SLA5 (LL 12525) (46° 50’ 46.7’’N 070° 58’ 40.8’’W)
Unlit scientific buoy ANGE1 (LL 12526) (46° 54’ 43.2’’N 071° 05’ 13.2’’W)
Unlit scientific buoy ANGE2 (LL 12527) (46° 54’ 34.9’’N 071° 05’ 04.9’’W)
Unlit scientific buoy ANGE3 (LL 12528) (46° 54’ 27.0’’N 071° 04’ 54.1’’W)
Unlit scientific buoy ANGE4 (LL 12529) (46° 54’ 16.9’’N 071° 04’ 45.5’’W)

(Q2016-092)

Reference Chart: 1312

The following unlit scientific buoys have been discontinued:

Unlit scientific buoy PSF1 (LL 12530) (46° 16’ 59.2’’N 072° 37’ 24.3’’W)
Unlit scientific buoy PSF2 (LL 12531) (46° 16’ 46.5’’N 072° 37’ 20.7’’W)
Unlit scientific buoy PSF3 (LL 12532) (46° 16’ 37.1’’N 072° 37’ 16.9’’W)
Unlit scientific buoy PSF4 (LL 12533) (46° 16’ 50.8’’N 072° 37’ 42.6’’W)
Unlit scientific buoy PSF5 (LL 12534) (46° 16’ 25.7’’N 072° 37’ 35.7’’W)
Unlit scientific buoy PSF6 (LL 12535) (46° 16’ 25.6’’N 072° 37’ 03.4’’W)

(Q2016-093)

Reference Chart: 1313

The following private unlit buoys have been established:

Buoy prohibited area #5 PRIV, Île Saint Quentin (LL 12793) (46° 21’ 06.8”N 072° 31’ 50.5”W)
Buoy prohibited area #4 PRIV, Île Saint Quentin (LL 12794) (46° 21’ 03.7”N 072° 31’ 48.3”W)
Buoy prohibited area #3 PRIV, Île Saint Quentin (LL 12795) (46° 21’ 01.6”N 072° 31’ 38.9”W)
Buoy prohibited area #2 PRIV, Île Saint Quentin (LL 12796) (46° 21’ 02.0”N 072° 31’ 33.2”W)
Buoy prohibited area #1 PRIV, Île Saint Quentin (LL 12797) (46° 21’ 03.4”N 072° 31’ 27.7”W)

(Q2016-078, 079, 080, 081, 082)

Reference Chart: 1313

The following private light buoys have been established:

Light buoy prohibited area C PRIV, Île Saint Quentin (LL 12800) (46° 21’ 06.0”N 072° 31’ 51.6”W)
Light buoy prohibited area A PRIV, Île Saint Quentin (LL 12802) (46° 21’ 02.2”N 072° 31’ 27.7”W)

(Q2016-086, 088)

Reference Chart: 1234

The following private lights have been established:

The light Club nautique Pointe Rivière du Loup FR (LL 12803) (47° 50’ 48.4’’N 069° 34’ 07.4’’W)
The light Club nautique Pointe Rivière du Loup FR (LL 12804) (47° 50’ 48.7’’N 069° 34’ 08.3’’W)
The light Club nautique Pointe Rivière du Loup FR (LL 12805) (47° 50’ 50.3’’N 069° 34’ 09.8’’W)

(Q2016-089, 090, 091)

Reference Chart: 1350

The following unlit buoys have been established:

The unlit buoy Sorel-Tracy # 4 PRIV (LL 12766) (46° 01’ 43.3’’N 073° 07’ 55.2’’W)
The unlit buoy Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu aval PRIV (LL 12822) (45° 41’ 34.1’’N 073° 11’ 27.2’’W)

(Q2016-026, 123)

Reference Chart: 2274

The Tobermory Public Port Dock Facilities (Old Ferry Dock) permanently closed to navigation due to shallow water conditions, marked by 4 orange warning buoys. Inquiries are to be directed to Transport Canada at 416-952-1027.

(NOTSHIP C624/10)

Reference Chart: 2060

There are 3 partially submerged fixed steel barges, in North end of West Lake (43° 57’ 02.3’’N 077° 20’ 12.8’’W) which have been reported just below the water line.

Barges are marked with cautionary buoys.

(NOTSHIP C1641/14)

Reference Chart: 2085

Rock revetment has been constructed inside the breakwater west of Ontario place. The revetment is 460 metres in length and extends 6 to 8 metres from the north dock wall.

(NOTSHIP C58/15)

Reference Chart: 2274

An uncharted submarine cable of 5 centimetres in diameter has been reported in approx. position (45° 15' 54'’N 081° 40' 12’’W).

(NOTSHIP C2177/15)

Reference Chart: 2235

The light characteristics of Cove Island (LL 805) (U.S. LL 12675) has temporarily changed to flash 1 second, eclipse 9 seconds and night time operation only.

(NOTSHIP C2522/11)

AIS Application-Specific Messages (ASM) and AIS AtoN

Mariners are advised that the Canadian Coast Guard will perform a test of AIS Application-Specific Messages (AIS-ASM) on the Pacific Coast from the Sand Heads meteorological/hydrological station: 49°06’21’’N 123°18’12’’W, and may extend this testing to other stations in the coming months. The test will start at the end of August and consist of broadcasting meteorological/hydrological (MET/HYDRO) data through AIS binary “Message 8”.

Although AIS was originally developed as a means for positive identification and tracking of ships, it includes functionalities to transmit binary messages such as MET/HYDRO information and other types of data. These additional functionalities of AIS may be useful to mariners to assist in onboard voyage planning.

Ships need to be equipped with a proper Class “A” AIS device for the accurate onboard display of AIS message. The IMO mandatory carriage requirement for the Class “A” AIS display ^{Footnote 1}.is the Minimum Keyboard Display (MKD) which displays the binary data in an alphanumeric form. However, as there is no current requirement for the MKD to be capable of decoding all AIS binary messages, the display and use of the ASM information may require additional hardware and/or software^{Footnote 2}.

AIS Aids to Navigation (AtoN)

The International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) defines an AtoN as:

'a device or system external to vessels that is designed and operated to enhance the safe and efficient navigation of vessels and/or vessel traffic’^{Footnote 3}.

The primary purpose of an AIS AtoN Station is to promote and enhance safety and efficiency of navigation by one or more of the following:

• Providing a positive and all-weather means of identification;
• Complementing existing services (e.g. RACONS) from AtoN;
• Transmitting accurate positions of floating AtoN;
• Indicating if a floating AtoN is off position (monitoring the status of an AtoN);
• Marking or delineating tracks, routes, areas, and limits;
• Marking offshore structures;
• Enable timely marking of new hazards (fixed or dynamic) using Virtual AIS AtoN.

The use of AIS within the marine aids to navigation service is accomplished by the broadcasting of the aids to navigation report message “Message 21”.

An AIS AtoN can be implemented in three ways, Real, Synthetic, and Virtual.

1. Physical/real AIS AtoN: : An AIS device which is physically located on the AtoN and transmits “Message 21”.
2. Synthetic AIS AtoN: There are 2 types of Synthetic AIS AtoN – Monitored and Predicted.
   1. Monitored: A “Message 21” is transmitted from a nearby AIS base station. The AtoN physically exists but there is no AIS device on it. A communication link is installed on the AtoN to allow the monitoring of its status.
   2. Predicted : A “Message 21” is transmitted from a nearby AIS base station. The AtoN physically exists but there is neither an AIS device on it nor a communication link. Status and position of the AtoN cannot be monitored.
3. Virtual AIS AtoN: :A “Message 21” is transmitted from a nearby AIS base station for an AtoN that does not physically exist. The “Message 21” will clearly identify this as a virtual AIS AtoN.

  Displays and Symbology

As the AIS information available to mariners will be dependent on their display system, not all transmitted information may be displayed. Mariners are encouraged to install systems that provide AIS overlay on either ECDIS or Radar, or both.

Of those vessels that are AIS equipped the various displays available can range from no display on some Class B units, through to the mandatory Class A MKD, and to a full ECDIS or Radar overlay. In the absence of an ECDIS or Radar overlay, mariners will not be able to fully utilize the AIS AtoN functionality. Also note that there is a variance in the information that can be displayed on ECDIS or Radar equipment by the different AIS manufacturers.

The symbology that may be displayed on nautical charts, display systems and the MKD is summarised below.

Nautical Charts
On nautical charts AIS AtoN are indicated by a magenta circle surrounding the existing AtoN symbol and an adjacent legend stating AIS. The font will be straight for fixed AtoN and italic for floating AtoN.

A physical AIS AtoN provided as an overlay on ECDIS, Radar or other display systems are indicated by a diamond shape with crossed lines at the reported position of the AtoN. A physical AIS AtoN that is off position will use the same symbol but in red. A virtual AIS AtoN is indicated by a dotted line diamond shape with the crossed lines at the reported position.

Physical AIS Aton	Physical AIS AtoN off position	Virtual AIS AtoN

Minimum Keyboard Display
The mandatory MKD is only required to display data in alphanumeric form. Some MKD are units supplemented by a small graphical display. Exact presentation will vary but this layout below would be typical of MKD displays.

Range	Bearing	Name
XX.XX	XXX.X	XXXXXXXXX
Latitude		XXX XX.XXX
Longitude		XXX XX.XXX

Feedback on AIS - ASM
Mariners are requested to provide feedback on the AIS-ASM test bed to their applicable Regional MCTS Office.

Contact information can be found in the publication Radio Aids to Marine Navigation, Part 1.

Reference Chart: 4396

The Canadian Coast Guard proposes to permanently discontinue the following aid to navigation:

Broad Cove Wharf (LL 212) (44° 39’ 55.7’’N 065° 49’ 56.9’’W)

Comments on this action are solicited from mariners and other interested parties.
Comments should be directed to the following within three months from the date of this notice:

Superintendent, Renee Pope
Aids to Navigation,
Canadian Coast Guard,
P.O. Box 5667,
St. John’s, NL,
A1C 5X1
Telephone: (709) 772-2800
Email: renee.pope@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Any objections raised must state the facts on which they are based and should include supporting information on safety, commerce and public benefit.

(F2016-036)

Reference Chart: 4118

The Canadian Coast Guard proposes to permanently discontinue the following aid to navigation:

St. Marys Bay (LL 230.5) (44° 34’ 45.3’’N 065° 56’ 10.9’’W)

Comments on this action are solicited from mariners and other interested parties.
Comments should be directed to the following within three months from the date of this notice:

Superintendent, Renee Pope
Aids to Navigation,
Canadian Coast Guard,
P.O. Box 5667,
St. John’s, NL,
A1C 5X1
Telephone: (709) 772-2800
Email: renee.pope@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Any objections raised must state the facts on which they are based and should include supporting information on safety, commerce and public benefit.

(F2016-038)

Reference Chart: 4302

The Canadian Coast Guard proposes to permanently discontinue the following aid to navigation:

North Canso W. side of N. entrance to Strait of Canso (LL 883.0) (45° 41’ 29.8”N 061° 29’ 18.1”W)

Comments on this action are solicited from mariners and other interested parties.
Comments should be directed to the following within three months from the date of this notice:

Superintendent, Renee Pope
Aids to Navigation,
Canadian Coast Guard,
P.O. Box 5667,
St. John’s, NL,
A1C 5X1
Telephone: (709) 772-2800
Email: renee.pope@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Any objections raised must state the facts on which they are based and should include supporting information on safety, commerce and public benefit.

(G2016-119)

Reference Chart: 4849

The Canadian Coast Guard proposes to permanently discontinue the following aid to navigation:

Squarry Island light (LL 446) (48° 39’ 06.1’’N 053° 07’ 42.6’’W)

Comments on this action are solicited from mariners and other interested parties.
Comments should be directed to the following within three months from the date of this notice:

Superintendent, Renee Pope
Aids to Navigation,
Canadian Coast Guard,
P.O. Box 5667,
St. John’s, NL,
A1C 5X1
Telephone: (709) 772-2800
Email: renee.pope@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Any objections raised must state the facts on which they are based and should include supporting information on safety, commerce and public benefit.

(N2016-046)

Reference: Notice 1205(P)/15 is cancelled (Chart 4211).

(F2016-034)

Reference: Notice 411(P)/15 is cancelled (Chart 4375).

(G2016-117)