QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - May 3, 2013) - Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec, wants to inform the Upper North Shore population that the harvesting of shellfish is now forbidden due to cessation of biotoxin monitoring, in accordance with the prohibitions orders mentioned below, and pursuant to subsection 3(1) of the Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations, in the following shellfish areas:
Prohibition Order 2013Q-T-016
MRC of Manicouagan's sector :
La Grosse Pointe (N-06.2.1)
From La Grosse Pointe to the mouth of the river Saint-Athanase west (covered bridge).
Prohibition Order 2013Q-T-017
Battures de Manicouagan:
From the mouth of river Saint-Athanase west (covered bridge) to Pointe Paradis.
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 | |||||
| From Ile-aux-Coudres to Baie-Trinité | 1-800-463-8558 | From Saint-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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Contact Information:
Senior Communications Advisor
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Quebec Region
Quebec City, Quebec
418-648-5419