Fishery Notice
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RECREATIONAL - General Information
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FN0050-RECREATIONAL - Invertebrates - Area 1 - Butter Clams - Update to Fishery Notice FN0048
Please note that this notice is an update to Fishery Notice FN0048: Portions of Area 1 are open to the food, social and ceremonial harvest of butter clams (Saxidomus gigantea) for the Haida First Nation only. The recreational harvest limit for this species in all portions of Areas 1 through 10 is zero (0). Recreational harvesting of other bivalve species in Area 1 is permitted. Please consult the Tidal Water Sports Fishing Guide for details on permitted species and applicable harvest limits, or visit the DFO website at: http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/species-especes/shelltable- tableaucoquille-eng.html Harvesters can also contact the Masset DFO office at (250) 626-3316. Fishers are reminded to always check before harvesting bivalve shellfish. 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 Metlakatla Fisheries Program at (250) 628-3234, or Steven Groves at (250) 627-3455. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Steven Groves (250) 627-3455
Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0050
Sent January 29, 2016 at 1618
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