Public Notice - Molluscan Shellfish Harvesting Reopening - Northeast Coast and Bonavista Bay, NL - pn.24.017
December 12, 2024
FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA
PUBLIC NOTICE
pn.24.017B
Dec. 12, 2024
Molluscan Shellfish Harvesting Reopening – Northeast Coast and Bonavista Bay, NL
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) advises the public of the re-opening for the harvesting of all bivalve shellfish including 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, (except sea scallops), northern moon snails, waved whelks, and Stimpson’s whelks for recreational or commercial purposes, if open and authorized to fish, in the following areas effective 1600 hours on December 12, 2024:
Those coastal waters from Davis Point (at Lat 48.27304 Long -53.41197), northwest to Cape Freels at (Lat 49.25544 Long -53.46442).
More detailed information on remaining closed areas can be obtained from the nearest DFO office or the following website: http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/CheckBeforeYouHarvest
The Regional Director General, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Region gives notice that Prohibition Order NSN-2024-004 has been repealed effective 1400 hours on December 12, 2024.
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:
Stephen Moyse
Regional Aquaculture Management Officer
Aquaculture Management
Tel. (709)687-6669
Email: stephen.moyse@dfo-mpo.gc.ca