Public Notice

Extension of the Breakwater at St-Georges-de-Malbay Harbour - Public Comments Invited

July 25th, 2025 - Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Small Craft Harbours (DFO-SCH) and Transport Canada (TC) intend to determine whether this project is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.

To help inform this determination, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Transport Canada are inviting comments from the public respecting that determination. All comments received will be considered public and may be posted online.

Written comments must be submitted by August 27^th, 2025.

The Proposed Project

The fishing harbour of St-Georges-de-Malbay, owned by Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Small Craft Harbours Branch (SCH), is located in Gaspé area.

Over the years, the fleet has grown in size, and the space within the harbour is no longer sufficient. To temporarily accommodate users, additional pontoons have been installed at the northern end of the harbor. However, protection from storm surge is insufficient, and during adverse wind conditions, vessels are highly exposed to storm surge.

To provide protection from storm surge and adequate mooring capacity, the proposed intervention approach is to extend the existing breakwater by approximately 30 linear meters. Additional pontoons will be added to the breakwater extension.

The project includes the completion of the following works : 

• Partial demolition of the existing breakwater to recover as much armour stone and filter stone as possible before installing the equipment for the breakwater extension;
• Profiling the slopes of the existing structure;
• Extension of the breakwater with stones of various sizes;
• Fabrication and installation of anchor blocks and floating pontoons.