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Fishery Notice

Category(s):

ABORIGINAL - General Information
COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Clam - Razor
COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Geoduck and Horseclam
COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Scallop by Dive
COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Scallop by Trawl
COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Clam - Intertidal
RECREATIONAL - Shellfish
Sanitary/Other Contamination Closures
General Information
COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Oyster

Subject:

FN1137-SANITARY - Bivalve Shellfish: Sanitary Closure - Area 14.22B - Area closed

Effective November 29, 2012 there is a harvest prohibition for all bivalve 
shellfish in Baynes Sound, Section 14.22B, within Subarea 14-8, as per the 
Baynes Sound Conditional Management Plan.

The following area is now closed due to excessive rainfall at the monitoring 
station for Section B:

Baynes Sound Conditional Management Plan Section B: Closure 14.22B

The waters and intertidal foreshore of Baynes Sound from a northern boundary 
starting at Base Flats at a position 49° 31.34' north latitude and 124° 50.25' 
west longitude, extending northeasterly to 49° 31.54' north latitude and 124° 
49.71' west longitude, thence southeasterly to a position at 49° 30.71' north 
latitude and 124° 47.97' west longitude, thence southwesterly to a position 49° 
30.34' north latitude and 124° 48.40' west longitude at Ship Point (NAD 83).

Detailed bivalve shellfish closure information and maps are available at our 
website: 

http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/psp

and at local DFO offices.

For more information contact a local DFO office or Elysha Gordon at 250-756-
7192.

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1137
Sent November 29, 2012 at 0937

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