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
Sanitary/Other Contamination Closures
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
Sanitary/Other Contamination Closures
Subject:
FN0492-SANITARY - Seasonal Sanitary Closures for Bivalve Shellfish in Areas 23, 25, and 28.
Seasonal sanitary shellfish closures are in effect from May 31, 2017 to September 30, 2017 in Areas 23, 25, and 28 on the West Coast of Vancouver Island as a result of recommendations from the Pacific Region Interdepartmental Shellfish Committee. Seasonal Closure 23.C, Entrance Inlet: With the exception of Cigarette Cove at the head of Entrance Inlet, which is closed annually under Sanitary Closure Map 23.3, the waters and intertidal foreshore of Entrance Inlet, lying inside a line drawn across the narrows at the entrance, from a point on land on the west side of the entrance at 49° 00.00' north latitude and 125° 17.78' west longitude, to a point on land on the east side of the entrance at 48° 59.98' north latitude and 125° 17.70' west longitude, thence to the narrows at the boundary on Sanitary Closure Map 23.3, at a line drawn across the narrows from a point on land on the west side at 49° 00.33' north latitude and 125° 17.45' west longitude, to a point on land on the east side at 49° 00.33' north latitude and 125° 17.41' west longitude. Seasonal Closure 23.H, Robbers Passage: The waters and intertidal foreshore of Robbers Passage, south of a line drawn from a point of land on Tzartus Island at 48° 53.81' north latitude and 125° 07.00' west longitude due west to a point on land on Fleming Island at 48° 53.81' north latitude and 125° 07.27' west longitude; and north of a line drawn from a point of land on Tzartus Island at 48° 53.64' north latitude and 125° 06.81' west longitude southwesterly to a point of land on Fleming Island at 48° 53.58' north latitude and 125° 06.88' west longitude. Seasonal Closure 25.A, Santa Gertrudis Cove, Nootka Island: The waters and intertidal foreshore of Santa Gertrudis Cove, Nootka Island, inside a line drawn from the point at the southern end of the cove entrance at 49° 36.23' north latitude and 126° 36.85' west longitude to the point on the northern end of the cove entrance at 49° 36.10' north latitude and 126° 36.90' west longitude. Seasonal Closure 28.A, Plumper Cove, Keats Island: The intertidal foreshore of Plumper Cove, Keats Island, lying within a 300 m radius of the Provincial Park wharf. 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 or Elysha Gordon at 250-756- 7192.
Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0492
Sent May 31, 2017 at 1646
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Printed from the Pacific Region web site on July 7, 2024 at 0144
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