Fishery Notice

Effective immediately until further notice: Due to shellfish product on BC Land 
Registry Aquaculture Tenure # 1407063 exceeding the bacteriological standard 
for E.coli in raw shellfish, the Pacific Region Interdepartmental Shellfish 
Committee has agreed that a closure is warranted.

Harvest of bivalve shellfish is now prohibited until further notice from a 
portion of Deep Bay, Subarea 14-8 which includes BC Land Registry Shellfish 
Aquaculture Tenure # 1407063. 

Emergency Closure Area 14.ss - Aquaculture Lease Land File # 1407063

The waters and intertidal foreshore of BC Land Registry aquaculture tenure # 
1407063, Subarea 14-8, Deep Bay, Baynes Sound, inside a line drawn from a point 
in water at 49°27.75' north latitude and 124°44.77' west longitude, thence 
southeasterly to a point in water at 49°27.59' north latitude and 124°
44.44'west longitude, thence southwesterly 49°27.50 north latitude and 124°
44.53' west longitude, thence northwesterly back to the point of commencement.

January 1 to December 31

Detailed bivalve shellfish closure information and maps are available at our 
website: 

http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/psp

and at local DFO offices.

For more information contact a local DFO office, Elysha Gordon at 250-756-7192

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0083
Sent February 10, 2017 at 0940

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