Fishery Notice

Effective September 28, 2015, the Conditional area, Askew Creek to Porter Creek 
(17.bb) is now in OPEN Status.

Harvest of bivalve shellfish may now resume in the area described as:

Emergency Closure Area 17.bb - Askew Creek to Porter Creek

The waters and intertidal foreshore of Stewart Channel inside a line commencing 
at a point on land at northwesterly of Askew Creek at 48° 56.01' north latitude 
and 123° 43.59' west longitude, thence northeasterly to a point in water at 48° 
56.19 north latitude and 123° 43.41 west longitude, thence westerly to a point 
in water at 48° 56.71 north latitude and 123° 44.34 west longitude, thence 
southerly to a point on land at 48° 56.46 north latitude and 123° 44.43 west 
longitude, thence southerly along the high water mark to the point of 
commencement. (NAD 83)

Note that this notice does not describe other sanitary closures which may be in 
effect, or Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP, red tide) and other marine 
biotoxin closures.  Detailed bivalve shellfish closure information and maps are 
available at our website: http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/psp and at local DFO 
office.

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

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1088
Sent September 28, 2015 at 1519

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