QUEBEC CITY – Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec Region, wants to inform the Magdalen Islands population that the harvesting of shellfish is now forbidden (for
preventive reason) 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-435
Anse au Sable
From a point west of Cap Nord-Est’s bridge to Pointe à Keaten.
Pointe à Keaten
The foreshore and waters inside the Grand Étang, between Pointe à Keaten and 200 meters west of the Salt Mine wharf.
Sud du Grand Étang
The foreshore and waters inside the Grand Étang, between a point located 200
meters west of the Salt mine wharf and a point located to the south of Grand Étang.
If you want to get 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:
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Michel Plamondon
Communications Advisor
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Quebec Region
Quebec City, Québec
418-648-5419
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NR-QR-07-39E |
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