Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Esquiman Channel), Southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern Bradelle Valley), Saguenay Fjord, Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway); the Magdalen Islands (from the eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel)