April 19, 2010
QUEBEC CITY- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec Region, wants to inform the Côte-Nord population that the harvesting of shellfish is now forbidden due to toxicity, in accordance with the prohibition orders mentioned below, and pursuant to subsection 3(1) of the Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations, in the following shellfish areas:
Prohibition Order No. QTN-494
Pointe-aux-Outardes (est)
From the Fisheries and Oceans marker to La Grosse Pointe.
Pointe-aux-Outardes (ouest)
From the Centre d'interprétation du Parc Nature to the east at the Fisheries and Oceans marker.
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For more information:
Michel Plamondon
Communications Advisor
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Quebec Region
Quebec City, Québec
(418) 648-5419
