Fishery Notice

Category(s):
AQUACULTURE - Shellfish
Subject:
FN0052-SANITARY - Bivalve Shellfish: Sanitary Closure - Area 14 - Area reopen Section 14.22B


Effective January 18, 2019 the harvest prohibition is lifted for bivalve 
shellfish in Baynes Sound, Section B, within Subarea 14-8, as per the Baynes 
Sound Conditional Management Plan.

The following area is now in open status:

Baynes Sound Conditional Management Plan Section B

The waters and intertidal foreshore of Baynes Sound from a point on land at 
Base Flat located at 49°31.34' north latitude and 124°50.25' west longitude, 
thence seaward northeasterly to a point in water at 49°31.54' north latitude 
and 124°49.71' west longitude, thence southeasterly to a point in water at 49°
30.71' north latitude and 124°47.97' west longitude, thence southwesterly to a 
point on land at Ship Point at 49°30.34' north latitude and 124°48.40' west 
longitude excluding all contamination closures (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 or Elysha Gordon at 250-756-
7192.

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0052
Sent January 18, 2019 at 0948