Fishery Notice

Effective immediately there is a harvest prohibition for oysters from BC 
Aquaculture Tenure Land File #1411213 in Subarea 14-15, until further notice. 
This includes the transfer of oysters to or from BC Aquaculture Tenure Land 
File #1411213. Due to potential contamination, the Pacific Region 
Interdepartmental Shellfish Committee agrees a closure is warranted for oysters 
at this land file until further notice. The area is open for direct harvest of 
all other bivalves, subject to being open based on Biotoxin status.

Emergency Closure Area 14.rr - Aquaculture Lease Land File # 1411213 - Oyster.

The waters and intertidal foreshore of BC Aquaculture Tenure Land File 
#1411213, in Subarea 14-15, a part of Henry Bay, Baynes Sound, inside a line 
that begins at 49°35.53' north latitude and 124°50.61' west longitude, then to 
49°35.49' north latitude and 124°50.51' west longitude, then to 49°35.42' north 
latitude and 124°50.49' west longitude, then to 49°35.32' north latitude and 
124°50.50' west longitude, then to 49°35.29' north latitude and 124°50.68' west 
longitude, then due north to 49°35.33' north latitude and 124°50.68' west 
longitude, then to 49°35.41' north latitude and 124°50.59' west longitude, then 
to the beginning point.

Detailed bivalve shellfish closure information and maps are available at our 
website: 
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/contamination/sani-eng.html

Always check Biotoxin status for the species of interest at:
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/contamination/biotox/index-eng.html

and at local DFO offices.

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

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0312
Sent March 31, 2017 at 1103

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