Fishery Notice

Effective December 3, 2015 there is a harvest prohibition for all bivalve 
shellfish in Baynes Sound, Section C, 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 C:

Baynes Sound Conditional Management Plan Section C: Closure 14.22C

The waters and intertidal foreshore of Baynes Sound inside a line commencing at 
the northern point of Ship Point at a position 49° 30.34' north latitude and 
124° 48.40' west longitude, thence northeasterly to a position 49° 30.71' north 
latitude and 124°  47.97' west longitude, thence southeasterly to a position 
49° 28.47' north latitude and 124°  44.95' west longitude, thence southerly to 
a point on the Vancouver Island shore at 49° 27.74' north latitude and 124° 
45.47' west longitude (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 - FN1317
Sent December 3, 2015 at 0953

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