Fishery Notice

Category(s):

ABORIGINAL - General Information
AQUACULTURE - Shellfish
COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Clam - Intertidal
COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Clam - Razor
COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Geoduck and Horseclam
COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Oyster
COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Scallop by Trawl
General Information
RECREATIONAL - Shellfish
Sanitary/Other Contamination Closures

Subject:

FN0421-SANITARY - Area 14 - Emergency Closure for Bivalve Shellfish in a portion of Deep Bay, Baynes Sound Subarea 14-8 which includes BC Land Registry Shellfish Aquaculture Tenure # 1407063 is now revoked.

Environment Canada and Canadian Food Inspection Agency have advised that the 
emergency closure in Area 14 which included BC Aquaculture Tenure Land File # 
1407063, enacted on February 8, 2017 is no longer necessary.  Therefore, 
emergency closure 14.ss for bivalve shellfish, as described below, is now 
revoked.

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.

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

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 - FN0421
Sent May 8, 2017 at 1231

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