Fishery Notice

The following new, revised or revoked sanitary shellfish closure boundaries are 
now in effect as a result of recommendations from the Pacific Region 
Interdepartmental Shellfish Committee: 

Closure 7.1	Trout Bay, Klemtu Area - the existing closure has been  
expanded.

The waters and intertidal foreshore of the southern portion of Klemtu Passage 
at the north end of Fish Island, lying inside a line drawn from a point of land 
at 52°33.74' north latitude and 128°30.45' west longitude, thence northerly to 
the southernmost point of Observation Islet to a point of land at 52°34.13' 
north latitude and 128°30.75' west longitude and continuing north along the 
eastern foreshore to a point of land located at 52°34.29' north latitude and 
128°30.84' west longitude, thence northerly to a point of land located at 52°
34.42' north latitude and 128°30.87' west longitude and continuing north along 
the eastern foreshore of Swindle Island to a point on land located at 52°37.00' 
north latitude and 128°31.69' west longitude, thence southerly to the northern 
end of Cone Island to a point on land at 52°36.61' north latitude and 128°
31.15' west longitude and continuing south along the western foreshore to a 
point on land located at 52°33.91' north latitude and 128°30.26' west 
longitude, and back to the point of commencement. [NAD83]

January 1 to December 31

Closure 7.2	Bella Bella Area - the existing closure has been expanded.

The waters and intertidal foreshore of Bella Bella inside of a line drawn from 
Dryad Point at 52°11.11' north latitude and 128°06.69' west longitude, thence 
southerly to a point on land on Saunders Island at 52°10.75' north latitude and 
128°06.56' west longitude and continuing south along the western foreshore of 
Saunders Island to a point of land at 52°10.30' north latitude and 128°06.96' 
west longitude, thence southeasterly to a point on land on Denny Island at 52°
09.42' north latitude and 128°04.22' west longitude and continuing south and 
west along the foreshore of Denny Island to a point on land at 52°07.90' north 
latitude and 128°07.65' west longitude, thence west to Archibald Point at 52°
07.90' north latitude and 128°08.04' west longitude, thence northerly along the 
foreshore back to the point of commencement. [NAD83]

January 1 to December 31

Closure 13.13	Marina Reef, Marina Island - the existing closure has been 
revoked.

Closure  15.2	Freke Anchorage, Okeover Inlet - the existing closure has 
been revoked.

Closure 18.31	Camp Bay, South Pender Island - the existing closure has 
been revoked.

Closure 25.18	Queens Cove Dock - the existing closure has been revoked.

Note that this notice does not describe other sanitary closures which may be in 
effect, or Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP, red tide), Domoic Acid Poisoning 
and Diarrheic Shellfish Poisoning and other marine biotoxin closures.  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 - FN1193
Sent November 21, 2019 at 1526

Return to Main Menu

Visit Fisheries and Oceans Canada on the Web at http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Printed from the Pacific Region web site on April 15, 2026 at 1521