QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - May 31, 2013) - Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec, wants to inform the Upper North Shore population that the harvesting of shellfish is now forbidden due to pollution, 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 Orders | |
| 2013Q-S-051 | |
| 2013Q-S-052 | |
| 2013Q-S-053 | |
| 2013Q-S-054 | |
| 2013Q-S-055 | |
| Upper North-Shore : | |
| Pointe aux Vaches (N-01.1.2) | |
| From Snail rock to the rochers du Saguenay | |
| Baie des Chevaux (N-04.1.1.1) | |
| From the Pointe Rocheuse's lighthouse to a point west of Rivière Laval's fairway. | |
| Manicouagan : | |
| Pointe-aux-Outardes (west) (N-06.1.1) | |
| From the Centre d'interprétation du Parc Nature to the east at the Fisheries and Oceans marker. | |
| Pointe Paradis (N-06.3) | |
| From pointe Paradis to coulée Père-Babel | |
| Upper North-Shore : | |
| Îlets Jérémie (N-04.5.2) | |
| From a point located west of Baie des Ilets Jérémie to Pointe à Michel's nagivation light. | |
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 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:
Sylvi Racine
Senior Communications Advisor
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Quebec Region
418-775-0744
Senior Communications Advisor
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Quebec Region
418-775-0744