Fishery Notice

As a follow-up to Emergency Closures 14.hh and 14.ii, invoked on October 28, 
2019, and subsequently replaced by Emergency Closure 14.af on October 30, 2019, 
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has been informed the cause of the 
sewage spill that occurred at 1045 Lee Road in French Creek has ceased, and 
that no further occurrence has been reported since the original event.  This 
area has remained closed for greater than the 21-day minimum closure period 
required after the cessation of this unscheduled release of 1.0 m3 (1000 L) of 
raw sewage. 
 
As per Chapter 6 of the CSSP Manual, ECCC recommends that Emergency Closure 
14.af be revoked and that the classification of the area return to its previous 
status.  

Therefore, emergency sanitary closure 14.af for bivalve shellfish, as described 
below, is now revoked.

Emergency Sanitary Closure 14.af - French Creek:

The waters and intertidal foreshore of Georgia Strait near 1045 Lee Road in 
French Creek lying inside a 600 m radius centered at a point on land at 49°
20.94' north latitude and 124°21.59' west longitude. [NAD 83]

Note that this notice does not describe other sanitary closures which may be in 
effect, or Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP, red tide) and other marine 
biotoxin closures.  Detailed bivalve shellfish closure information and maps are 
available at our website: 

http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/contamination/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 - FN1182
Sent November 19, 2019 at 1210

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