Fishery Notice

AMENDMENT TO FN0338: Area descriptions updated.  The full correct version of 
the notice follows.


The commercial wild pacific oyster fishery will open 00:01 hours on May 1, 2012 
until further notice in portions of Areas 13, 14, 15, and 16.  The following 
beaches will open:

Area 13 

Harvest Area: Shark Spit
That portion of Subarea 13-15 along the northern intertidal foreshore of Marina 
Island, north of 50°04.938' north latitude and west of 125°02.857' west 
longitude. [Shark Spit][NAD83]

Harvest Area: Smelt Bay
That portion of Subarea 13-15 on the western intertidal foreshore of Cortes 
Island, south of a line at 50°02.502' north latitude and north of a line at 50°
02.218' north latitude. [Smelt Bay][NAD83]

Area 14

Harvest Area: False Bay
That portion of Subarea 14-3 along the northern intertidal foreshore of False 
Bay on Lasqueti Island , east of a line at 124°22.081' west longitude and west 
of a line at 124°21.648' west longitude.
[False Bay][NAD83]

Area 15

Harvest Area: Myrtle Rocks
That portion of Subarea 15-1 including the intertidal foreshore of Malaspina 
Strait, from the eastern boundary of Pacific Region Sanitary Closure 15.1 at 
the mouth of Myrtle Creek at 49°47.68' north latitude and 124°28.79' west 
longitude and east of a line at 124°28.248' west longitude. [Mytle Rocks][NAD83]

Harvest Area: Atrevida Reef
That portion of Subarea 15-2 east of a line at 124°40.000' west longitude and 
west of a line at 124°39.333' west longitude and north of a line passing 
through 49°55.500' north latitude. 
[Atrevida Reef][NAD83]

Harvest Area: East Hernando
That portion of Subarea 15-3 along the eastern intertidal foreshore of Hernando 
Island, south of a line at 49°58.274' north latitude and north of a line at 49°
57.823' north latitude. [East Hernando][NAD83]

Harvest Area: Hernando Reef
That portion of Subarea 15-3 along the southern intertidal foreshore of 
Hernando Island, south of a line at 49°57.798' north latitude. [Hernando Reef]
[NAD83]

Harvest Area: West Hernando
That portion of Subarea 15-3 along the western intertidal foreshore, south of 
49°58.374' north latitude and west of 124°55.555' west longitude. [West 
Hernando][NAD83]

Harvest Area: Seaford
That portion of Subarea 15-5 on the eastern intertidal foreshore of Cortes 
Island, south of a line at 50°06.377' north latitude and north of a line at 50°
05.658' north latitude. [Seaford][NAD83]

Area 16

Harvest Area: St. Vincent Bay
That portion of Subarea 16-12 along the intertidal foreshore of St. Vincent Bay 
west of a line at 124°04.798' west longitude, excluding the intertidal 
foreshore of Sykes Islet. [St. Vincent Bay][NAD83]

Harvest Area: Killam Bay
That portion of Subarea 16-13 along the British Columbia mainland known as 
Killam Bay, inside a line drawn from 49°47.302' north latitude and 123°55.341' 
west longitude to 49°46.990' north latitude and 123°55.696' west longitude. 
[Killam Bay][NAD83]

Harvest Area: Davie Bay
That portion of Subarea 16-21 along the southern intertidal foreshore of Texada 
Island, east of a line at 124°23.940' west longitude and west of a line at 124°
21.088' west longitude. [Davie Bay][NAD83]

Harvest Area: Mouat Bay
That portion of Subarea 16-21 along the southern intertidal foreshore of Texada 
Island known as Mouat Bay, south of a line at 49°38.649' north latitude and 
north of a line at 49°37.303' north latitude. [Mouat Bay][NAD83].

Variation order No. 2012-211.

Each individual commercial ZWO licence designates the specific beach location 
authorized for harvest by that individual licence.  Maximum harvest allowed 
under the authority of each ZWO licence is indicated on the face of the licence.

Harvesters must check before they harvest to ensure that the area is open for 
harvest and is not closed due to PSP (red tide) or sanitary contamination.  For 
the most recent information on the location of sanitary closures, marine 
biotoxin closures and maps please refer to the shellfish contamination page 
website: http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/psp and at local DFO offices.
 
Fishing is prohibited on all beaches that are identified as sanitary 
contamination closures unless harvest has been permitted under a separate 
licence issued under the Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations.

Harvesters are reminded that it is a condition of licence for harvest logbooks 
and Fish Slips to be completed.

Licenced commercial Pacific Oyster Harvesters may sell their oysters only to 
duly licenced fish buyers or processing plants that hold a valid registration 
or certification by CFIA. 

For more information contact a local DFO office or Guy Parker at 250-756-7163.

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0341
Sent April 23, 2012 at 1050

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