Fishery Notice

The commercial intertidal butter clam fishery opens 14:00 hours November 12 to 
06:00 hours November 19, 2019 (7 tides) in the following Areas:

Subareas 12-6, 12-22, 12-23, 12-26  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).

Variation Order #2019-621 will be in effect.


Note: During colder weather re-bury undersized clams immediately after sorting.

Subareas are described in the Pacific Fishery Management Area Regulations.

Permanent closed areas include:
Health Bay; Fly and Insect Islands; Monday Anchorage; Blunden Passage; Betty 
Cove; the intertidal foreshore of Village Island between Warren Bluff and the 
Western entrance to Canoe Pass.

All eligible fishers must have their 2019 Fishers Registration Card and their 
2019 commercial clam licence and meet the conditions of that licence. 

This includes:
Wear a high visibility vest with licence number marked on it. 
All containers holding clams shall be marked or tagged with the following 
information:
Licence number, Harvest date, Licence holder's name, beach or location where 
harvesting occurred and the Pacific Fisheries Management Subarea. Tags shall be 
waterproof and information shall be written in water resistant ink. No 
container of clams shall remain untagged during transport to market sale or a 
wet storage location in preparation for market sale.

Harvesters are advised to confirm the buyers have a market for all butter clams 
harvested before participating in this opening. Only harvesters with a 
commercial clam licence and a Fisher's Registration Card are authorized to 
participate in this fishery.

Littleneck clam fishing opportunities will remain closed at this time due to 
apparent low densities. Comments from fish harvesters on the abundance and 
strength of Native Littleneck stocks observed in the area are requested.

Information on the specific contamination closure areas can be obtained on our 
website at:

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

For additional information fishers should consult the 2019/2021 Intertidal Clam 
Integrated Fishery Management Plan, Commercial Harvest Plan and the local DFO 
office for the specific closure area descriptions, sewage contamination 
closures and detailed fishing plan.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

David Fogtmann
250 339-3799

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1154
Sent November 12, 2019 at 0858

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