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Public Notice - Molluscan Shellfish Harvesting Re-opening for a Portion of Tommy's Arm, Notre Dame Bay - pn.23.005

May 1, 2023

FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA

 

PUBLIC NOTICE

 

pn.23.005B

 

 

 

May. 1, 2023

 

Molluscan Shellfish Harvesting Re-opening for a Portion of Tommy’s Arm, Notre Dame Bay

 

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) advises the public of the re-opening for the harvesting of all bivalve shellfish (Arctic wedge calms, Atlantic razor clams, Atlantic surf clams, bay quahaugs, northern propeller clams, ocean quahaugs, softshell clam, Stimpson’s surf clams, bay mussels, blue mussel, horse mussels, American oysters, bay scallops, Iceland scallops, purple hinge rock scallop, sea scallops, northern moon snails, waved whelks, and Stimpson’s whelks) for recreational or commercial purposes, effective 1200 hours (noon) on Monday, May 1, 2023 for a portion of Tommy’s Arm, Notre Dame Bay as defined by those waters located inside of the following points:

 

49.472659° N, 55.760129° W,

 

49.467834° N, 55.772489° W,

 

49.468113° N, 55.762232° W,

 

49.471515° N, 55.765108° W,

 

49.470037° N, 55.789312° W,

 

49.46471° N, 55.785578° W.

 

More detailed information on other closed areas can be obtained from the nearest DFO office or the following website:

 

www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/CheckBeforeYouHarvest

 

The Regional Director General, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Region gives notice that Prohibition Order NSN 2022-048 has been repealed effective 1200 hours (noon) on May 1, 2023.

 

For more information on the Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program please consult the following website: https://www.inspection.gc.ca/preventive-controls/fish/cssp/eng/1563470078092/1563470123546

 

 

 

 

 

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For information, contact:

Claudette Laing

Regional Aquaculture Management Officer

Aquatic Ecosystems Branch

Tel.(709) 424-4819

E-mail: Claudette.Laing@dfo-mpo.gc.ca