Fishery Notice
Category(s):
ABORIGINAL - General Information
COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Clam - Intertidal
COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Clam - Razor
COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Geoduck and Horseclam
COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Oyster
COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Scallop by Trawl
General Information
RECREATIONAL - Shellfish
Sanitary/Other Contamination Closures
COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Clam - Intertidal
COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Clam - Razor
COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Geoduck and Horseclam
COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Oyster
COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Scallop by Trawl
General Information
RECREATIONAL - Shellfish
Sanitary/Other Contamination Closures
Subject:
FN1297-SANITARY - Rainfall Warning for West Vancouver Island and the Central Coast
A rainfall warning (copied below) for the West Coast of Vancouver Island and the Central Coast has been issued by Environment and Climate Change Canada's Weather Service. Please be advised that intense rainfall events resulting in flooding and/or sewage collection system overflows, especially occurring after a prolonged period of dry weather, can adversely affect marine water quality and potentially result in temporary emergency shellfish harvesting closures. Although there is no proposed closure at this time, shellfish harvesters are advised to monitor weather conditions and warnings, and to plan their harvesting activities accordingly. Rainfall warning issued for: West Vancouver Island, B.C. Central Coast - coastal sections, B.C. Current details: Rain, at times heavy, is expected. A frontal system over Haida Gwaii tonight will move southwards down the BC Coast today. A moist southwesterly flow associated with the front will result in significant rainfall amounts that will reach warning criteria over the coastal sections of the Central Coast and West Vancouver Island. Heavy rainfall will begin this morning on the Central Coast while the West Vancouver Island will see the significant rain beginning near midday. Storm totals well in excess of 100 mm are expected. Localized flooding in low-lying areas is possible. Watch for possible washouts near rivers, creeks and culverts. Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to BCstorm@canada.ca or tweet reports using #BCStorm. Please refer to any of the sources listed below for the latest and most up to date public weather advisory: " Environment Canada Weather Warnings: www.weather.gc.ca/warnings/index_e.html?prov=bc " Environment Canada Public Forecasts: www.weather.gc.ca/forecast/canada/index_e.html?id=BC " BC River Forecast Centre Flood Warnings & Advisories: http://bcrfc.env.gov.bc.ca/warnings/index.htm " BC Storm Surge Forecast Program: http://stormsurgebc.ca/index.html " Environment Canada Weather blog: www.avalanche.ca/weather " Weather broadcast on most local media outlets " Weather Radio broadcasts: https://www.canada.ca/en/environment- climate-change/services/weatheradio.html Recorded weather forecasts and warnings are also available on VHF radio, by telephone and listings can be found in the Government offices pages of telephone directories. 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 - FN1297
Sent December 30, 2019 at 0911
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