UPDATE
Maps of Fishery Management Areas and Subareas can be found at:
www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/ops/fm/Areas/areamap_e.htm
Area 24
Effective immediately the harvest prohibition for all bivalve shellfish (except
butter clams and scallops) has been lifted in Subareas 24-7 and 24-10 to 24-12.
The most recent marine biotoxin results were acceptable.
SUMMARY
The following information in this fishery notice reflects Paralytic Shellfish
Poisoning (PSP, red tide) and other marine toxin closures as of November 19,
2007 for bivalve shellfish (oysters, clams, scallops, mussels, and geoducks).
Note that this fishery notice does not describe sewage contamination closures.
For information on sewage contamination closures please go to:
www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/ops/fm/shellfish/Biotoxins/closures/default_e.htm
Area 1
Subarea 1-5 is closed to all bivalve shellfish except razor clams and scallops;
Balance of Area 1 closed to all bivalve shellfish.
Area 2
Subarea 2-1 is closed to all bivalve shellfish except oysters and scallops;
Balance of Area 2 is closed to all bivalve shellfish.
Areas 3
Subareas 3-14 closed to all bivalve shellfish except cockles;
Balance of Area 3 is closed to all bivalve shellfish.
Note: the openings in subarea 3-14 are under agreement with the Nisgaa First
Nation for the food, social and ceremonial harvest of cockles only.
Area 4
Closed to all bivalve shellfish.
Area 5
Subareas 5-3, 5-4 and 5-10 closed to all bivalve shellfish except butter clams
and cockles;
Subareas 5-6, 5-8, 5-9 and 5-12 closed to all bivalve shellfish except cockles;
Balance of Area 5 is closed to all bivalve shellfish.
Note:
The openings in subareas 5-6, 5-8, 5-9 and 5-12 are under agreement with the
Gitxaala (Kitkatla) First Nation for the food, social and ceremonial harvest of
cockles only.
The openings in subareas 5-3, 5-4 and 5-10 are under agreement with the
Gitxaala (Kitkatla) First Nation for the food, social and ceremonial harvest of
cockles and butter clams only.
Area 6
Subareas 6-15, 6-16, 6-18 and 6-19 closed to all bivalve shellfish except
geoducks and horse clams;
Balance of Area 6 closed to all bivalve shellfish.
Area 7
Subareas 7-3, 7-4 and 7-9 closed to all bivalve shellfish except geoducks and
horse clams;
Subarea 7-17, portion of sanitary closure 7.2, waters and intertidal foreshore
from northern tip of Spirit Island to Robins Point, including Kliktsoatli
Harbour, Whiskey Cove and Whiskey Slew near Shearwater on Denny Island only is
closed to all bivalve shellfish except manila clams and littleneck clams;
Balance of Area 7 closed to all bivalve shellfish.
Areas 8 to 11
Closed to all bivalve shellfish.
Area 12
Subareas 12-1 to 12-26 and 12-35 to 12-42 closed to all bivalve shellfish
except butter clams;
Balance of Area 12 closed to all bivalve shellfish.
Area 13
Subareas 13-1 to 13-12, 13-15 and 13-17 closed to butter clams only;
Subareas 13-13 to 13-14, and 13-16 closed to butter clams and scallops;
Subarea 13-18 closed to all bivalve shellfish except spiny and pink scallops;
Balance of Area 13 closed to all bivalve shellfish.
Area 14
Subareas 14-5, 14-8 and 14-15 closed to butter clams only;
Subarea 14-13 closed to scallops only;
Balance of Area 14 closed to butter clams and scallops.
Area 15
Subarea 15-1 and 15-2 closed to butter clams and scallops only;
Subarea 15-4 and 15-5 closed to butter clams, geoducks and horse clams only;
Subarea 15-3 and 15-6 closed to butter clams, scallops, geoducks and horse
clams only.
Area 16
Closed to butter clams and scallops only.
Area 17
Closed to butter clams and scallops only.
Area 18
Subareas 18-1, 18-2, 18-5, 18-9 and 18-11 closed to all bivalve shellfish;
Balance of Area 18 closed to butter clams and scallops only.
Area 19
Subareas 19-5 and 19-6 closed to all bivalve shellfish except littleneck,
manila clams and oysters;
Subareas 19-7 to 19-12 closed to butter clams and scallops only;
Balance of Area 19 closed to all bivalve shellfish.
Area 20
Closed to butter clams and scallops only.
Areas 21 and 22
Closed to all bivalve shellfish.
Area 23
Subareas 23-1 to 23-3 closed to all bivalve shellfish;
Subarea 23-4 closed to butter clams only;
Balance of Area 23 closed to butter clams and scallops only.
Area 24
Closed to butter clams and scallops only.
Area 25
Closed to butter clams and scallops only.
Area 26
Subareas 26-1 and 26-6 closed to all bivalve shellfish except geoducks and
horse clams only;
Subareas 26-3 to 26-5 closed to butter clams, scallops only;
Balance of Area 26 closed to all bivalve shellfish.
Area 27
Closed to all bivalve shellfish.
Area 28
Closed to all bivalve shellfish.
Area 29
Subarea 29-1 closed to all bivalve shellfish except manila and littleneck clams;
Balance of Area 29 closed to all bivalve shellfish.
Areas 101 to 111, 121, 123 to 127, 130 and 142.
Closed to all bivalve shellfish.
NOTES
Details are broken into Areas and Subareas, as managed by Fisheries and Oceans
Canada (DFO). Subarea information is not in the British Columbia Sport Fishing
Guide, but it is readily available in non-navigable Subarea management charts
that can be obtained at DFO offices. In addition, descriptions of Subareas are
set out in the Pacific Fishery Management Area Regulations. These regulations
are available at libraries and from the DFO Pacific Internet at:
www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Maps of Fishery Management Areas and Subareas can also be found at:
www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/ops/fm/Areas/areamap_e.htm
The public is advised to consult the local DFO office nearest to the site of
harvest for the latest information on PSP and other marine toxin, sewage and
conservation closures prior to digging.
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