Fishery Notice

Effective December 24, 2022 there is a harvest prohibition for all bivalve shellfish in Baynes Sound, Section C, within Subarea 14-8, as per the Baynes Sound Conditional Management Plan.

The Conditionally Approved area within Sanitary Closure 14.22C in Baynes Sound, has reverted to CLOSED status. Harvest of all bivalve shellfish is prohibited unless authorized under the Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations (depuration/relay fisheries).  The Conditionally Approved area is described as:

The waters and intertidal foreshore of Baynes Sound inside a line commencing at the northern point of Ship Point at a position 49°30.34' north latitude and 124°48.40' west longitude, thence northeasterly to a position 49°30.71' north latitude and 124°47.97' west longitude, thence southeasterly to a position 49°28.47' north latitude and 124°44.95' west longitude, thence southerly to a point on the Vancouver Island shore at 49°27.74' north latitude and 124°45.47' west longitude (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 email DFO.PAC.CSSP-PCAM.PAC.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca. 

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1437
Sent December 28, 2022 at 0915

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