Fishery Notice

As a result of a discharge trigger event that has occurred at the French Creek 
Pollution Control Centre the following Conditional Areas are now closed until 
further notice, as defined in the Conditional Management Plan:

Emergency Closure Area 14.hh - Hall Road Pump Station, Town of Qualicum Beach

The waters and intertidal foreshore inside a circular arc with a radius of 6500 
m, and excluding the areas already included in Annual Closures 14.6, 14.10, and 
14.16 centered at a point on land at 49° 21.55' north latitude and 124° 25.49' 
west longitude, which intersects the shoreline at 49° 22.037' north latitude 
and 124° 30.81' west longitude and again at 49° 20.43' north latitude and 124° 
20.43' west longitude, near Hall Road in the Town of Qualicum Beach [NAD 83]

Emergency Closure Area 14.ii - Bay Avenue Pump Station, City of Parksville

The waters and intertidal foreshore inside a circular arc with a radius of 6500 
m, and excluding the area already included in Annual Closure 14.10, centered at 
a point on land at 49° 19.54' north latitude and 124° 19.41' west longitude, 
which intersects the shoreline at 49° 21.46' north latitude and 124° 23.88' 
west longitude and again at 49° 18.64' north latitude and 124° 14.20' west 
longitude, near Bay Avenue in the City of Parksville [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, Elysha Gordon at 250-756-7192

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1120
Sent October 28, 2019 at 1556

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