Fishery Notice

Category(s):

ABORIGINAL - General Information
AQUACULTURE - Shellfish
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:

FN1220-SANITARY - Area 28 - Emergency Sanitary Closure for Bivalve Shellfish in Subareas 28-1 and 28-3 is now revoked.

Environment Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency have advised that 
the emergency sanitary closure 28.aa, enacted on October 20, 2017 as a result 
of potential contamination, is no longer necessary. Therefore, emergency 
closure 28.aa for bivalve shellfish, as described below, is now revoked.

Emergency Sanitary Closure Area 28.aa - West Howe Sound, Subareas 28-1 and 28-3

The waters and intertidal foreshore within boundaries of DFO Subareas 28-1 and 
28-3, as described in the Pacific Fishery Management Area Regulations, 2007 
[NAD 83].

January 1 to December 31

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 - FN1220
Sent November 17, 2017 at 1037

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