Fishery Notice

The wild commercial Pacific oyster fishery will close effective 23:59 hours May 
31, 2017.  All wild commercial Pacific oyster harvest sites will close, as 
scheduled in the current IFMP.

The following harvest sites (described within the IFMP) will close:

Area 13
Harvest Area: Shark Spit 
Harvest Area: Smelt Bay
Harvest Area: Bird Cove

Area 15
Harvest Area: Myrtle Rocks
Harvest Area: Savary Island
Harvest Area: Hernando Reef
Harvest Area: East Hernando
Harvest Area: West Hernando
Harvest Area: Stag and Dog Bays
Harvest Area: Lloyd Point
Harvest Area:  Mink Island
Harvest Area: Seaford
Harvest Area: Tenedos Bay
Harvest Area: Waddington 

Area 16
Harvest Area: Killam Bay
Harvest Area: Blind Bay 
Harvest Area: Davie Bay 
Harvest Area: Mouat Bay
Harvest Area: St. Vincent Bay

AREA 23
Harvest Area: Pipestem Inlet
Harvest Area: Toquaht

AREA 25
Harvest Area: Hisnit
Harvest Area: Tahsis Inlet
Harvest Area: Mooyah Bay

Variation Order 2017-123 is revoked.


Notes:

The Commercial wild Pacific oyster fishery is tentatively scheduled to re-open 
on September 15, 2017 according to the current IFMP.  Harvesters should check 
official DFO Fishery notices for openings and closures. 

Harvesters are responsible for checking Fishery Notices for the Bivalve 
Shellfish Marine Biotoxin Updates prior to each day's harvesting, as 
recommended by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and issued by DFO. 

For descriptions of Sanitary and Biotoxin closures see the DFO website at
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/contamination/biotox/index-eng.htm  

Harvesters are advised to observe the boundaries of any intertidal tenures. 
Harvesting on tenures is prohibited under this fishery opening unless 
authorized by the tenure holder.

Fishers should consult and read the 2017/18 Pacific Oyster Integrated Fisheries 
Management Plan and the licence condition for this fishery prior to fishing.  A 
copy of the IFMP may be obtained by emailing a request to:  guy.parker@dfo-
mpo.gc.ca

For more information contact a local DFO office or Guy Parker at 250-756-7163.

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0466
Sent May 25, 2017 at 1540

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