Fishery Notice

Environment and Climate Change Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency 
have advised that the emergency closure in Area 24 which included BC 
Aquaculture Tenure Land File # 1401824, enacted on March 31, 2017 is no longer 
necessary.  Therefore, emergency closure 24.dd for bivalve shellfish, as 
described below, is now revoked.

Emergency Closure Area 24.dd - Aquaculture Lease Land File # 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 [NAD 83].

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 - FN0439
Sent May 15, 2017 at 1435

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