Fishery Notice

Effective November 1, 2025, there is a harvest prohibition for all bivalve shellfish in a portion of Sooke Basin, within Subarea 20-7, as per the Sooke Conditional Management Plan.

The following area is now closed due to excessive rainfall at the monitoring station.

Sooke Conditional Management Plan: Closure 20.10A

Those waters of Sooke Basin inside a line that commences at a point in water at 48°22.867' north latitude and 123°40.042' west longitude, then due east in a straight line to a point in water at 48°22.867' north latitude and 123°39.095' west longitude, then due south in a straight line to a point in water at 48°22.543' north latitude and 123°39.095' west longitude, then due west in a straight line to a point in water at 48°22.543' north latitude and 123°40.042' west longitude, then due north to the point of commencement. [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. For an area to be open and safe for harvesting, both biotoxin and sanitary need to be open. For information on sanitary contamination and biotoxin closures please go to the Fisheries and Oceans Canada mapping site SHELLI to determine where there is safe harvest at https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/shellfish-mollusques/cssp-map-eng.htm. 

Specific species limits, restrictions and maps for each subarea are available at https://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/bc-zones-cb-eng.html and at local DFO offices.

For more information contact DFO.PACCSSP-PCAMPAC.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca.

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1169
Sent November 3, 2025 at 0817

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