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Fishery Notice

Category(s):

ABORIGINAL - General Information

Subject:

FN1142-ABORIGINAL-Invertebrates - Area 3 - Cockles -Aboriginal FSC Harvest

Under agreement with the Lax Kw'alaams Band Council, Fisheries and Oceans 
Canada is opening portions of Area 3 for food, social and ceremonial harvesting 
of cockles (Clinocardium nuttallii) for the Lax Kw'alaams First Nation only.  
Recent acceptable biotoxin monitoring results permit this opening.

A description of the open areas will be posted at the Lax Kw'alaams Band Office 
and Recreational Centre, can be obtained from the Lax Kw'alaams Fisheries 
Program, and are listed in the 2012-13 Lax Kw'alaams Intertidal Bivalve 
Community Harvest Plan. The harvest areas are very specific and all harvesters 
must consult with Lax Kw'alaams Fisheries Program staff before harvesting. 

Harvesters must be in possession of a valid Lax Kw'alaams Band status card and 
are requested to report their harvest quantities to the Lax Kw'alaams Fisheries 
Program.  This opening is effective immediately and will continue until March 
31, 2013 pending on-going acceptable biotoxin monitoring results.

Fishers are reminded to always check for any sanitary or biotoxin closures in 
the area prior to commencing harvesting.
  
Information on the specific closure boundaries and any other closure 
information, including marine biotoxin closures, are available on the Internet 
at:

www.pac.dfo-mpo.ca/fm-gp/contamination/index-eng.htm

Or call toll-free:  1-866-431-3474.

For additional information harvesters should contact the Lax Kw'alaams 
Fisheries Program or Sandra Davies at (250) 627-3007.

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1142
Sent November 29, 2012 at 1402

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