Fishery Notice

Effective immediately there is a harvest prohibition for oysters from BC 
Aquaculture Tenure Land File #278757, in Subarea 14-8, a portion of Deep Bay, 
Baynes Sound, until further notice. Due to potential contamination, the Pacific 
Region Interdepartmental Shellfish Committee agree a closure is warranted for 
oysters until further information can be obtained and assessed. 

Emergency Closure Area 14.xx - Aquaculture Lease Land File # 278757

The waters and intertidal foreshore of BC Land Registry aquaculture tenure # 
278757, Subarea 14-8, Southeast of Fanny Bay on Ships peninsula, Baynes Sound,
 (a) inside a line drawn from a point on land at 49°30.13' north latitude and 
124°47.96' west longitude, thence northeasterly to a point in water at 49°
30.18' north latitude and 124°47.90'west longitude, thence southeasterly to a 
point in water at 49°30.04 north latitude and 124°47.54' west longitude, thence 
southwesterly to a point on land at 49°29.93' north latitude and 124°47.64' 
west longitude, thence northwesterly back to the point of commencement.
and
(b) inside a line drawn from a point on land at 49°30.28' north latitude and 
124°47.96' west longitude, thence northwesterly to a point in water at 49°
30.28' north latitude and 124°48.58'west longitude, thence north to a point in 
water at 49°30.38 north latitude and 124°48.57' west longitude, thence 
southeasterly to a point on land at 49°30.33' north latitude and 124°48.48' 
west longitude, thence southwesterly back to the point of commencement.

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, Elysha Gordon at 250-756-7192.

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0305
Sent April 13, 2018 at 1425

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