June 18, 2013
QUEBEC CITY- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec Region, wants to inform the Upper North Shore 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:
Upper North-Shore:
Pointe à Boisvert (N-03.2.1)
From a point near of the sawmill to Pointe à Boisvert’s navigation light.
Upper North-Shore:
Cran à Gagnon (N-04.2.2)
From cran à Gagnon to the southwestern point of Rivière Blanche’s mouth.
Manicouagan:
Pointe-aux-Outardes (east) (N-06.1.2)
From the Fisheries and Oceans marker at west to La Grosse Pointe
If you want to get the latest information concerning shellfish harvesting, please dial one of the following phone numbers:
