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Closed Areas for Shellfish Harvesting North Shore
July 31, 2007


QUEBEC CITY – Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec Region, informs the North Shore population that the harvesting of shellfish is now forbidden due to toxicity, in accordance with the prohibition order mentioned below, and pursuant to subsection 3(1) of the Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations, in the following shellfish areas:

Prohibition Order No. QTN-425

Anse Chouinard
From the southern point of Anse Chouinard to the western point of Anse aux Français.

 For the latest information concerning shellfish harvesting, please dial one of the following phone numbers:

CHARLEVOIX, NORTH SHORE AND ANTICOSTI ISLAND LOWER ST-LAWRENCE AND GASPE PENINSULA
From Ile-aux-Coudres to Baie-Trinité:

1-800- 463-8558

From Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies to Cap Gaspé:

1-800- 463-0607

From Baie-Trinité to Blanc-Sablon:

1-800- 463-1736

From Cap Gaspé to the Matapédia River:

1-800- 463-4204

Magdalen Islands:

418-986-2095

 

 

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FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Richard Lessard
Communications Branch
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Quebec Region
Quebec City, Québec
418-648-3466

 

 

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