Fishery Notice

Effective immediately there is a harvest prohibition for oysters from BC 
Aquaculture Tenure Land File #1401824 in Subarea 24-9, until further notice.  
This includes the transfer of oysters to or from BC Aquaculture Tenure Land 
File #1401824. 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 24.dd Lemmens Inlet, Meares Island (Oysters) - Lease 
#1401824

Closed to the harvest or transfer of oysters to or from the waters and 
intertidal foreshore of BC Land Registry aquaculture tenure #1401824, in 
Subarea 24-9, a part of Lemmens Inlet, Meares Island, inside a line that begins 
at 49°11.37' north latitude and 125°53.47' west longitude, then to 49°11.38' 
north latitude and 125°53.46' west longitude, then to 49°11.39' north latitude 
and 125°53.36' west longitude, then to 49°11.46' north latitude and 125°53.15' 
west longitude, then to 49°11.41' north latitude and 125°53.09' west longitude, 
then to 49°11.33' north latitude and 125°53.32' west longitude, then along the 
shore to the beginning point [Sanitary Closure Map 24.dd] [NAD 83].

Detailed bivalve shellfish closure information and maps are available at our 
website: 
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/contamination/sani/index-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
or at local DFO offices.

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

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0322
Sent April 3, 2017 at 1035

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