Fishery Notice

Seasonal sanitary shellfish closures are in effect from May 31, 2018 to 
September 30, 2018 in Areas 23, 25, and 28 on the West Coast of Vancouver 
Island as a result of recommendations from the Pacific Region Interdepartmental 
Shellfish Committee.

Seasonal Closure 23.C, Entrance Inlet:

With the exception of Cigarette Cove at the head of Entrance Inlet, which is 
closed annually under Sanitary Closure Map 23.3, the waters and intertidal 
foreshore of Entrance Inlet, lying inside a line drawn across the narrows at 
the entrance, from a point on land on the west side of the entrance at 49° 
00.00' north latitude and 125° 17.78' west longitude, to a point on land on the 
east side of the entrance at 48° 59.98' north latitude and 125° 17.70' west 
longitude, thence to the narrows at the boundary on Sanitary Closure Map 23.3, 
at a line drawn across the narrows from a point on land on the west side at 49° 
00.33' north latitude and 125° 17.45' west longitude, to a point on land on the 
east side at 49° 00.33' north latitude and 125° 17.41' west longitude.

Seasonal Closure 23.H, Robbers Passage:

The waters and intertidal foreshore of Robbers Passage, south of a line drawn 
from a point of land on Tzartus Island at 48° 53.81' north latitude and 125° 
07.00' west longitude due west to a point on land on Fleming Island at 48° 
53.81' north latitude and 125° 07.27' west longitude; and north of a line drawn 
from a point of land on Tzartus Island at 48° 53.64' north latitude and 125° 
06.81' west longitude southwesterly to a point of land on Fleming Island at 48° 
53.58' north latitude and 125° 06.88' west longitude.

Seasonal Closure 25.A, Santa Gertrudis Cove, Nootka Island:

The waters and intertidal foreshore of Santa Gertrudis Cove, Nootka Island, 
inside a line drawn from the point at the southern end of the cove entrance at 
49° 36.23' north latitude and 126° 36.85' west longitude to the point on the 
northern end of the cove entrance at 49° 36.10' north latitude and 126° 36.90' 
west longitude.

Seasonal Closure 28.A, Plumper Cove, Keats Island:

The intertidal foreshore of Plumper Cove, Keats Island, lying within a 300 m 
radius of the Provincial Park wharf.

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 Elysha Gordon at 250-756-
7192.

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0427
Sent May 30, 2018 at 1223

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