Fishery Notice

Effective March 11, 2015 until further notice: Due to shellfish product on BC 
Land Registry aquaculture tenure # 1400483 exceeding the bacteriological 
standard for E.coli in raw shellfish, the Pacific Interdepartmental Shellfish 
Committee has agreed that a closure is warranted.

Harvest of bivalve shellfish is now prohibited until further notice from a 
portion of Deep Bay, Baynes Sound, Subarea 14-8 which includes BC Land Registry 
Shellfish Aquaculture Tenure # 1400483

Sanitary Closure Area 14.pp - Aquaculture Lease Land File # 1400483  

The waters and intertidal foreshore of BC Land Registry aquaculture tenure # 
1400483, Subarea 14-8, Deep Bay, Baynes Sound, inside a line drawn from a point 
in water at 49°27.81' north latitude and 124°44.96' west longitude 
northeasterly to a point in water at 49°27.77' north latitude and 124°44.88' 
west longitude, thence southeasterly to a point in water at 49°27.74' north 
latitude and 124°44.91' west longitude, thence southwesterly to a point in 
water at 49°27.78' north latitude and 124°44.99' west longitude, thence 
northwesterly back to the point of commencement.  

January 1 to December 31

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, Elysha Gordon at 250-756-7192

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0185
Sent March 11, 2015 at 1139

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