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[Cuba Libre]

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Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Subject: FN0414-Bivalve Shellfish: Marine Biotoxin - Update for Area 23 and Summary for All Areas - June 24

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 23
Effective immediately there is a harvest prohibition for all bivalve shellfish
in Subareas 23-4, 23-5 and 23-7.

This is a precautionary closure due to lack of sampling.


SUMMARY:

The following information in this fishery notice reflects Paralytic Shellfish
Poisoning (PSP, red tide) and other marine toxin closures as of June 24, 2008
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 closed to all bivalve shellfish except oysters and scallops;
Balance of Area 2 closed to all bivalve shellfish.

Areas 3 & 4
Closed to all bivalve shellfish.

Area 5
Closed to all bivalve shellfish.

Area 6 to 11
Closed to all bivalve shellfish.

Area 12
Subareas 12-8, 12-17 and 12-41 closed to all bivalve shellfish except geoducks
and horse clams.
Portion of Subarea 12-16 south and east of a line drawn from Vancouver Island
to Duval Point, thence to a point east of Duval Point, thence to the junction
of the boundaries of Subareas 12-9, 12-10, 12-11 and 12-16 on the Gordon
Islands (GMA 12B03b, known as Hardy Bay); and northwest of a line commencing at
50 degrees 44.058 minutes north latitude, 127 degrees 24.550 minutes west
longitude and running due east to the Subarea 12-16 boundary (GMA 12B04, known
as Masterman Islands) closed to all bivalve shellfish except geoducks and horse
clams.
Balance of Area 12 closed to all bivalve shellfish.

Area 13
Subareas 13-1 to 13-11 and 13-15 closed to butter clams only;
Subarea 13-14 closed to butter clams and scallops;
Balance of Area 13 closed to all bivalve shellfish.

Area 14
Subareas 14-11 and 14-14 closed to butter clams and scallops only;
Balance of Area 14 closed to all bivalve shellfish.

Area 15
Closed to all bivalve shellfish.

Area 16
Closed to all bivalve shellfish.

Area 17
Subareas 17-1 closed to all bivalve shellfish;
Subarea 17-20 closed to butter clams only;
Balance of Area 17 closed to butter clams and scallops only.

Area 18
Closed to all bivalve shellfish.

Area 19
Subareas 19-5 and 19-6 closed to all bivalve shellfish except littleneck,
manila clams and oysters;
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 23-5, and 23-7 to 23-10 closed to all bivalve shellfish;
Subarea 23-6 closed to all bivalve shellfish except manila clams, littleneck
clams, oysters, mussels, scallops, geoducks and horse clams;
Subarea 23-11 closed to all bivalve shellfish except manila clams, littleneck
clams, oysters and mussels.

Area 24
Subareas 24-1 to 24-8 and 24-10 to 24-14 closed to all bivalve shellfish;
Balance of Area 24 closed to butter clams and scallops only.

Area 25
Subareas 25-4 to 25-16 closed all bivalve shellfish;
Balance of Area 25 closed to butter clams and scallops only.

Area 26
Closed to all bivalve shellfish.

Area 27
Closed to butter clams and scallops only.

Area 28
Closed to all bivalve shellfish.

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 Tidal Waters
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, 2007. These regulations are available at libraries and from the
DFO Pacific Internet at:

www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca





20ft Alumaweld Intruder

 

[Nimo]

This appears to be the important part:
"This is a precautionary closure due to lack of sampling."

So, is this basically closed because they are not spending the money needed to keep it open? And is there actually a problem? The wild bivavles are harvested by the 1000's of tonne every winter.

Does not testing save money and retain the resource for the commercial pickers?

By the way, I do not harvest if there are unquantified risks.

 

[Cuba Libre]

Ya-- its a real PO that there isnt more sampling-- but its always been that way. However, given that PSP and Vibrio has been found all over the south coast this summer ( if you can call it summer) , I think it is the right thing to do.

Canned smoked oyster is the deal now....




20ft Alumaweld Intruder

 

[Last Chance]

Aren't oysters all watery and full of runny reproductive goodness right now anyway?

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