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Closed Area for Shellfish Harvesting North Shore
June 20, 2010
QUEBEC CITY- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec Region, wants to inform the North Shore population that the harvesting of shellfish is now forbidden due to salubrity, 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 No. 2010Q-S-372
N-05.1.3.1 – Réserve Pessamit South (Bersimis)
From the Fisheries and Oceans marker located east of Pointe de Pessamit northward to the Fisheries and Oceans marker. The foreshore and waters bounded by the shore and a line drawn.
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 |
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From Île-aux-Coudres to Baie-Trinité |
1-800- 463-8558 |
From St-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:
Karina Laberge
Communications Advisor
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Quebec Region
Mont-Joli, Québec
(418) 775-0769
NR-QR-10-39E
