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:

FN1112-SANITARY - Emergency Sanitary Closure in West Howe Sound, Subareas 28-1 and 28-3

The Pacific Region Interdepartmental Shellfish Committee recommends an 
emergency shellfish harvesting closure be put into effect immediately as a 
result of an unscheduled release of raw sewage during sewage pump-out 
procedures from the Queen of Surrey to shore facilities at the BC Ferry 
terminal at Langdale.  

The area is described as:  

Emergency Closure 28.aa - West Howe Sound, Subareas 28-1 and 28-3:

The waters and intertidal foreshore within the boundaries of DFO Subareas 28-1 
and 28-3, as described in the Pacific Fishery Management Area Regulations, 2007.
[NAD83]

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 - FN1112
Sent October 20, 2017 at 1536

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