Fishery Notice

Effective immediately until further notice: Due to shellfish product on BC Land 
Registry Aquaculture Tenure # 0343130 exceeding the bacteriological standard 
for E.coli in raw shellfish, the Pacific Region Interdepartmental Shellfish 
Committee has agreed that a closure is warranted.

Harvest of bivalve shellfish is now prohibited until further notice from a 
portion of Evans Bay in Subarea 13-17 which includes BC Land Registry Shellfish 
Aquaculture Tenure # 0343130. 

As per Section 6.3 of the CSSP Manual, the CFIA is recommending that landfile 
0343130 be placed into closed status for a minimum of 7 days, after which re-
sampling of the harvest site may occur.

Emergency Closure Area 13.rr - Aquaculture Lease Land File # 0343130

The waters and intertidal foreshore of BC Land Registry aquaculture tenure # 
0343130, in Subarea 13-17, Evans Bay, inside a line drawn from a point in water 
at 50°11.76' north latitude and 125°03.93' west longitude easterly to a point 
on land at 50°11.76' north latitude and 125°03.77'west longitude, thence 
northerly, westerly and southerly following the shoreline back to the point of 
commencement.

January 1 to December 31

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: 

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, Elysha Gordon at 250-756-7192

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0945
Sent September 16, 2019 at 1639

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