Fishery Notice

Effective December 31, 2020 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/fm-gp/contamination/biotox/index-eng.html

and at local DFO offices.

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

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1385
Sent December 31, 2020 at 0901

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