May 30, 2014
QUEBEC CITY- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec, wants to inform the Upper North Shore population that the harvesting of shellfish is now forbidden due to pollution and toxicity, in accordance with 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. : 2014Q-ST-043
Upper North-Shore:
Îlets Jérémie (N-04.5.2)
From a point located west of Baie des Îlets Jérémie to Pointe à Michel's nagivation light.
Prohibition Order No. : 2014Q-ST-042
Upper North-Shore:
Baie des Chevaux (N-04.1.1.1)
From the Pointe Rocheuse's lighthouse to a point west of Rivière Laval's fairway.
Prohibition Order No. : 2014Q-S-039
Manicouagan:
Pointe Paradis (N-06.3)
From pointe Paradis to coulée Père-Babel.
Prohibition Order No. : 2014Q-ST-038
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.
Prohibition Order No. : 2014Q-ST-041
Upper North-Shore:
Pointe aux Vaches (N-01.1.2)
From Snail rock to the rochers du Saguenay.
Prohibition Order No. : 2014Q-ST-040
Minganie:
Rivière Sheldrake (N-17.1.2)
Rivière Sheldrake's estuary, upriver from the bridge on road 138.
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
- From Ile-aux-Coudres to Baie-Trinité: 1-800-463-8558
- From Baie-Trinité to Blanc-Sablon: 1-800-463-1736
LOWER ST. LAWRENCE AND GASPÉ PENINSULA
- From Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies to Cap Gaspé: 1-800-463-0607
- From Cap Gaspé to the Matapédia River: 1-800-463-4204
MAGDALEN ISLANDS: 418-986-2095
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Michel Plamondon
Senior Communications Advisor
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Quebec Region
QUEBEC CITY, Quebec
418-648-5419
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