Fishery Notice

Category(s):
COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Clam - Intertidal
Subject:
FN1313-COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Clam - Intertidal - Butter Clams - Area G - Portions of Area 12 - Amendment - Fishery Cancelled


The commercial intertidal butter clam fishery which was planned to open 12:00 
hours January 1, 2018 to 05:00 hours January 7, 2018 (6 tides) in the following 
Subareas 12-16, 12-17, 12-6, 12-26 and that portion of Subarea 12-39 South of a 
line drawn at Sharp Point on Broughton Island at (50° 47.467'N, 126° 36.090' W) 
proceeding westerly down Fife Sound into Nowell Channel intersecting the 
boundary with PFMA 12-7 at (50° 45.006' N, 126° 47.224' W has been cancelled 
due to deviance from the biotoxin sampling program.  

http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/contamination/biotox/index-eng.htm 


FOR MORE INFORMATION:

David Fogtmann
250 339-3799

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1313
Sent December 28, 2017 at 1355