Closed Area for Shellfish Harvesting Gaspe and Lower St. Lawrence

QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC -- (Marketwired) -- 06/01/16 -- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec Region, wants to inform the Lower St. Lawrence population that the harvesting of shellfish is now forbidden due to pollution and 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 area:

Prohibition Order: 2016Q-ST-036

Jersey Cove (B-16.5)

From Ruisseau des Whitty to 150 meters south Pointe Carse.

Prohibition Order: 2016Q-ST-037

Miguasha (G-02.1)

From Pointe aux Corbeaux to Pointe Labillois, excluding the waters of Bassin de la Riviere Nouvelle.

Prohibition Order: 2016Q-ST-038

Baie de Port-Daniel (G-20.1)

From Pointe du Sud-Ouest to the west side of the road 132 bridge in Port-Daniel, including the waters of Petite Riviere Port-Daniel's estuary excluding an area of 300 meters surrounding the wastewater treatment plant outfall.

Prohibition Order: 2016Q-ST-039

Riviere St-Jean's Estuary East (G-24.2.2)

The foreshore and waters of Riviere Saint-Jean's estuary, inside a perimeter delimited in the East by a line drawn on the railroad and in the West by a line drawn between coordinates 48.769953N 64.400533W and 48.789498N 64.399964W.

If you want to get the latest information concerning shellfish harvesting, please dial one of the following phone numbers:

CHARLEVOIX, NORTH SHORE AND ANTICOSTI  LOWER St. LAWRENCE AND GASPE
ISLAND                                 PENINSULA
From Ile-aux-Coudres                   From Saint-Roch-des-
to Baie-Trinite        1-800- 463-8558 Aulnaies to Cap Gaspe 1-800- 463-0607
From Baie-Trinite to                   From Cap Gaspe to the
Blanc-Sablon           1-800- 463-1736 Matapedia River       1-800- 463-4204
MAGDALEN ISLANDS          418-986-3882

Contacts:
Communications Branch
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Quebec Region
[e-mail]
418-648-5474